Timothy M Speer
USPTO Patent Examiner·Active 2012 to 2023
Timothy M Speer is a USPTO patent examiner who has handled 17 ex parte reexaminations between 2012 and 2023. These reexams concentrate in Chemistry & Materials, Electrical & Electronic, and Mechanical & Manufacturing. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each of these cases, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and federal-circuit decisions.
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- Rejection basis split (102 / 103 / 112) head-to-head
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Certificate outcome distribution
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- Δ vs. corpus distribution in percentage points
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Event-to-event timing
Median time for this examiner's cases at each prosecution stage — filing to first office action, filing to NIRC, and filing to certificate — with corpus comparison and sample size.
- Median in months per transition
- Side-by-side with the corpus median
- n column showing how many of this examiner's cases completed each transition
Recent reexaminations (17)
| Control # | Filed | Patent | Title | Pendency | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90/019,282 | Oct 16, 2023 | 10,629,898 | ELECTRODES, LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | 12 mo | Closed |
| 90/019,184 | Apr 4, 2023 | 8,465,937 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING B-CLONES WHICH BIND CELL-SURFACE ANTIGENS | — | Closed |
| 90/015,090 | Aug 11, 2022 | 8,952,405 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | — | Closed |
| 90/014,441 | Jan 28, 2020 | 5,599,758 | Regeneration Of Catalyst/Absorber | — | Closed |
| 90/013,144 | Feb 3, 2014 | 7,846,499 | METHOD OF PULSING VAPOR PRECURSORS IN AN ALD REACTOR | 13 mo | Closed |
| 90/013,120 | Jan 15, 2014 | 7,981,466 | WARM MIX ASPHALT BINDER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LUBRICATING ADDITIVES | 13 mo | Closed |
| 90/013,102 | Dec 20, 2013 | 7,815,725 | Warm Asphalt Binder Compositions Containing Lubricating Agents | 14 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,986 | Sep 24, 2013 | 6,881,711 | LOW VOC CLEANING COMPOSITIONS FOR HARD SURFACES | 14 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,871 | May 21, 2013 | 6,712,881 | CONTINUOUS, LAMINAR FLOW WATER-BASED PARTICLE CONDENSATION DEVICE AND METHOD | 11 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,740 | Dec 17, 2012 | 6,111,023 | FABRICATED ARTICLES MADE FROM ETHYLENE POLYMER BLENDS | 19 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,741 | Dec 17, 2012 | 5,847,053 | ETHYLENE POLYMER FILM MADE FROM ETHYLENE POLYMER BLENDS | 20 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,554 | Sep 13, 2012 | 6,288,326 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | 8 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,459 | Aug 31, 2012 | 5,707,785 | SPACERS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS | 18 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,426 | Aug 9, 2012 | 7,086,935 | CELLULOSE-CONTAINING POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO | 16 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,405 | Jul 24, 2012 | 6,416,808 | METHOD OF OBTAINING A HYDROXYTYROSOL-RICH COMPOSITION FROM VEGETATION WATER | — | Closed |
| 90/012,243 | Apr 12, 2012 | 6,677,082 | LITHIUM METAL OXIDE ELECTRODES FOR LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES | 15 mo | Closed |
| 90/012,154 | Feb 20, 2012 | 6,971,945 | MULTI-STEP POLISHING SOLUTION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION | 17 mo | Closed |
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