USPTO Examiner RUTTEN JAMES D - Art Unit 2121

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18863245VCSEL-based Coherent Scalable Deep LearningNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18590879Defect Prediction OperationFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18479775PROGRESSIVE NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18352631SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND MITIGATING PERSONAL HEALTH HAZARDS IN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR A PLURALITY OF OCCUPANTSJuly 2023June 2025Abandon2330YesNo
18324349THING MACHINEMay 2023September 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18140636AGENT-BASED TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHARACTER MODELSApril 2023February 2025Allow2260YesNo
18034287METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC SPIKING NEURON BASED ON FERROELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORApril 2023August 2023Allow400NoNo
18192744SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION OF DATA TO COMPUTE NODESMarch 2023March 2024Allow1210YesNo
18119450WIND POWER PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON DEEP DETERMINISTIC POLICY GRADIENT ALGORITHMMarch 2023August 2023Allow510NoNo
18084948METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FIXED-POINT QUANTIZED NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2022March 2025Allow2740YesNo
18072969MEMORY OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE ORIENTED TO NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTINGDecember 2022October 2024Abandon2220YesYes
17919312LARGE DEEP LEARNING MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM, DEVICE AND MEDIUMOctober 2022September 2024Abandon2340YesNo
17800172METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING NUMERICAL VALUES INTO SPIKES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17789392CLASSIFICATION MODEL TRAINING METHOD, SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STRORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022July 2023Allow1320NoNo
17850826System and Methods for Customizing Neural NetworksJune 2022April 2024Abandon2220NoNo
17839010METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED TRAINING OF A NEURAL NETWORKJune 2022December 2023Allow1810YesNo
17714570AI-BASED INPUT OUTPUT EXPANSION ADAPTER FOR A TELEMATICS DEVICE AND METHODS FOR UPDATING AN AI MODEL THEREONApril 2022March 2023Allow1220NoNo
17587658THING MACHINEJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500NoNo
17626453MACHINE LEARNING FOR SPLICE IMPROVEMENTJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2920YesYes
17572487CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK TUNING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022December 2024Abandon3540YesNo
17563379HARDWARE ACCELERATOR TEMPLATE AND DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3340YesNo
17531337CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM USING PHENOTYPIC FEATURESNovember 2021February 2025Allow3930YesNo
17506521MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOVERY, ENVIRONMENTAL VALIDATION, AND AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY GENERATIONOctober 2021November 2024Allow3780YesNo
17506619Convolutional Self-encoding Fault Monitoring Method Based on Batch ImagingOctober 2021March 2023Abandon1720NoNo
17482197DEVICE FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING A HEALTH IMPACT OF AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT AT A SITE LOCATIONSeptember 2021May 2022Allow810YesNo
17468702MODEL DEPLOYMENT METHOD, MODEL DEPLOYMENT DEVICE AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENTSeptember 2021March 2022Allow710NoNo
17372267AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF AUTOMATED DIGITAL SYSTEMS THROUGH LINK SALIENCEJuly 2021December 2023Allow2950YesNo
17366368SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE DATA SOURCESJuly 2021August 2023Allow2510YesNo
17365145Defect Prediction OperationJuly 2021October 2023Allow2720NoNo
17337397MONITORING WEB APPLICATION BEHAVIOR FROM A BROWSER USING A DOCUMENT OBJECT MODELJune 2021June 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17291014TUNING OF AXIS CONTROL OF MULTI-AXIS MACHINESMay 2021February 2023Allow2140YesNo
17225238AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING RULES FOR EVENT DETECTION SYSTEMSApril 2021January 2022Allow920YesNo
17208834AUTOMATIC RULE LEARNING IN SHARED RESOURCE SOLUTION DESIGNMarch 2021February 2023Allow2310NoNo
17201542PROGRESSIVE NEURAL NETWORKSMarch 2021May 2023Allow2610YesNo
17137746TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC MACHINE LEARNING INTEGRATIONDecember 2020September 2022Allow2140YesNo
17136409Ship Motion Prediction Method Based on Long Short-Term Memory Network and Gaussian Process RegressionDecember 2020April 2025Abandon5110NoNo
17116117KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION USING DEEP CLUSTERINGDecember 2020February 2025Allow5040YesNo
17085555COVARIATE PROCESSING WITH NEURAL NETWORK EXECUTION BLOCKSOctober 2020April 2025Allow5420YesNo
17080433Processing Core with Meta Data Actuated Conditional Graph ExecutionOctober 2020March 2024Allow4130NoNo
17060338SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR RESTRICTED COMPUTATIONS OF A MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITOctober 2020January 2021Allow310YesNo
17039055MACHINE LEARNING FOR MISSION SYSTEMSeptember 2020May 2025Abandon5620NoNo
17034338DYNAMIC MINIBATCH SIZESSeptember 2020June 2024Allow4510NoNo
16978412MEANING INFERENCE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2020April 2024Abandon4310YesNo
17006641PROGRAM PREDICTORAugust 2020August 2023Allow3520YesNo
16971996PREDICTION SYSTEM, PREDICTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2020February 2022Abandon1830YesNo
16964435NEURAL NETWORK AND ITS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJuly 2020October 2024Allow5110YesNo
16935500METHODS AND SYSTEMS WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK (CNN) PERFORMANCEJuly 2020April 2025Allow5730YesNo
16934369ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DRIFT DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONJuly 2020November 2024Allow5220YesYes
16928657FULLY-PRINTED ALL-SOLID-STATE ORGANIC FLEXIBLE ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSE FOR NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTINGJuly 2020March 2025Abandon5630NoNo
16879555DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE MICROSERVICE MODEL FOR DATA ANALYSIS USING SENSORSMay 2020January 2021Allow810YesNo
16763676METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING OSCILLATIONS IN A TECHNICAL SYSTEMMay 2020January 2024Allow4480YesYes
16865539LOAD BALANCING FOR MEMORY CHANNEL CONTROLLERSMay 2020August 2021Allow1630YesNo
16852338SYNCHRONIZATION OF PROCESSING ELEMENTS THAT EXECUTE STATICALLY SCHEDULED INSTRUCTIONS IN A MACHINE LEARNING ACCELERATORApril 2020March 2025Allow5930YesNo
16848525ALL OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKApril 2020December 2024Allow5630YesNo
16824025MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMMarch 2020January 2021Allow910YesNo
16823193TRAINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS WITH CONSTRAINTSMarch 2020May 2025Allow6050YesNo
16808222TRANSISTORLESS ALL-MEMRISTOR NEUROMORPHIC CIRCUITS FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTINGMarch 2020March 2024Abandon4910NoNo
16786218SMART HEATER SYSTEMFebruary 2020September 2022Allow3130YesYes
16699593CONSERVATIVE CLASS PRELOADING FOR REAL TIME JAVA EXECUTIONNovember 2019February 2024Allow5130NoNo
16688889DATA LAYOUT CONSCIOUS PROCESSING IN MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR EXECUTING NEURAL NETWORK MODELNovember 2019September 2024Allow5830YesNo
16669471NEURON CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2019January 2024Allow5010YesNo
16579765OSCILLATOR BASED NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUSSeptember 2019February 2024Allow5320NoNo
16569556DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR MODEL EXECUTION ENGINE CONTAINERSSeptember 2019September 2020Allow1200NoNo
16561760SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CALCULATION PROCESSING GRAPH OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AND METHOD OF MANAGING CALCULATION PROCESSING GRAPH BY USING THE SAMESeptember 2019October 2023Allow5020YesNo
16557449REAL-TIME RENDERING BASED ON EFFICIENT DEVICE AND SERVER PROCESSING OF CONTENT UPDATESAugust 2019February 2022Allow3030YesNo
16554984COMPUTING CIRCUITRYAugust 2019May 2023Allow4520NoNo
16550290CONTROLLING PERFORMANCE OF DEPLOYED DEEP LEARNING MODELS ON RESOURCE CONSTRAINED EDGE DEVICE VIA PREDICTIVE MODELSAugust 2019December 2024Allow6060YesNo
16547699AUTOMATIC TESTING OF WEB PAGES USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINEAugust 2019April 2023Abandon4410NoNo
16481261INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A LAYER OF A NEURAL NETWORKJuly 2019March 2025Abandon6030NoNo
16520654NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION DEVICE AND METHODJuly 2019May 2021Allow2220NoNo
16520041NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR AND NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION METHODJuly 2019August 2022Allow3750NoNo
16519994CODE USAGE MAPJuly 2019February 2021Allow1910NoNo
16478458Self-adaptive threshold neuron information processing method, self-adaptive leakage value neuron information processing method, system, computer device and readable storage mediumJuly 2019October 2022Allow3910NoNo
16477422NEURAL NETWORK INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, SENDING METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2019July 2023Allow4811YesNo
16508123METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTING BASED ON THRESHOLD ACCUMULATIONJuly 2019February 2023Abandon4310NoNo
16456954Self-Trained Analog Artificial Neural Network CircuitsJune 2019September 2023Abandon5140YesNo
16446692METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ISOLATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTSJune 2019March 2021Abandon2110NoNo
16465854MODULATION DEVICE AND METHOD, ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSE COMPRISING SAID MODULATION DEVICE, SHORT TERM PLASTICITY METHOD IN AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPRISING SAID ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSEMay 2019October 2022Allow4020YesNo
16417627UPDATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS THROUGH ONLINE STORESMay 2019November 2019Allow610YesNo
16411590SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC, SIMULTANEOUS FEATURE SELECTION AND HYPERPARAMETER TUNING FOR A MACHINE LEARNING MODELMay 2019February 2020Allow910YesNo
16405831USING MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT USER PROFILE AFFINITY BASED ON BEHAVIORAL DATA ANALYTICSMay 2019June 2020Allow1410YesNo
16399676UNIFIED COGNITION FOR A VIRTUAL PERSONAL COGNITIVE ASSISTANT WHEN COGNITION IS EMBODIED ACROSS MULTIPLE EMBODIED COGNITION OBJECT INSTANCESApril 2019June 2022Allow3830YesNo
16394136ANONYMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMApril 2019December 2020Allow1910YesNo
16297034MACHINE MODELING SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2019February 2024Abandon5960YesNo
16294886PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR A BAYESIAN NEUROMORPHIC COMPILERMarch 2019November 2021Allow3310NoNo
16283711POWER CONVERSION IN NEURAL NETWORKSFebruary 2019September 2020Allow1920YesNo
16267294PRIVATE APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION MECHANISMS AND ARCHITECTURESFebruary 2019January 2023Abandon4860YesNo
16262807COMPILING MODELS FOR DEDICATED HARDWAREJanuary 2019February 2024Allow6050YesNo
16194611SAVING BATTERY LIFE WITH INFERRED LOCATIONNovember 2018January 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16164671SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2018March 2022Allow4110YesNo
16153991PROCESSING CORE WITH METADATA ACTUATED CONDITIONAL GRAPH EXECUTIONOctober 2018May 2021Allow3110NoNo
16152348NEURAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2018August 2023Allow5850YesNo
16140269LOW SPIKE COUNT RING BUFFER MECHANISM ON NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARESeptember 2018September 2022Allow4820YesNo
16135563METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL DATA MAPPING AND CODE GENERATION TO SUPPORT DATA INTEGRATIONSeptember 2018February 2021Abandon2920NoNo
16134935SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEMSeptember 2018June 2022Abandon4420NoNo
16127416TRIGGERED OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE ALLREDUCE OVERLAPSeptember 2018January 2023Allow5230YesNo
16127170DATA SELECTION CIRCUITSeptember 2018August 2023Allow6040YesNo
16051788METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FIXED-POINT QUANTIZED NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2018September 2022Allow4920YesNo
16039155Systems and Methods for Overshoot CompensationJuly 2018November 2022Abandon5220NoNo
16034344DATA-DRIVEN AUTOMATIC CODE REVIEWJuly 2018February 2023Allow5520YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RUTTEN, JAMES D.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
4
(57.1%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(42.9%)
Reversal Percentile
64.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 42.9% 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
14
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(42.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(57.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
68.2%
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, 42.9% 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 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 RUTTEN, JAMES D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RUTTEN, JAMES D works in Art Unit 2121 and has examined 214 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 44 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RUTTEN, JAMES D's allowance rate of 72.9% places them in the 29% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RUTTEN, JAMES D receive 2.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 94% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RUTTEN, JAMES D is 44 months. This places the examiner in the 3% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RUTTEN, JAMES D. This interview benefit is in the 73% 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, 22.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 10.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 14.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 24.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% 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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.