USPTO Examiner ELLIS MATTHEW J - Art Unit 2152

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18646529DATABASE GENERATION FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT DOCUMENTSApril 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18617221SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DATA DICTIONARY GENERATION AND VALIDATIONMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18613797SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PENALTY DATA COMPILATION, ANALYSIS AND REPORT GENERATIONMarch 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18437325METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT EDITING OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS USING RANKED TOKENSFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18235012SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MATCHING CUSTOMIZABLE DATA TRANSACTION REQUESTSAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18209847STRING SEARCH STRUCTURES WITH EMBEDDED RANGE SEARCH STRUCTURESJune 2023February 2025Allow2010YesNo
18330756METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO RECORDED DATAJune 2023December 2024Allow1810NoNo
18136730FORMATTING MODULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMATTING AN ELECTRONIC CHARACTER SEQUENCEApril 2023August 2024Allow1620YesNo
18129746COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR USING DATA FROM DIGITAL TRACKING AND RELAYING SYSTEMSMarch 2023November 2023Allow710YesNo
18124299SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TAXONOMY-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF UNLABELED STRUCTURED DATASETSMarch 2023October 2023Allow710YesNo
18108116DATABASE GENERATION FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT DOCUMENTSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18155590METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTING STANDARD KNOWLEDGE GRAPH, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUERYING STANDARDJanuary 2023March 2024Abandon1420YesNo
18045712SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MATCHING CUSTOMIZABLE DATA TRANSACTION REQUESTSOctober 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
17938626COMPRESSION AND SEARCH PROCESS ON A DATA SET BASED ON MULTIPLE STRATEGIESOctober 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17943345METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT EDITING OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS USING RANKED TOKENSSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1540YesNo
17931671DATA QUERY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020YesNo
17900365TECHNIQUE FOR CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING AN APPLICATION-TO-FRIEND INDEXAugust 2022February 2025Allow3020YesNo
17887267AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF DATA MODELS USING DATA MODEL ANNOTATIONSAugust 2022May 2023Allow910YesNo
17799142EXTRACTION OF RELEVANT SIGNALS FROM SPARSE DATA SETSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3220NoNo
17818191Identifying an implementation of a user-desired interaction using machine learningAugust 2022July 2024Allow2420NoNo
17816829COMPACT ERROR TRACKING LOGS FOR ETLAugust 2022February 2025Allow3130NoNo
17877321DATABASE GENERATION FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT DOCUMENTSJuly 2022December 2022Allow410YesNo
17859546DISPLAYING LISTINGS BASED ON LISTING ACTIVITYJuly 2022April 2023Allow1010YesNo
17848368System and Method of Blockchain CompressionJune 2022June 2025Allow3630YesNo
17844640DETERMINING TOPICS FOR TAXONOMIESJune 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17829842INTERACTIVE AND DYNAMIC TIMELINE DATA MERGING AND MANAGEMENTJune 2022December 2022Allow620YesNo
17828789PATTERN UPDATING DEVICE, PATTERN UPDATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2022February 2025Allow3230YesNo
17826152SEARCH USING DATA WAREHOUSE GRANTSMay 2022March 2024Allow2110NoNo
17824590FILE SYSTEM WARNINGS FOR MOVES OF SHARED CONTENT ITEMSMay 2022February 2023Allow910YesNo
17745898GENERATION METHOD AND INDEX CONDENSATION METHOD OF EMBEDDING TABLEMay 2022December 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17733617AUTOMATED EXTRACTION RULE MODIFICATION BASED ON REJECTED FIELD VALUESApril 2022July 2023Allow1420YesNo
17723586ENTITY LINKING AND FILTERING USING EFFICIENT SEARCH TREE AND MACHINE LEARNING REPRESENTATIONSApril 2022December 2024Allow3230YesNo
17721092TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022January 2024Allow2110NoNo
17717294HYBRID MODEL OF FINE-GRAINED LOCKING AND DATA PARTITIONINGApril 2022February 2024Allow2210YesNo
17707335COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMANTIC SEARCHINGMarch 2022June 2025Allow3960YesNo
17706170METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING GRAPHQL QUERY INTO GREMLINMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310NoNo
17655944AUTOMATED DATABASE QUERY GENERATION AND ANALYSISMarch 2022March 2024Allow2430YesNo
17655003METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NETWORK DATA LINKING AND TRANSMISSION THEREOFMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3340YesNo
17653883MEMORY MANAGEMENT USING BUILD IDENTIFICATIONSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3730YesNo
17674682Data Processing Methods and Systems For Determining A Service Target ItemFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3330YesNo
17671957RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION INSTRUMENTS COMPRISING LOGICAL DIGITAL RESOURCE COMPONENTS LINKED WITH PROCESSING OF DISTRIBUTION REQUESTSFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3530NoNo
17668546Configurable Stacking/Stackable Filesystem (CSF)February 2022March 2024Allow2500NoNo
17591666SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A DATA DRIVEN CHANNEL FOR QUERY EXECUTIONS USING QUANTUM COMPUTINGFebruary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17649459DATABASE AUTO-DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2310YesNo
17587346CLOUD BASED SCHEMA MAPPING FEATURE STOREJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3140YesNo
17647749HIGH-PERFORMANCE REMOTE FILE SYSTEM META DATAJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4160NoNo
17563284SYSTEM REQUIREMENT EDITING DEVICE, SYSTEM REQUIREMENT EDITING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3320YesNo
17558374AUTOMATED TAGGING OF TOPICS IN DOCUMENTSDecember 2021December 2023Allow2420YesNo
17557463METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO RECORDED DATADecember 2021February 2023Allow1410NoNo
17547474FILE STORAGE SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD BY FILE STORAGE SYSTEMDecember 2021January 2023Allow1310NoNo
17547296SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT DATA PROCESSING AND PROVISIONING USING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATABASE PLATFORMDecember 2021January 2024Abandon2540YesNo
17536860AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION OF DATA TYPES FOR DATABASESNovember 2021May 2023Allow1710YesNo
17456587SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT METHODNovember 2021January 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17508082OPTIMIZING FILE-SYSTEM RESOURCE RESERVATIONOctober 2021June 2023Allow2010YesNo
17501843SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS DURING RECOVERYOctober 2021December 2023Allow2650YesNo
17603649ORDER PRESERVING PATTERN MATCHING APPARATUS, ORDER PRESERVING PATTERN MATCHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMOctober 2021January 2024Abandon2720NoNo
17501283FACILITATING THE EMBEDDING OF BLOCK REFERENCES FOR REDUCING FILE ACCESS LATENCY FILE SYSTEMSOctober 2021June 2025Abandon4440YesNo
17499699VERTICAL CUCKOO FILTERSOctober 2021March 2022Allow510NoNo
17497697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT MULTI-STAGE QUERYING OF ARCHIVED DATAOctober 2021June 2024Allow3230YesNo
17450005INFORMATION SEARCHING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021December 2023Abandon2620YesNo
17483436MAPS AUTO-COMPLETE THROUGH QUERY EXPANSIONSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3650YesNo
17447923SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DATA DICTIONARY GENERATION AND VALIDATIONSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2310YesNo
17447878SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DATA DICTIONARY GENERATION AND VALIDATIONSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710YesNo
17477351RECURRING SEARCH AUTOMATION WITH SEARCH EVENT DETECTIONSeptember 2021March 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17474018GENERATING DATA ANALYSIS DASHBOARD TEMPLATES FOR SELECTED DATA SOURCESSeptember 2021December 2024Allow4030YesNo
17410930AUTOMATED NAMING OF AN APPLICATION/TIER IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTAugust 2021March 2024Abandon3130YesNo
17407272GENERALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021May 2023Allow2110NoNo
17404634MODELING SEASONAL RELEVANCE FOR ONLINE SEARCHAugust 2021October 2024Allow3830YesNo
17394078BIASED STRING SEARCH STRUCTURES WITH EMBEDDED RANGE SEARCH STRUCTURESAugust 2021April 2023Allow2020YesNo
17360923APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE ENABLEMENT OF CONSISTENT ONTOLOGY MODEL INSTANTIATIONJune 2021October 2023Allow2810YesNo
17344887METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED DATA CONVERSATIONSJune 2021January 2024Allow3220YesNo
17335101APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SERVICE SEARCH SYSTEM AND SEARCH METHOD THEREOFJune 2021January 2025Abandon4340NoNo
17315944METHOD OF DISPLAYING DATAMay 2021March 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17314724METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF DIGITAL CONTENTMay 2021October 2023Allow2930YesNo
17243691DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM DISPENSING PHYSICAL REWARD IN COLLABORATIVE WORK SYSTEMSApril 2021January 2023Allow2130YesNo
17210854FILE STORAGE SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD BY FILE STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2021August 2021Allow510YesNo
17193496METHOD FOR FACETED VISUALIZATION OF A SPARQL QUERY RESULT SETMarch 2021August 2022Allow1800NoNo
17191079SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATED REVISION COMPARISON OF ENGINEERING DATA IN PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMSMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810NoNo
17178077GENERATING A SHUFFLE SEEDFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2410YesNo
17101470AUGMENTED PRIVACY DATASETS USING SEMANTIC BASED DATA LINKINGNovember 2020March 2025Allow5240YesNo
17062464COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR USING DATA FROM DIGITAL TRACKING AND RELAYING SYSTEMSOctober 2020November 2021Allow1330YesNo
17000123METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A USER DEVICE FOR AFFILIATE MARKETINGAugust 2020March 2022Allow1800YesNo
16990506Query Processing with Machine LearningAugust 2020October 2024Allow5030YesNo
16944323ACTIONS BASED ON FILE TAGGING IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVER VIRTUAL MACHINE (FSVM) ENVIRONMENTJuly 2020June 2025Allow5940YesYes
16947288SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPH-BASED QUERY ANALYSISJuly 2020November 2023Abandon4040YesNo
16935663PARALLEL PROCESSING OF CHANGES IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMJuly 2020March 2022Allow2010NoNo
16934513DISPLAYING LISTINGS BASED ON LISTING ACTIVITYJuly 2020March 2022Allow2010NoNo
16915332STREAMING DATABASE CHANGE DATA FROM DISTRIBUTED STORAGEJune 2020May 2022Allow2210YesNo
16908095CLUSTERING TOPICS FOR DATA VISUALIZATIONJune 2020February 2022Allow1910YesNo
16767017METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNTACTIC SEARCHINGMay 2020December 2023Allow4351NoNo
16845725ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE RESPONSE AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2020February 2022Allow2210YesNo
16833559METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING TEXT PHRASES TO A TAXONOMYMarch 2020December 2020Allow810YesNo
16830917INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMarch 2020April 2023Abandon3720YesNo
16792456Descriptor Uniqueness for Entity ClusteringFebruary 2020August 2022Allow3020NoNo
16780455SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PENALTY DATA COMPILATION, ANALYSIS AND REPORT GENERATIONFebruary 2020December 2023Allow4610NoNo
16780481AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF DATA MODELS USING DATA MODEL ANNOTATIONSFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2710NoNo
16741450SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ADJUSTABLE METRICS ON REAL-TIME DATA IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2020July 2023Allow4250YesNo
16739524MESSAGE PARSER RUNTIME CHOICESJanuary 2020January 2022Allow2410YesNo
16732952AUTOMATIC VISUALIZATION AND INQUIRY GENERATIONJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2610YesNo
16724289METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR WEB BROWSINGDecember 2019February 2021Allow1440YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ELLIS, MATTHEW J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
9
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
37.4%
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
20
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(15.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(85.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
15.4%
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, 15.0% 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 ELLIS, MATTHEW J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ELLIS, MATTHEW J works in Art Unit 2152 and has examined 177 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ELLIS, MATTHEW J's allowance rate of 79.7% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ELLIS, MATTHEW J receive 2.80 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ELLIS, MATTHEW J is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ELLIS, MATTHEW J. This interview benefit is in the 50% 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, 23.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 13.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 8% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 75.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 47.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 36.4% 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, 6.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 6% 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 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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • 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.

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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