USPTO Examiner GEIB BENJAMIN P - Art Unit 2123

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18790709TRAINING AN AUTOENCODER WITH A CLASSIFIERJuly 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18444906CUTOFF VALUE OPTIMIZATION FOR BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEM WITH MULTI-CLASS TARGETFebruary 2024May 2024Allow300NoNo
18468011ADDING A SPLIT DETECTOR COMPOUND NODE TO A DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710NoNo
18336906NEURAL PROCESSOR WITH ACTIVATION COMPRESSIONJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18208455BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEM WITH MULTI-CLASS TARGETJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18309470AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF DATA SENSITIVITY THROUGH MACHINE LEARNINGApril 2023July 2023Allow300NoNo
18140366UPDATE OF LOCAL FEATURES MODEL BASED ON CORRECTION TO ROBOT ACTIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1100NoNo
18191737NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING DATA THEREOFMarch 2023September 2024Allow1830NoNo
18096854SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE AND USAGE OF A QUESTION ANSWERING COGNITIVE COMPUTING TOOLJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18147313DEEP NEURAL NETWORK WITH COMPOUND NODE FUNCTIONING AS A DETECTOR AND REJECTERDecember 2022June 2023Allow500NoNo
17982474COMPUTATION OF NEURAL NETWORK NODE BY NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE CIRCUITNovember 2022August 2024Allow2110NoNo
18051906BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEMNovember 2022June 2023Allow800NoNo
17977964PRIOR INJECTIONS FOR SEMI-LABELED SAMPLESOctober 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
18051308MACHINE LEARNING (ML) MODELING BY DNA COMPUTINGOctober 2022January 2024Allow1400NoNo
17895762Entropy-Based Techniques for Creation of Well-Balanced Computer Based Reasoning SystemsAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17821903NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17760023NETWORK ACCURACY QUANTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1220NoNo
17853143APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPILED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELJune 2022February 2024Allow1950YesNo
17838722NEURAL CAPACITANCE: NEURAL NETWORK SELECTION VIA EDGE DYNAMICSJune 2022May 2025Allow3500NoNo
17838240COMPILING ASYMMETRICALLY-QUANTIZED NEURAL NETWORK MODELS FOR DEEP LEARNING ACCELERATIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3600NoNo
17664898ASYNCHRONOUS AGENTS WITH LEARNING COACHES AND STRUCTURALLY MODIFYING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS WITHOUT PERFORMANCE DEGRADATIONMay 2022September 2022Allow400NoNo
17741614CLOUD BASED MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2022September 2024Allow2920NoNo
17707309SPARSITY HANDLING FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FORECASTINGMarch 2022June 2022Allow300NoNo
17653006ASYNCHRONOUS AGENTS WITH LEARNING COACHES AND STRUCTURALLY MODIFYING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS WITHOUT PERFORMANCE DEGRADATIONMarch 2022June 2022Allow300NoNo
17675617ANALOG SWITCHED-CAPACITOR NEURAL NETWORKFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17672163MODIFYING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO IMPROVE LOCALITYFebruary 2022October 2023Allow2000NoNo
17589716SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DECODING OBSERVED SPIKE COUNTS FOR SPIKING CELLSJanuary 2022April 2022Allow200NoNo
17572899INTEGRATED ARTIFICIAL NEURON DEVICEJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2310NoNo
17570673CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE WITH BIASED RANDOMIZATIONJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2310NoNo
17566972Pulse-Width Modulated MultiplierDecember 2021March 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17507376CAUSAL INFERENCE AND POLICY OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON DEEP LEARNING MODELSOctober 2021March 2022Allow500NoNo
17500900Predictor Generation Genetic AlgorithmOctober 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo
17497189VIRTUAL ASSISTANT CONFIGURED TO RECOMMENDED ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF AN EXISTING CONVERSATIONOctober 2021April 2024Allow3010YesNo
17441729METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING SUBSTRATE IMAGESeptember 2021December 2024Allow3900NoNo
17460861UPDATE OF LOCAL FEATURES MODEL BASED ON CORRECTION TO ROBOT ACTIONAugust 2021December 2022Allow1600NoNo
17412350Systems and Methods of Applying Semantic Features for Machine Learning of Message CategoriesAugust 2021April 2024Allow3120NoNo
17378988METHODS OF CHEMICAL COMPUTATIONJuly 2021June 2023Allow2310NoNo
17330349Genetic algorithm-based encoding of neural networksMay 2021March 2022Allow1011YesNo
17292882AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS FOR OBJECT RECOGNITIONMay 2021November 2024Allow4310NoNo
17306877METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED AND COOPERATIVE COMPUTATION IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2021February 2024Allow3410NoNo
17225630Personalizing User Experience with Neural Fitted Q IterationApril 2021July 2024Allow3910YesNo
17250889CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATORMarch 2021September 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17188837DETERMINING MODEL PARAMETERS USING SECRET SHARINGMarch 2021May 2021Allow310NoNo
17144058DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON A DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMJanuary 2021September 2024Allow4410NoNo
17131925Baum-Welch AcceleratorDecember 2020August 2024Allow4410NoNo
17131424APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A TENSOR PERMUTATION ENGINEDecember 2020February 2023Allow2610NoNo
17253013METHODS OF CHEMICAL COMPUTATIONDecember 2020April 2021Allow300NoNo
17115989INSTRUCTIONS AND LOGIC TO PERFORM FLOATING POINT AND INTEGER OPERATIONS FOR MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2020July 2024Allow4320YesNo
17101613SENSOR FUSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLENovember 2020August 2024Allow4520NoNo
17098950PARAMETER SELECTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PARAMETER SELECTION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2020April 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17081361SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PEST PRESSURE USING GEOSPATIAL FEATURES AND MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2020August 2024Allow4520NoNo
17044783CAUSALITY ESTIMATION OF TIME SERIES VIA SUPERVISED LEARNINGOctober 2020August 2024Allow4720NoNo
17018907CONTENT BASED REMOTE DATA PACKET INTERVENTIONSeptember 2020November 2022Allow2600NoNo
16945415DATA FIELD EXTRACTION BY A DATA INTAKE AND QUERY SYSTEMJuly 2020October 2024Allow5010YesNo
16929168PULSE GENERATION FOR UPDATING CROSSBAR ARRAYSJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310YesNo
16929172SPARSE MODIFIABLE BIT LENGTH DETERMINSTIC PULSE GENERATION FOR UPDATING ANALOG CROSSBAR ARRAYSJuly 2020September 2022Allow2610NoNo
16913146CONTROLLING THE OPERATING SPEED OF STAGES OF AN ASYNCHRONOUS PIPELINEJune 2020July 2023Allow3730NoNo
16900641SCALABLE NEUTRAL ATOM BASED QUANTUM COMPUTINGJune 2020January 2024Allow4350YesNo
16896925ACCIDENT-DATA-BASED VEHICLE FEATURE DETERMINATIONJune 2020October 2020Allow400YesNo
16876995System and Method for Variable Lane ArchitectureMay 2020September 2020Allow400NoNo
16826364Quantum Optical Neural NetworksMarch 2020July 2023Allow3910NoNo
16792031DETERMINING MODEL PARAMETERS USING SECRET SHARINGFebruary 2020October 2020Allow800NoNo
16739341DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAYERS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DATAJanuary 2020November 2020Allow1010NoNo
16626824DNA-BASED NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2019September 2024Allow5721NoNo
16717633WAVELET REPRESENTATION FOR ACCELERATED DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2019January 2024Abandon4910NoNo
16714974COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHODDecember 2019March 2023Allow3910NoNo
16710070SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SITUATION AWARENESSDecember 2019December 2023Allow4811NoNo
16703358VISUALIZATION TO SUPPORT EVENT MONITORING SYSTEMDecember 2019April 2020Allow400NoNo
16703301EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM USING FREQUENCY SEGMENTSDecember 2019April 2020Allow410NoNo
16618910ASYNCHRONOUS AGENTS WITH LEARNING COACHES AND STRUCTURALLY MODIFYING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS WITHOUT PERFORMANCE DEGRADATIONDecember 2019November 2021Allow2430YesNo
16699029FEATURE MAP AND WEIGHT SELECTION METHOD AND ACCELERATING DEVICENovember 2019February 2023Allow3910NoNo
16697196NEURAL NETWORK CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHODNovember 2019September 2022Allow3410NoNo
16694911TYPE-2 FUZZY NEURAL NETWORK-BASED COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSNovember 2019October 2022Allow3510NoNo
16668957NEURAL NETWORK INSTRUCTION STREAMINGOctober 2019June 2022Allow3110YesNo
16654214ACCIDENT-DATA-BASED VEHICLE FEATURE DETERMINATIONOctober 2019March 2020Allow500NoNo
16590265SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT DATA PROCESSINGOctober 2019November 2022Allow3720NoNo
16549608EVENT MONITORING SYSTEMAugust 2019November 2019Allow300NoNo
16536510METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING AND PROCESSING SYMBOL STRUCTURES USING VECTOR-DERIVED TRANSFORMATION BINDINGAugust 2019September 2024Abandon6030NoNo
16481016ACCELERATED DEEP LEARNINGJuly 2019November 2023Allow5110NoNo
16509252SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIPELINED PARALLELISM TO ACCELERATE DISTRIBUTED PROCESSINGJuly 2019December 2023Abandon5340YesNo
16504311MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PREDICTING TIME IN TRAFFICJuly 2019April 2022Allow3310NoNo
16457172GUARDED STORAGE EVENT HANDLING DURING TRANSACTIONAL EXECUTIONJune 2019October 2020Allow1610YesNo
16441025APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A FORWARD OPERATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2019September 2020Allow1520NoNo
16441019APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING REVERSAL TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKJune 2019May 2020Allow1110NoNo
16441885RESISTIVE CROSSBAR ARRAYS WITH REDUCED NUMBERS OF ELEMENTSJune 2019June 2022Allow3610YesNo
16432402INSTRUCTIONS AND LOGIC TO PERFORM FLOATING-POINT AND INTEGER OPERATIONS FOR MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2019June 2021Allow2520NoNo
16345533MEMRISTIVE LEARNING FOR NEUROMORPHIC CIRCUITSApril 2019January 2022Allow3300NoNo
16369310METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING AN AUTOMATED CODING MODELMarch 2019October 2022Allow4220NoNo
16291471INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CONVOLUTION OPERATIONS IN LAYERS OF CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKMarch 2019June 2022Abandon3910NoNo
16290117DERIVING A CONCORDANT SOFTWARE NEURAL NETWORK LAYER FROM A QUANTIZED FIRMWARE NEURAL NETWORK LAYERMarch 2019October 2022Allow4310YesNo
16270848Artificial Neurons Using Diffusive MemristorFebruary 2019September 2022Allow4420NoNo
16271273CAPSULE VECTOR SPIN NEURON IMPLEMENTATION OF A CAPSULE NEURAL NETWORK PRIMITIVEFebruary 2019March 2024Abandon6021NoNo
16268578SERIALIZED ELECTRO-OPTIC NEURAL NETWORK USING OPTICAL WEIGHTS ENCODINGFebruary 2019May 2022Allow3910YesNo
16258174SUPERCONDUCTING NEUROMORPHIC COREJanuary 2019June 2021Allow2900NoNo
16254848Tuning Local Conductances Of Molecular Networks: Applications To Artificial Neural NetworksJanuary 2019March 2023Allow5010NoNo
16254475MACHINE LEARNING BASED VIDEO COMPRESSIONJanuary 2019August 2022Allow4220NoYes
16240003METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VERIFYING A NEURON FUNCTION IN A NEURAL NETWORKJanuary 2019December 2022Allow4710NoNo
16237439METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMILARITY-BASED MULTI-LABEL LEARNINGDecember 2018January 2024Allow6050YesNo
16230928NEURAL NETWORKS IMPLEMENTED WITH DSD CIRCUITSDecember 2018February 2023Allow5001NoNo
16222693METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONVOLUTION CALCULATION IN NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2018October 2022Allow4510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GEIB, BENJAMIN P.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.0%
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, 40.0% 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

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner GEIB, BENJAMIN P - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GEIB, BENJAMIN P works in Art Unit 2123 and has examined 240 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GEIB, BENJAMIN P's allowance rate of 92.1% places them in the 77% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GEIB, BENJAMIN P receive 1.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GEIB, BENJAMIN P is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 6% 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 +3.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GEIB, BENJAMIN P. This interview benefit is in the 23% 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, 32.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 61% 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 33.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 41% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 69% 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 87% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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, 20.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 11% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 55% 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:

  • 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.

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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