USPTO Examiner VINCENT DAVID ROBERT - Art Unit 2123

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18670279SYSTEM, NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF A COMPUTING NETWORKMay 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18637794METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED SENSOR ASSESSMENTS FOR PREDICTING SECONDARY ENDPOINTSApril 2024May 2025Allow1320YesNo
18615984APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATION MONITORINGMarch 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18381054APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA INGESTION FOR USER SPECIFIC OUTPUTS OF ONE OR MORE MACHINE LEARNING MODELSOctober 2023June 2024Allow810YesNo
18141360COMPUTER ASSISTED PROGRAMMING USING AUTOMATED NEXT NODE RECOMMENDER FOR COMPLEX DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHSApril 2023February 2024Allow1021YesNo
18123158SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PROBATIONARY AUTOMATED-DECISIONING WORKFLOW IN A MACHINE LEARNING-TASK ORIENTED DIGITAL THREAT OR DIGITAL ABUSE MITIGATION SYSTEMMarch 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18185479MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING MEDICAL ASSESSMENTMarch 2023January 2024Allow1020YesNo
18163527METHOD OF COMPRESSING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEFebruary 2023May 2023Allow400NoNo
18092635Method Of Training Object Prediction Models Using Ambiguous LabelsJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1730YesNo
18068636SYSTEM FOR ENGAGEMENT OF HUMAN AGENTS FOR DECISION-MAKING IN A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022November 2023Allow1120NoNo
18077022METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON-THE-FLY OBJECT LABELING VIA CROSS MODALITY VALIDATION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLESDecember 2022March 2024Allow1530YesNo
17968077APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DOWNHOLE CONDITIONSOctober 2022September 2024Allow2360YesNo
17959439APPARATUS FOR BIAS ELIMINATED PERFORMANCE DETERMINATIONOctober 2022March 2024Allow1730YesNo
17950028Graph Optimization Method and Apparatus for Neural Network ComputationSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1620NoYes
17788050SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJune 2022May 2025Allow3500NoNo
17838148SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT FOR LIPID-LOWERING THERAPIES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEJune 2022August 2023Allow1411YesNo
17837233SEMI-SUPERVISED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLIC OPINION TEXT ANALYSISJune 2022March 2024Abandon2220YesNo
17643635COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING IN DYNAMICALLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2021October 2022Allow1120YesNo
17615108COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED BIDDING METHOD, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17529311METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING AND TRAINING DECENTRALIZED MIGRATION DIAGRAM NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR PRODUCTION PROCESSNovember 2021May 2022Allow510NoNo
17524406AUTOMATIC SPATIAL REGRESSION SYSTEMNovember 2021February 2022Allow300NoNo
17507188VIRTUALIZING EXTERNAL MEMORY AS LOCAL TO A MACHINE LEARNING ACCELERATOROctober 2021May 2025Allow4310YesNo
17503585REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2021March 2025Allow4110NoNo
17500146EXPLANATION AND INTERPRETATION GENERATION SYSTEMOctober 2021May 2022Allow710NoNo
17499845MAPPING BRAIN DATA TO BEHAVIOROctober 2021January 2025Allow4050YesNo
17467096ATTENTION-BASED SEQUENCE TRANSDUCTION NEURAL NETWORKSSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3700NoNo
17358766METHOD OF USING CLUSTERS TO TRAIN SUPERVISED ENTITY RESOLUTION IN BIG DATAJune 2021January 2025Allow4310NoNo
17353541METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLUSTERING PRIVACY DATA OF PLURALITY OF PARTIESJune 2021October 2021Allow400YesNo
17345233Enhanced Computer Experience From Activity PredictionJune 2021March 2025Abandon4510YesNo
17342070SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ANGLE-BASED STOCHASTIC GRADIENT DESCENTJune 2021April 2022Allow1020YesNo
17297152RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM COMPUTER / QUANTUM GRAVITY COMPUTERMay 2021June 2025Abandon4811NoNo
17329245SYNAPTIC WEIGHT TRANSFER BETWEEN CONDUCTANCE PAIRS WITH POLARITY INVERSION FOR REDUCING FIXED DEVICE ASYMMETRIESMay 2021January 2024Allow3200NoNo
17296796LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAMMay 2021October 2024Allow4110NoNo
17317699KNOWLEDGE GRAPH GUIDED DATABASE COMPLETION AND CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHODSMay 2021June 2025Abandon4920YesNo
17239559CONCURRENT DATA PREDICTORApril 2021January 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17216496METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRAINT BASED HYPERPARAMETER TUNINGMarch 2021April 2025Allow4920YesNo
17279473PRODUCT-SUM CALCULATION UNIT, NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE, AND PRODUCT-SUM CALCULATION METHODMarch 2021December 2024Allow4520YesNo
17198841AUTOMATED AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN AND TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORKSMarch 2021January 2022Allow1020YesNo
17196558METHOD OF USING CLUSTERS TO TRAIN SUPERVISED ENTITY RESOLUTION IN BIG DATAMarch 2021May 2021Allow200NoNo
17187374IMPORTANCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2021April 2025Allow4930YesNo
17187432SYSTEM TO INVOKE UPDATE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS ON EDGE COMPUTERSFebruary 2021August 2024Allow4110YesNo
17271801SCALED COMPUTE FABRIC FOR ACCELERATED DEEP LEARNINGFebruary 2021January 2022Allow1101NoNo
17177694Universal Attention-Based Reinforcement Learning Model for Control SystemsFebruary 2021April 2021Allow200NoNo
17169825MACHINE LEARNING BASED EXTRACTION OF PARTITION OBJECTS FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSFebruary 2021April 2025Allow5020YesNo
17248710METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PEDIGREESFebruary 2021April 2024Allow3820YesNo
17164262METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN END-TO-END ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKFLOWFebruary 2021October 2024Abandon4410NoNo
17159982SEARCH ACCELERATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJanuary 2021December 2023Allow3500NoNo
17128219SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING MEMORY REQUIREMENTS IN NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2020December 2024Allow4830YesNo
17122475ADAPTIVELY SYNCHRONIZING LEARNING OF MULTIPLE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2020January 2025Allow4920YesNo
17120974DEEP LEARNING OF ENTITY RESOLUTION RULESDecember 2020February 2025Allow5020YesNo
17120025Establishing a Trained Machine Learning Classifier in a Blockchain NetworkDecember 2020April 2024Allow4011NoNo
17118460DETERMINING INTENT BASED ON USER INTERACTION DATADecember 2020February 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17117464ALGORITHMIC TRADINGDecember 2020October 2024Abandon4630NoNo
17116321AUTOMATIC CREATION OF DIFFICULT ANNOTATED DATA LEVERAGING CUESDecember 2020June 2024Allow4230YesNo
17115362System and method of suggesting machine learning workflows through machine learningDecember 2020June 2025Abandon5520YesNo
17110085SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF OPTIMUM THRESHOLDS FOR POST PROCESSING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN CASE OF IMBALANCED CLASSIFICATIONDecember 2020October 2024Abandon4610NoNo
16950145DEEP LEARNING MODEL TRAINING SYSTEMNovember 2020January 2021Allow200NoNo
17098408FEATURE SUPERPOSITION PREDICTORNovember 2020April 2021Allow510YesNo
17091917SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AUTONOMOUS LINE FLOW CONTROL IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMSNovember 2020July 2024Abandon4510NoNo
17072653SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A CANDIDATE TRANSFER APPARATUSOctober 2020December 2020Allow200NoNo
17063923METHOD FOR DEVELOPING MACHINE-LEARNING BASED TOOLOctober 2020May 2024Allow4411NoNo
17030176NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSINGSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3510NoNo
17019098OPTIMIZING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR RISK ASSESSMENTSeptember 2020December 2020Allow300NoNo
16948311METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING PEDIGREESSeptember 2020December 2021Allow1511YesNo
17012494COLLABORATIVE DEEP LEARNING METHODS AND COLLABORATIVE DEEP LEARNING APPARATUSESSeptember 2020January 2024Allow4010NoNo
17013136AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING AN EXISTING MACHINE LEARNING PROJECT AS ADAPTABLE FOR USE IN A NEW MACHINE LEARNING PROJECTSeptember 2020March 2024Abandon4310YesNo
17007739SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING EFFICIENT SUPER RESOLUTION DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS BY CASCADE NETWORK TRAINING, CASCADE NETWORK TRIMMING, AND DILATED CONVOLUTIONSAugust 2020September 2023Allow3710NoNo
16998583TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR AUTOMATED COMPOSITION GENERATIONAugust 2020January 2025Abandon5320NoNo
16995655MULTI-TASK NEURAL NETWORKS WITH TASK-SPECIFIC PATHSAugust 2020June 2023Allow3400NoNo
16988518ATTENTION-BASED SEQUENCE TRANSDUCTION NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2020November 2020Allow300NoNo
16988547ATTENTION-BASED SEQUENCE TRANSDUCTION NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2020September 2023Allow3810NoNo
16985759PREDICTIVE MONITORING OF THE GLUCOSE-INSULIN ENDOCRINE METABOLIC REGULATORY SYSTEMAugust 2020February 2024Allow4220NoNo
16966886LOW PRECISION EFFICIENT CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE DEVICE THAT AVOIDS MULTIPLICATION WITHOUT LOSS OF ACCURACYAugust 2020February 2024Abandon4210NoNo
16937503DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED METHOD FOR SURREPTITIOUSLY GENERATING SIGNALS TO FOOL A RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKJuly 2020May 2024Allow4540YesNo
16932422ATTENTION-BASED SEQUENCE TRANSDUCTION NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2020May 2021Allow1010NoNo
16923003LOSS-AWARE REPLICATION OF NEURAL NETWORK LAYERSJuly 2020August 2023Allow3700NoNo
16911669SEARCH APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHODJune 2020January 2024Abandon4320NoNo
16878120Multi-Platform Machine Learning SystemsMay 2020April 2023Allow3520NoNo
16760621SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING ADVERTISEMENTApril 2020November 2020Allow700NoNo
16859815SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLELIZING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSApril 2020November 2023Allow4210NoNo
16850792OPTIMIZATION PROCESSING FOR NEURAL NETWORK MODELApril 2020September 2020Allow500NoNo
16844011Discrete Optimization Using Continuous Latent SpaceApril 2020August 2023Abandon4130NoNo
16842587PERFORMING CHEMICAL TEXTUAL ANALYSISApril 2020February 2025Abandon5960YesNo
16840111Dataflow Triggered Tasks for Accelerated Deep LearningApril 2020November 2023Abandon4310NoNo
16830922IMPLEMENTING NEURAL NETWORKS IN FIXED POINT ARITHMETIC COMPUTING SYSTEMSMarch 2020August 2023Allow4110YesNo
16792785PROACTIVE SPATIOTEMPORAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND PREDICTIVE VISUAL ANALYTICS SYSTEMFebruary 2020June 2024Allow5230NoNo
16790945MACHINE LEARNING BASED EXTRACTION OF PARTITION OBJECTS FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSFebruary 2020November 2020Allow910NoNo
16789377Auxiliary Analysis System Using Expert Information and Method ThereofFebruary 2020March 2024Abandon4940YesNo
16782611SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPEDITING RULE-BASED DATA PROCESSINGFebruary 2020October 2024Abandon5640YesNo
16748271MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR QUERY RESOLUTION VIA A DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND ALLOCATION OF EXPERT RESOURCESJanuary 2020September 2023Abandon4410NoNo
16740350Establishing a Trained Machine Learning Classifier in a Blockchain NetworkJanuary 2020November 2020Allow1010YesNo
16734067Methods and Apparatus for Determining Whether a Media Presentation Device is in an On State or an Off StateJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1410NoNo
16627294DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND CALCULATION APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTDecember 2019August 2020Allow800NoNo
16726119COMPRESSED RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK MODELSDecember 2019April 2023Allow4010NoNo
16721568MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR QUERY RESOLUTION VIA A DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND ALLOCATION OF EXPERT RESOURCESDecember 2019August 2023Abandon4410NoNo
16710205OUTPUT FROM A RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2019August 2023Allow4420NoNo
16702442METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING TRAINING DATA AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE FOR NEURAL NETWORK MODELSDecember 2019December 2022Allow3700NoNo
16695881MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR QUERY RESOLUTION VIA A DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND ALLOCATION OF EXPERT RESOURCESNovember 2019September 2023Abandon4610NoNo
16688485AUTOMATED CREATION OF SEMANTICALLY-ENRICHED DIAGNOSIS MODELSNovember 2019May 2023Allow4110NoNo
16682611PARALLEL DECODING USING TRANSFORMER MODELSNovember 2019March 2023Allow4010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
4
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
3.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(30.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(70.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
42.5%
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, 30.0% 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 VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT works in Art Unit 2123 and has examined 414 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT's allowance rate of 85.0% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT receive 1.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 32% 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 VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 +0.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT. This interview benefit is in the 15% 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, 34.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 21.1% 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 51% 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 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 42.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% 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 3.6% of allowed cases (in the 85% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% 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:

  • 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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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