Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006867 | CRC RAID RECOVERY FROM HARD FAILURE IN MEMORY SYSTEMS | December 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19002408 | RECOVERY MODE FOR MEMORY DEVICE | December 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18926809 | Managing Parity Operations Using Controller-Specific Parity Bitmaps | October 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18907541 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS AT A PROCESSING UNIT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM PARALLEL PROCESSING | October 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18888777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVE SERVICE HEALTH DETECTION | September 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18798696 | FREEDOM FROM INTERFERENCE (FFI) IN ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18796462 | System and method for maintaining and securing software code | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18790107 | SELF-HEALING LATENCY ISSUES IN A CLUSTER NETWORK USING GOLDEN SIGNAL TELEMETRY DATASETS | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18772970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED REMEDIATION OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES USING FEDERATED AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764059 | Cluster Node Selection with Off-Band Metrics | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760941 | COMPUTER CLUSTER DOMAIN SPECIFIC OSI L2 DATA SOURCE INTEGRATION | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18758774 | REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT (RTU) FOR SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA) SYSTEM | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18743732 | WORKLOAD RESOURCE DEVICE SLA FAILURE REMEDIATION SYSTEM | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18736790 | VERIFICATION OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS INTEROPERABILITY | June 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735057 | LANGUAGE MODEL ASSISTED ERROR ANALYSIS SYSTEM | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18678648 | DEFECT TRACKING WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666910 | Time Based Correlation Of Time Series For Root Cause Analysis | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18665544 | System and method for predicting processing errors in a computing system | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18665508 | System and method for resolving processing errors in a computing system | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18665526 | System and method for generating a customized recovery plan for a processing error in a computing system | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18661275 | UPDATING COMPUTING ERROR ANALYSIS WINDOWS | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18661154 | DYNAMIC ROUTING OF DATA RESPONSIVE TO HARDWARE COMPONENT FAILURES | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653183 | Functionality Test Of A Component For Use During A Video Conference | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18646116 | MANAGING OPERATION OF EDGE DEVICES USING PLAYBOOKS | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645383 | INTELLIGENT CORE FILE DEBUGGER FOR CLUSTER FILE SYSTEM SERVICEABILITY | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18702907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE APPLICATION | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18635523 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING NEAR-DEATH STATE OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM | April 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18700277 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | April 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18628362 | PROCESSING UNIT FAULT DETECTION | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628386 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH SIGNATURE FOR ERROR PATTERN RECOGNITION WITH AN AUTOMATED RECOVERY FRAMEWORK | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18626035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS SUB-SEQUENCES IN METADATA USING ROLLING WINDOWS | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18622328 | MICROCONTROLLER FIRMWARE CRASH RECOVERY | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18621538 | COMPUTER SYSTEM TEST PARALLELIZATION | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18520756 | SELECTIVE BACKUP TO PERSISTENT MEMORY FOR VOLATILE MEMORY | November 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18517161 | STORAGE DEVICE FAILURE VERIFICATION VIA KERNEL MESSAGE POLLING AND DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC DATA ANALYSIS | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18513123 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IN A DATA READING SYSTEM | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18509686 | FLEXIBLE RAID PARITY APPLICATION FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18509214 | CONVERSATIONAL AUTOMATED EVENT RESPONSE AND REMEDIATION | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18104241 | ENRICHED HIGH FIDELITY METRICS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018653 | Predictively Addressing Hardware Component Failures | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097081 | APPLICATION MIGRATION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTS | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18153462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ANOMALIES IN DATA LOGS USING CONTEXT-BASED ANALYSIS | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064087 | ON-THE-FLY PIT SELECTION IN CLOUD DISASTER RECOVERY | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055489 | WORKFLOWS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17979841 | Generating Recovery Information Using Data Redundancy | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17963637 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING CRASH DATA | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17947825 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RECOVERY FROM SOFT ERRORS IN A COMPUTING DEVICE | September 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821954 | SENSOR FAULT PREDICTION AND RESOLUTION | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17843345 | BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN DIE MANAGEMENT ON SOLID-STATE DRIVES | June 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723336 | TESTING CLOUD APPLICATION INTEGRATIONS, DATA, AND PROTOCOLS | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17722870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF ROOT CAUSE OF SYSTEM OPERATION AND ACTIONS TO RESOLVE THE SYSTEM OPERATION | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17708634 | OVER-THE-AIR MACHINE LEARNING | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17697465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING INVALID FLOATING-POINT OPERATIONS WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS | March 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17680836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING RESULTS OF CAUSE DIAGNOSIS OF EVENT THAT HAS OCCURRED OR MAY OCCUR IN EQUIPMENT | February 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17679003 | DISTRIBUTED DYNAMIC ARCHITECTURE FOR ERROR CORRECTION | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17670919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING MAJOR INCIDENT RESPONSE INFORMATION | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17650535 | DEVICE UNDERPERFORMANCE IDENTIFICATION AND SOLUTION | February 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17575278 | SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INPUT/OUTPUT REQUESTS FOR STORAGE SYSTEMS | January 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17563877 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | December 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACING ERROR OF LOGIC SYSTEM DESIGN | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ERROR RECOVERY | December 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17538996 | Computer-Based Systems Involving An Engine And Tools For Incident Prediction Using Machine Learning And Methods Of Use Thereof | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17538540 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS AND/OR COMPUTING DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF COMPUTING INCIDENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE WHEN A SOFTWARE VERSION CHANGE IS A CAUSE OF A COMPUTING INCIDENT | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532651 | DETECTING AND RECOVERING FROM FATAL STORAGE ERRORS | November 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17529942 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | November 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17515886 | FAULT DETECTION | November 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17508821 | ENRICHED HIGH FIDELITY METRICS | October 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17508809 | ENRICHED HIGH FIDELITY METRICS | October 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17451617 | CHECKPOINTABLE SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION | October 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17451051 | REDUNDANT SEGMENT FOR EFFICIENT IN-SERVICE TESTING | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17496399 | EFFICIENT AND SELECTIVE SPARING OF BITS IN MEMORY SYSTEMS | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17490196 | ROLLBACK OF SERVICES WITH A GLOBAL VARIABLE CHANGE | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17480222 | Method for Operating a Redundant Automation System | September 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17476892 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF SERVICE INCIDENTS | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17475609 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANOMALY COUNTERMEASURE DECISION, EXECUTION AND EVALUATION | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17473147 | BMC, SERVER SYSTEM, DEVICE STABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17468894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUE RESOLUTIONS USING COLLABORATIVE FILTERING | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17466376 | Using Typed Data for Causal Fault Discovery in Networks | September 2021 | August 2023 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17463232 | REDUNDANT COMMUNICATIONS FOR MULTI-CHIP SYSTEMS | August 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17459163 | MOBILE APPLICATION CRASH MONITORING USER INTERFACE | August 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17445730 | ERROR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SYSTEM-ON-CHIP | August 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17394667 | DISCOVERING INSIGHTS AND/OR RESOLUTIONS FROM COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS | August 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17395416 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING PROBLEMS, FAILURES, AND ANOMALIES IN MANAGED COMPUTER SYSTEMS SUCH AS KIOSKS AND INFORMATIONAL DISPLAYS | August 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17392311 | DETECTION OF SYSTEM ANOMALIES | August 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17383334 | Predicting Equipment Fail Mode from Process Trace | July 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17379442 | AUTOMATIC PART TESTING | July 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17338710 | Data processing method for AFA storage device to restore data protection capability and the AFA storage device utilizing the same | June 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17332362 | FRAMEWORK FOR ANOMALY DETECTION AND RESOLUTION PREDICTION | May 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17244323 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM FAULT ANALYSIS WITH REMOTE REMEDIATION FILE SYSTEM | April 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17234293 | STORAGE ARRAY ERROR MITIGATION | April 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17285574 | SCREEN FREEZING PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINAL | April 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17249910 | CONTENT STREAM INTEGRITY AND REDUNDANCY SYSTEM | March 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17201654 | Digital Backed Flash Refresh | March 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17197711 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT | March 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17272098 | Electronic Control Device for Processing Circuit Diagnostics | February 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17183081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING DOWNTIME FROM SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17180980 | DYNAMIC LOGGING AND PRIORITIZATION OF ERROR INCIDENT DATA | February 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17180400 | PROACTIVE LEARNING OF NETWORK SOFTWARE PROBLEMS | February 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17175800 | DETERMINATION OF A RELIABILITY STATE OF AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK | February 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17159282 | RAID RELIABILITY WITH A PROVISIONAL SPARE DISK | January 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R.
With a 36.4% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 50.0% 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.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R works in Art Unit 2114 and has examined 638 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.
Examiner KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R's allowance rate of 95.0% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R receive 1.23 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 15% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R. This interview benefit is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 60.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 25.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 29% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 54.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 15.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 62.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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 4.3% of allowed cases (in the 78% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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