USPTO Examiner IQBAL NADEEM - Art Unit 2114

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17138162SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DEGRADATION OF A VIRTUAL DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTDecember 2020June 2022Allow1700NoNo
17138007METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN NAND BLOCK DETECTION AND CORRECTION IN AN OPEN-CHANNEL SSDDecember 2020April 2022Allow1500NoNo
17131508METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK SCORE BASED ASSET DATA PROTECTION USING A CONFORMAL FRAMEWORKDecember 2020August 2022Allow1910NoNo
17124845METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DEDUPLICATION OF ERROR CODEC IN HYPERSCALE INFRASTRUCTUREDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17118689COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETECTING ABNORMAL EVENTS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2020August 2023Allow3210NoNo
17112675SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGY INCIDENT REDUCTIONDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
15734298METHOD TO ANALYZE LOG PATTERNSDecember 2020August 2023Allow3200NoNo
17105841SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DETERMINING CAUSALITY FOR ANOMALIES AND/OR EVENTSNovember 2020April 2022Allow1710YesNo
17101400Storage-Optimized Data-Atomic Systems and Techniques for Handling Erasures and Errors in Distributed Storage SystemsNovember 2020October 2021Allow1000NoNo
16951399FUNCTIONAL SAFETY SOFTWARE CONCEPT FOR MOTOR DRIVESNovember 2020January 2022Allow1410NoNo
17077681METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING STOPPING POINTOctober 2020March 2022Allow1700NoNo
17046279DATA RECOVERY MANAGEMENT FOR MEMORYOctober 2020July 2023Allow3300NoNo
17034444MEMORY SYSTEM RE-PERFORMING ACCESS OPERATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2020NoNo
17028666PROCESSOR WITH NON-INTRUSIVE SELF-TESTINGSeptember 2020July 2022Abandon2230NoNo
17021275MANAGING RECONSTRUCTION OF A MALFUNCTIONING DISK SLICESeptember 2020July 2022Allow2210NoNo
16980880MEMORY POWER TERMINATION DELAYSSeptember 2020December 2023Abandon3910NoNo
17020663HARDWARE APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MEMORY CORRUPTION DETECTIONSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2800NoNo
17019362INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, UPDATE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
16948346FAST NODE DEATH DETECTIONSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17018322STORAGE SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE STORAGE DEVICES TO STORE DATASeptember 2020July 2022Allow2210NoNo
17013622Secure Virtual Personalized NetworkSeptember 2020January 2022Allow1710NoNo
17001184ACCELERATOR MONITORING AND TESTINGAugust 2020April 2022Allow2020NoNo
16930928METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY CONTROLLER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2020April 2022Allow2020NoNo
16930661METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSOR, NON-TRANSITORY CONTROLLER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2020August 2022Allow2510NoNo
16923756Vehicle and Control Method ThereofJuly 2020September 2023Allow3810YesNo
16915525ANOMALY RECOGNITION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTSJune 2020December 2021Allow1810YesNo
16907089MANAGING DATA FROM INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES IN A VEHICLEJune 2020July 2021Allow1300NoNo
16896403ARCHITECTURE-BASED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSISJune 2020July 2021Allow1300NoNo
16890111METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEMJune 2020July 2021Allow1400NoNo
16875854MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICESMay 2020November 2021Allow1810NoNo
16870852SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESYNCING N-WAY MIRRORED METADATA ON DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMS WITHOUT REQUIRING CHECKSUM IN THE UNDERLYING STORAGEMay 2020March 2022Allow2200NoNo
16867292PERFORMANCE EVENT TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEMMay 2020December 2021Allow1910YesNo
16866485SERIALIZING MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTIONS FOR PREDICTIVE FAILURE ANALYSISMay 2020July 2021Allow1400NoNo
16864766METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING HARD DRIVE FAILUREMay 2020June 2022Allow2610NoNo
16847205DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2020June 2021Allow1400NoNo
16754322SERVER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFApril 2020September 2021Allow1710NoNo
16724919SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF EVENT DATAApril 2020October 2021Allow2210NoNo
16834995Systems and Methods for Pause-Correct-Replay Workflow CustomizationMarch 2020May 2022Allow2610YesNo
16795301METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2810NoNo
16795396CHRONOLOGICALLY ORDERED LOG-STRUCTURED KEY-VALUE STORE FROM FAILURES DURING GARBAGE COLLECTIONFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1710NoNo
16793921QUERY WATCHDOGFebruary 2020August 2021Allow1810YesNo
16794067SYSTEM MONITORFebruary 2020January 2022Allow2320NoNo
16784768ERROR HANDLING IN AN INTERCONNECTFebruary 2020June 2023Allow4110NoNo
16779079Systems and Methods for Predicting and Preventing Computing System IssuesJanuary 2020September 2020Allow710YesNo
16778110System and Method for Validating DataJanuary 2020July 2022Allow3010NoNo
16774038FAILURE PREDICTION SYSTEMJanuary 2020September 2021Allow2010YesNo
16746168MANAGING CLOUD-BASED HARDWARE ACCELERATORSJanuary 2020May 2021Allow1610NoNo
16742075Method and System to Detect Failure in PCIe Endpoint DevicesJanuary 2020April 2021Allow1500NoNo
16735485TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM NEIGHBORING NODES ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELSJanuary 2020April 2021Allow1500NoNo
16732271MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICESDecember 2019August 2021Allow2010NoNo
16718436DEVICE, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRAFFIC MONITORINGDecember 2019May 2022Allow2910NoNo
16711224METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSING OVERALL ASSET CONDITIONDecember 2019June 2022Allow3010NoNo
16705611ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2019February 2022Allow2610NoNo
16696812Monitoring Processors Operating in LockstepNovember 2019September 2021Allow2210NoNo
16691063Method, Apparatus and Computer Software Program for Determining Probability of Error in Identifying EvidenceNovember 2019February 2022Allow2710NoNo
16686320STORAGE ARRAY DRIVE RECOVERYNovember 2019May 2021Allow1710YesNo
16683715STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2019March 2021Allow1600NoNo
16682099LOW OVERHEAD RESYNCHRONIZATION SNAPSHOT CREATION AND UTILIZATIONNovember 2019June 2021Allow1910YesNo
16682954Image-Based Detection of Errors in Application StateNovember 2019May 2021Allow1810NoNo
16670600ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION ENABLED FILE DISSECTION FOR ERROR DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTIONOctober 2019June 2021Allow2010NoNo
16587254MODIFYING JOURNALING ASSOCIATED WITH DATA MIRRORING WITHIN A STORAGE SYSTEMSeptember 2019March 2021Allow1810NoNo
16562211Predictive Management of Failing Portions in a Data Storage DeviceSeptember 2019May 2022Allow3210NoNo
16561073REDUCING FAILOVER TIME BETWEEN DATA NODESSeptember 2019August 2022Allow3620NoNo
16552455METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2019August 2021Allow2420NoNo
16546684Distributed Erasure Coded Virtual File SystemAugust 2019September 2021Allow2520NoNo
16544269FATAL ERROR LOGGING IN A MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2019April 2021Allow2010NoNo
16543129SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMAugust 2019March 2021Allow1910NoNo
16537857ANALYSIS FACILITATORAugust 2019April 2021Allow2010NoNo
16532352TECHNIQUES AND ARCHITECTURES FOR RECOVERING FROM A SERVICE DISRUPTION IN A MULTI-SERVER ENVIRONMENTAugust 2019November 2020Allow1600NoNo
16530628READ COUNT SCALING FACTOR FOR DATA INTEGRITY SCANAugust 2019November 2021Allow2800NoNo
16528609METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLOADING A CONTINUOUS HEALTH-CHECK AND RECONSTRUCTION OF DATA IN A NON-ACCELERATOR POOLJuly 2019April 2022Allow3310NoNo
16523033METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT RESOURCE USAGE THROUGH INTELLIGENT REPORTINGJuly 2019June 2021Allow2200NoNo
16522217ENCODING AND DECODING TROUBLESHOOTING ACTIONS WITH MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT REPAIR SOLUTIONSJuly 2019January 2022Allow3000NoNo
16520233OFFLOADING ANOMALY DETECTION FROM SERVER TO HOSTJuly 2019April 2022Allow3310NoNo
16516890UNIFIED PROTECTION OF CLUSTER SUITEJuly 2019November 2021Allow2820NoNo
16504418CONTROLLER, MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE CONTROLLERJuly 2019July 2022Allow3610YesNo
16451801Storage Node Processing of Data Functions Using Overlapping SymbolsJune 2019December 2021Allow3000NoNo
16448273METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF ANOMALY EVENTS IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SENSOR DATAJune 2019February 2022Allow3210YesNo
16430000DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2019May 2022Abandon3510NoNo
16416557CORRELATING LOGS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES BASED ON LOG CONTENTMay 2019February 2022Allow3300NoNo
16393067SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-HEALING OF APPLICATION CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE FABRIC MEMORYApril 2019March 2021Allow2210NoNo
16365782Method, device, and computer program product for facilitating prediction of disk failureMarch 2019March 2021Allow2310NoNo
16364380SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SWITCHING SERVERMarch 2019October 2021Allow3120NoNo
16358638INSTRUCTION GENERATION FOR VALIDATION OF PROCESSOR FUNCTIONALITYMarch 2019April 2021Allow2500NoNo
16358273AUDIT CORRECTNESS OF ASYNCHRONOUS BATCH TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMSMarch 2019September 2020Allow1800NoNo
16356597OBJECT ORIENTED DATA TRACKING ON CLIENT AND REMOTE SERVERMarch 2019February 2021Allow2310NoNo
16298285ALERTING SYSTEM HAVING A NETWORK OF STATEFUL TRANSFORMATION NODESMarch 2019March 2021Allow2410NoNo
16286691SYSTEM FOR TIME-DETERMINISTIC, DISTRIBUTED AND SYNCHRONIZED EXECUTION FOR CONTROL TEST AND MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONSFebruary 2019June 2021Allow2820NoNo
16281755PREVENTING NON-DETECTABLE DATA LOSS DURING SITE SWITCHOVERFebruary 2019February 2021Allow2310YesNo
16275562METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR WRITING TO DISK ARRAYFebruary 2019January 2021Allow2410NoNo
16263127RECOVERY OF FIRST FAILURE DATA CAPTURE LOGSJanuary 2019February 2021Allow2410NoNo
16260120SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATISTICAL APPLICATION-AGNOSTIC FAULT DETECTION IN ENVIRONMENTS WITH DATA TRENDJanuary 2019November 2020Allow2110NoNo
16256388FAULT DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION TO GENERATE FAILING TEST CASES USING COMBINATORIAL TEST DESIGN TECHNIQUESJanuary 2019January 2021Allow2410NoNo
16254920HIGH PERFORMANCE PERSISTENT MEMORYJanuary 2019January 2021Allow2410NoNo
16253186SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATISTICAL APPLICATION-AGNOSTIC FAULT DETECTIONJanuary 2019September 2020Allow2010NoNo
16250074METHOD FOR DETERMINING IF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL HAS BEEN COPIEDJanuary 2019May 2022Allow4000NoNo
16248551Device Driver Non-Volatile Backing-Store InstallationJanuary 2019February 2021Allow2520NoNo
16247805Optimizing Execution Order of System Interval Dependent Test CasesJanuary 2019January 2020Allow1210NoNo
16239368SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ERROR HANDLING IN MULTI-LAYERED INTEGRATED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSJanuary 2019December 2020Allow2310NoNo
16238631AUTOMATIC NODE HARDWARE CONFIGURATION IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2019November 2020Allow2310YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
6
(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
30
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(46.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(53.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
75.2%
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, 46.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 IQBAL, NADEEM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner IQBAL, NADEEM works in Art Unit 2114 and has examined 1,259 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner IQBAL, NADEEM's allowance rate of 92.5% places them in the 79% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by IQBAL, NADEEM receive 1.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by IQBAL, NADEEM is 27 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 +6.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by IQBAL, NADEEM. This interview benefit is in the 33% 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, 42.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 93% 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 56.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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, 46.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 43.1% 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 5.1% of allowed cases (in the 87% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.9% of allowed cases (in the 70% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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