USPTO Examiner MULLINAX CLINT LEE - Art Unit 2123

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18800301DISTRIBUTED IMPLEMENTATION OF RANDOM FOREST IN A NETWORKAugust 2024June 2025Allow1020YesNo
18410742DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR ENERGY FORECASTINGJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1930YesNo
18530798BAYESIAN NEURAL NETWORK POINT ESTIMATORDecember 2023December 2024Allow1220YesNo
18380620HARDWARE ACCELERATED MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2023January 2026Allow2730YesNo
18375973Machine Learning-Based URL Categorization System With Noise EliminationOctober 2023October 2025Allow2550YesNo
18471257GUIDED DIALOGUE USING LANGUAGE GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKS AND SEARCHSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2130YesNo
18362488TECHNIQUES FOR DISEASE PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNING-IMPROVED SIMULATIONS AND FOR GENERATING DISPLAY ELEMENTS USING SIMULATION RESULTSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1730YesNo
18357876EXECUTING SUBLAYERS OF A FULLY-CONNECTED LAYERJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18301401SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOM TAXONOMICAL MUTATIONApril 2023April 2025Abandon2430YesNo
18184767MULTI-GRANULARITY PERCEPTION INTEGRATED LEARNING METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND MEDIUMMarch 2023June 2024Abandon1520NoNo
18104707Method Of Selection And Optimization Of Auto-Encoder ModelFebruary 2023December 2024Abandon2340NoNo
18063671SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEVERAGING A KNOWLEDGE GRAPHDecember 2022February 2026Allow3810YesNo
17959355SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEET DRIVER BIOMETRIC TRACKINGOctober 2022October 2024Allow2430YesNo
17898030NETWORK DEVICESAugust 2022July 2025Abandon3550YesNo
17740344METHOD AND ALGORITHM OF RECURSIVE DEEP LEARNING QUANTIZATION FOR WEIGHT BIT REDUCTIONMay 2022May 2023Allow1310YesNo
17673042COMPUTATION APPARATUS AND COMPRESSION METHODFebruary 2022April 2025Abandon3821YesNo
17501314HARDWARE ACCELERATED MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2021July 2023Allow2100YesNo
17398302VARIABLE PRECISION AND MIX TYPE REPRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE LAYERS IN A NETWORKAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510NoNo
17386020TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED TRAFFIC ANALYZER USING A PROTOTYPE DATASETJuly 2021February 2026Allow5460YesNo
17367179SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE GENERATION FOR IDENTIFYING MANUFACTURING DEFECTSJuly 2021September 2025Allow5030YesNo
17312278PREDICTION METHOD FOR STALL AND SURGE OF AXIAL COMPRESSOR BASED ON DEEP LEARNINGJune 2021March 2025Allow4510YesNo
17230446SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ELECTRIC SIGNALSApril 2021November 2025Allow5510YesNo
17221791Resource-Efficient Attention in a Neural NetworkApril 2021February 2026Allow5820YesNo
17165509SEPARATE DEPLOYMENT OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AND ASSOCIATED EMBEDDINGFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2950YesNo
17137714System and method of providing correction assistance on machine learning workflow predictionsDecember 2020October 2025Allow5731YesNo
17116479EXTRACTING EXPLANATIONS FROM SUPPORTING EVIDENCEDecember 2020June 2025Allow5410YesNo
17107789UNSUPERVISED INCREMENTAL CLUSTERING LEARNING FOR MULTIPLE MODALITIESNovember 2020November 2025Abandon6020NoNo
17089974SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE VOLUMETRIC AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF STORAGE TANKSNovember 2020January 2026Allow6040NoNo
17068142AI GUIDED SPECTRUM OPERATIONSOctober 2020April 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17041667INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2020January 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17020118CLOUD TASK SCHEDULING METHOD BASED ON PHAGOCYTOSIS-BASED HYBRID PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION AND GENETIC ALGORITHMSeptember 2020May 2025Abandon5620NoNo
17008719INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2020October 2024Abandon4930NoNo
16989762DATA ATTRIBUTION BASED ON SPATIAL MEMORY USING MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINEAugust 2020December 2025Abandon6040NoNo
16989866COMPLEMENTARY EVIDENCE IDENTIFICATION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE INFERENCEAugust 2020April 2025Allow5630YesNo
16927655ACCOUNT PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2020January 2025Allow5440YesYes
16918873SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMPLEMENTARY OBJECTS HAVING SIMILAR STYLESJuly 2020August 2025Allow6040YesNo
16917963CONFIDENCE CLASSIFIERS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TRAINING DATAJuly 2020February 2025Abandon5620YesNo
16859789INCREASING SECURITY OF NEURAL NETWORKS BY DISCRETIZING NEURAL NETWORK INPUTSApril 2020March 2022Allow2340YesYes
16812105DETERMINING COMPUTER-EXECUTED ENSEMBLE MODELMarch 2020August 2022Abandon2940YesNo
16752240Methods and Systems for Nucleic Acid Variant Detection and AnalysisJanuary 2020March 2021Abandon1410NoNo
16726709CONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR ELEMENT ARRAYS FOR IMPLEMENTING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2019October 2025Allow6050YesNo
16697483Interpretable Supervised Anomaly Detection for Determining Reasons for Unsupervised Anomaly DecisionNovember 2019March 2025Allow6070YesYes
16656761ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2019May 2025Abandon6080YesNo
16654584SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON KNOWLEDGE GRAPHOctober 2019February 2025Allow6050YesNo
16576835INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GENERATION METHOD OF TIMING PATH LEARNING MODELSeptember 2019July 2023Abandon4610NoNo
16566511SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEXT OBJECT PREDICTION FOR ICS FLOW USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2019January 2025Allow6060YesNo
16527968DIAGNOSING & TRIAGING PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN LARGE-SCALE SERVICESJuly 2019October 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16457133APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAM SYNTHESIS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMSJune 2019November 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16428075METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONMay 2019August 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16388863DATAFLOW ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERAL MATRIX-MATRIX MULTIPLICATION AND TENSOR COMPUTATION IN DEEP LEARNINGApril 2019December 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16386784ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK REGULARIZATION SYSTEM FOR A RECOGNITION DEVICE AND A MULTI-STAGE TRAINING METHOD ADAPTABLE THERETOApril 2019February 2023Abandon4620NoNo
16370553Dropout for Ensemble Machine Learning ClassifiersMarch 2019October 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16236402REMOVING UNNECESSARY HISTORY FROM REINFORCEMENT LEARNING STATEDecember 2018November 2023Allow5850YesYes
16222706Machine Learning based Fixed-Time Optimal Path GenerationDecember 2018November 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16306502DEVICE-BASED ANOMALY DETECTION USING RANDOM FOREST MODELSNovember 2018April 2024Abandon6040NoNo
16305565ENABLING SEMANTICS REASONING SERVICE IN M2M/IOT SERVICE LAYERNovember 2018December 2023Abandon6030YesNo
16201953SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN AIRCRAFT FAULT PREDICTION CLASSIFIERNovember 2018October 2023Allow5850YesNo
16129154Predicting Non-Observable Parameters for Digital ComponentsSeptember 2018March 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16115153SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MODEL-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONSAugust 2018October 2023Allow6030YesYes
16110419EFFICIENT CONFIGURATION SELECTION FOR AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2018October 2024Allow6050YesNo
16018649SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABSTRACTING CHARACTERISTICS OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMSJune 2018November 2023Abandon6040NoNo
16005750ROBOTIC SCRIPT GENERATION BASED ON PROCESS VARIATION DETECTIONJune 2018August 2025Abandon6050YesYes
16000977METHOD OF AND SERVER FOR CONVERTING CATEGORICAL FEATURE VALUE INTO A NUMERIC REPRESENTATION THEREOF AND FOR GENERATING A SPLIT VALUE FOR THE CATEGORICAL FEATUREJune 2018March 2024Allow6040NoNo
16000809METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PREDICTION QUALITY PARAMETER FOR A PREDICTION MODEL EXECUTED IN A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMJune 2018March 2025Abandon6060YesYes
15973244DETERMINING INCREASED VALUE BASED ON HOLDOUT IMPRESSIONSMay 2018September 2024Abandon6040NoYes
15934523EXECUTING SUBLAYERS OF A FULLY-CONNECTED LAYERMarch 2018May 2023Allow6030YesNo
15907656COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REMINDERS FOR UN-ACTIONED EMAILSFebruary 2018September 2023Abandon6040YesNo
15882134MACHINE LEARNT MATCH RULESJanuary 2018August 2023Abandon6040YesYes
15878302SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BAYES NET CONTENT GRAPH CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONJanuary 2018March 2024Abandon6040NoNo
15867169DETERMINING STRATEGIC DIGITAL CONTENT TRANSMISSION TIME UTILIZING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS AND SURVIVAL ANALYSISJanuary 2018March 2024Abandon6030YesYes
15859578CONTENT RATING CLASSIFICATION WITH COGNITIVE COMPUTING SUPPORTDecember 2017May 2023Abandon6080YesNo
15816644Double Blind Machine Learning Insight Interface Apparatuses, Methods and SystemsNovember 2017September 2024Abandon6060NoNo
15815528SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMPREHENSIVE CONTROL DATA FOR A DEVICENovember 2017April 2024Abandon6060YesYes
15787863MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE AND MACHINING TIME PREDICTION DEVICEOctober 2017September 2020Allow3520YesNo
15786514MINIMIZING MEMORY READS AND INCREASING PERFORMANCE OF A NEURAL NETWORK ENVIRONMENT USING A DIRECTED LINE BUFFEROctober 2017August 2023Abandon6050YesNo
15786452SOFTWARE DEFINED NEURAL NETWORK LAYER PIPELININGOctober 2017May 2024Allow6060YesYes
15722196CREATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FROM STRUCTURED INTELLIGENCE DATABASESOctober 2017August 2023Abandon6060YesNo
15717858UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN HEALTHCARE EPISODE PREDICTIONSeptember 2017February 2023Abandon6040YesNo
15717889LIVE STYLE TRANSFER ON A MOBILE DEVICESeptember 2017September 2021Allow4820YesNo
15716201ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED SELF-ORGANIZING EVENT-ACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE NETWORKSSeptember 2017June 2023Allow6050YesNo
15716047METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2017January 2023Abandon6040YesNo
15689988CAPTURING KNOWLEDGE COVERAGE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELSAugust 2017December 2023Abandon6060NoYes
15630604IMAGE CAPTIONING UTILIZING SEMANTIC TEXT MODELING AND ADVERSARIAL LEARNINGJune 2017May 2021Allow4720YesNo
15621067COGNITIVE FLOW PREDICTIONJune 2017July 2023Abandon6080NoNo
15620247NETWORK PATH PREDICTION AND SELECTION USING MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2017December 2022Abandon6060YesNo
15615005SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEET DRIVER BIOMETRIC TRACKINGJune 2017May 2022Allow5940YesNo
15592846Methods And Systems For Providing Travel RecommendationsMay 2017March 2021Abandon4720NoNo
15592103IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TRAINING NEEDS FROM UNSTRUCTURED COMPUTER TEXT USING A NEURAL NETWORKMay 2017August 2021Allow5130NoNo
15497798Traffic Condition Forecasting Using Matrix Compression and Deep Neural NetworksApril 2017August 2020Allow3910YesNo
15498006STATE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITApril 2017October 2022Allow6040YesNo
15482401DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFORApril 2017July 2020Abandon4010NoNo
15465679SYSTEM FOR QUERYING MODELSMarch 2017March 2022Abandon6060YesNo
15465842AUTOMATED FRAUD CLASSIFICATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGMarch 2017June 2021Allow5130YesNo
15464925CONTENT RATING CLASSIFICATION WITH COGNITIVE COMPUTING SUPPORTMarch 2017May 2023Abandon6080YesNo
15465412VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ESCALATIONMarch 2017November 2023Abandon60100YesNo
15464330METHOD AND ALGORITHM OF RECURSIVE DEEP LEARNING QUANTIZATION FOR WEIGHT BIT REDUCTIONMarch 2017March 2022Allow6030NoNo
15456473CASCADED RANDOM DECISION TREES USING CLUSTERSMarch 2017December 2022Abandon6060YesNo
15444280SPATIAL EXCLUSIVITY BY VELOCITY FOR MOTION PROCESSING ANALYSISFebruary 2017July 2021Allow5370YesNo
15437588PREDICTION OF GENETIC TRAIT EXPRESSION USING DATA ANALYTICSFebruary 2017May 2020Abandon3910NoNo
15505231CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKFebruary 2017April 2021Allow5020YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MULLINAX, CLINT LEE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
3
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
38.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(29.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(70.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.1%
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, 29.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner MULLINAX, CLINT LEE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MULLINAX, CLINT LEE works in Art Unit 2123 and has examined 106 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 44.3%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 10000 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MULLINAX, CLINT LEE's allowance rate of 44.3% places them in the 9% 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 MULLINAX, CLINT LEE receive 4.01 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 97% 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 MULLINAX, CLINT LEE is 10000 months. This places the examiner in the 0% 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 +32.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MULLINAX, CLINT LEE. This interview benefit is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 12.5% 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 1.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 4% 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, 46.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 73.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 54.5% 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, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 24% 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 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.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • 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.

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