USPTO Examiner VELEZ LOPEZ MARIO M - Art Unit 2144

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17132198METHOD AND DEVICE TO AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFY THEMES AND BASED THEREON DERIVE PATH DESIGNATOR PROXY INDICIADecember 2020January 2023Allow2500YesNo
17132308Unsupervised Tunable Stylized Text TransformationsDecember 2020December 2022Allow2310YesNo
17085967Clause-Level Permissions in an Online Document SystemOctober 2020March 2024Allow4060YesNo
17080577DETECTING COMPATIBLE LAYOUTS FOR CONTENT-BASED NATIVE ADSOctober 2020November 2023Allow3630YesNo
17067512Interactive Path Tracing on the WebOctober 2020April 2022Allow1800NoNo
17036338ADAPTIVE DATA LOSS PREVENTIONSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3330YesNo
17025069WINDING CONDITION GENERATING APPARATUS, WINDING APPARATUS, WINDING DEFECT LEVEL PREDICTION VALUE GENERATING APPARATUS, WINDING CONDITION CALCULATING METHOD, WINDING METHOD, AND WINDING DEFECT LEVEL PREDICTION VALUE GENERATING METHODSeptember 2020January 2024Allow4010NoNo
16985931EVENT LISTENING INTEGRATION IN A COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEMAugust 2020November 2022Allow2830YesNo
16983049INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2020September 2023Abandon3840YesNo
16938542GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO RENDER SUGGESTED GRAPHICAL OBJECTSJuly 2020March 2022Allow2020YesNo
16914184SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CREATING SLIDE PRESENTATIONSJune 2020April 2022Allow2120YesNo
16909540METHOD AND SERVER FOR GENERATING MODIFIABLE PORTION OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTJune 2020June 2022Allow2310YesNo
16892111SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SELF-ENCRYPTING STORAGE MEDIUM WITH AN INTEGRATED NON-VOLATILE DISPLAY UNITJune 2020April 2023Abandon3520NoNo
16887334INTEGRATION OF PICTORIAL CONTENT INTO SECURE SIGNATURE DOCUMENTSMay 2020May 2023Allow3630YesNo
16872853COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING CROSS-LINKING BETWEEN CLOUD-BASED WEB-APPLICATIONSMay 2020December 2022Allow3130YesNo
16858133PROVIDING WAY TO STORE PROCESS DATA OBJECT STATE AS SNAPSHOTS AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF PROCESSApril 2020August 2023Allow3960NoNo
16849983INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMApril 2020April 2024Abandon4820NoNo
16835291ANNOTATING DOCUMENTS ON A MOBILE DEVICEMarch 2020January 2021Allow1010NoNo
16809297AGGREGATED APPLICATION DATA STOREMarch 2020April 2023Allow3720YesNo
16791060AUTOMATIC FONT SELECTIONFebruary 2020October 2023Allow4450YesNo
16780789Automated Field Placement for Uploaded DocumentsFebruary 2020March 2022Allow2510NoNo
16773603SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A COMPLETED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTJanuary 2020April 2023Abandon3940YesNo
16727758CAPTURING AND REPLAYING APPLICATION SESSIONS USING RESOURCE FILESDecember 2019November 2022Allow3510YesNo
16723735SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATED CONVERSATIONSDecember 2019March 2023Abandon3910NoNo
16675056SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING DATANovember 2019September 2021Allow2200YesNo
16675138AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING COLUMN LAYOUTS IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSNovember 2019December 2020Allow1310NoNo
16610916SUMMARY GENERATING APPARATUS, SUMMARY GENERATING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMNovember 2019June 2021Allow2020YesNo
16659554CREATING SHARED CONTENT IN A DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CONTENT EDITOR USING A NATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACEOctober 2019November 2020Allow1310NoNo
16588774PRESENTING VIEWS OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSeptember 2019April 2021Allow1910YesNo
16565929CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES DOCUMENT AS REFERENCE FOR EDITING, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2019June 2023Abandon4540YesNo
16558114Identification of Logical Starting Location for Screen ReaderSeptember 2019April 2022Allow3110YesNo
16557366LEARNING UNFAMILIAR MEASUREMENT UNITS IN A DEEP QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEMAugust 2019August 2022Allow3620NoNo
16488636Digital Document ExecutionAugust 2019June 2024Abandon5760YesNo
16545553METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FORMATTING MESSAGES IN A MESSAGING USER INTERFACE WITHIN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2019February 2023Allow4150YesYes
16538491METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING SELF-TUNING PERSONALIZATION ENGINES IN NEAR REAL-TIMEAugust 2019November 2023Abandon5120NoYes
16538397PROVIDING VISUAL CONTENT EDITING FUNCTIONSAugust 2019January 2021Allow1710YesNo
16535472PARAMETERIZING AND WORKING WITH MATH EQUATIONS IN A SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONAugust 2019January 2021Abandon1810NoNo
16529869HYPERLINK FUNCTIONALITY FOR ENABLING AN AUCTIONING PLATFORMAugust 2019April 2022Allow3200NoNo
16528793DETANGLING VIRTUAL WORLD AND REAL WORLD PORTIONS OF A SET OF ARTICLESAugust 2019March 2024Abandon5640NoNo
16528718System for Dynamically Evaluating the Fairness of Contract TermsAugust 2019August 2022Abandon3610NoNo
16515193APPARATUS CONTAINING COLOR CODED GROUP AND MEMBER ICONS AND METHOD OF GROUPING AND DEGROUPING MEMBERS ICONS IN LIGHTING APPLICATIONSJuly 2019February 2021Allow1920NoNo
16453221CLASSIFYING TEXT TO DETERMINE A GOAL TYPE USED TO SELECT MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM OUTCOMESJune 2019March 2022Allow3310NoNo
16431517SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ERROR RECOVERY IN DATA TRANSMISSIONSJune 2019December 2021Allow3020NoNo
16464109ASSESSING DATA LEAKAGE RISKSMay 2019December 2021Allow3110YesNo
16419434COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT EDITING USING STATE-BASED REVISIONMay 2019October 2020Allow1710YesNo
16404566METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A COMMON MEASUREMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ASSEMBLY UNITSMay 2019April 2020Abandon1120YesNo
16402759CHANNELS OF CONTENT FOR DISPLAY IN A ONLINE SYSTEMMay 2019January 2023Abandon4460NoNo
16398261USER-DEFINED AUTOMATED DOCUMENT FEATURE EXTRACTION AND OPTIMIZATIONApril 2019April 2020Allow1100NoNo
16386231WEBPAGE CONTENT SELF-PROTECTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SERVERApril 2019January 2022Allow3310NoNo
16338750DIALOGUE SYSTEMApril 2019June 2023Abandon5030NoNo
16370669OBFUSCATING NETWORK PAGE STRUCTUREMarch 2019September 2020Allow1810NoNo
16364096AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING COLUMN LAYOUTS IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSMarch 2019October 2019Allow710NoNo
16357619ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT APPROACHESMarch 2019June 2023Abandon5150YesNo
16299128USER-DEFINED AUTOMATED DOCUMENT FEATURE MODELING, EXTRACTION AND OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2019March 2021Allow2430NoNo
16295170GENERATING AND APPLYING OUTGOING COMMUNICATION TEMPLATESMarch 2019January 2021Allow2210YesYes
16281268Just-In-Time Front End Template Generation Using Logical Document Object ModelsFebruary 2019January 2022Allow3520YesNo
16275772DETECTING COMPATIBLE LAYOUTS FOR CONTENT-BASED NATIVE ADSFebruary 2019August 2020Allow1830YesNo
16267904SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB CONTENT PRESENTATION MANAGEMENTFebruary 2019October 2019Allow810NoNo
16264509SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-RENDERING HTML CODE OF DYNAMICALLY-GENERATED WEBPAGES USING A BOTJanuary 2019January 2022Allow3620NoNo
16235031REAL-TIME IN-CONTEXT SMART SUMMARIZERDecember 2018January 2021Allow2520YesNo
16205148EFFICIENT DATA ENTRY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC FORMSNovember 2018June 2021Allow3040NoNo
16197727COLLABORATION MECHANISMNovember 2018February 2021Allow2710NoNo
16193082SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT OF SEMANTIC INDICATORS DURING DOCUMENT PRESENTATIONSNovember 2018April 2022Allow4131YesNo
16301247LANDING PAGE GENERATIONNovember 2018June 2022Allow4340NoNo
16174579SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GREETING CARDSOctober 2018May 2022Abandon4230YesNo
16174988METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING REPORTS FROM SEARCH RESULTSOctober 2018April 2022Abandon4240NoNo
16153410FACILITATING CONTENT NAVIGATION BASED ON EVENT CONTEXTOctober 2018August 2020Allow2320YesNo
16148160METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CREATING ELECTRONIC FORMS TO INCLUDE INTERNET LIST DATAOctober 2018June 2019Allow920NoNo
16133367SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DASHBOARD SELECTIONSeptember 2018June 2020Allow2120YesNo
16133529TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING MULTI-TRACK AUDIO FILESSeptember 2018December 2022Allow5120YesNo
16050908PRESENTING VIEWS OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTJuly 2018May 2019Allow1020YesNo
16046139Unsupervised Tunable Stylized Text TransformationsJuly 2018October 2020Allow2610NoNo
16043491TERMINAL OPERATING METHOD AND TERMINALJuly 2018June 2020Abandon2210NoNo
15996235CONFIGURABLE FEED FOR DISPLAY WITH A WEB PAGEJune 2018February 2021Allow3210NoNo
15993459Top-Align Comments: Just-in-time Highlights and Automatic ScrollingMay 2018February 2021Allow3250YesNo
15989038METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FORMATTING MESSAGES IN A MESSAGING USER INTERFACE WITHIN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2018June 2019Allow1310NoNo
15975724Collaborative Document Creation by a Plurality of Distinct TeamsMay 2018August 2021Allow4040YesNo
15974409PROVIDING VISUAL CONTENT EDITING FUNCTIONSMay 2018May 2019Allow1220NoNo
15961341CLIENT SIDE FRAMEWORK REUTILIZATION OF A CLIENT SESSIONApril 2018May 2020Allow2410NoNo
15960505Generating a Topic-Based Summary of Textual ContentApril 2018February 2020Allow2110YesNo
15953349CLASSIFYING TEXT TO DETERMINE A GOAL TYPE USED TO SELECT MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM OUTCOMESApril 2018March 2022Allow4810NoNo
15939368POPULATING VALUES IN A SPREADSHEET USING SEMANTIC CUESMarch 2018July 2019Allow1610NoNo
15937541AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING COLUMN LAYOUTS IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSMarch 2018January 2019Allow910NoNo
15927898WEB ASSET MODIFICATION BASED ON A USER CONTEXTMarch 2018March 2019Abandon1110YesNo
15915656METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUMMARIZING THE CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSMarch 2018November 2019Allow2100NoNo
15758035METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2018September 2019Allow1820NoNo
15913894CONFIGURATION FOR SIMULATING A VIDEO REMOTE INTERPRETATION SESSIONMarch 2018January 2020Allow2220NoNo
15907587CONFIGURABLE FEED FOR DISPLAY WITH A WEB PAGEFebruary 2018December 2019Allow2110NoNo
15902094GENERATING AND APPLYING OUTGOING COMMUNICATION TEMPLATESFebruary 2018November 2018Allow900YesNo
15878585METHOD, DEVICE, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR TEXT INPUTJanuary 2018October 2019Allow2110NoNo
15849197Spread Matrix with StatisticsDecember 2017April 2019Allow1610NoNo
15841165DETECTING COMPATIBLE LAYOUTS FOR CONTENT-BASED NATIVE ADSDecember 2017December 2018Allow1210NoNo
15578195COMMENT-CENTERED NEWS READERNovember 2017February 2020Allow2740YesNo
15821682METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENABLING COMPUTERS TO AUTOMATICALLY ENTER INFORMATION INTO A UNIFIED DATABASE FROM HETEROGENEOUS DOCUMENTSNovember 2017June 2020Allow3130YesNo
15722428INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SCROLLS AND DISPLAYS CONTENTS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOROctober 2017June 2019Allow2010NoNo
15722518Interactive Information Presentation System and MethodOctober 2017March 2020Abandon3010NoNo
15721768POSTURE AND INTERACTION INCIDENCE FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT DETERMINATION IN AMBIENT COMPUTINGSeptember 2017February 2020Allow2920YesNo
15721695DRAG AND DROP FOR TOUCHSCREEN DEVICESSeptember 2017March 2020Allow2930YesNo
15700921SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPREADSHEETSSeptember 2017July 2020Allow3430NoNo
15696515PROVIDING WAY TO STORE PROCESS DATA OBJECT STATE AS SNAPSHOTS AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF PROCESSSeptember 2017January 2020Allow2920NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
3
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.1%
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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(26.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(73.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.6%
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, 26.7% 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 VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M works in Art Unit 2144 and has examined 254 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M's allowance rate of 79.5% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M receive 2.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -2.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M. This interview benefit is in the 9% 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, 28.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 34.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 44% 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 69.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 82.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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:

    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

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