USPTO Examiner BUTLER SARAI E - Art Unit 2114

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18746723Systems and Methods for Connection Switch AutomationJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18665616Preference Based Selection of Storage Network Memory for Data StorageMay 2024June 2025Allow1320NoNo
18658565INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING COMPROMISE OF OPERATING SYSTEM KERNELS DUE TO DISCOVERED ERRORSMay 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18635949SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FLUSH DATA IN PERSISTENT MEMORY REGION TO NON-VOLATILE MEMORY USING AUXILIARY PROCESSORApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18627278SELECTABLE SIGNAL, LOGGING, AND STATE EXTRACTIONApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18618060Memory Error Prevention by Proactive Memory Poison RecoveryMarch 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18607880PROCESSING TASKS IN A PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18594906Machine-Learning Based Similarity EngineMarch 2024October 2024Allow810YesNo
18438150AUTOSCREENSHOT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEM STATESFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18430980FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE AND SERVERFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18408740SYSTEM FOR EARLY DETECTION OF OPERATIONAL FAILURE IN COMPONENT-LEVEL FUNCTIONS WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18576404REGISTERING APPARATUS, REGISTERING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18391261SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA REPLICATION USING A SINGLE MASTER FAILOVER PROTOCOLDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320YesNo
18535899FLASH MEMORY ARCHITECTURE IMPLEMENTING INTERCONNECTION REDUNDANCYDecember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18567276Method and apparatus for improving quality of service of SSD, and computer device and storage mediumDecember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18387241Corrective Database Connection ManagementNovember 2023August 2024Allow910YesNo
18490711MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023February 2025Allow1600NoNo
18485559COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND DIAGNOSIS TARGET DEVICEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18379415STREAMING SERVER STATISTICS AND PREDICTIVE MITIGATIONOctober 2023May 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18378414SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COMPUTING PARITY INFORMATION IN A RAID ARRAYOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18229515OFFLOADING A VALIDITY CHECK FOR A DATA BLOCK FROM A SERVER TO BE PERFORMED BY A CLIENT NODEAugust 2023May 2025Allow2110YesNo
18363083System and Method for Detecting Overlogging Issues in Storage SystemsAugust 2023May 2025Allow2110NoNo
18360704SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ANOMALY DETECTION IN UNIVARIATE TIME-SERIESJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18225803Data Storage Device and Method for Performance-Dependent Storage of Parity InformationJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18356183PREDICTION OF AN ANOMALY OF A RESOURCE FOR PROGRAMMING A CHECKPOINTJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18354226DYNAMIC ALERT SUPPRESSION POLICY MANAGEMENTJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18350805VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE SPACE WITHIN A WORKFLOWJuly 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18218893METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REPAIRING MEMORY ELEMENT IN MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18270063ANOMALY MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18214400CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER REQUEST RETRY FRAMEWORKJune 2023August 2024Allow1400NoNo
18337324AUTOMATED CHAOS ENGINEERINGJune 2023February 2025Allow2010NoNo
18329760System and Method for Correcting Errors Associated with User Actions on a WebsiteJune 2023January 2025Allow2020NoNo
18201817System and Method for Matching Multiple Featureless Images Across a Time Series for Outage Prediction and PreventionMay 2023December 2024Allow1900NoNo
18198483METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING ERRORS IN LOG FILEMay 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18252659PROCESSOR INCLUDING MONITORING CIRCUITRY FOR VIRTUAL COUNTERSMay 2023August 2024Allow1500NoNo
18312261SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE SUPPORT SERVICESMay 2023July 2024Allow1420YesNo
18310370SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME HARDWARE IN THE LOOPMay 2023December 2024Allow2010NoNo
18308474SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE MEMORY MAINTENANCEApril 2023June 2025Allow2530YesNo
18305244DATA PROCESSING ARRAY EVENT TRACE CUSTOMIZATION, OFFLOAD, AND ANALYSISApril 2023December 2024Allow2010YesNo
18302999POWER ERROR MONITORING AND REPORTING WITHIN A SYSTEM ON CHIP FOR FUNCTIONAL SAFETYApril 2023August 2024Allow1520YesNo
18133877DIAGNOSING AND AUTO-REMEDIATING REMOTE SITES OF A DISTRIBUTED CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM VIA AN EXTENSIBLE DIAGNOSIS CASE FRAMEWORKApril 2023April 2025Allow2400NoNo
18298813SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING ONE OR MORE MONITORING OPERATIONSApril 2023March 2025Allow2320NoNo
18189733Automation Testing Tool FrameworkMarch 2023February 2025Allow2330YesNo
18187593METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED MONITORING OF TEMPORAL STATE OF DEVICEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2420NoNo
18186466SYSTEM DIRECTED TESTINGMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18123789METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REPORTING AN OPERATION ERROR IN AN IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND AN IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18185580SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECOVERY OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERSMarch 2023October 2024Allow1920NoNo
18120011Machine-Learning Based Similarity EngineMarch 2023January 2024Allow1120NoNo
18120235PERFORMING A BACKUP OF AN OBJECT BASED ON AN IDENTIFIER ASSOCIATED WITH THE OBJECTMarch 2023January 2025Allow2320YesNo
18044469FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION SYSTEM, FAILURE SYMPTOM DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18116477FAILURE HANDLING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHODMarch 2023January 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18174267IDENTIFYING HOST BUS ADAPATER FAULTSFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1510NoNo
18022286Electronic Control Device and Method for Diagnosing Electronic Control DeviceFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18169805Testing a metaverse application for rendering errors across multiple devicesFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1500NoNo
18165313Method to improve accuracy in Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)February 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18163809System and method for implementing auto-correction to solve dynamic issues in a distributed networkFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18163788RECOVERY IN A MULTIPLE PROCESSOR SYSTEMFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2420YesNo
18163791Intelligent issue identifier for auto-detecting dynamic issue changes in a distributed networkFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18104553METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR STORAGE TESTINGFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18160372METHOD FOR GENERATING AN FTA FAULT TREE FROM AN FMEA TABLE OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM OR VICE VERSAJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18101495Non-Volatile Memory Switch with Host IsolationJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18100180INTERFACE MECHANISM TO CONTROL AND ACCESS INSTRUMENT SETTINGS AND INSTRUMENT DATAJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18157437METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREFETCHING BACKUP DATA FOR APPLICATION RECOVERIESJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18156428COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ANALYSIS PROGRAM, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJanuary 2023December 2024Abandon2310NoNo
18098418APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CHECKPOINT IN INTERMITTENT COMPUTINGJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18155130INSIDER ATTACK RESISTANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD SERVICES INTEGRITY CHECKINGJanuary 2023May 2023Allow400NoNo
18155481DATA BACKUP METHOD, DATA RECOVERY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810YesNo
18154071Presentation System Of Trouble Recovery Means, Presentation Method Of Trouble Recovery Means, And Presentation Program Of Trouble Recovery MeansJanuary 2023December 2024Abandon2310NoNo
18152819Deterministic Hardware Indictment in Response to Fatal PCIe NTB ErrorJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310NoNo
18093866DATA RECOVERY METHOD IN STORAGE MEDIUM, DATA RECOVERY SYSTEM, AND RELATED DEVICEJanuary 2023September 2023Allow820YesNo
18151187ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18148865MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOFDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610YesNo
18090023METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REPLICATION RECOVERY OPERATION IN A DISAGGREGATED DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMSDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010YesNo
18147023AUTOMATIC ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTIONDecember 2022October 2024Allow2220NoNo
18066775METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A NON-DISRUPTIVE PLANNED 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 SYSTEMDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18078385PERFORMING CI/CD ERROR ANALYSIS INVOLVING SOFTWARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE DEPENDENT UPON EACH OTHERDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720YesNo
18078284ENHANCED TRANSDUCER FAULT DETECTIONDecember 2022August 2024Allow2110NoNo
18077875DISK FAILURE PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2022August 2024Allow2020NoNo
18063386AUTOMATED TESTING OF DIGITAL KEYS FOR VEHICLESDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810YesNo
18075458VECTOR FETCH BUS ERROR HANDLINGDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18074012Systems and Methods for Connection Switch AutomationDecember 2022April 2024Allow1710YesNo
18073060DETECTING HARDWARE FAULTS IN DATA PROCESSING PIPELINESDecember 2022May 2025Allow3040YesNo
18070148APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE ACCELERATOR ERROR HANDLERSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
17991726SKIP LEARNING FOR MULTIVARIATE ANOMALY DETECTION ON STREAMING DATANovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17978737Synchronous Workload OptimizationNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17976911MANAGING SERVICE CONFIGURATION ATTEMPTS FOR A HOST IN RESPONSE TO FAILUREOctober 2022November 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17976473ANOMALY DETECTION BASED PREPROCESSING FOR BETTER CLASSIFICATION TASKS WITH NOISY AND IMBALANCED DATASETSOctober 2022May 2024Allow1910YesNo
17976575ANOMALY DIAGNOSIS FOR TIME SERIES DATAOctober 2022December 2024Allow2620YesNo
17973807TEMPERATURE BASED DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZATION RETRAININGOctober 2022November 2023Allow1320NoNo
18048286ERROR NOTIFICATION USING AN EXTERNAL CHANNELOctober 2022August 2023Allow1000NoNo
18047652TEST SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17962561MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHODOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17962892DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF LOG LEVEL OF MICROSERVICES IN HCI ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17937264DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT FOR A 5-DIMENSIONAL TWIN FRAMEWORKSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1300NoNo
17956140FLASH MEMORY ARCHITECTURE IMPLEMENTING INTERCONNECTION REDUNDANCYSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17954508SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH FAULT RECOVERYSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2320YesNo
17953944METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIONABLE SMART MONITORING OF ERROR MESSAGESSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17948682Process Detection System for Rack and Server in RackSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1300NoNo
17912609DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR COMPUTING DEVICESSeptember 2022January 2024Abandon1610NoNo
17932946Intelligent healing of mainframe job errorsSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BUTLER, SARAI E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9
Examiner Affirmed
6
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
49.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
65
Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(46.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
35
(53.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
72.9%
Higher 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, 46.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BUTLER, SARAI E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BUTLER, SARAI E works in Art Unit 2114 and has examined 1,302 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BUTLER, SARAI E's allowance rate of 90.3% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BUTLER, SARAI E receive 1.51 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BUTLER, SARAI E is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BUTLER, SARAI E. This interview benefit is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 57.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 122.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 85.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 52.8% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 37.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 33% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 66% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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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