USPTO Examiner BARRETT RYAN S - Art Unit 2148

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19060157SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PROXY AUTOCONFIGURATION FILESFebruary 2025November 2025Allow820NoNo
19004880DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DATA REPRESENTATIONDecember 2024October 2025Allow1020YesNo
18756652Card Display Method, Electronic Device, and Computer Readable Storage MediumJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18755359CLICKABLE ACCESS POINTJune 2024February 2025Allow800YesNo
18619127VOICE ASSISTANT-ENABLED CLIENT APPLICATION WITH USER VIEW CONTEXT AND MULTI-MODAL INPUT SUPPORTMarch 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18595214PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENTMarch 2024June 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18595207PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENTMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18594512METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGE ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18595210PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENTMarch 2024September 2025Abandon1920YesNo
18595217PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENTMarch 2024March 2025Allow1320YesNo
18426151USER INTERFACE COMMON COMPONENTS AND SCALABLE INTEGRABLE REUSABLE ISOLATED USER INTERFACEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900YesNo
18405044METHOD FOR PARTIALLY PUBLISHING EDITS TO A DOCUMENTJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18525538ICON UPDATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18515695METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH APPLICATION PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023May 2025Allow1840YesNo
18499049REMOTELY CONFIGURING WINDOWS DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICEOctober 2023February 2025Allow1510YesNo
18241707AUTOMATED ASSISTANT TRAINING AND/OR EXECUTION OF INTER-USER PROCEDURESSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200YesNo
18240213KERNEL LEARNING APPARATUS USING TRANSFORMED CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMAugust 2023November 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18240221KERNEL LEARNING APPARATUS USING TRANSFORMED CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18315572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SIGNAL DATA SIGNATURE LABELLINGMay 2023February 2026Allow3300NoNo
18144783COORDINATION OF STATIC BACKGROUNDS AND RUBBERBANDINGMay 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18140219TRAINING LARGE DL MODELS VIA SERVERLESS ARCHITECTURE USING CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES-BASED COMMUNICATION CHANNELApril 2023January 2026Allow3200NoNo
18181050INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120YesNo
18181299SACCADE DRIVEN TEXT COMPREHENSION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2530YesNo
18165068DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MODIFICATION AND MONITORINGFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18165083CLASSIFICATION MODEL TRAINING METHOD, HYPERPARAMETER SEARCH METHOD, AND APPARATUSFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3200NoNo
18094339APPLICATION ICON CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3710NoNo
18147453QUANTUM MECHANICAL LOGIC FOR CLASSICAL COMPUTATIONDecember 2022September 2025Allow3200NoNo
18086781STRUCTURAL OBFUSCATION FOR PROTECTING DEEP LEARNING MODELS ON EDGE DEVICESDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710NoNo
18059852CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR FEATURE CONTRIBUTION SCORESNovember 2022August 2025Allow3200YesNo
17990473QUANTUM ADVANTAGE USING QUANTUM CIRCUIT FOR GRADIENT ESTIMATIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300YesNo
17974545SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR FEDERATED LEARNING OF LOCAL MODEL BASED ON LEARNING DIRECTION OF GLOBAL MODELOctober 2022February 2026Allow3910NoNo
17962495SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A NETWORK HEALTH DASHBOARD FOR A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022September 2025Allow3570NoNo
17930035SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DIGITAL REGISTER OF MODELS MONITORING CHANGES IN ACCURACY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3600NoNo
17901817MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INTEGRATION SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFERENCE MODEL CREATION METHODSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3400NoNo
17899519INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELAugust 2022January 2026Allow4010YesNo
17905196MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM SEARCH WITH SYMBOLIC PROGRAMMINGAugust 2022June 2025Allow3400NoNo
17893005STRATIFICATION IN NON-CLASSIFIED HETEROGENEOUS OBJECT LABELSAugust 2022March 2026Abandon4310NoNo
17889936STATE MAPS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTINGAugust 2022November 2025Allow3910YesNo
17798152PROCESSING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELING DATA TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF CATEGORIZATIONAugust 2022October 2025Allow3910YesNo
17873321A MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2022December 2025Allow4110YesNo
17813708TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF A PRESENTATION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEOCONFERENCING ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022September 2025Allow3840NoYes
17867630WEIGHT SPARSITY IN DATA PROCESSING ENGINESJuly 2022October 2025Allow3910YesNo
17812207EFFICIENT SECOND ORDER PRUNING OF COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2022May 2025Allow3400NoNo
17856357SHIFT RULE FOR GRADIENT DETERMINATION IN PARAMETERISED QUANTUM EVOLUTIONSJuly 2022July 2025Allow3700NoNo
17853189AUTOMATED CONCEPT DRIFT DETECTION IN LIVE MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL UPDATINGJune 2022June 2025Allow3500NoNo
17789038WIND SPEED PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON FORWARD COMPLEX-VALUED NEURAL NETWORKJune 2022May 2025Allow3400NoNo
17838983DATA SELECTION ASSIST DEVICE AND DATA SELECTION ASSIST METHODJune 2022December 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17773192ONTOLOGY MAPPING SYSTEM AND ONTOLOGY MAPPING PROGRAMApril 2022December 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17713420BIAS DETECTION TECHNIQUE IN A DATA-DRIVEN MODEL FOR MULTIPLE TENANTSApril 2022August 2025Allow4010YesNo
17711415HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTE-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL PARTITIONINGApril 2022November 2025Allow4410NoNo
17765064Nonlinear Model Modeling Method, Device and Storage MediumMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17691066SOCIAL NETWORK MAPS WITH PLACE REACTIONSMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17687583NEURAL NETWORK PARAMETER QUANTIZATION FOR BASE CALLINGMarch 2022September 2025Allow4210YesNo
17683886DYNAMIC TOPOLOGY RECONFIGURATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2025Allow4410YesNo
17652273ANALYTE DATA PROCESSING, REPORTING, AND VISUALIZATIONFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3320YesNo
17586639SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MODEL FITNESS AND STABILITY FOR MODEL DEPLOYMENT IN AUTOMATED MODEL GENERATIONJanuary 2022November 2025Allow4610YesNo
17569771CALIBRATION OF ANALOG CIRCUITS FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTINGJanuary 2022October 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17597189CLOUD-EDGE COLLABORATION FORECASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALUMINUM OXIDE PRODUCTION INDEXESDecember 2021March 2025Allow3810YesNo
17548814EVENT EXPERIENCE REPRESENTATION USING TENSILE SPHERE MIXING AND MERGINGDecember 2021April 2025Allow4000NoNo
17548987FEATURE SELECTION BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON TEMPORALLY STATIC FEATURE SELECTION CRITERIA AND TEMPORALLY DYNAMIC FEATURE SELECTION CRITERIADecember 2021March 2025Allow3900NoNo
17538013FLUX CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR 1ST ORDER NOISE INSENSITIVITYNovember 2021May 2025Allow4110YesNo
17535844BUSINESS LANGUAGE PROCESSING USING LoQoS AND rb-LSTMNovember 2021December 2025Allow4820YesNo
17611641System and Method for Automated Multi-Objective Policy Implementation, Using Reinforcement LearningNovember 2021August 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17524606METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVERTING WEIGHTS OF A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK FROM A FIRST NUMBER FORMAT TO A SECOND NUMBER FORMATNovember 2021September 2025Allow4620NoNo
17513308PUSH NOTIFICATION QUBIT MANIPULATIONOctober 2021May 2025Allow4310YesNo
17497707Methods and Systems for Determining Candidate Data Sets for LabellingOctober 2021August 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17408077COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUSAugust 2021June 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17402600LEARNING DEVICE AND DETERMINATION DEVICEAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17380684METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSINGJuly 2021February 2026Abandon5530YesNo
17364775RESOURCE-EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES FOR REPEATED HYPER-PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONJune 2021February 2025Allow4410NoNo
17337320MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINESJune 2021April 2025Allow4720NoNo
17334205NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON A CHIP HAVING AN OPERATION ARRAYMay 2021October 2024Allow4010NoNo
17329414MODEL SELECTION METHOD AND TERMINALMay 2021January 2025Allow4420NoNo
17291818AUTO-FORMATTING OF A DATA TABLEMay 2021December 2024Allow4310YesNo
17231314FEDERATED-LEARNING BASED METHOD OF ACQUIRING MODEL PARAMETERS, SYSTEM AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2021April 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17283376EXPLORING AN UNEXPLORED DOMAIN BY PARALLEL REINFORCEMENTApril 2021February 2025Allow4710YesNo
17219339SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO REPRESENTATION LEARNING WITH A WEAK TEACHERMarch 2021October 2024Allow4210YesNo
17218724AUTO FEATURE PREPARATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ONLINE INFERENCINGMarch 2021September 2024Allow4210YesNo
17217623BATCHING TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING UNBALANCED TRAINING DATA FOR A CHATBOTMarch 2021October 2024Allow4320YesNo
17216027MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED UNSUPERVISED MASTER DATA CORRECTIONMarch 2021April 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17190269MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATION METHODMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4620NoNo
17118211DECENTRALIZED ONLINE MULTI-AGENT VISUAL QUESTION ANSWERINGDecember 2020January 2025Abandon4920YesNo
17115373DEVICE FOR ENSEMBLING DATA RECEIVED FROM PREDICTION DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020October 2024Allow4620YesNo
17104642AUTOMATED DATA QUALITY INSPECTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2020July 2025Abandon5640YesNo
17074392LABELING AND DATA AUGMENTATION FOR GRAPH DATAOctober 2020November 2024Abandon4920NoNo
17062241SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AUTOMATED NATURAL LANGUAGE RESPONSES BASED ON IDENTIFIED GOALS AND SUB-GOALS FROM AN UTTERANCEOctober 2020October 2024Allow4830YesNo
15246493Automatic Deep View Card StackingAugust 2016April 2017Allow710YesNo
14858801Automatic Deep View Card StackingSeptember 2015August 2017Allow2310YesNo
14835916NATURAL LANGUAGE BASED CAPTURING OF USER INTERFACE INTERACTIONSAugust 2015February 2018Allow3010YesNo
14562077CELLPHONE MANAGERDecember 2014June 2019Allow5440YesNo
14554285CHANNEL SELECTION INTERFACE FOR A VEHICLENovember 2014April 2019Allow5330YesNo
14536777INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2014December 2018Allow4930YesNo
13993639CAPTURING OBJECTS IN EDITABLE FORMAT USING GESTURESJune 2013February 2019Allow6050YesNo
13821560VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONSMarch 2013February 2017Allow4741YesYes
13164564CONTENT SHARING INTERFACE FOR SHARING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKSJune 2011August 2016Allow6040YesNo
12848322METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATION OF INTEGRATED USER INTERFACEAugust 2010July 2016Allow6080YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BARRETT, RYAN S.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
96.2%
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, 100.0% 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

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

Examiner BARRETT, RYAN S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BARRETT, RYAN S works in Art Unit 2148 and has examined 39 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BARRETT, RYAN S's allowance rate of 71.8% places them in the 35% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BARRETT, RYAN S receive 2.03 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 52% 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 BARRETT, RYAN S is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 11% 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 +40.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BARRETT, RYAN S. This interview benefit is in the 88% 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, 30.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% 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 20.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 24% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 120.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 95% 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 11% 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:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.