USPTO Examiner GARNER CASEY R - Art Unit 2123

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19040977TRAINING NODES OF A NEURAL NETWORK TO BE DECISIVEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
18385143SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATIVE MACHINE-LEARNING GUIDED BY MODAL CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2023March 2024Allow510YesNo
18491817CROSS-MEDIA CORRESPONDING KNOWLEDGE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1120NoNo
18357680SCHEMA-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MONITORINGJuly 2023May 2025Allow2240YesNo
18196855LOCATING A DECISION BOUNDARY FOR COMPLEX CLASSIFIERMay 2023December 2024Allow2020NoYes
18300007LEARNING WITH MOMENT ESTIMATION USING DIFFERENT TIME CONSTANTSApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18031009Identification method of urban functional areas based on mixing degree of functions and integrated learningApril 2023May 2024Allow1320YesNo
18105424DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE REPAIR REQUESTS USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN CHATBOTFebruary 2023June 2025Abandon2830YesNo
18148225MACHINE LEARNING-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING USER-SPECIFIC, ACTIVITY SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT PREDICTING SCORESDecember 2022February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18058937AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE BASENovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
18055031BIAS REDUCTION IN MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING AND INFERENCENovember 2022January 2024Allow1420YesNo
18049286CONTEXTUAL BANDITS-BASED ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZED PERSONALIZATIONOctober 2022June 2023Allow810YesNo
17967725Counterexample-Guided Update of a Motion PlannerOctober 2022December 2022Allow200NoNo
17896927DATA MANAGEMENT SUGGESTIONS FROM KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ACTIONSAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520YesNo
17904872MEASURING LOCAL CD UNIFORMITY USING SCATTEROMETRY AND MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2022August 2024Allow2330YesYes
17888920PREDICTIVE LEARNER RECOMMENDATION PLATFORMAugust 2022January 2024Allow1730NoNo
17815851GENERATING SYNTHETIC DATA EXAMPLES AS INTERPOLATION OF TWO DATA EXAMPLES THAT IS LINEAR IN THE SPACE OF RELATIVE SCORESJuly 2022February 2023Allow710NoNo
17810778IMITATION LEARNING FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS WITH SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATORSJuly 2022November 2022Allow400NoNo
17840853EDUCATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND METHODS FOR USING SAMEJune 2022May 2024Allow2340YesNo
17837444BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEMJune 2022August 2022Allow200NoNo
17557298BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEMDecember 2021March 2022Allow300NoNo
17555535METHOD AND PLATFORM FOR PRE-TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL AUTOMATIC COMPRESSION BASED ON MULTILEVEL KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATIONDecember 2021June 2022Allow600NoNo
17546085TEA IMPURITY DATA ANNOTATION METHOD BASED ON SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2021December 2023Abandon2420NoNo
17508665SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING HYPERPARAMETERS OF A MODEL AND ADVANCED CURTAILMENT OF A TRAINING OF THE MODELOctober 2021June 2025Allow4400NoNo
17491435FEATURE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECOMMENDATION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3520YesNo
17482057MACHINE LEARNING-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING USER-SPECIFIC, ACTIVITY SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT PREDICTING SCORESSeptember 2021August 2022Allow1120YesNo
17440472AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE BASESeptember 2021August 2022Allow1010YesNo
17459086Method to Train ModelAugust 2021March 2023Abandon1930YesNo
17408450SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SERVICE INTERMEDIATIONAugust 2021April 2024Allow3260NoYes
17403668SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BANK-BALANCED SPARSE ACTIVATION AND JOINT-ACTIVATION-WEIGHT-SPARSE TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2021April 2022Allow810YesNo
17385054PREDICTIVE LEARNER SCOREJuly 2021November 2023Allow2750YesNo
17320876Real-Time Predictive Knowledge Pattern MachineMay 2021October 2021Allow530YesNo
17319282METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING DISTRIBUTED DATA-DRIVEN MODELSMay 2021November 2022Allow1830YesNo
17315695TRAINING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE SEQUENCESMay 2021December 2023Allow3100NoNo
17313108SYSTEM AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED APPLICATIONSMay 2021March 2025Allow4630YesNo
17227523MACHINE LEARNING FOR LOCATING INFORMATION IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPHSApril 2021March 2025Allow4700YesNo
17227630SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY COMMUNICATING TO A USER VIA A SYSTEM 1 OR SYSTEM 2 CHANNELApril 2021June 2025Allow5010YesNo
17225056COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEApril 2021August 2024Allow4020NoNo
17208399VARIABLE SENSITIVITY NODEMarch 2021April 2025Allow4910NoNo
17166483STRUCTURE-BASED, LIGAND ACTIVITY PREDICTION USING BINDING MODE PREDICTION INFORMATIONFebruary 2021February 2025Allow4910NoNo
17166493ARCHITECTURES FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGFebruary 2021July 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17250506IDENTIFYING SALIENT FEATURES FOR GENERATIVE NETWORKSJanuary 2021October 2024Allow4510YesNo
17160697SIDELINK-SUPPORTED FEDERATED LEARNING FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING COMPONENTJanuary 2021February 2025Allow4910YesNo
17161210METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEMJanuary 2021November 2023Allow3410NoNo
17160480OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION DEVICEJanuary 2021January 2025Allow4810NoNo
17261500INCENTIVE CONTROL FOR MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMSJanuary 2021April 2025Abandon5110NoNo
17146556HYBRID VIBRATION-SOUND ACOUSTIC PROFILING USING A SIAMESE NETWORK TO DETECT LOOSE PARTSJanuary 2021June 2025Abandon5320YesNo
17143152CONTEXTUALIZED HUMAN MACHINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USEJanuary 2021October 2024Allow4510NoNo
17132704Medical Fact Verification Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device, and Storage MediumDecember 2020April 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17130107ENTITY DISAMBIGUATION USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2020August 2024Allow4410YesNo
17129023MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4840YesNo
17128904QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER DECISION-MAKING BEHAVIORDecember 2020April 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17115014METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE CONTENT OF A KNOWLEDGE DATASTOREDecember 2020March 2021Allow410NoNo
17115116Training a Neural Network Using Small Training DatasetsDecember 2020August 2023Abandon3210NoNo
17107193Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Decision-Making Model for Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment PlanningNovember 2020July 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17106858MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED USING FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM N-GRAMS OF MOUSE EVENT DATANovember 2020April 2024Allow4120YesNo
17107760PREDICTIVE LEARNER SCORENovember 2020May 2021Allow510NoNo
17099338DATA TRAINING IN MULTI-SENSOR SETUPSNovember 2020March 2023Allow2810NoNo
17088146METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ALIMENTARY ELEMENT PREDICTION MACHINE-LEARNING MODELNovember 2020November 2022Allow2450YesNo
17051458CREATION DEVICE, CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2020March 2025Abandon5320NoNo
17079516Coastal Aquatic Conditions Reporting System Using A Learning EngineOctober 2020April 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17074201MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BIAS DETECTION AND MITIGATIONOctober 2020October 2024Allow4830YesNo
17074364Systems and Methods for Training Generative Models Using Summary Statistics and Other ConstraintsOctober 2020January 2024Allow3910NoNo
17046014UNIFICATION OF MODELS HAVING RESPECTIVE TARGET CLASSES WITH DISTILLATIONOctober 2020May 2024Allow4310YesNo
17065428MAPPABLE FILTER FOR NEURAL PROCESSOR CIRCUITOctober 2020June 2024Allow4510YesNo
17062141DOCUMENT INITIATED INTELLIGENT WORKFLOWOctober 2020March 2024Allow4110YesNo
17035546CONTROLLING AGENTS OVER LONG TIME SCALES USING TEMPORAL VALUE TRANSPORTSeptember 2020May 2023Allow3110NoNo
16948281MACHINE LEARNING BASED APPROACH TO DETECT WELL ANALOGUESeptember 2020January 2024Allow4110YesNo
16969868INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2020July 2024Abandon4720YesNo
16968465SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELSAugust 2020March 2024Abandon4310NoNo
16945679OPERATION-BASED PARTITIONING OF A PARALLELIZABLE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL NETWORK ON ACCELERATOR HARDWAREJuly 2020March 2024Abandon4310NoNo
16942341GATEWAY FOR DISTRIBUTING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AMONG MULTIPLE PROCESSING NODESJuly 2020September 2023Allow3820NoNo
16938998TARGET VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION-BASED ACCEPTANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING TEST DATA SETSJuly 2020March 2024Allow4420YesNo
16934685Secure Training of Multi-Party Deep Neural NetworkJuly 2020February 2023Allow3110NoNo
16901608Imitation Training for Machine Learning Systems with Synthetic Data GeneratorsJune 2020April 2022Allow2230NoNo
16898890ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SERVER FOR REFINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL, AND METHOD OF REFINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELJune 2020May 2024Allow4740YesNo
16894834SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING DATA FOR USE BY MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMSJune 2020July 2023Abandon3710NoNo
16881172EXTENDING FINITE RANK DEEP KERNEL LEARNING TO FORECASTING OVER LONG TIME HORIZONSMay 2020February 2023Allow3310YesNo
16881336PSEUDO-ROUNDING IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2020January 2024Allow4320YesNo
15930859AUTOMATED NEURAL NETWORK GENERATION USING FITNESS ESTIMATIONMay 2020September 2020Allow400YesNo
15930968ESTIMATION OF LATENT WAITING AND SERVICE TIMES FROM INCOMPLETE EVENT LOGSMay 2020December 2020Allow710YesNo
16871473METHODS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR TESTING DEPTH LEARNING CHIPMay 2020February 2023Allow3310YesNo
16849422SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING HYPERPARAMETERS OF A MODEL AND ADVANCED CURTAILMENT OF A TRAINING OF THE MODELApril 2020March 2021Allow1110NoNo
16846825ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SERVER FOR REFINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL, AND METHOD OF REFINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELApril 2020August 2022Allow2850YesNo
16827444GRADIENT COMPRESSION FOR DISTRIBUTED TRAININGMarch 2020February 2025Allow5960YesYes
16793536COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEFebruary 2020January 2021Allow1100YesNo
16787443LEARNING WITH MOMENT ESTIMATION USING DIFFERENT TIME CONSTANTSFebruary 2020January 2023Allow3520NoNo
16784462DOCUMENT HANDLINGFebruary 2020February 2024Abandon4830YesNo
16738114HYPERPARAMETER DETERMINATION FOR A DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE FEDERATED LEARNING PROCESSJanuary 2020January 2024Allow4830YesNo
16709598RAPID PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS OF VERY LARGE DATA SETS USING THE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONAL GRAPH USING CONFIGURABLE ARRANGEMENT OF PROCESSING COMPONENTSDecember 2019July 2022Allow3150YesNo
16707464TRAINING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE SEQUENCESDecember 2019January 2021Allow1310NoNo
16670098PLAN RECOGNITION WITH UNRELIABLE OBSERVATIONSOctober 2019August 2020Allow900YesNo
16601324CONTROLLING AGENTS OVER LONG TIME SCALES USING TEMPORAL VALUE TRANSPORTOctober 2019May 2020Allow710NoNo
16589356ROTATING BODY MONITORING AND ALERT SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2019March 2021Allow1710NoNo
16481891INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM THAT USE DEEP LEARNINGJuly 2019July 2023Abandon4820NoNo
16526360AUTOMATED NEURAL NETWORK GENERATION USING FITNESS ESTIMATIONJuly 2019March 2020Allow710YesNo
16416854OPTIMAL CONTENT IDENTIFICATION FOR LEARNING PATHSMay 2019May 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16404141DEEP-LEARNING MODEL CATALOG CREATIONMay 2019October 2022Allow4210NoNo
16386371DYNAMIC PREFETCHING OF ONTOLOGIES BASED ON ML-BASED EXECUTION PATTERN RECOGNITIONApril 2019April 2022Allow3650YesNo
16362690COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING DEVICEMarch 2019April 2023Abandon4920NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GARNER, CASEY R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
1
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
85.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(62.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(37.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
89.4%
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, 62.5% 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 GARNER, CASEY R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GARNER, CASEY R works in Art Unit 2123 and has examined 241 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 44 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GARNER, CASEY R's allowance rate of 71.4% places them in the 26% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GARNER, CASEY R receive 2.42 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 83% 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 GARNER, CASEY R 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 +13.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GARNER, CASEY R. This interview benefit is in the 55% 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, 24.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 12.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 7% 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 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 24% 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 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, 13.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 7% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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:

  • 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.