USPTO Examiner KELLS ASHER - Art Unit 2144

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17131620TECHNIQUES FOR WEB FRAMEWORK DETECTIONDecember 2020February 2022Allow1410NoNo
17129010EMBEDDED PROGRAMS AND INTERFACES FOR CHAT CONVERSATIONSDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710YesNo
17119097TELEMETRY-BASED PRELOADING FOR A USER INTERFACEDecember 2020October 2022Abandon2240YesNo
17117802METHOD AND SYSTEM SIMPLIFYING THE INPUT OF SYMBOLS USED AS A PAIR WITHIN A USER INTERFACEDecember 2020January 2022Allow1310NoNo
17113832INTERFACE TO DISPLAY SHARED USER GROUPSDecember 2020December 2021Allow1210NoNo
17112614DISPLAYING MEDIA INFORMATION AND GRAPHICAL CONTROLS FOR A CHAT APPLICATIONDecember 2020February 2023Allow2640YesNo
17110828METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSER-BASED SCREEN SHARINGDecember 2020March 2022Abandon1510NoNo
17108093METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING USER INPUTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH A USER INTERFACEDecember 2020March 2023Abandon2720YesNo
16951358METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTNovember 2020August 2021Allow900NoNo
16951687SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A NAVIGABLE PATH BETWEEN PAGES OF A NETWORK PLATFORM BASED ON LINKING DATABASE ENTRIES OF THE NETWORK PLATFORMNovember 2020March 2022Allow1610NoNo
17099449DEVICE DEPENDENT RENDERING OF PDF CONTENT INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES AND A TABLE OF CONTENTSNovember 2020January 2021Allow200NoNo
17094390EVALUATION OF INTERACTIONS WITH A USER INTERFACENovember 2020August 2021Allow900NoNo
17089950DROP WORD TOOL FOR DIGITAL TYPESETTINGNovember 2020August 2021Allow900YesNo
17088076INCREASING PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT WITH SURVEYS FOR DIGITAL HEALTH MONITORINGNovember 2020June 2022Allow2020YesNo
17087145CONTENT DETECTION AND TRANSMISSION IN RESPONSE TO RECEIVING USER INTERACTIONSNovember 2020April 2021Allow610NoNo
17076056CONTEXT-AWARE SURVEYS AND SENSOR DATA COLLECTION FOR HEALTH RESEARCHOctober 2020January 2023Allow2730YesNo
17066329SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO GENERATE A WEB APPLICATION USING REUSABLE THEMESOctober 2020December 2022Allow2630YesNo
17033107USE OF ON-SCREEN CONTENT IDENTIFIERS IN AUTOMATED TOOL CONTROL SYSTEMSSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2410NoNo
17021141METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOLDER MANAGEMENT BY CONTROLLING ARRANGEMENTS OF ICONSSeptember 2020July 2021Allow1010NoNo
17020364METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ANNOTATING VIDEO CONTENT WITH AUDIO INFORMATIONSeptember 2020August 2021Allow1110YesNo
17015508PLAYABLE TEXT EDITOR AND EDITING METHOD THEREFORSeptember 2020April 2021Allow810NoNo
17015019METHOD FOR PREPARING DOCUMENTS WRITTEN IN MARKUP LANGUAGES WHILE IMPLEMENTING A USER INTERFACE FOR DEALING WITH DATA OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEMSeptember 2020August 2021Allow1100NoNo
17006560SYNCHRONIZING DATA-ENTRY FIELDS WITH CORRESPONDING IMAGE REGIONSAugust 2020July 2021Allow1010NoNo
17003956ADAPTIVE PROCESSING AND CONTENT CONTROL SYSTEMAugust 2020September 2021Allow1200NoNo
16997441METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OBJECTS FOR LABELLINGAugust 2020October 2022Allow2611NoNo
16993669SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONTENT ANNOTATION WORKFLOWAugust 2020December 2021Allow1610NoNo
16968943PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING HANDWRITTEN NOTE BASED ON FORMAT CHANGE OF CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC BOOKAugust 2020April 2021Allow810NoNo
16988487OBTAINING DATA FROM INCOMPLETE ELECTRONIC FORMSAugust 2020September 2022Allow2520YesNo
16986333SERVER AND PROVIDING METHODAugust 2020January 2023Allow2920NoNo
16986136Cross-Document Intelligent Authoring and Processing, Including Format for Semantically-Annotated DocumentsAugust 2020March 2022Allow1910YesNo
16944164APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROPOSAL CREATION CORRESPONDING TO A TARGET PERSONJuly 2020October 2021Allow1530YesNo
16937195INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING AND MANAGING THIRD-PARTY SOURCES WITHIN A CONTEXTUAL HUBJuly 2020July 2023Allow3630YesNo
16919603A METHOD RELATING TO PREPARATION OF A REPORTJuly 2020August 2021Allow1410NoNo
16912059PRODUCING AUTOMATED SENSORY CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED MARKERS IN HTML DOCUMENT PUBLISHINGJune 2020February 2023Allow3240YesNo
16946150DYNAMIC INJECTION OF RELATED CONTENT IN SEARCH RESULTSJune 2020February 2022Allow2120YesNo
16878083RANKING COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SEARCH RESULTS BASED UPON STATIC SCORES ASSIGNED TO WEBPAGESMay 2020October 2021Allow1710NoNo
16877076FRAMEWORK FOR AUGMENTING DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL TREES OPTIMIZED FOR WEB AUTHORINGMay 2020December 2020Allow700NoNo
15931026INTERACTIVE LAYER FOR EDITING A RENDERING DISPLAYED VIA A USER INTERFACEMay 2020July 2021Allow1420YesNo
16860993MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING PLAN DOCUMENTS UTILIZING COMMENTS AND A CORRECTION LISTApril 2020November 2020Allow700NoNo
16857417CENTRAL INFOSERVICES PLATFORMApril 2020November 2020Allow710NoNo
16854628METHOD, APPARATUS, AND CLIENT FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL CONTROLSApril 2020August 2020Allow410YesNo
16852888SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACESApril 2020April 2022Allow2400NoNo
16814194METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING DESIGNS OF ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE TEMPLATESMarch 2020March 2021Allow1230NoNo
16808448CONTEXT-AWARE SURVEYS AND SENSOR DATA COLLECTION FOR HEALTH RESEARCHMarch 2020September 2021Allow1910YesNo
16788339FOLDER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICEFebruary 2020July 2020Allow500NoNo
16785668SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MULTI-MODAL ABSTRACTFebruary 2020December 2020Allow1000NoNo
16749920Seamless Electronic Discovery System with an Enterprise Data PortalJanuary 2020November 2022Allow3430YesNo
16744021METHOD OF TRAINING A LEARNING SYSTEM TO CLASSIFY INTERFACESJanuary 2020October 2021Allow2100NoNo
16736874UNSUPERVISED TEXT SEGMENTATION BY TOPICJanuary 2020March 2021Allow1400NoNo
16728817SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CHRONOLOGIES USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2019May 2021Allow1610NoNo
16707457SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TEMPLATES FROM WEBPAGESDecember 2019November 2020Allow1100NoNo
16691989DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL LIBRARYNovember 2019June 2021Allow1920NoNo
16690150UNSUPERVISED ATTENTION BASED SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENT SUMMARIZATIONNovember 2019March 2021Allow1610YesNo
16615761SYNCHRONIZING DATA-ENTRY FIELDS WITH CORRESPONDING IMAGE REGIONSNovember 2019May 2020Allow610YesNo
16686534MANAGING THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF MULTIMEDIANovember 2019February 2021Allow1510YesNo
16685302Intercepted Loading of Web ApplicationsNovember 2019January 2023Allow3850YesYes
16680454INLINE EDITING FIELD FOR NESTED WEBSITE SETTINGSNovember 2019December 2020Allow1320NoNo
16667141MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES FOR RANKINGOctober 2019September 2021Allow2300NoNo
16666976SHARING SCREEN CONTENT IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENTOctober 2019October 2020Allow5400YesNo
16656255Sourcing Object Creation From Natural Language InputsOctober 2019January 2021Allow1510NoNo
16599301GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION AND QUERY TOOLOctober 2019April 2021Allow1910NoNo
16576906Selective Deep Parsing of Natural Language ContentSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2010YesNo
16564656METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSeptember 2019July 2020Allow1000NoNo
16557335Automated Front-End Code Generating Method and System for a WebsiteAugust 2019February 2023Allow4140YesNo
16555090NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A TARGET PROGRAM SOURCE USING SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION WRITTEN IN A NATURAL LANGUAGEAugust 2019July 2022Allow3420YesNo
16553685INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN AN ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION MODE AND AN IMAGE INFORMATION MODEAugust 2019April 2021Allow2020NoNo
16553165Changing the Height of a Facsimile Source Area in Accordance with a Registered LanguageAugust 2019September 2020Allow1301NoNo
16552902EMBEDDED PROGRAMS AND INTERFACES FOR CHAT CONVERSATIONSAugust 2019August 2020Allow1200NoNo
16548603Visual Tag BuilderAugust 2019September 2020Allow1300NoNo
16544228DIGITAL CARD MANAGEMENTAugust 2019February 2021Allow1830NoNo
16535799EVALUATION OF INTERACTIONS WITH A USER INTERFACEAugust 2019July 2020Allow1100NoNo
16532050SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING LAYOUT INFORMATION FOR GENERATED IMAGES BASED ON A HYBRID APPLICATIONAugust 2019May 2021Allow2220NoNo
16531639METHOD AND SYSTEM SIMPLIFYING THE INPUT OF SYMBOLS USED AS A PAIR WITHIN A USER INTERFACEAugust 2019August 2020Allow1310NoNo
16528395SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PROPORTIONALITY IN E-DISCOVERYJuly 2019March 2021Allow1910YesNo
16480499AUTOMATED ACCESSIBILITY TESTINGJuly 2019May 2020Allow1000NoNo
16521397FORM-BASED FORMULA EDITING IN SPREADSHEETSJuly 2019February 2021Allow1900YesNo
16506690Method of Improving Web Page Loading Time Using Scannable IndiciaJuly 2019May 2020Allow1000NoNo
16505824DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJuly 2019October 2021Allow2720NoNo
16506968TECHNIQUES FOR WEB FRAMEWORK DETECTIONJuly 2019August 2020Allow1310NoNo
16475325DYNAMICALLY GENERATED INTERFACE TRANSITIONSJuly 2019September 2022Allow3800NoNo
16455351SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO GENERATE A WEB APPLICATION USING REUSABLE THEMESJune 2019July 2020Allow1300NoNo
16446117AUTOMATED GENERATION OF RELATED SUBJECT MATTER FOOTER LINKS AND PREVIOUSLY ANSWERED QUESTIONSJune 2019January 2023Allow4340YesYes
16444924CELL-BASED COMPUTING AND WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMJune 2019May 2020Allow1000NoNo
16442580SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME ASSISTANCE TO A PRESENTER FOR RENDERING CONTENTJune 2019February 2022Abandon3240NoNo
16443748DYNAMIC VISUAL AND AUDIO GEOTAGGED PHOTO FILTERJune 2019January 2022Abandon3140NoNo
16441332DOCUMENT ANALYZER, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PROPERLY DETERMINING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PASSAGE OF A DOCUMENTJune 2019October 2020Allow1610NoNo
16430118GENERATION AND PRESENTATION OF AN OVERVIEW OF AN ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE ISSUEJune 2019July 2020Allow1410NoNo
16421465AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF DATA-DRIVEN REPORTS WITH DESCRIPTIVE AND RICH TEXT AND GRAPHICAL CONTENTSMay 2019November 2020Allow1810NoNo
16419676IDENTIFYING AND PRESENTING MISALIGNMENTS BETWEEN DIGITAL MESSAGES AND EXTERNAL DIGITAL CONTENTMay 2019February 2022Allow3220YesNo
16416527DYNAMIC GENERATION OF MOBILE WEB EXPERIENCEMay 2019November 2020Allow1830YesNo
16412589TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERATIONMay 2019January 2023Allow4440YesNo
16411118PERFORMING SERVER-SIDE AND CLIENT-SIDE OPERATIONS ON SPREADSHEETSMay 2019March 2023Allow4750YesNo
16410023SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SLOT NORMALIZATION OF TEXT DATAMay 2019November 2019Allow620YesNo
16408900DECOUPLING AND RELOCATING BOOKMARKS AND ANNOTATIONS FROM FILESMay 2019February 2021Allow2130YesNo
16407262DEBIASING TEXTUAL DATA WHILE PRESERVING INFORMATIONMay 2019July 2020Allow1410YesNo
16397867SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ABSTRACTIVE SUMMARIES OF INTERLEAVED TEXTSApril 2019July 2020Allow1500NoNo
16342041ARCHITECTURE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENFORCING COLLECTION AND DISPLAY OF COMPUTER FILE METADATAApril 2019January 2021Allow2110NoNo
16382467CORRECTION OF SOFTWARE CODING PROJECTSApril 2019February 2023Allow4630YesNo
16371965AUTOMATING USER INPUT FROM ONSCREEN CONTENTApril 2019October 2019Allow710YesNo
16363865METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTEXT BASED DISPLAY OF OBJECTS IN WEB APPLICATIONS USING LINK RELATIONSHIPSMarch 2019July 2019Allow400NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
9
(90.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(10.0%)
Reversal Percentile
23.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 10.0% 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
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(17.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(82.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
22.4%
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, 17.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 KELLS, ASHER - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KELLS, ASHER works in Art Unit 2144 and has examined 405 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KELLS, ASHER's allowance rate of 82.0% 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 KELLS, ASHER receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 41% 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 KELLS, ASHER is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 77% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KELLS, ASHER. 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, 26.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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 22.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 58.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 65% 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:

    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

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