USPTO Examiner SPRATT BEAU D - Art Unit 2143

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19196588AUTONOMOUS PROCESS EXECUTION FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FUNCTION BUTTONSMay 2025November 2025Allow720YesNo
18736426PAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2024March 2025Allow920YesNo
18602404CONTENT INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PRESENCE DETECTION AND EMOTIONAL STATE DETERMINATION TO RECOMMEND A PIECE OF INTERACTIVE CONTENTMarch 2024December 2024Allow920NoNo
18601758COST PER SCENT SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18601559MACHINE LEARNING ENCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18520426USER INTERFACES FOR SHARING AN ACCOUNT WITH ANOTHER USER IDENTITYNovember 2023September 2025Allow2220YesNo
18512960LEARNING USER INTERFACENovember 2023March 2026Allow2830YesNo
18508919SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING INFLUENCER REACH WITHIN AN AUGMENTED MEDIA INTELLIGENCE ECOSYSTEMNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010YesNo
18379003EFFICIENT CONTROL AND/OR LINKING OF SMART DEVICESOctober 2023July 2025Allow2210YesNo
18470390WORKFLOW SELECTIONSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2520NoNo
18453016Playback Transfer in a Media Playback SystemAugust 2023August 2025Allow2420YesNo
18230819MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AUTOMATION OF USER INTERFACE TRANSFORMATIONAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18352224COMPUTER-ASSISTED OR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES SOCIAL NETWORKJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18217046USER-INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCEJune 2023October 2024Allow1610YesNo
18321667MACHINE LEARNING BASED SUPERVISED USER EXPERIENCE FOR AN APPLICATION MONITORED BY MULTIPLE SECONDARY APPLICATIONSMay 2023July 2025Allow2520YesNo
18300639METHOD FOR GENERATING A TREE DIAGRAM FROM A CAPITALIZATION TABLEApril 2023December 2024Allow2010NoNo
18296650INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR SPECIFYING A CHANGED DISPLAY CONTENTApril 2023November 2025Allow3230NoNo
18123878USER INTERFACE CAMERA EFFECTSMarch 2023August 2024Allow1720YesNo
18168490SETUP PROCEDURES FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18107772THEME-BASED DOCUMENT STYLE TRANSFERFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2830YesNo
18101948ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BASED ON USER INPUTJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2330YesNo
18100888SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING RELATIVE PREFERENCE BETWEEN ITEMSJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18148254SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENTIAL MODEL FRAMEWORK FOR NEXT-BEST USER STATEDecember 2022October 2024Allow2120YesNo
18147671MODELLING OPERATIONS ON FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURESDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18069150GENERATING AN ERROR POLICY FOR A MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEDecember 2022March 2026Allow3910YesNo
18066209Adaptable Personal User Interfaces in Cross-Application Virtual Reality SettingsDecember 2022February 2025Abandon2630YesNo
18077430DIGITAL TWIN HYDRAULIC TROUBLESHOOTINGDecember 2022February 2024Allow1420NoNo
18062895IMPLICIT RATING RECOMMENDATIONS FEEDBACK LOOPDecember 2022February 2026Allow3810NoNo
18072153Automatic Alert Dispositioning using Artificial IntelligenceNovember 2022March 2026Allow3910NoNo
17991725SMART FURNITURE CONTENT INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2022March 2024Allow1620YesNo
17983448MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING DURATION CONTROLNovember 2022February 2026Allow4010YesNo
17968714SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERIC ASPECT-BASED SENTIMENT ANALYSISOctober 2022February 2026Allow4010YesNo
17968442INCREASING ENGAGEMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS BY ADJUSTING APPLICATIONS BASED ON PATIENT USAGE DATAOctober 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
17907540INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR PRESENTING REACTION-ADAPTIVE EXPLANATION OF AUTOMATIC OPERATIONSSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3810NoNo
17953049Communicating with and Controlling Load Control SystemsSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2230NoNo
17909894SYSTEM FOR FILTERING DISPLAYED CONTENT AT THE OS LEVELSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2320YesNo
17929657PLAYLIST CONFIGURATION AND PREVIEWSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2120YesNo
17898887TRAINING, TESTING, AND VERIFYING AUTONOMOUS MACHINES USING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2022August 2024Allow2430YesNo
17820616System and Method for Content SelectionAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17820407AI PLATFORM WITH AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DATA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHAugust 2022January 2026Allow4110NoNo
17885260ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SCREEN OF DISPLAY IN ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022October 2024Allow2640YesNo
17873396PRE-GENERATING DATA FOR USER INTERFACE LATENCY IMPROVEMENTJuly 2022April 2024Abandon2120YesNo
17871541VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE PILLARSJuly 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17869528REWARD FEEDBACK FOR LEARNING CONTROL POLICIES USING NATURAL LANGUAGE AND VISION DATAJuly 2022December 2025Allow4110NoNo
17862517GREENHOUSE SMART LIGHT CONTROLJuly 2022January 2026Abandon4310NoNo
17792204IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY ELEMENTS ON A DISPLAYJuly 2022October 2023Allow1520YesNo
17861881SEARCH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR RESTRICTING RESULTS BASED ON CONFLICTSJuly 2022October 2024Allow2840YesNo
17860128FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD FOR k-means CLUSTERING ALGORITHMJuly 2022November 2025Allow4010NoNo
17859978Sequential Synthesis and Selection for Feature EngineeringJuly 2022September 2025Allow3820YesNo
17780762MULTI-DEPTH IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM THEREFOR IS RECORDEDJuly 2022November 2023Abandon1710NoNo
17809791PRESENTING AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS FOR A CAPTURED IMAGE WITHIN A MESSAGING SYSTEMJune 2022January 2024Allow1820YesNo
17783352APPARATUS FOR MACHINE LEARNING SERVICE, METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING SERVICE AND PROGRAM THEREOFJune 2022December 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17828153SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING INFLUENCER REACH WITHIN AN AUGMENTED MEDIA INTELLIGENCE ECOSYSTEMMay 2022August 2023Allow1410YesNo
17664499CATALYST 4 CONNECTIONSMay 2022October 2025Allow4110NoNo
17747445HYBRID MODEL AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING QUALITY AND IDENTIFYING FEATURES AND ENTITIES OF RISK CONTROLSMay 2022January 2026Allow4420NoNo
17746128REDUCING COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN ON MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSES BY DETECTING NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPSMay 2022October 2025Allow4110NoNo
17745520BUILDING SYSTEM WITH SEMANTIC MODELING BASED SEARCHINGMay 2022May 2023Allow1210YesNo
17661357PLAYBACK TRANSFER IN A MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEMApril 2022July 2023Allow1410YesNo
17731904PERSONALIZED NODE RANKING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING RANDOM WALKApril 2022August 2025Allow4010NoNo
17730533INFORMATION REPLY METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTApril 2022October 2023Allow1740YesNo
17771979DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES INCLUDING ELECTRONIC LABELSApril 2022July 2023Allow1520YesNo
17660141IDENTIFYING USER REQUIREMENTS TO DETERMINE SOLUTIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEApril 2022September 2025Allow4110YesNo
17724783TECHNIQUES FOR POLL INTENTION DETECTION AND POLL CREATIONApril 2022October 2025Allow4220YesNo
17720718TECHNIQUES FOR ORGANIZING COMPONENTS IN A COMPONENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE BASED ON GEOMETRY AND METADATA-BASED CLASSIFICATIONApril 2022November 2025Allow4310NoNo
17658985COMBINED DEEP LEARNING INFERENCE AND COMPRESSION USING SENSED DATAApril 2022September 2025Allow4120YesNo
17717661USER INTERFACES FOR CONVERTING NODE-LINK DATA INTO AUDIO OUTPUTSApril 2022August 2022Allow410YesNo
17688583EFFICIENT CONTROL AND/OR LINKING OF SMART DEVICESMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610YesNo
176877813D Photonic Neural NetworkMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17681243METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TASK-DRIVEN PRUNING MODULE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3810NoNo
17651348PRESENTING CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON PREVIOUS REACTIONSFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1820NoNo
17589109MULTIPLE SELECTION ON DEVICES WITH MANY GESTURESJanuary 2022March 2026Allow4960YesNo
17572142ALERTING, DIAGNOSING, AND TRANSMITTING COMPUTER ISSUES TO A TECHNICAL RESOURCE IN RESPONSE TO AN INDICATION OF OCCURRENCE BY AN END USERJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1910NoNo
17566062ACCESSING THIRD PARTY RESOURCES VIA CLIENT APPLICATION WITH MESSAGING CAPABILITYDecember 2021June 2024Allow2940NoNo
17623794Techniques for Training Systems for Autonomous Vehicle NavigationDecember 2021October 2025Allow4520NoNo
17558810Cementing Lab Data Validation based On Machine LearningDecember 2021January 2026Allow4920YesNo
17644647SHORTCUT COMMANDS FOR APPLICATIONSDecember 2021October 2024Allow3440YesNo
17544485SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, MANAGING, AND DISPLAYING USER OWNED COLLECTIONS OF 3D DIGITAL COLLECTIBLESDecember 2021April 2023Allow1610NoNo
17540187MODIFYING AN INTERFACE DISPLAYING VIDEO CONTENT RECEIVED FROM USERS PARTICIPATING IN A VIDEO EXCHANGE SESSION BASED ON INPUT FROM A PARTICIPATING USERDecember 2021July 2023Abandon1910NoNo
17535143SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY DISPLAYING DATANovember 2021March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17531547Dashboard Display Using Panel TemplatesNovember 2021June 2023Allow1920YesNo
17513317FACTORIZATION MACHINE WITH L-2 NORM REDUCTION FOR MACHINE LEARNED MODELSOctober 2021March 2025Allow4110YesNo
17452596RUNTIME ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING TASKSOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710YesNo
17510685USER-INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCEOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710YesNo
17509840NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED USING ORDINAL LOSS FUNCTIONOctober 2021June 2025Allow4420YesNo
17451314UPDATING DISPLAY OF WORKSPACES IN A USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING WORKSPACES IN RESPONSE TO USER INPUTOctober 2021August 2024Allow3440YesNo
17495346ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT USER INTERFACESOctober 2021February 2023Allow1610NoNo
17493323MODULAR NETWORK BASED KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR MULTIPLE ENTITIESOctober 2021July 2025Allow4620YesNo
17449355Weighted Supply Chain Corporate Hierarchy InterfaceSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1610YesNo
17485645NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR AND NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATION METHOD BASED ON STRUCTURED PRUNING AND LOW-BIT QUANTIZATIONSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4110NoNo
17448998WEB FRAMEWORK DESIGNED FOR SECURE LOCKED DOWN BROWSERSSeptember 2021February 2024Abandon2820NoNo
17442982NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR USING ONLY ON-CHIP MEMORY AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR USING ONLY ON-CHIP MEMORYSeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17483219PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS FOR GENERATION OF COMPLETION RULES OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPHSSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4210NoNo
17481552METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS (HPC)September 2021October 2024Allow3600NoNo
17448487DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF AUTOMATING MACHINE LEARNING BASED ON A REPRESENTATION OF A MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINESeptember 2021September 2025Allow4820YesNo
17466938COMPOSABLE EVENTS FOR DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE COMPOSITIONSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3340NoNo
17461728SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF ELECTRONIC SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENTAugust 2021May 2023Allow2020YesNo
17459356RECONFIGURABLE AI SYSTEMAugust 2021January 2025Allow4110NoNo
17411853ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING DATA AND IMPROVING TASK PERFORMANCE BY USING ONLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF DATA WITHOUT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF ASSOCIATIVE DOMAIN AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2021February 2025Allow4110NoNo
17405523METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING DEEP LEARNING MODEL CONVERSION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021April 2025Allow4420NoNo
17402970STORAGE AND INFERENCE METHOD FOR DEEP-LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2021January 2025Allow4110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SPRATT, BEAU D.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
5
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(52.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(47.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
85.1%
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, 52.9% 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 SPRATT, BEAU D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SPRATT, BEAU D works in Art Unit 2143 and has examined 363 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SPRATT, BEAU D's allowance rate of 76.9% places them in the 43% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SPRATT, BEAU D receive 2.69 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 79% 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 SPRATT, BEAU D is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +32.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SPRATT, BEAU D. This interview benefit is in the 81% 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, 22.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 29% 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 35.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 40% 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 58.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% 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, 25.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% 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 10% 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 11% 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:

  • 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.

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.