USPTO Examiner STARKS WILBERT L - Art Unit 2122

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19087299DATA PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2025October 2025Allow710NoNo
18763705SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE BASE COMPRISED OF MULTI-MODAL DATA FROM MYRIAD SOURCESJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18609844APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCAL OPTIMIZATION USING UNSUPERVISED LEARNINGMarch 2024March 2025Allow1230YesNo
18420423SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VISUALIZATION OF SEMANTIC INFORMATION AND INFERENCE OF TEMPORAL SIGNALS INDICATING SALIENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LIFE SCIENCE ENTITIESJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1410YesNo
18419807SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CONTEXTUAL LINKS BETWEEN DATA IN A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18406073Rejecting Biased Data Using A Machine Learning ModelJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18466751PREDICTING LIKELIHOODS OF CONDITIONS BEING SATISFIED USING NEURAL NETWORKSSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18353121LONG-TERM STREAMFLOW FORECAST METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON PROCESS-DATA SYNERGIC DRIVEJuly 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18350675PERFORMANCE METRICS OF RUN-TIME PREDICTIONS OF AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING (AUTOML) MODELS RUN ON ACTUAL HARDWARE PROCESSORSJuly 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18122338INTEGRATED HOSPITAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING AI TECHNOLOGY, AND INTEGRATED HOSPITAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT METHOD USING SAMEMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18184011FEDERATED MACHINE LEARNING IN ADAPTIVE TRAINING SYSTEMSMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18116303INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF PROVIDING RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS FROM USERS AND REAL-TIME CONVERSATION WITH THE USERS USING MODELS LEARNED BY DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023March 2024Abandon1220NoNo
18095421Dynamically Updatable Rules Engine, and Corresponding Systems and Methods of UseJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18150495TRUSTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2023October 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17978025Systems and Methods for Neural Networks Allocating CapitalOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18046301RUNTIME RECONFIGURABLE NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR COREOctober 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17940768METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFERRING DEVICE FINGERPRINTSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3700NoNo
17897421Parallel Development and Deployment for Machine Learning ModelsAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110NoNo
17842917KNOWLEDGE INFERENCE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATIONJune 2022September 2022Allow300NoNo
17730518VIDEO AUGMENTATION APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR ITS USEApril 2022August 2023Allow1620YesNo
17633968INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAMEFebruary 2022February 2026Abandon4810NoNo
17649510Rejecting Biased Data Using A Machine Learning ModelJanuary 2022April 2025Abandon3930NoNo
17537280Artificial Intelligence Guided Research and DevelopmentNovember 2021August 2025Abandon4520YesNo
17519156OPTIMIZED PREDICTION OF TREE ENSEMBLENovember 2021March 2026Allow5230YesNo
17491625MINING TEXTUAL FEEDBACKOctober 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17488827IMPLICIT VECTOR CONCATENATION WITHIN 2D MESH ROUTINGSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4710YesNo
17483160FIND MODEL SENSITIVITY USING PAYLOAD DATASeptember 2021March 2026Abandon5420YesNo
17479858TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE TRAINING OR TRAINED MODELS FOR DEEP LEARNING APPLICATIONSSeptember 2021March 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17477423ENVIRONMENT FACTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAINING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2420YesNo
17460674KNOWLEDGE GRAPH WEIGHTING DURING CHATBOT SESSIONSAugust 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17461288PROCESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA-TRANSFER BANDWIDTH DURING EXECUTION OF A SCHEDULED PARALLEL PROCESSAugust 2021March 2026Abandon5520NoNo
17372391WEBINTERFACE GENERATION AND TESTING USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2021March 2024Allow3320NoNo
17369757SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VISUALIZATION OF SEMANTIC INFORMATION AND INFERENCE OF TEMPORAL SIGNALS INDICATING SALIENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LIFE SCIENCE ENTITIESJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710YesNo
17368941DISTRIBUTED CLASSIFICATION COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2021September 2021Allow200NoNo
17368043Computer-Implemented, User-Controlled Method of Automatically Organizing, Storing, and Sharing Personal InformationJuly 2021September 2022Abandon1420YesYes
17360155Integrated Optical Neuromorphic Computing ApparatusJune 2021January 2026Allow5420YesNo
17361007MODEL REUSE-BASED MODEL PREDICTIONJune 2021November 2022Abandon1620YesNo
17355806Cognitive Machine Learning System for Mixed Mode AviationJune 2021June 2025Abandon4810NoNo
17351018METHODS FOR CONVERTING HIERARCHICAL DATAJune 2021April 2025Allow4620YesNo
17312639WORK SET SELECTING DEVICE, WORK SET SELECTION METHOD, AND WORK SET SELECTION PROGRAMJune 2021August 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17342540AIDS FOR PORTING PREDICTIVE MODELS ACROSS TENANTS AND HANDLING IMPACT OF SOURCE CHANGES ON PREDICTIVE MODELSJune 2021December 2023Allow3010NoNo
17338661PREDICTION METHOD FOR SYSTEM ERRORSJune 2021June 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17332696UNSUPERVISED LEARNING METHOD FOR GENERAL INVERSE PROBLEM AND APPARATUS THEREFORMay 2021October 2024Allow4010NoNo
17323364LEVERAGING EXPLANATIONS FOR TRAINING OF AN AI SYSTEMMay 2021March 2026Abandon5820YesYes
17302848NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSORMay 2021February 2024Allow3310NoNo
17316009SYSTEM FOR DUAL-FILTERING FOR LEARNING SYSTEMS TO PREVENT ADVERSARIAL ATTACKSMay 2021December 2024Abandon4320NoNo
17313504USING MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SEED HARVEST MOISTURE PREDICTIONS TO IMPROVE A COMPUTER-ASSISTED AGRICULTURAL FARM OPERATIONMay 2021February 2024Allow3310NoNo
17307724DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TEST STANDMay 2021August 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17242623MACHINE LEARNING ASSISTED DISCOVERY OF OPERATING SYSTEM-PROVIDED FEATURESApril 2021March 2026Abandon5930NoNo
17240631APPLICATION OF LOCAL INTERPRETABLE MODEL-AGNOSTIC EXPLANATIONS ON DECISION SERVICESApril 2021March 2026Abandon5940YesNo
17288595ANALYSIS DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2021December 2025Abandon5520NoNo
17229606DEVICE FOR PROCESSING TIME SERIES DATA HAVING IRREGULAR TIME INTERVAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2021March 2025Allow4720NoNo
17217907CATEGORIZING TRANSACTION RECORDSMarch 2021August 2025Abandon5320YesNo
17215372COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOFMarch 2021October 2024Allow4310NoNo
17281174METHOD, MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM TO PARAMETERIZE SEMANTIC CONCEPTS IN A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR SPACE AND TO PERFORM CLASSIFICATION, PREDICTIVE, AND OTHER MACHINE LEARNING AND AI ALGORITHMS THEREONMarch 2021January 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17216156ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR DETECTING DOCUMENT MANIPULATIONMarch 2021March 2024Allow3600NoNo
17208861TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE TRAINING OR TRAINED MODELS FOR DEEP LEARNING APPLICATIONSMarch 2021June 2021Allow300NoNo
17201907SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSMarch 2021September 2024Allow4210NoNo
17191179MEMBERSHIP LEAKAGE QUANTIFICATION TO VERIFY DATA REMOVALMarch 2021June 2024Allow4000NoNo
17185883SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY PERSONS AND/OR IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY PAIN, FATIGUE, MOOD, AND INTENT WITH PROTECTION OF PRIVACYFebruary 2021May 2024Allow3910NoNo
17183889Identifying Portions of Electronic Communication Documents Using Machine VisionFebruary 2021March 2024Allow3710NoNo
17270000DETERMINING STATES OF AN APPARATUS USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINESFebruary 2021September 2021Allow700NoNo
17175635Apparatus And Product Of Manufacture For Generating A Probability Value For An EventFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3010NoNo
17263114SYNAPTIC CHAIN COMPRISING SPINTRONIC RESONATORS BASED ON THE SPIN DIODE EFFECT, AND NEURAL NETWORK COMPRISING SUCH A SYNAPTIC CHAINJanuary 2021February 2025Allow4920NoNo
17149627NOVELTY DETECTORJanuary 2021August 2024Allow4310NoNo
17141394ON-CHIP TRAINING NEUROMORPHIC ARCHITECTUREJanuary 2021June 2024Allow4110NoNo
17122822VEHICLE PREDICTION MODULE EVALUATION AND TRAININGDecember 2020May 2024Allow4120YesNo
17113847PHYSICAL REALIZATIONS OF A UNIVERSAL ADIABATIC QUANTUM COMPUTERDecember 2020July 2023Allow3100NoNo
17105131GENERATING A DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FROM UNSTRUCTURED COMPUTER TEXTNovember 2020October 2025Allow5820NoNo
17091325Quantum Computer System and Method for Partial Differential Equation-Constrained OptimizationNovember 2020December 2024Abandon4910NoNo
17091088Analyzing Behavior in Light of Social TimeNovember 2020June 2023Allow3110NoNo
17087901METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RESETTING QUBITSNovember 2020August 2024Allow4610NoNo
17077204APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAINING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING MODEL FOR USE IN COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2020October 2024Allow4810NoNo
17027615Webinterface Presentation Using Artificial Neural NetworksSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3310NoNo
17025643TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE TRAINING OR TRAINED MODELS FOR DEEP LEARNING APPLICATIONSSeptember 2020January 2021Allow420NoNo
16975410SENSING DEVICE, SENSING METHOD, AND SENSING PROGRAMAugust 2020March 2024Allow4310NoNo
17000048JOINT REPRESENTATION LEARNING FROM IMAGES AND TEXTAugust 2020December 2023Allow4010YesNo
16947606MACHINE-LEARNING BASED SOLVER OF COUPLED-PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSAugust 2020September 2023Allow3700NoNo
16940131PREDICTING LIKELIHOODS OF CONDITIONS BEING SATISFIED USING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2020June 2023Allow3410NoNo
16938804Client Management Tool System and MethodJuly 2020June 2023Allow3510NoNo
16963094PREDICTION OF HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES AND RECOMMENDATION OF INTERVENTIONS USING DEEP LEARNINGJuly 2020October 2023Allow3900NoNo
16925813ARCHITECTURES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAM DEFINED STATE SYSTEMJuly 2020February 2021Allow710NoNo
16881791PREDICTIVE MODEL IMPORTATIONMay 2020December 2023Allow4320NoNo
16874493TRUSTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2020June 2023Abandon3710NoNo
15930900DATA-ANALYSIS-BASED, NOISY LABELED AND UNLABELED DATAPOINT DETECTION AND RECTIFICATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNINGMay 2020November 2023Allow4210YesNo
16819532INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFERENCE METHOD, ATTACK DETECTION METHOD, INFERENCE EXECUTION PROGRAM AND ATTACK DETECTION PROGRAMMarch 2020September 2023Allow4210NoNo
16805542Advanced Systems and Methods for Allocating Capital to Trading Strategies for Big Data Trading in Financial MarketsFebruary 2020July 2022Allow2910NoNo
16746692SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING ERROR IN A FIRST CLASSIFIER BY EVALUATING CLASSIFIER OUTPUT IN PARALLELJanuary 2020March 2024Allow5010NoNo
16618931DATA SPLITTING BY GRADIENT DIRECTION FOR NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2019February 2021Allow1410NoNo
16672243NORMALIZING TEXT ATTRIBUTES FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSNovember 2019October 2023Allow4840NoNo
16667673METHOD FOR PREDICTING A PERSISTENCE OVER TIME OF ENTRIES OF A KNOWLEDGE BASEOctober 2019June 2023Allow4410NoNo
16662100INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAMOctober 2019June 2023Abandon4420YesNo
16661860USING MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SEED HARVEST MOISTURE PREDICTIONS TO IMPROVE A COMPUTER-ASSISTED AGRICULTURAL FARM OPERATIONOctober 2019January 2021Allow1500NoNo
16597477Parallel Development and Deployment for Machine Learning ModelsOctober 2019June 2022Allow3210NoNo
16596134Architectures, Systems and Methods for Program Defined State SystemOctober 2019March 2020Allow500NoNo
16593321COMPUTING CONVOLUTIONS USING A NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOROctober 2019November 2022Allow3820NoNo
16591995SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA VERIFICATIONOctober 2019December 2021Allow2620NoNo
16589823Cognitive Agents for Use Within a Cognitive EnvironmentOctober 2019January 2024Allow5240NoNo
16589030MACHINE LEARNING USING SEMANTIC CONCEPTS REPRESENTED WITH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DATASeptember 2019March 2024Abandon5320NoNo
16581095METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERCEIVING AND COMPUTING EMOTIONSSeptember 2019September 2025Allow6050YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STARKS, WILBERT L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
8
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
50.4%
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
48
Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(39.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
29
(60.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
64.8%
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, 39.6% 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 STARKS, WILBERT L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STARKS, WILBERT L works in Art Unit 2122 and has examined 680 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STARKS, WILBERT L's allowance rate of 83.5% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by STARKS, WILBERT L receive 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by STARKS, WILBERT L is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -12.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STARKS, WILBERT L. This interview benefit is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 82% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% 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, 82.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 65% 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 70.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 34.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 38.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 27% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 57% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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.