USPTO Examiner HOANG MICHAEL H - Art Unit 2122

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17127698SELF-OPTIMIZING LABELING PLATFORMDecember 2020June 2025Abandon5420NoNo
17079681BERT-BASED MACHINE-LEARNING TOOL FOR PREDICTING EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO TEXTOctober 2020June 2025Abandon5630YesNo
17072757AUTOMATED SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLONE DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHSOctober 2020January 2025Allow5130YesNo
17033474Dynamically Selecting Neural Networks for Detecting Predetermined FeaturesSeptember 2020March 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17022925Entity Extraction and Relationship Definition Using Machine LearningSeptember 2020March 2024Abandon4220YesNo
17018555SELF-TRAINING TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING NEURAL NETWORK MODELSSeptember 2020September 2024Abandon4930NoNo
16987246CONTROLLING AGENTS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMINGAugust 2020December 2024Abandon5230YesNo
16986556METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AN ADVERSARIAL DISTURBANCE IN INPUT DATA OF A NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2020May 2024Allow4530YesNo
16943957TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS USING LEARNED ADAPTIVE LEARNING RATESJuly 2020September 2024Abandon4930NoNo
15931362METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK DATA QUANTIZINGMay 2020June 2024Allow4930YesNo
16831971METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SYNTHETIC UNSTRUCTURED FREE-TEXT MEDICAL DATA FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMarch 2020November 2024Abandon5640NoNo
16823562MODEL CREATION SUPPORTING METHOD AND MODEL CREATION SUPPORTING SYSTEMMarch 2020November 2024Abandon5630NoNo
16815358TIME SERIES ANALYSIS USING A SHAPELET LEARNING METHOD WITH AREA UNDER THE CURVEMarch 2020April 2025Allow6040NoNo
16743130AUTOMATED ANALYTICAL MODEL RETRAINING WITH A KNOWLEDGE GRAPHJanuary 2020March 2024Allow5040YesNo
16717017VIRTUAL DATA SCIENTIST WITH PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICSDecember 2019May 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16696061DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKNovember 2019December 2023Abandon4930NoNo
16694921TIME SERIES DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2019September 2024Abandon5720NoYes
16693025NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING USING DETECTION PROCESSING FOR MULTIPLE RECOGNITION TASKSNovember 2019January 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16613212Knowledge Transfer Between Different Deep Learning ArchitecturesNovember 2019April 2025Allow6070YesYes
16670690DEEP-LEARNING MODEL CREATION RECOMMENDATIONSOctober 2019January 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16586223TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE STRUCTURED EMBEDDINGSSeptember 2019July 2022Allow3320YesNo
16566375COMPUTER-READABLE RECODING MEDIUM, LEARNING METHOD, PREDICTION METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND PREDICTION APPARATUSSeptember 2019March 2024Abandon5440NoNo
16542403END-TO-END STRUCTURE-AWARE CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS FOR KNOWLEDGE BASE COMPLETIONAugust 2019June 2023Abandon4630NoNo
16534856PERFORMANCE OF NEURAL NETWORKS USING LEARNED SPECIALIZED TRANSFORMATION FUNCTIONSAugust 2019March 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16481672ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD USING AN AUTOENCODER LEARNING FROM DATA ITEMS COLLECTED BY MEASURING DEVICESJuly 2019May 2025Allow6070YesNo
16430243GENERALIZED NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECT MODELS VIA GAUSSIAN PROCESSESJune 2019February 2023Abandon4540YesNo
16422380POPULATION DIVERSITY BASED LEARNING IN ADVERSARIAL AND RAPID CHANGING ENVIRONMENTSMay 2019April 2023Abandon4640YesNo
16421290SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID CONTENT PROVISIONING WITH DUAL RECOMMENDATION ENGINESMay 2019January 2025Abandon6030NoNo
16407290Sensor-Action Fusion System for Optimising Sensor Measurement Collection from Multiple SensorsMay 2019March 2022Abandon3410NoNo
16404733AUTOMATED TRAINING DATA EXTRACTION METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MODELS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLESMay 2019March 2023Allow4630YesNo
16384738ADDRESSING A LOSS-METRIC MISMATCH WITH ADAPTIVE LOSS ALIGNMENTApril 2019April 2022Abandon3620YesNo
16380537COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUSApril 2019October 2023Abandon5440NoNo
16363891CONVERSATIONAL TURN ANALYSIS NEURAL NETWORKSMarch 2019October 2022Abandon4220NoNo
16355185EFFICIENT MACHINE LEARNING MODEL ARCHITECTURE SELECTIONMarch 2019September 2023Allow5560NoNo
16296897Quantifying Vulnerabilities of Deep Learning Computing Systems to Adversarial PerturbationsMarch 2019November 2021Allow3210YesNo
16293252RESOLVING OPAQUENESS OF COMPLEX MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSMarch 2019October 2024Allow6050YesNo
16289531REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH SCHEDULED AUXILIARY CONTROLFebruary 2019September 2023Allow5540YesNo
16278413AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF LABELING ERRORSFebruary 2019January 2022Abandon3510NoNo
16325348LEARNING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND LEARNING METHODFebruary 2019November 2022Allow4530YesNo
16268071IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTER SYSTEM TASK INVOLVING NONSTATIONARY STREAMING TIME-SERIES DATA BASED ON A BIAS-VARIANCE-BASED ADAPTIVE LEARNING RATEFebruary 2019October 2022Abandon4540YesNo
16263930INTERACTIVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH DYNAMIC REUSE OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGEJanuary 2019December 2021Allow3420NoNo
16254037System and Method for Predicting Fine-Grained Adversarial Multi-Agent MotionJanuary 2019December 2022Allow4730YesNo
16253366SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT-BASED TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODELJanuary 2019August 2022Allow4330NoNo
16248670ASYNCHRONOUS EARLY STOPPING IN HYPERPARAMETER METAOPTIMIZATION FOR A NEURAL NETWORKJanuary 2019September 2023Abandon5620YesYes
16246581LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2019June 2023Abandon5350NoNo
16242999SCHEDULING HETEROGENEOUS EXECUTION ON HETEROGENEOUS HARDWAREJanuary 2019May 2023Allow5230YesYes
16234783DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE INJECTION INTO SEMI-CROWDSOURCED UNSTRUCTURED DATA SUMMARIZATION FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRDecember 2018November 2023Abandon5821NoNo
16235467NETWORK EMBEDDING METHODDecember 2018August 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16230909MULTIMODAL MACHINE LEARNING SELECTORDecember 2018December 2024Abandon6060NoNo
16216138CREATING OPTIMIZED MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF THE NEURAL NETWORK MODELDecember 2018May 2024Abandon6080YesNo
16214598METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFER LEARNING TO RANDOM TARGET DATASET AND MODEL STRUCTURE BASED ON META LEARNINGDecember 2018October 2021Abandon3410NoNo
16210785COLLABORATIVE DEEP LEARNING MODEL AUTHORING TOOLDecember 2018November 2024Abandon6060YesYes
16204549MULTIFUNCTION PERCEPTRONS IN MACHINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2018May 2024Abandon6060NoNo
16198642FRAMEWORK FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MIGRATION OF A DATABASE TO A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMNovember 2018June 2022Allow4320YesNo
16303256MODEL-FREE CONTROL FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AGENTSNovember 2018June 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16188123Reinforcement Learning for Concurrent ActionsNovember 2018July 2022Allow4430YesNo
16156114TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING DOWNSTREAM UTILITY IN MAKING FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONSOctober 2018May 2023Abandon5550YesNo
16152953ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH CONTEXT PATHWAYOctober 2018November 2022Abandon4920NoNo
16147939LOCAL LEARNING SYSTEM IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICEOctober 2018April 2023Abandon5430NoNo
16145287METHOD FOR PROTECTING A MACHINE LEARNING ENSEMBLE FROM COPYINGSeptember 2018June 2022Allow4530YesYes
16131150COMMUNICATION EFFICIENT MACHINE LEARNING OF DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE SITESSeptember 2018January 2023Allow5210NoNo
16110124INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSAugust 2018August 2022Allow4830YesNo
16051792REMOTE USAGE OF MACHINE LEARNED LAYERS BY A SECOND MACHINE LEARNING CONSTRUCTAugust 2018July 2022Abandon4810NoNo
16029389DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICEJuly 2018November 2023Abandon6050NoNo
16024434MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF INCREMENTAL EVENT CAUSALITY TOWARDS A TARGET OUTCOMEJune 2018September 2022Allow5030YesNo
16022317ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED CONTENT AUTHORING FOR AUTOMATED AGENTSJune 2018April 2024Abandon6050YesYes
16014503Job Merging for Machine and Deep Learning Hyperparameter TuningJune 2018July 2022Allow4840NoNo
15982478SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC BUILDING OF LEARNING MACHINES USING LEARNING MACHINESMay 2018January 2022Abandon4410NoNo
15959040MODEL INTERPRETATIONApril 2018January 2023Allow5730YesNo
15928049INFERRING DIGITAL TWINS FROM CAPTURED DATAMarch 2018February 2023Allow5930YesNo
15909372CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCE DATA BY NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSINGMarch 2018May 2025Abandon60100YesNo
15909442CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCE DATA BY NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSINGMarch 2018November 2023Abandon6070YesNo
15899599LEARNING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTFebruary 2018November 2023Abandon6040YesNo
15892475DETECTING DATASET POISONING ATTACKS INDEPENDENT OF A LEARNING ALGORITHMFebruary 2018July 2021Allow4110YesNo
15891739SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF OCCUPANCY IN BUILDINGSFebruary 2018February 2023Abandon6040YesNo
15885727HIERARCHICAL AND INTERPRETABLE SKILL ACQUISITION IN MULTI-TASK REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJanuary 2018September 2022Allow5610NoNo
15878543Configurable Convolution Neural Network ProcessorJanuary 2018May 2024Abandon6050YesNo
15878965SYNAPSE MEMORYJanuary 2018September 2022Allow5620YesNo
15876025SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IDENTIFIER FOR OUTLIER ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATIONJanuary 2018July 2023Abandon6040NoNo
15845509COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING BY CONSENSUS IN COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2017February 2023Abandon6060YesNo
15844442Deep Neural Network Hardening FrameworkDecember 2017May 2022Allow5340YesNo
15841094ARCHITECTURES FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS USING BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES, CONSERVATION, AND MOLECULAR PHENOTYPESDecember 2017July 2024Abandon6060YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HOANG, MICHAEL H.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(11.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(88.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
14.4%
Lower 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, 11.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner HOANG, MICHAEL H - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HOANG, MICHAEL H works in Art Unit 2122 and has examined 82 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 37.8%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 54 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HOANG, MICHAEL H's allowance rate of 37.8% places them in the 7% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HOANG, MICHAEL H receive 3.63 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 93% 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 HOANG, MICHAEL H is 54 months. This places the examiner in the 4% 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 +27.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HOANG, MICHAEL H. This interview benefit is in the 74% 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, 10.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 7% 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 16.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 19% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

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 10% 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:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • 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.

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