OFFICE_ACTION npl_class: Parsing and Consolidation ?

[cverluise]

Hello,

Since v0.2-npl, we have introduced a OFFICE_ACTION npl_class

Question

How should this class of citations be structured and consolidated?

Food for thoughts

Below is a sample of 100 citations for this class.

WITH
  tmp AS (
  SELECT
    npl_publn_id
  FROM
    `npl-parsing.patcit.v02_npl`
  WHERE
    npl_class="OFFICE_ACTION")
SELECT
  npl_biblio
FROM
  `usptobias.patstat.tls214` AS tls214,
  tmp
WHERE
  tmp.npl_publn_id = tls214.npl_publn_id
LIMIT 100 

Row	npl_biblio
1	Office Action Response for KR Application No. 10-2013-7015884, filed Aug. 27, 2014, 28 pages.
2	'Non-Final Office Action', U.S. Appl. No. 10/396,653, (Sep. 19, 2006),24 pages.
3	Official Action for European Patent Application No. 07021150, dated May 6, 2010.
4	U.S. Appl. No. 14/639,310, Aug. 13, 2015, Office Action.
5	Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/087,239, filed Apr. 14, 2011, dated May 22, 2013.
6	Final Office Action dated Jul. 22, 2008; U.S. Appl. No. 10/282,289, filed Oct. 28, 2002; 10 pages.
7	First Office Action issued by the State Intellectual Property Office of People's Republic of China in corresponding CN Application No. 201080037669.8, dated Nov. 18, 2013.
8	U.S. Appl. No. 13/177,341, Response filed Aug. 20, 2012 to Non Final Office Action mailed May 18, 2012, 11 pgs.
9	In the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Notice of Allowance in re: U.S. Appl. No. 12/806,356, dated Jul. 11, 2011, 1 page.
10	Notice of Reasons for Rejection from Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-533175, dated Apr. 2, 2013.
11	' U.S. Appl. No. 11/462,281, Response filed Dec. 29, 2009 to Non Final Office Action mailed Oct. 1, 2009', 11 pgs.
12	Jun. 4, 2008 communication from our foreign associate forwarding Official Communication.
13	IP Australia Office Action dated Jul. 2, 2010 for Australian Patent Application No. 2005-319965, corresponding to U.S. Appl. No. 12/098,263 issued on Jul. 1, 2010.
14	United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Appl. No. 12/685,843, Office Action, Aug. 19, 2010.
15	Non-Final Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 12/773,781, dated Sep. 23, 2010.
16	Office Action dated Nov. 8, 2011, U.S. Appl. No. 12/745,081.
17	Preliminary Amendment dated Jun. 23, 1997, U.S. Appl. No. 08/881,176, 4 pages.
18	U.S. Appl. No. 10/374,000, Response to Office Action, filed May 12, 2006, 7 pages.
19	'Non-Final Office Action', U.S. Appl. No. 12/244,545, (Mar. 27, 2012),18 pages.
20	Non-Final Office Action mailed on Feb. 14, 2014, for U.S. Appl. No. 13/498,099, filed Jan. 14, 2013, 20 pages.
21	Office Action issued in Eurasian Patent Application No. 201270371 on Sep. 10, 2015; 5 pages.
22	Office Action issued Sep. 4, 2014 in Chinese Patent Application No. 201110254405.4 (with English language translation).
23	Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due for U.S. Appl. No. 13/234,421, dated Sep. 21, 2012.
24	Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 10/851,471 dated Mar. 27, 2006.
25	'U.S. Appl. No. 12/987,584, Response filed Sep. 6, 2012 to Non Final Office Action mailed Jun. 6, 2012', 12 pgs.
26	Japanese office action and English translation for JP application No. 2005-539859, dated Jul. 27, 2007 (13 pages).
27	Office Action dated Mar. 7, 2007 cited in U.S. Appl. No. 11/254,264.
28	Non-final Office action regarding U.S. Appl. No. 11/617,497, dated Jun. 26, 2009.
29	U.S. Appl. No. 11/198,606, mailed Feb. 24, 2009, Office Action.
30	U.S. Office Action re U.S. Appl. No. 11/585,230, dated Apr. 5, 2010.
31	Non-Final Office Action mailed on Oct. 12, 2010 in U.S. Appl. No. 12/397,855.
32	Non-Final Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 09/410,132, mailed on Nov. 21, 2000.
33	Respondent Carsem, Inc.'s Preliminary Invalidity Charts U.S. Patent No. 6,630,728 (Jun. 24, 1998) v. ESEC U.S. Patent No. 5,417,905 (Aug. 4, 1992).
34	Email regarding Office Action 1 (OA1) for ID Application No. W00200700972, dated Jan. 11, 2010, 2 pp.
35	Japanese Office Action, dated Dec. 6, 2011, issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-305987, with English translation. Total 3 pages.
36	Nonfinal Office Action dated May 11, 2011, in U.S. Appl. No. 12/560,297, filed Sep. 15, 2009, entitled 'Network Intrusion Detection Visualization'.
37	Brayton, John Joseph, 'Office Action re U.S. Appl. No. 13/193,345', Jun. 6, 2013, p. 8, Published in: US.
38	European Patent Office, Communication of a Notice of Opposition issued in Application No. 09742120.0 dated Jun. 26, 2014.
39	U.S. Appl. No. 12/563,798, Office Action mailed Mar. 4, 2011.
40	Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/527,246, mailed Mar. 1, 2011.
41	US Ex Parte Quayle Action in U.S. Appl. No. 13/190,143 DTD Aug. 23, 2013.
42	Final Office Action mailed Dec. 13, 2013 in related U.S. Appl. No. 13/113,826.
43	German Office Action for Priority Application DE 102013220663.1 dated May 27, 2014.
44	'U.S. Appl. No. 13/547,455, Non Final Office Action mailed Oct. 22, 2015', 24 pgs.
45	Final Office Action Mail Date Feb. 13, 2008; U.S. Appl. No. 11/481,194.
46	Office Action mailed Jan. 22, 2015 for U.S. Appl. No. 13/182,914.
47	Non-Final Office Action dated Jul. 3, 2014 for U.S. Appl. No. 13/788,061, filed Mar. 7, 2013 (inventors David Colvin et al.).
48	Notice on the First Office Action issued Oct. 19, 2015 in corresponding Chinese Application No. 201380047592.6 (with English translation).
49	Japanese Office Action (w/translation) issued in application No. 2016-006559, dated Aug. 29, 2016 (3 pgs).
50	Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/964,182, dated Jul. 12, 2011, 12 pages.
51	Office Action dated May 19, 2015, from the Japanese Patent Office in related Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-014941, and English translation thereof.
52	Response to Final Office Action dated Mar. 1, 2013, in connection with related U.S. Appl. No. 12/787,281, filed May 25, 2010.
53	Communication dated Sep. 4, 2014, issued by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China in counterpart Application No. 201280002220.7.
54	Office Action dated Aug. 5, 2014 in related Australian Patent Application serial No. 2014200495, 4 pages.
55	U.S. Final Office Action dated Dec. 13, 2006 issued in U.S. Appl. No. 10/461,451.
56	U.S. Appl. No. 13/341,760 Office Action dated Nov. 20, 2013.
57	'U.S. Appl. No. 11/517,886, Non-Final Office Action mailed Aug. 6, 2009', 12 pgs.
58	Final Office Action received for U.S. Appl. No. 12/085,389, mailed on Nov. 17, 2009, 14 pages.
59	Restriction Requirement mailed on Jul. 27, 2011 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/418,094, filed Apr. 3, 2009.
60	'Chinese Application Serial No. 201180055309.5, Voluntary Amendment filed Aug. 23, 2013', w/English Translation, 13 pgs.
61	Excerpted file history of U.S. Appl. No. 13/383,658: USPTO Office action mailed Sep. 27, 2013 for U.S. Appl. No. 13/383,658, The United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA; and Applicants' Amendment and Reply filed Dec. 2, 2013.
62	M. Hachman, “Bluetooth 4.1 Prepares Headsets and More to Connect to the 'Net”, online publication dated Dec. 4, 2013 (http://www.techhive.com/category/holiday/.
63	Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/719,947 dated Apr. 1, 2013, pp. 1-15.
64	USPTO, Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/879,004 mailed Feb. 25, 2013.
65	Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 10/644,060, mailed on Jun. 3, 2005; 11 pages.
66	'U.S. Appl. No. 12/770,890, Notice of Allowance mailed Sep. 26, 2012', 7 pgs.
67	Non-Final Office Action Mailed Sep. 19, 2012 in Co-Pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/844,818 of Glover, R., filed Jul. 27, 2010. cited by applicant.
68	U.S. Appl. No. 12/737,887, Notice of Allowance mailed Feb. 24, 2014, 9 pages.
69	Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 10/571,148 mailed Sep. 10, 2010.
70	Japanese Patent Office, Office Action in App. No. 2011-524128, Aug. 25, 2013.
71	Notice of Ailowanct dated Dec. 4, 2014; for U.S. Appl. No, 13/405,406; 11 pages.
72	Communication from the Japanese Patent Office mailed Jul. 10, 2012, in Japanese application No. 2009-203514.
73	Office Action issued Oct. 18, 2013, in Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-206291 (with English-language translation).
74	Japanese Notice of Reasons for Rejection for Japanese Application No. 2010-032671; Date of Mailing: Aug. 20, 2013; with English Translation.
75	U.S. Appl. No. 10/392,697, dated Jan. 5, 2007 Final Office Action.
76	USPTO Jun. 27, 2013 Final Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 12/968,163.
77	U.S. Appl. No. 11/416,473, Response to Rule 312 Communication mailed Jun. 11, 2010.
78	Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/101,099 dated Apr. 19, 2010.
79	Advisory Action of U.S. Appl. No. 10/613,608 mailed Aug. 4, 2005.
80	Notice of Allowance dated Jan. 20, 2012, U.S. Appl. No. 12/349,513, filed Jan. 6, 2009.
81	Notice of Rejection issued on Jul. 27, 2010 in related matter Japanese Patent Publication JP 2007-540191. English translation provided by Kashiwabara International Patent Bureau.
82	U.S. Appl. No. 12/022,098 Office Action dated Mar. 16, 2009.
83	Korean Notice of Allowance for KR Appl. No. 10-2011-7002566 dated Sep. 26, 2011.
84	Non-Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 09/753,982; Mailed on Nov. 9, 2004; 8 pages.
85	Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/782,569, mailed Oct. 12, 2010.
86	English Translation of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-083152 Office Action dated Oct. 21, 2014.
87	Nov. 22, 2011 Japanese official action in connection with a counterpart Japanese patent application.
88	Office Action for Swiss National Phase Patent Application No. 01183/14, mailed Mar. 24, 2016, 3 pages.
89	Notice of Reasons for Rejection dated Aug. 9, 2016 corresponding to Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-012447 and English translation thereof.
90	European Patent Application No. EP-06804122.7, Official Letter mailed Jan. 25, 2011.
91	Notification of First Office Action in counterpart Chinese Patent Application No. 200880020777.7 dated Dec. 24, 2010.
92	China Office Action for Application No. 200880000670.6, Aug. 5, 2010, Panasonic Corporation.
93	'U.S. Appl. No. 14/207,476, Non Final Office Action mailed Jun. 13, 2014'.
94	Japanese Office Action dated Jul. 20, 2010 in Japanese Application No. 2004-167589.
95	Official Communication for Australian Patent Application No. 2013237658 dated Feb. 2, 2015.
96	“U.S. Appl. No. 15/072,484, Response filed Jul. 6, 2017 to Non Final Office Action dated Jan. 6, 2017”, 7 pgs.
97	USPTO; Office Action forU.S. Appl. No. 12/154,465, mailed May 4, 2012.
98	Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/185,247, mailed Feb. 26, 2010.
99	Second Office Action Issued in Chinese Patent Application No. 201110031217.2, Mailed Date: May 25, 2015, 6 Pages.
100	Office Action from U.S. Appl. No. 11/888,251, dated Mar. 21, 2008.

Open questions

• Need for further sub-classification? If yes, which sub-classes?
• Fields to be parsed?
• Corpus/ reference database for consolidation?

I leave these questions open to discussion.

Cheers

[gderasse]

Did you have a look at patents-public-data:uspto_oce_office_actions on BigQuery? It could provide useful food for thought.

[cverluise]

Follow up: The dataset is described in USPTO Patent Prosecution Research Data: Unlocking Office Action Traits.

The Office Action Research Dataset for Patents contains detailed information derived from the Office actions issued by patent examiners to applicants during the patent examination process. The “Office action” is a written notification to the applicant of the examiner’s decision on patentability and generally discloses the grounds for a rejection, the claims affected, and the pertinent prior art. This initial release consists of three files derived from 4.4 million Office actions mailed during the 2008 to mid-2017 period from USPTO examiners to the applicants of 2.2 million unique patent applications.

--> partial coverage, still can help shape the parsing strategy and address part of the consolidation task.

[cverluise]

Proposed parsing attributes (with names from aforementioned database)

• application_id: the unique application number + consolidation from grobid?
• document_cd: document code identifying the type of document issued by the examiner. For the USPTO, it can be CTNF (non final rejection) or CTFR (final rejection) -> we will certainly extend the possible categories
• maild_dt: mail date