USPTO Examiner PATEL JIGAR P - Art Unit 2114

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18961682DETECTING SYSTEMWIDE SERVICE ISSUES BY USING ANOMALY LOCALIZATIONNovember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
18902899System and Methods for Diagnosing and Repairing a Smart Mobile Device by Disabling ComponentsSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1200YesNo
18785263MANAGING USE OF CHANNEL CARDS WITH NON-STANDARD FUNCTIONS USING AN ERROR MESSAGE PARSERJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400YesNo
18781005ASYNCHRONOUS IMAGE CAPTURE, VERIFICATION, AND ERROR TRACKINGJuly 2024September 2025Allow1300NoNo
18736156PROBLEM FIX VERIFICATION GENERATIONJune 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18656779Method And System For Compensating For A Crash Event During Display Of A Virtual Environment On A Virtual Reality HeadsetMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18626051METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS SUB-SEQUENCES IN METADATAApril 2024May 2025Allow1300NoNo
18623601Self-Repairable Chip For Silent Data Corruption IssuesApril 2024December 2025Allow2010YesNo
18617739Intelligent Automated Forensic AgentMarch 2024March 2026Allow2420NoNo
18594538SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PROACTIVE ANALYSIS OF A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT DISRUPTION IN SERVICESMarch 2024April 2025Allow1400YesNo
18590437SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING ROOT CAUSE FAILURESFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18584685DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2210NoNo
18416980APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SECURING INTEGRITY AND DATA ENCRYPTION LINK SESSIONS WITHIN DIE INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310NoNo
18541507RESYNC TRANSFER FOR RECOVERING FROM STORAGE SITE FAILURE UTILIZING BACKGROUND PULL OPERATIONSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18541482RESYNC TRANSFER FOR RECOVERING FROM STORAGE SITE FAILURE UTILIZING BACKGROUND SCANNERDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18514317DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH REBUILD FUNCTIONALITYNovember 2023June 2024Allow700YesNo
18508295GDDR VDG AUTO-RECOVERYNovember 2023November 2025Allow2420YesNo
18497313TRIGGERING A STORAGE SYSTEM SWAP EVENT BASED ON DEVICE ERROR IMPACTOctober 2023October 2025Allow2320YesNo
18493374ANOMALY DETECTION USING METRIC TIME SERIES AND EVENT SEQUENCES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKINGOctober 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18556884DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A QUANTUM COMPUTER IN OPERATIONOctober 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18490353AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ROOT CAUSE AND MITIGATION STEPS FOR INCIDENTS GENERATED IN AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2023December 2025Allow2620NoNo
18489809SAFETY MONITORING OF A SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIPOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18484765DYNAMIC HARDWARE RESOURCE SHADOWING AND MEMORY ERROR PROTECTIONOctober 2023June 2024Allow800YesNo
18373011INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1500NoNo
18238629SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR RECTIFYING SERVER FAILURE OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS UTILIZING PREDICTIVE LOGICAL MARKERSAugust 2023October 2024Allow1400NoNo
18447774STORAGE OF CONTROL DATA INFORMATIONAugust 2023November 2024Allow1500NoNo
18231334NODE COHERENCY FOR STORAGE RELATED DATAAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18363997OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) ALERTING IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18360545SOFTWARE APPLICATION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM, AND METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18260607MULTI-PATH FAILOVER GROUP MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SERVERJuly 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18216988Uncorrectable Memory Error Recovery For Virtual Machine HostsJune 2023August 2024Allow1300NoNo
18217169METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME TRIP SEQUENCE DETECTION FOR CASCADED TRIP EVENTSJune 2023October 2025Allow2820NoNo
18259675Test Method and Multi-Processor SOC ChipJune 2023May 2025Allow2210NoNo
18343113MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18341449PREVENTING LOSS OF AUDIO DURING VEHICLE CALLS WHEN AUDIO BUS FAILSJune 2023September 2024Allow1500YesNo
18340004DYNAMIC TIME WINDOWING FOR DEPENDENCIES OF HARDWARE-FAILURE AND LOG-FILE EVENTS IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) AND OTHER DEVICESJune 2023December 2024Allow1800NoNo
18336850SYMBOL ROTATION OF CACHE LINE CODEWORDS FOR INCREASED RELIABILITY WITH METADATAJune 2023August 2024Allow1400NoNo
18335635SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATION-BASED REPLAY OF INTEGRATED DEVICESJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18334042GENERATION OF AN ISSUE RECOVERY COMMUNICATIONS EVALUATION REGARDING A SYSTEM ASPECT OF A SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18256806BIOS Error Locating Method and Apparatus, Device and Non-Volatile Storage MediumJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18265959LARGE-SCALE K8S CLUSTER MONITORING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE MEDIUMJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18325130STORAGE DEVICE AND THROTTLING OPERATION METHOD THEREOFMay 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18323324AUTOMATED API INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2023October 2024Allow1700NoNo
18321534System and Methods for Diagnosing and Repairing a Smart Mobile Device by Disabling ComponentsMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18198897SECONDARY STORAGE PROTECTIONMay 2023September 2023Allow400YesNo
18197790Data Transmission Method, Device, Electronic Equipment, and Storage MediumMay 2023October 2023Allow500YesNo
18142091Determining an Error Handling ModeMay 2023February 2025Allow2210YesNo
18304253IN-SITU QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTIONApril 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18134163PROACTIVE REMEDIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSETSApril 2023June 2024Allow1400NoNo
18299469ANOMALY DETECTION FROM INCOMING DATA FROM A DATA STREAMApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18131337DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED PROCESSING OF TIME SERIES DATASETS BASED ON THE DETECTION OF STATIONARY TIME SERIES GRAINSApril 2023June 2024Allow1400YesNo
18129924METHOD AND CLUSTER FOR TESTING ORCHESTRATIONApril 2023July 2025Allow2720YesNo
18127690INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2023May 2025Allow2510NoNo
18124953IEEE-1394 Beta Fast Reconnect MethodMarch 2023December 2024Allow2100NoNo
18181364Microchip with on-chip debug and trace engineMarch 2023November 2025Allow3220NoYes
18181360METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE AVAILABILITY OF FAILED ENTITIESMarch 2023December 2024Abandon2110NoNo
18179039HIERARCHICAL SCORING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORKSMarch 2023March 2025Allow2520YesNo
18179274Systems and Methods For Performing Automated End-To-End Testing Of Computer SystemsMarch 2023December 2024Allow2110YesNo
18175860Global Event AggregationFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18175339FRAMEWORK TO GENERATE ACTIONABLE AND BUSINESS-RELATED EXPLANATIONS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION PROCESSESFebruary 2023March 2026Abandon3640NoNo
18164246DYNAMIC HARDWARE RESOURCE SHADOWING AND MEMORY ERROR PROTECTIONFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500YesNo
18162540GENERATION OF AN ISSUE RECOVERY IMPROVEMENT EVALUATION REGARDING A SYSTEM ASPECT OF A SYSTEMJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810NoNo
18007466STORAGE APPARATUS WITHOUT SINGLE FAILURE POINTJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18006768TESTING METHOD AND TESTING DEVICEJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18084875SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF PROBLEMS IN A FLOW SERVICE FOR AN INTEGRATION PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE INTEGRATION TO REDUCE DESIGN TIME ISSUESDecember 2022December 2024Allow2420NoNo
18065620SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING REPAIR STORAGEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3220YesNo
18009042RULE GENERATION APPARATUS, RULE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2022March 2024Allow1600NoNo
18076825QUANTUM SERVICE CIRCUIT BREAKERDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
17928008HARDWARE-BASED SENSOR ANALYSISNovember 2022July 2025Allow3220NoNo
17990885METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FAULT DIAGNOSISNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17990243PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF THE FLOQUET CODE WITH MAJORANA-BASED QUBITSNovember 2022December 2023Allow1300NoNo
18054671DATA RECOVERY USING BITMAP DATA STRUCTURENovember 2022March 2023Allow400NoNo
18054803DETECTING SILENT DATA CORRUPTIONS WITHIN A LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURENovember 2022January 2024Allow1400YesNo
17923650A computing platform and method for synchronize the prototype execution and simulation of hardware devicesNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710NoNo
18050866DETECTING SYSTEMWIDE SERVICE ISSUES BY USING ANOMALY LOCALIZATIONOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
18049279SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYSTEM RECOVERYOctober 2022June 2024Allow2010NoNo
17964850SECONDARY STORAGE PROTECTIONOctober 2022April 2023Allow610NoNo
17952885TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2010NoNo
17875741Content-Rich Error NotificationJuly 2022March 2025Allow3120YesNo
17795639ARCHITECTURE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIVE TESTING IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022June 2025Allow3530NoNo
17871629SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING REUSE OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS ACROSS INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS TO EXTEND HARDWARE LIFEJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600YesNo
17813849SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE SIGNALING ANALYTICS IN HIGH-SPEED DATA LINKSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2610NoNo
17783999Failure Prediction In Distributed EnvironmentsJune 2022October 2023Allow1700NoNo
17829478APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING FAULTSJune 2022September 2023Allow1520NoNo
17751873ERROR DETECTION MECHANISM FOR QUANTUM BITSMay 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17751463PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2022December 2023Allow1900YesNo
17740827BLOCK CONVERSION TO PRESERVE MEMORY CAPACITYMay 2022February 2025Allow3320NoNo
17737374SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COOPERATIVE PIPELINE ERROR DETECTIONMay 2022July 2024Allow2601YesNo
17769778Fault Processing Method and SystemApril 2022October 2023Allow1810NoNo
17716988SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INTRA-CHIP COMMUNICATION ERRORS IN A RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE SYSTEMApril 2022January 2024Allow2110YesNo
17658483ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM ANOMALIES BASED ON CAUSAL GRAPHSApril 2022August 2023Allow1700YesNo
17715978DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND ERROR TOLERANCE SELECTING METHOD THEREOFApril 2022October 2023Allow1810NoNo
17715050ABNORMAL POWER LOSS RECOVERY METHOD, MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT, AND MEMORY STORAGE DEVICEApril 2022December 2023Allow2010NoNo
17657628PROBABILISTIC ROOT CAUSE ANALYSISMarch 2022September 2024Allow2920YesNo
17708555BUS REPEATER AND BIT INJECTOR FOR MIL-STD-1553/1760 COMMUNICATIONS BUSMarch 2022December 2023Allow2000YesNo
17763494DYNAMIC JOINT DISTRIBUTION ALIGNMENT NETWORK-BASED BEARING FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD UNDER VARIABLE WORKING CONDITIONSMarch 2022May 2024Allow2600YesNo
17761683METHOD FOR DETERMINING FAULTY COMPUTING CORE IN MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2022March 2023Allow1200NoNo
17760681ANOMALY COPING SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022March 2023Allow1200NoNo
17679461HEALTH MONITORING IN SECURE DATA CENTERSFebruary 2022May 2024Abandon2620YesNo
17652096FAILURE IMPACT ANALYSIS OF NETWORK EVENTSFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1720YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PATEL, JIGAR P.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
30
Examiner Affirmed
20
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
10
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
50.3%
Higher 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 above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
58
Allowed After Appeal Filing
28
(48.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(51.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
76.8%
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, 48.3% 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 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 PATEL, JIGAR P - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PATEL, JIGAR P works in Art Unit 2114 and has examined 580 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PATEL, JIGAR P's allowance rate of 80.3% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PATEL, JIGAR P receive 2.25 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 PATEL, JIGAR P 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 +16.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PATEL, JIGAR P. This interview benefit is in the 57% 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, 25.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 27.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 74.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.6% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 43.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 36% 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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 83% 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 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:

  • 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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.