USPTO Examiner XU MICHAEL - Art Unit 2113

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19046684SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PERFORMING A FAILOVER TECHNIQUE FOR ONE OR MORE DATA STREAMING APPLICATIONS EXECUTING IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2025September 2025Allow720YesNo
18403690SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVAILABILITY GROUP DATABASE PATCHINGJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2530YesNo
18469767MICROCONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUITSeptember 2023February 2026Abandon2810NoNo
18341433POWER RECOVERY IN A NON-BOOTING INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2820NoNo
18208478Failover Methods and System in a Networked Storage EnvironmentJune 2023February 2025Allow2000YesNo
18322506Systems and Methods for Provisioning and Decoupled Maintenance of Cloud-Based Database SystemsMay 2023February 2025Allow2000YesNo
18299388SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP HIGHLY AVAILABLE SOURCE DATABASES IN A HYPERCONVERGED SYSTEMApril 2023September 2024Allow1700YesNo
18178400APPLICATION LEVEL TO SHARE LEVEL REPLICATION POLICY TRANSITION FOR FILE SERVER DISASTER RECOVERY SYSTEMSMarch 2023September 2025Allow3120YesNo
18149761MESSAGING SYSTEM FAILOVERJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1520YesNo
17979139USING TRAINING DATA FOR LINK RELIABILITY TEST AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCENovember 2022July 2025Abandon3320YesNo
18050457FAILOVER OF DOMAINSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3320YesNo
17969664Cause Alert and Clear Alert CorrelationOctober 2022December 2025Abandon3840YesNo
17934989SYSTEM-WIDE CONSTRAINTS ON RETRIES WITHIN DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2310NoNo
17929591Protection Groups for Backing up Cloud-Based Key-Value StoresSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310YesNo
17823296Method and System for Maintaining Storage Device Failure Tolerance in a Composable InfrastructureAugust 2022February 2024Abandon1710YesNo
17796801VEHICLE APPARATUS INCLUDING VERIFICATION APPARATUSAugust 2022August 2024Allow2520NoNo
17875814METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) RESUMPTION TIME DURING A NON-DISRUPTIVE AUTOMATIC UNPLANNED FAILOVER FROM A PRIMARY COPY OF DATA AT A PRIMARY STORAGE SYSTEM TO A MIRROR COPY OF THE DATA AT A CROSS-SITE SECONDARY STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2024Allow2720YesNo
17813737FAULT RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR FUNCTIONAL CIRCUITSJuly 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17859293SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOSSLESS NETWORK RESTORATION AND SYNCINGJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17858848SINGLE SIGN-ON VERIFICATION PLATFORM AND DECISION MATRIXJuly 2022September 2024Allow2620YesNo
17855590High Availability and Software Upgrades in Network SoftwareJune 2022May 2023Allow1100YesNo
17845751PREDICTING TESTS BASED ON CHANGE-LIST DESCRIPTIONSJune 2022June 2025Allow3630YesNo
17807153Systems and Methods for Disaster Recovery for Edge DevicesJune 2022September 2024Allow2730YesNo
17841913COLLECTION OF FORENSIC DATA AFTER A PROCESSOR FREEZEJune 2022April 2024Allow2220YesNo
17836334SERVICE-COMPATIBLE FAULT TOLERANCE AND ACCLIMATIONJune 2022October 2023Allow1610YesNo
17834406REDUNDANT CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SYSTEMJune 2022October 2023Allow1610YesNo
17751410RE-ALIGNING DATA REPLICATION CONFIGURATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA SERVING ENTITIES OF A CROSS-SITE STORAGE SOLUTION AFTER A FAILOVER EVENTMay 2022December 2023Allow1900YesNo
17738645DEVICE RESET ALERT MECHANISMMay 2022January 2024Allow2120YesNo
17662286CELL-BASED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH FAILURE ISOLATIONMay 2022September 2023Allow1610YesNo
17731900REPAIR SUBSYSTEM FOR PERSISTENT METAFILE REPAIR TO IMPROVE RESILIENCYApril 2022September 2024Allow2920YesNo
17694964SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVAILABILITY GROUP DATABASE PATCHINGMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110YesNo
17690109System for Automatically Generating Insights by Analysing Telemetric DataMarch 2022February 2026Abandon4750NoNo
17688204MIGRATION SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2024Abandon2420NoNo
17677108SYSTEM ON A CHIP-AGNOSTIC DYNAMIC FIRMWARE VOLUMES FOR BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT EXTENSIONFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2620NoNo
17586921MANAGING APPLICATIONS IN A CLUSTERJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2120YesNo
17582439METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO A HARDWARE COMPONENT FAILURE USING A CONTEXT-AWARE SEARCHJanuary 2022November 2024Abandon3340NoNo
17648531Failover Methods and System in a Networked Storage EnvironmentJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17577714BOOT FAILURE PROTECTION ON SMARTNICS AND OTHER COMPUTING DEVICESJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17565159ERROR HANDLING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2021July 2025Abandon4360YesNo
17563398TECHNIQUES FOR PERIPHERAL UTILIZATION METRICS COLLECTION AND REPORTINGDecember 2021August 2024Allow3240YesNo
17541182SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GOVERNING CLIENT-SIDE SERVICESDecember 2021March 2025Allow3940YesNo
17537543Transaction based fault tolerant computing systemNovember 2021October 2023Allow2330YesNo
17526436PERFORM PREEMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND REDUCTION OF RISK OF FAILURE IN COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS BY TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODULENovember 2021March 2025Allow4060YesNo
17467292SITE LOCALITY SUPPORT FOR FILE SERVICES IN A STRETCHED CLUSTER ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2420YesNo
17464010CAPTURING REFERENCED INFORMATION IN A REPORT TO RESOLVE A COMPUTER PROBLEMSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1810YesNo
17460000MOBILE PHONE HAVING FLASH MEMORY RESET FUNCTION AND FLASH MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOFAugust 2021September 2023Allow2420YesNo
17410290Centralized Server Management For Shadow NodesAugust 2021March 2024Allow3020NoNo
17387809OPERATING SYSTEM RECOVERY ACTIONSJuly 2021May 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17380131SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CONTROL FLOW MONITORING OF PROCESSORSJuly 2021January 2024Abandon3030NoNo
17304785MESSAGING SYSTEM FAILOVERJune 2021September 2022Allow1510NoNo
17331369Systems and Methods for Provisioning and Decoupled Maintenance of Cloud-based Database SystemsMay 2021February 2023Allow2110NoNo
17189810SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING CORRUPTION TO BIOS BOOT CRITICAL MEMORY VARIABLESMarch 2021December 2022Allow2110NoNo
17182511SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP HIGHLY AVAILABLE SOURCE DATABASES IN A HYPERCONVERGED SYSTEMFebruary 2021March 2023Allow2520YesNo
17127806RECOMMENDATION ENGINE BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OF VIRTUALIZED WORKLOADDecember 2020September 2022Allow2010YesNo
17115168IN-SYSTEM VALIDATION OF INTERCONNECTS BY ERROR INJECTION AND MEASUREMENTDecember 2020March 2024Allow3920YesNo
17111691ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THAT MONITORS A SAFETY FUNCTION AND A CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020July 2024Allow4310YesNo
17101341CLIENT-LESS DATABASE SYSTEM RECOVERYNovember 2020November 2022Allow2410YesNo
17095030STRETCH FACTOR ERROR MITIGATION ENABLED QUANTUM COMPUTERSNovember 2020January 2022Allow1410YesNo
17052411RECOVERY VIA BACKUPS OF RECOVERY INFORMATIONNovember 2020November 2022Allow2410NoNo
17077466Feature Toggle Management with Application Behavior Point-In-Time Restoration Using Event SourcingOctober 2020May 2022Allow1930YesNo
17039576METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING FAULT RECOVERY IN SYSTEM-ON-CHIPSSeptember 2020November 2022Allow2510NoNo
17026785FAILOVER METHODS AND SYSTEM IN A NETWORKED STORAGE ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2020October 2021Allow1310YesNo
16948135AUTONOMOUS TRANSMIT ERROR DETECTION OF SERIAL COMMUNICATION LINK RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER AND MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEM PERIPHERALS IMPLEMENTING THE SAMESeptember 2020November 2022Allow2710YesNo
16877790SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AN OPERATING SYSTEM AFTER AN UPGRADE HANG USING A DUAL-FLASH DEVICEMay 2020June 2023Allow3630NoNo
16874137DETECTING MEMORY MISMATCH BETWEEN LOCKSTEP SYSTEMS USING A MEMORY SIGNATUREMay 2020May 2024Abandon4820NoNo
16861192DEVICE RECOVERY MECHANISMApril 2020April 2022Allow2410YesNo
16808146METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR OPERATING A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2020November 2022Abandon3220NoNo
16780853COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR TRAINING, DEPLOYING, EXECUTING, AND UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSFebruary 2020August 2022Allow3110NoNo
16748124High Availability and Software Upgrades in a Virtual Cable Modem Termination SystemJanuary 2020December 2021Allow2310NoNo
16701731SINGLE EVENT EFFECT MITIGATIONDecember 2019May 2022Allow3010YesNo
16685752METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A VIRTUAL MACHINE HOSTED ON A SERVER OF A HOST COMPUTERNovember 2019May 2023Abandon4230YesNo
16679225Implementation of Multiple Independent Safety-Critical Software Functions in a Single Integrated CircuitNovember 2019October 2022Abandon3510NoNo
16653198MANAGING PARITY DATA ASSOCIATED WITH CONFIGURATION REGISTER DATAOctober 2019June 2022Allow3210YesNo
16568165RELAY SYSTEMSeptember 2019April 2022Allow3110NoNo
16536745HIGH RELIABILITY FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER ARCHITECTUREAugust 2019October 2022Allow3820NoNo
16530567Power Loss Protection And RecoveryAugust 2019April 2023Abandon4420NoNo
16511681File Sharing Among Virtual Containers with Fast Recovery and Self-ConsistencyJuly 2019August 2021Allow2610YesNo
16511623File Sharing Among Virtual Containers with Fast Recovery and Self-ConsistencyJuly 2019August 2021Allow2510YesNo
16457525REMOTE DEVICE ERROR CORRECTIONJune 2019May 2022Allow3520YesNo
16422622SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT FIRMWARE UPDATES, FIRMWARE RESTORE, DEVICE ENABLE OR DISABLE BASED ON TELEMETRY DATA ANALYTICS, AND DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE THRESHOLD FOR EACH FIRMWARE DEVICEMay 2019May 2022Allow3510NoNo
16389582SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GOVERNING CLIENT-SIDE SERVICESApril 2019October 2021Allow3010NoNo
16389080MEMORY DEVICE HAVING ERROR CORRECTION FUNCTION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2019January 2022Allow3320NoNo
16379218METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERROR HANDLING IN A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE COMPONENTSApril 2019March 2021Allow2310NoNo
16379131METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERROR HANDLING IN A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE COMPONENTSApril 2019March 2021Allow2310NoNo
16370962METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-FIELD MITIGATION OF FIRMWARE FAILURESMarch 2019November 2021Allow3120YesNo
16370295SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF KEY METRICS IN A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATABASE ENVIRONMENTMarch 2019April 2022Allow3620NoNo
16365884AUGMENTED EXCEPTION PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT IN REAL TIME SAFETY CRITICAL EMBEDDED APPLICATIONSMarch 2019October 2021Allow3120YesNo
16361510Test Orchestration PlatformMarch 2019February 2022Allow3530YesNo
16358890SCALABLE MULTI-FRAMEWORK MULTI-TENANT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF DEEP LEARNING APPLICATIONSMarch 2019December 2021Allow3340YesNo
16355956File Sharing Among Virtual Containers with Fast Recovery and Self-ConsistencyMarch 2019April 2023Abandon4920YesYes
16356459METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAILURE IN AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMMarch 2019February 2021Allow2310NoNo
16356171CHAINING OF BROKERED SERVICE INSTANCESMarch 2019June 2022Abandon3920NoNo
16299242INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VOLUME ALLOCATION METHODMarch 2019September 2021Allow3020YesNo
16285150METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING SERVICE CONTAINERFebruary 2019December 2021Allow3430YesNo
16284544AUTOMATIC BUG VERIFICATIONFebruary 2019August 2021Allow3020NoNo
16277396SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATING SELF-TEST DEVICES OF SENSORS OF A SECURITY SYSTEMFebruary 2019September 2021Allow3120YesNo
16324607METHOD FOR PROTECTING SYSTEM FROM BEING POWERED OFF DURING UPGRADE AND TERMINAL DEVICEFebruary 2019December 2022Abandon4620YesNo
16260954MESSAGING SYSTEM FAILOVERJanuary 2019March 2021Allow2620YesNo
16250541Information Handling System And Methods To Detect Power Rail Failures And Test Other Components Of A System MotherboardJanuary 2019August 2021Allow3120NoNo
16250116METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2019March 2021Allow2620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner XU, MICHAEL.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
3.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
2.4%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner XU, MICHAEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner XU, MICHAEL works in Art Unit 2113 and has examined 93 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner XU, MICHAEL's allowance rate of 75.3% places them in the 40% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by XU, MICHAEL receive 2.32 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by XU, MICHAEL is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by XU, MICHAEL. This interview benefit is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 9.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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