USPTO Examiner CORTES HOWARD - Art Unit 2118

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18933070SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ADAPTIVE DESIGN EXPLORATION AND MODEL MANAGEMENTOctober 2024May 2025Allow610YesNo
18742825INK FILE OUTPUTTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMJune 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18732556PERSONALIZED AUTONOMOUS SPREADSHEETSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18732549AUTONOMOUS SPREADSHEET CREATIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18642610Methods And Systems For Connecting A Spreadsheet To External Data Sources With Ordered Formulaic Use of Data RetrievedApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18615840SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MULTI-STAGE CONFIGURATION SERVICE FOR POLICY-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18590408ELECTRONIC CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION AND COORDINATION OF TOUR PLAYER DOCUMENTS, SCORING, RULING AND NOTIFICATION FUNCTIONSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18433528CENTRALIZED DYNAMIC PORTAL FOR CREATING AND HOSTING STATIC AND DYNAMIC APPLICATIONSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18417280LOADING ANIMATION WITH SHAPE THAT GROWS FROM WITHIN FROM CENTRAL POINTJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18414120SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT FORMS AUTOMATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18502564SPEEDING UP DOCUMENT LOADINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2830YesNo
18379101SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING ONLINE SHOPPING EXPERIENCEOctober 2023March 2026Allow2930NoNo
18374513CAPTURING TOUCHLESS INPUTS AND CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE WITH THE SAMESeptember 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18241782SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TESTING THE ACCURACY OF SOFTWARE THAT IDENTIFIES USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS ON A WEBPAGESeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910YesNo
18459511WATER LEVEL SENSOR ALARMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3110YesNo
18239719TABLE CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023May 2025Abandon2140YesNo
18237899SMART FACTORY SYSTEMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18235683PAGE JUMPING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTAugust 2023October 2025Allow2650YesNo
18226013CONTEXTUAL ANSWER GENERATION IN SPREADSHEETSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18273703MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER-TYPE STATCOM SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHODJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18225056INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTATION PAGES FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND FEATURESJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18339472GENERATING ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTSJune 2023May 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18196619SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF CONTENT WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTMay 2023October 2024Allow1720NoNo
18311908SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THIRD PARTY APPLICATION ACTIVITY DATA COLLECTIONMay 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18249682AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMApril 2023March 2026Abandon3510NoNo
18296867CONTENT AWARE FONT RECOMMENDATIONApril 2023September 2024Allow1710NoNo
18111860System For Monitoring A Rolling Bearing, Associated Rolling Bearing And MethodFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18170465METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIDIRECTIONAL CONTROL CONNECTING HARDWARE DEVICE ACTION WITH URL-BASED WEB NAVIGATIONFebruary 2023June 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18158081SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN HVAC SYSTEM BASED ON TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDSJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3610NoNo
18085150RESOURCE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEDecember 2022December 2024Allow2300NoNo
18081091INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR GENERATING AND MODIFYING AN APPLICATION FOR DRIVING AT LEAST ONE OF ACTUATOR AND A HEATERDecember 2022March 2026Allow3920YesNo
18080448PREDICTION EMISSION MONITORINGDecember 2022October 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18079191INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2920YesNo
17976782METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING BOOKMARK OF WEBSITEOctober 2022September 2025Allow3400NoNo
17975590FROM DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022December 2025Abandon3840YesNo
18049260SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING SAFE INTERACTION WITH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTOctober 2022January 2026Allow3920NoNo
18046410Multiperiod Optimization Of Oil And/Or Gas ProductionOctober 2022November 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17960676TABLE CELL SPLITTING IN AN ONLINE DOCUMENT EDITOROctober 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17915935COSMETIC MANUFACTURING METHOD CALCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3820YesNo
17913155CONTROLLER, DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM OF CONTROLLER, AND DATA TRANSFER METHODSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17911266Network for Distributing Electrical EnergySeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17930097System and Method for Controlling a Wire Electric Discharge MachineSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3200NoNo
17908734SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATING FACILITYSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3610NoNo
17900284SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO ROTOR BLADE DAMAGE IN A WIND TURBINEAugust 2022December 2025Allow4030NoNo
17900251FREQUENCY DOMAIN-EMBEDDED, STATE SPACE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECENTRALIZED CONTROL OF COUPLED PLANTSAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17819997TRIP PREDICTOR ALGORITHMAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820YesNo
17836370SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC EDITING WITH HIDDEN CODESJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17827916Systems, Methods and Apparatuses For Integrating A Service Application Within An Existing ApplicationMay 2022July 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17658671INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHODApril 2022December 2025Allow4430NoNo
17716575ASSET PROTECTION, MONITORING, OR CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMApril 2022November 2025Allow4320NoYes
17715384SUPPORTING PIECEWISE UPDATE OF JSON DOCUMENT EFFICIENTLYApril 2022May 2025Allow3710YesNo
17700704CONTROL SYSTEM AND SMART BED THEREWITHMarch 2022September 2025Allow4220NoNo
17679238SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING AN END-TO-END SOLUTION FOR FRONTEND PAGE GENERATIONFebruary 2022October 2025Allow4420YesNo
17671500AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONER, AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICEFebruary 2022July 2025Allow4130YesNo
17671339CONTACT DETECTION METHODFebruary 2022June 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17669623STORAGE MEDIUM, SCREEN GENERATION ASSISTING APPARATUS, AND GENERATION ASSISTING METHODFebruary 2022May 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17592529FIVE-AXIS ARTIFICIAL TOOTH PROCESSING MACHINE USING LINEAR MOTORFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3810NoNo
17625849LAUNDRY DEVICE WITH A DRIVE SYSTEMJanuary 2022April 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17596503MASS CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEMDecember 2021July 2025Allow4310NoNo
17539086MEDICAL OPERATION RECORDING METHOD, MEDICAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021August 2025Allow4430YesNo
17517890PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTION CONTROL METHODS WITH LOCATING SYSTEM-BASED SIMULATIONS OF PRODUCTION SEQUENCESNovember 2021December 2024Allow3710NoNo
17488082TEACHING METHOD FOR SYSTEM FOR TAKING OUT MOLDED PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR TAKING OUT MOLDED PRODUCTSeptember 2021June 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17475154COLOR MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USESeptember 2021January 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17417781Geometrical Transformations in Additive ManufacturingJune 2021August 2024Allow3810NoNo
17417766NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND NUMERICAL CONTROL METHODJune 2021January 2025Allow4321YesNo
17417084WIND TURBINE CONTROL BASED ON OPTIMICING AND NON-OPTIMICING CONTROLLER ROUTINESJune 2021October 2024Allow4020YesNo
17287477PART PACKING BASED ON AGENT USAGEApril 2021April 2025Abandon4720YesNo
17170533BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC BUILDING MODEL ENHANCED BY DIGITAL TWINSFebruary 2021October 2024Allow4450YesNo
16201404HISTORIAN INTERFACE SYSTEMNovember 2018March 2020Abandon1610NoNo
15958157DOCUMENT STAMPING SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2018November 2025Allow6080YesNo
15585196IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMay 2017April 2020Allow3640NoNo
15295434ATOM-BASED SENSIBLE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR INFORMATION INDEXINGOctober 2016May 2019Allow3111YesNo
15268209DELIVERING WRAPPED PACKAGES IN RESPONSE TO THE SELECTION OF ADVERTISEMENTSSeptember 2016December 2016Allow300YesNo
15000250DELIVERING WRAPPED PACKAGES IN RESPONSE TO THE SELECTION OF ADVERTISEMENTSJanuary 2016August 2016Allow710YesNo
14971185READING DEVICE USABILITYDecember 2015July 2016Allow710YesNo
14966195HISTORIAN INTERFACE SYSTEMDecember 2015August 2018Allow3220NoNo
14831536TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTION COMMAND TO SELECT AN APPROPRIATE FORMAugust 2015November 2017Allow2710YesNo
14726856SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR DISPLAYING DATA FROM A WEB SERVICE IN A VISUAL MAPJune 2015March 2016Allow1000NoNo
14691808INCORPORATING CONTENT ANALYTICS AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING INTO INTERNET WEB BROWSERSApril 2015March 2017Allow2320YesNo
14622317SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGEMENT OF WEB PAGE LINKSFebruary 2015June 2016Allow1600NoNo
14555382Meta Tag Ownership and ControlNovember 2014November 2016Allow2320YesNo
14530920METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATTING DATA FROM ONE SOFTWARE APPLICATION SOURCE INTO A FORMAT COMPATIBLE FOR IMPORTING INTO ANOTHER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONNovember 2014February 2017Allow2810NoNo
14448889METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSJuly 2014March 2019Allow5660YesYes
14276143DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUSMay 2014December 2016Allow3120NoNo
14192801META TAG OWNERSHIP AND CONTROLFebruary 2014November 2016Allow3220NoNo
13790414GENERATING SIMULATED CONTAINMENT REPORTS OF DYNAMICALLY ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2013April 2015Allow2500NoNo
13790332GENERATING SIMULATED CONTAINMENT REPORTS OF DYNAMICALLY ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2013May 2015Allow2600NoNo
13770699GENERATING SIMULATED CONTAINMENT REPORTS OF DYNAMICALLY ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2013June 2015Allow2800NoNo
13728415PREDICTIVE WEB PAGE RENDERING USING A SCROLL VECTORDecember 2012January 2016Allow3720YesNo
13556798APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING THEME OF APPLICATION IN PORTABLE TERMINALJuly 2012April 2016Allow4520NoNo
13556197Renderer-Assisted Webpage Navigating ToolJuly 2012January 2016Allow4210NoNo
13548020ASSISTING DOCUMENT CREATIONJuly 2012February 2016Allow4330YesNo
13532690Automatically Detecting Layout of Bidirectional (BIDI) TextJune 2012June 2015Allow3510NoNo
13292302METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING WEB PAGES BASED ON A USER-SPECIFIC BROWSER HISTORY ANALYSISNovember 2011December 2015Allow4940NoNo
13164994SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGEMENT OF WEB PAGE LINKSJune 2011November 2014Allow4120NoNo
13074071IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TWO-WAY LINKING BETWEEN RELATED GRAPHICS AND TEXT IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTMarch 2011September 2014Allow4220NoNo
12737888METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PLAY LIST MODIFICATIONFebruary 2011February 2014Abandon3640NoYes
12972753VISUAL INDICATION OF DOCUMENT SIZE IN A VIRTUAL RENDERINGDecember 2010December 2014Allow4730NoNo
12956049PROGRAMMATIC CONVERSION OF SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION INTO EXECUTABLE PROGRAMSNovember 2010May 2015Allow5320NoNo
12939061Proportional Font ScalingNovember 2010July 2015Allow5720NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.0%
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, 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.

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 CORTES, HOWARD - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CORTES, HOWARD works in Art Unit 2118 and has examined 47 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CORTES, HOWARD's allowance rate of 89.4% 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 CORTES, HOWARD receive 2.13 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 57% 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 CORTES, HOWARD is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 29% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CORTES, HOWARD. This interview benefit is in the 38% 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, 32.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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 37.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% 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:

    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

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