USPTO Examiner CORTES HOWARD - Art Unit 2144

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17139981PLATFORM INTERPRETATION OF USER INPUT CONVERTED INTO STANDARDIZED INPUTDecember 2020September 2021Allow810NoNo
17124553CONSENT TO CONTENT TEMPLATE MAPPINGDecember 2020March 2024Allow3830YesNo
17113977SMART PUSH OF VALUES IN SPREADSHEETSDecember 2020February 2022Allow1420YesNo
17110078SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS PLATFORM DOCUMENT SHARINGDecember 2020May 2022Abandon1710NoNo
17102887SMART READING ASSISTANTNovember 2020June 2023Allow3020YesNo
17094342SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED DATA INPUT OPTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUESNovember 2020June 2022Allow3010NoNo
17084569Document Writing Assistant with Contextual Search Using Knowledge GraphsOctober 2020April 2023Abandon3010NoNo
17070248SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND RENDERING A SELF-CONTAINED REPORT DATA STRUCTUREOctober 2020May 2023Allow3120YesNo
17064230METHODS FOR AUTOMATED FILLING OF COLUMNS IN SPREADSHEETSOctober 2020July 2021Allow1010NoNo
17039898INDEXING IN A SPREADSHEET BASED DATA STORE USING HYBRID DATATYPESSeptember 2020July 2022Allow2210YesNo
17020789CELL-BASED COMPUTING AND WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMSeptember 2020February 2024Allow4110NoNo
17013687INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR COMPLEMENTING A HEADING OF A TABLESeptember 2020May 2022Allow2030YesNo
16990389DYNAMIC TYPESETTINGAugust 2020January 2022Allow1710NoNo
16988530RESTORING FULL ONLINE DOCUMENTS FROM SCANNED PAPER FRAGMENTSAugust 2020November 2021Allow1610NoNo
16940604GENERATING MACHINE RENDERABLE REPRESENTATIONS OF FORMS USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2020July 2022Allow2310NoNo
16932572METHOD OF PROVIDING ANNOTATION TRACK ON THE CONTENT DISPLAYED ON AN INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD, COMPUTING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2020February 2022Allow1930YesNo
16927441SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING STATIC IMAGE ONLINE CONTENT TO DYNAMIC ONLINE CONTENTJuly 2020December 2021Allow1710NoNo
16924661DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF DEVICE INTERFACES IN A VOICE-BASED SYSTEMJuly 2020June 2022Abandon2310YesNo
16924161INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2020November 2023Abandon4110NoNo
16920066Grid MagnifierJuly 2020July 2021Allow1210YesNo
16917627EXTENDED DATA GRID COMPONENTSJune 2020March 2022Allow2011NoNo
16906906Automated Determination of Data Values For Form FieldsJune 2020October 2022Allow2820YesNo
16905886EMBEDDED REFERENCE OBJECT AND INTERACTION WITHIN A VISUAL COLLABORATION SYSTEMJune 2020August 2022Allow2620YesNo
16895103SYSTEM FOR CREATING MANAGING AND DISPLAYING MULTI-FRAME BASED ADS ON MOBILE DEVICESJune 2020June 2021Allow1210NoNo
16882318Editing and Presenting Structured Data DocumentsMay 2020April 2022Allow2210NoNo
16879350SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING RESPONSIVE EDITING AND VIEWING, INTEGRATING HIERARCHICAL FLUID COMPONENTS AND DYNAMIC LAYOUTMay 2020December 2020Allow610YesNo
16866455SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED EDIT CHECK GENERATION IN CLINICAL TRIAL DATASETSMay 2020November 2022Allow3020YesNo
16863268SUPPORTING PIECEWISE UPDATE OF JSON DOCUMENT EFFICIENTLYApril 2020January 2022Allow2110YesNo
16857933INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTATION PAGES FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND FEATURESApril 2020April 2023Allow3630NoNo
16858171SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT FORMS AUTOMATIONApril 2020October 2023Allow4250YesNo
16835683EMERGENT LANGUAGE BASED DATA ENCRYPTIONMarch 2020April 2023Allow3720YesNo
16835038METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING REPETITIVE TASK ON USER INTERFACEMarch 2020May 2022Allow2600NoNo
16825729GENERATING ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTSMarch 2020February 2023Allow3510NoNo
16793156SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAG INSPECTIONFebruary 2020January 2021Allow1110YesNo
16791112ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DYNAMIC LAYOUT MESSAGEFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1710NoNo
16786934Animating Edits to DocumentsFebruary 2020May 2021Allow1520YesNo
16775455SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TERM PREVALANCE-VOLUME BASED RELEVANCEJanuary 2020September 2022Allow3210YesNo
16773350RESPONSIVE USER INTERFACE SYSTEMJanuary 2020January 2024Allow4750NoNo
16752688METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A MOBILE APPLICATION USING A WEB-BASED INTERFACEJanuary 2020December 2021Allow2240NoNo
16752585Translation Review Workflow Systems and MethodsJanuary 2020April 2021Allow1410NoNo
16734541Systems and Methods for Data ProcessingJanuary 2020November 2021Allow2210NoNo
16733986HISTORIAN INTERFACE SYSTEMJanuary 2020August 2021Allow1920NoNo
16717514Enhancing Reading Accuracy, Efficiency and RetentionDecember 2019April 2021Allow1610YesNo
16716187Data Processing in Spreadsheet WorksheetsDecember 2019July 2021Allow1910NoNo
16670627INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER DEVICEOctober 2019April 2021Allow1820YesNo
16664348INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION INTO TEXT INFORMATIONOctober 2019October 2021Abandon2420NoNo
16595793CONTENT AWARE FONT RECOMMENDATIONOctober 2019December 2022Allow3850YesNo
16595200SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INTEGRATING A SERVICE APPLICATION WITHIN AN EXISTING APPLICATIONOctober 2019February 2022Allow2810NoNo
16588900EDGE-CACHING OPTIMIZATION OF PERSONALIZED WEBPAGESSeptember 2019August 2021Allow2210NoNo
16586271AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A SIZE FOR A CONTENT ITEM FOR A WEB PAGESeptember 2019June 2021Allow2010NoNo
16579822DYNAMIC TYPESETTINGSeptember 2019June 2020Allow910YesNo
16496747DOCUMENT CREATION SUPPORT SYSTEMSeptember 2019March 2021Allow1710NoNo
16566658SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING A WEBPAGE BASED ON HISTORICAL AND SEMANTIC OPTIMIZATION OF WEBPAGE DECISION TREE STRUCTURESSeptember 2019October 2022Allow3810YesNo
16566707Application-Based Font PreviewingSeptember 2019March 2021Allow1800YesNo
16559838VIRTUAL WIDGET CONTAINERSeptember 2019November 2021Allow2620NoNo
16553337Automated Content Generation and DeliveryAugust 2019January 2022Allow2830NoNo
16549547METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY GENERATING EDIT CHECKS FROM A REFERENCE EDIT CHECK FOR USE IN DATA CAPTURING SOFTWAREAugust 2019January 2022Abandon2910NoNo
16480660NUMERICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE ENABLING NUMERICAL INFORMATION SEARCHAugust 2019March 2022Allow3210NoNo
16546079Grid-Based Data Processing with Changeable Cell FormatsAugust 2019February 2021Allow1810YesNo
16538143COMPUTING DEVICE AND PREDICTIVE CONVERSION METHODAugust 2019March 2021Allow2020YesNo
16527499ATOM-BASED SENSIBLE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR INFORMATION INDEXINGJuly 2019December 2020Allow1710NoNo
16527427ATOM-BASED SENSIBLE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR INFORMATION INDEXINGJuly 2019May 2021Allow2230YesNo
16524623PROVIDING RICH PREVIEW OF COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SUMMARYJuly 2019January 2023Abandon4120YesYes
16512318GENERATING STYLE SHEETS DURING RUNTIMEJuly 2019August 2020Allow1300NoNo
16507561PLATFORM INTERPRETATION OF USER INPUT CONVERTED INTO STANDARDIZED INPUTJuly 2019October 2020Allow1510NoNo
16472352WEB ACCESS ENHANCEMENTJune 2019December 2020Abandon1810NoNo
16418050MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE METHODMay 2019April 2022Allow3520NoNo
16417389CONVERSION OF DATA RANGES TO TABLE OBJECTSMay 2019August 2020Allow1510NoNo
16415882SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MULTI-STAGE CONFIGURATION SERVICE FOR POLICY-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATIONMay 2019August 2021Allow2710NoNo
16416031INK FILE SEARCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMMay 2019May 2021Allow2420YesNo
16412561PATTERN BASED ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY MODIFICATION AND PRESENTATIONMay 2019October 2020Allow1710NoNo
16403927METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CREATING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATUREMay 2019November 2020Allow1820YesNo
16344309METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS FROM A PLURALITY OF SOURCESApril 2019October 2021Allow3030YesNo
16390110SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF CONTENT WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTApril 2019August 2020Allow1600NoNo
16389813CONFIGURATION OF CONTENT SITE USER INTERACTION MONITORING IN DATA NETWORKSApril 2019December 2020Allow2020YesNo
16388953Expansion of High Performing Placement CriteriaApril 2019November 2020Allow1910YesNo
16377515DYNAMIC WHITEBOARD TEMPLATESApril 2019June 2021Allow2620YesNo
16376483SPEEDING UP DOCUMENT LOADINGApril 2019September 2020Allow1710NoNo
16371551SERVER AND METHOD OF PROVIDING COLLABORATION SERVICES AND USER TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING COLLABORATION SERVICESApril 2019July 2020Allow1610NoNo
16359063METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND RENDERING HAND WRITTEN CONTENT ONTO DIGITAL DISPLAY INTERFACEMarch 2019May 2021Abandon2630YesNo
16353714SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALLY PRESENTING INTERESTING PLOTS OF TABULAR DATAMarch 2019August 2021Allow3010NoNo
16351925METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR RESTORING TEXT USING INDEX WHICH ASSOCIATES CODED TEXT AND POSITIONS THEREOF IN TEXT DATAMarch 2019July 2020Allow1610NoNo
16282361CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT PROGRAMFebruary 2019January 2021Abandon2320YesNo
16276447RESOURCE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEFebruary 2019February 2021Allow2400YesNo
16265063LOGICAL, RECURSIVE DEFINITION OF DATA TRANSFORMATIONSFebruary 2019April 2021Allow2711YesNo
16249561INTERACTIVELY PREDICTING FIELDS IN A FORMJanuary 2019June 2020Allow1720YesNo
16215954ARTICLE INSPECTION APPARATUSDecember 2018September 2021Allow3340YesNo
16213260DATA GRID COMPONENTSDecember 2018May 2020Allow1710NoNo
16205600METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING A MOBILE APPLICATION USING A WEB-BASED INTERFACENovember 2018December 2019Allow1310NoNo
16205847SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS OF DOCUMENTSNovember 2018November 2020Allow2310YesNo
16201798Method and system for modifying web page based on tags associated with content fileNovember 2018August 2020Allow2110NoNo
16191402METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONNECTING A SPREADSHEET TO EXTERNAL DATA SOURCES WITH ORDERED FORMULAIC USE OF DATA RETRIEVEDNovember 2018February 2021Allow2710YesNo
16186161METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING APPLICATIONNovember 2018July 2021Allow3210YesNo
16178212METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTOFILL OF DATANovember 2018December 2020Allow2540YesNo
16166922SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAG INSPECTIONOctober 2018November 2019Allow1310NoNo
16140548DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DYNAMIC INFORMATION OF OBJECTSeptember 2018September 2020Allow2410NoNo
16135604MIXED VIEW DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2018June 2020Allow2100YesNo
16127773SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING STATIC IMAGE ONLINE CONTENT TO DYNAMIC ONLINE CONTENTSeptember 2018March 2020Allow1810NoNo
16054770VIDEO BOOK WITH AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING VIDEOSAugust 2018June 2023Abandon5960YesYes
16049384GENERATING PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR AUTHORING SHORT MESSAGESJuly 2018November 2019Allow1500YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CORTES, HOWARD.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
6
(85.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(14.3%)
Reversal Percentile
26.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 14.3% 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
18
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
52.2%
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, 33.3% 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

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

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

Examiner CORTES, HOWARD - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CORTES, HOWARD works in Art Unit 2144 and has examined 294 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CORTES, HOWARD's allowance rate of 79.9% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CORTES, HOWARD receive 2.56 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CORTES, HOWARD is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 54% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CORTES, HOWARD. This interview benefit is in the 56% 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, 25.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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 24.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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, 125.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 56.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 25.6% 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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.