USPTO Examiner NILSSON ERIC - Art Unit 2151

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18963469ITERATIVE ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING AND PROCESSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18963473ITERATIVE ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING AND PROCESSINGNovember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18963462ITERATIVE ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING AND PROCESSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18963465ITERATIVE ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING AND PROCESSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18810460Iterative Attention-based Neural Network Training and ProcessingAugust 2024January 2025Allow510YesNo
18810464Iterative Attention-based Neural Network Training and ProcessingAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18810465Iterative Attention-based Neural Network Training and ProcessingAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18792157SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DRIVEN ORCHESTRATION OF TASK-SPECIFIC MACHINE LEARNING SOFTWARE AGENTSAugust 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18599120PROGRAMMING METHOD OF AN ACTIVATION FUNCTION AND AN ACTIVATION FUNCTION PROGRAMMING UNITMarch 2024October 2024Allow720YesNo
18242723STYLIZING INPUT IMAGESSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18347088SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME SERIES ANALYSIS USING ATTENTION MODELSJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18345445ACCELERATING NEURAL NETWORKS WITH ONE SHOT SKIP LAYER PRUNINGJune 2023June 2025Allow2320NoNo
18137398NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSApril 2023April 2025Allow2320NoNo
18304294AUTOMATIC ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXTUAL REPLIESApril 2023February 2025Allow2220YesNo
18101612Iterative Attention-based Neural Network Training and ProcessingJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1800YesNo
18147471METHODS FOR PREDICTING LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTAL SYNTHESIS OF COMPUTER-GENERATED MATERIALS BY COMBINING NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2022October 2024Allow2110YesNo
17940726COGNITIVE RULE ENGINESeptember 2022January 2025Allow2920NoNo
17883283NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING WITH CHAINED INSTRUCTIONSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2720NoNo
17850531MULTIPLE INPUT NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DETECTING FRAUDJune 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17649912MACHINE LEARNING DEPLOYMENT PLATFORMFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3910YesNo
17449871Deployment and Management of Energy Efficient Deep Neural Network Models on Edge Inference Computing DevicesOctober 2021November 2024Allow3710YesNo
17475964ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK, WITH CALCULATION BLOCKS OF SEVERAL TYPESSeptember 2021April 2025Allow4310NoNo
17466845METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR ROBUST CLASSIFICATION USING ACTIVE LEARNING AND DOMAIN KNOWLEDGESeptember 2021April 2025Allow4310NoNo
17461590SYNAPTIC CIRCUIT AND NEURAL NETWORKING APPARATUSAugust 2021March 2025Allow4210NoNo
17461440MEMORY DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUSAugust 2021September 2024Allow3700NoNo
17431533DEEP CAUSAL LEARNING FOR CONTINUOUS TESTING, DIAGNOSIS, AND OPTIMIZATIONAugust 2021December 2024Allow4020YesYes
17357323COOLING HIGH MOTIONAL STATES IN ION TRAP QUANTUM COMPUTERSJune 2021December 2024Allow4110NoNo
17316114SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF QUANTUM CONTROLLERSMay 2021October 2024Allow4110NoNo
17290408SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) BASED APPROACH FOR PREDICTIVE MEDICATION ADHERENCE INDEX (MAI)April 2021January 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17281588SURGICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODMarch 2021July 2024Allow4010NoNo
17187151DEEP LEARNING-BASED CHANNEL BUFFER COMPRESSIONFebruary 2021August 2024Allow4110YesNo
17115941EXTRACTED MODEL ADVERSARIES FOR IMPROVED BLACK BOX ATTACKSDecember 2020December 2024Allow4800YesNo
17114825Continuous Integration and Automated Testing of Machine Learning ModelsDecember 2020October 2024Allow4720NoNo
15262582KILLING ASYMMETRIC RESISTIVE PROCESSING UNITS FOR NEURAL NETWORK TRAININGSeptember 2016March 2017Allow610NoNo
15159879MIGRATING A LEGACY SYSTEM BY INFERRING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE BUSINESS RULES FROM LEGACY SOURCE CODEMay 2016February 2018Allow2120YesNo
14979658METHOD FOR HYBRID SOLAR TRACKING, AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID SOLAR TRACKING AND PHOTOVOLTAIC BLIND SYSTEM USING SAMEDecember 2015March 2017Allow1510YesNo
14635316DECIDING AN OPTIMAL ACTION IN CONSIDERATION OF RISKMarch 2015May 2016Allow1510NoNo
14466917APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RATE-MODULATED PLASTICITY IN A NEURON NETWORKAugust 2014July 2016Allow2320YesNo
14050577AUTOMATICALLY DERIVING CONTEXT WHEN EXTRACTING A BUSINESS RULEOctober 2013April 2016Allow3120YesNo
14028396LEARNING-BASED DATA DECONTEXTUALIZATIONSeptember 2013January 2016Allow2810YesNo
13973513DATA BASED TRUTH MAINTENANCEAugust 2013November 2015Allow2700NoNo
13969135EFFICIENT RULE EXECUTION IN DECISION SERVICESAugust 2013June 2017Allow4630NoYes
13843666JABBA-TYPE CONTEXTUAL TAGGERMarch 2013August 2016Allow4120NoNo
13795165EARLY GENERATION OF INDIVIDUALS TO ACCELERATE GENETIC ALGORITHMSMarch 2013September 2015Allow3120NoNo
13760639NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTION EXPANSION AND EXTRACTIONFebruary 2013August 2016Allow4220NoYes
13753152NEURISTOR-BASED RESERVOIR COMPUTING DEVICESJanuary 2013June 2015Allow2910NoNo
13589407USING CYCLIC MARKOV DECISION PROCESS TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM POLICYAugust 2012May 2015Allow3320YesNo
13586385USING CYCLIC MARKOV DECISION PROCESS TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM POLICYAugust 2012May 2015Allow3320YesNo
13570680HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN, REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA STREAMS USING TEXTUAL REPRESENTATIONSAugust 2012November 2015Allow4030YesNo
13371513DECIDING AN OPTIMAL ACTION IN CONSIDERATION OF RISKFebruary 2012October 2014Allow3220NoNo
13368994METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPIKING NEURAL COMPUTATIONFebruary 2012April 2015Allow3830NoNo
13344938NO ENROLLMENT PROXIMITY TARGET DETECTION ON MOBILE DEVICESJanuary 2012August 2016Allow5550YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.0%
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, 66.7% 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 NILSSON, ERIC - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner NILSSON, ERIC works in Art Unit 2151 and has examined 43 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner NILSSON, ERIC's allowance rate of 97.7% places them in the 93% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by NILSSON, ERIC receive 1.53 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% 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 NILSSON, ERIC is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NILSSON, ERIC. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 68.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% 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 0.0% 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 10% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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.

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.

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