USPTO Examiner NGUYEN MERILYN P - Art Unit 2153

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18892312RESOLVING DATASET CORRUPTION OF TRANSFERRED DATASETS USING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-AGNOSTIC DATA MODELING PLATFORMSSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18811261METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED EXPERIENCE TO A USER PROFILEAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18738252INDEXED GEOSPATIAL SEARCHJune 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18680964GENERATING DIGITAL CONTENT CLUSTERS BASED ON WEB ACTIVITYMay 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18598381GRAPH DATABASE INTERFACE SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18589052COPY AVOIDANCE VIA STATIC ANALYSIS FOR DBMS QUERYINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow710NoNo
18583805ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION TRANSITIONFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18583256SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AGNOSTIC DATA FORMS FOR VENDORSFebruary 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18427653BOOTSTRAPPING TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING CROSS REGION DISASTER RECOVERYJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18427116GRAPH DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18416169DATABASE SYSTEM FOR TIME SERIES DATA STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSISJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18409636APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING PROXIMITY OF A SUBJECT PROCESS TO AN OUTLIER CLUSTERJanuary 2024April 2024Allow300NoNo
18403210AUTOMATIC SLICE DISCOVERY AND SLICE TUNING FOR DATA MINING IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18401162STORING CONTEXTUAL DATA WITH CONTEXT SCHEMASDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18537737DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE FRAMEWORKDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18521060METHOD, SERVER, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18516108METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR QUANTITATIVELY GROUPING USING COMPUTATIONAL CLUSTERINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18513391SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA TRANSFERS USING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-AGNOSTIC DATA MODELING PLATFORMSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18389337Managed Tables for Data LakesNovember 2023May 2025Allow1830YesNo
18381017INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18378538DATABASE RECOVERY AND DATABASE RECOVERY TESTINGOctober 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18483983FRAMEWORK FOR QUERY PARAMETERIZATIONOctober 2023June 2025Allow2030YesNo
18378619BATCH CONSOLIDATION OF COMPUTING OBJECT SNAPSHOTSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710YesNo
18482671MULTI-LAYER APPROACH TO IMPROVING GENERATION OF FIELD EXTRACTION MODELSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1920NoNo
18473045Scalable Video Fingerprinting for Content AuthenticitySeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18465576PRIORITY-DRIVEN FEDERATED QUERY-BASED DATA CACHINGSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910YesNo
18462659USER IDENTIFIER MATCH AND MERGE PROCESSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18459472MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATABASE SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18329242EFFICIENT DATA MANIPULATIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1300NoNo
18350685CLOUD INFERENCE SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1220YesNo
18339269SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA TRANSFERS USING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-AGNOSTIC DATA MODELING PLATFORMSJune 2023September 2023Allow310YesNo
18334913METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A VECTORIZED DELETE IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18333937DATA MAINTENANCEJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18203880SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALOG PROCESSING OF PROBLEM GRAPHS HAVING ARBITRARY SIZE AND/OR CONNECTIVITYMay 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18319559METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENTMay 2023January 2025Allow2020NoNo
18308093AUTOMATIC EXPECTED VALIDATION DEFINITION GENERATION FOR DATA CORRECTNESS IN AI/ML PIPELINESApril 2023May 2024Allow1300NoNo
18305465INCREMENTAL BACKUP METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAD ENGINEERING DATA FILEApril 2023April 2025Allow2320NoNo
18033462DATA ANALYSIS PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA ANALYSIS PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2023June 2025Abandon2630NoNo
18305993REGULAR EXPRESSION SEARCH QUERY PROCESSING USING PRUNING INDEXApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18137232FILTERING INDIVIDUAL DATASETS IN A DATABASEApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18136814SERVERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MAPPING ATTRIBUTES TO A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18302061Map-Reduce Ready Distributed File SystemApril 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18194579MINIMIZING CONNECTION LOSS WHEN CHANGING DATABASE QUERY ENGINE VERSIONSMarch 2023March 2024Allow1100NoNo
18171296QUERY PROCESSING USING HYBRID TABLE SECONDARY INDEXESFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18109709SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEWING AND MODIFYING MULTIPLE SEGMENTS OF ONE OR MORE FILESFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1510NoNo
18109781COPY AVOIDANCE VIA STATIC ANALYSIS FOR DBMS QUERYINGFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1000NoNo
18157557SCHEMA-AWARE ENCODING OF NATURAL LANGUAGEJanuary 2023November 2024Abandon2120NoNo
18152184BACKING UP AND RECOVERING METHOD OF FILE SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREOFJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18149599DATABASE SYSTEM FOR TIME SERIES DATA STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSISJanuary 2023October 2023Allow1010YesNo
18091377SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUES FOR BACKING UP SCALABLE COMPUTING OBJECTSDecember 2022September 2024Allow2010YesNo
18147992INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODDecember 2022January 2025Allow2520YesNo
18089833QUERY EXPRESSION RESULT CACHING USING DYNAMIC JOIN INDEXDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18146912INDEX GENERATION USING LAZY REASSEMBLING OF SEMI-STRUCTURED DATADecember 2022September 2023Allow810NoNo
18088629MEMORY SYSTEM USING HETEROGENEOUS DATA FORMAT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18068132GENERATING DIGITAL CONTENT CLUSTERS BASED ON WEB ACTIVITYDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510YesNo
18067704CLOAKED USER-SPACE FILE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED USING AN ENTITY DATA STOREDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
17991704CUSTOMIZABLE LOAD BALANCING IN A USER BEHAVIOR ANALYTICS DEPLOYMENTNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
17988645INCREASING DATABASE SEARCH SPEED AND QUALITY BY CACHING USER-PROVIDED METADATA ALONGSIDE NON-USER-PROVIDED METADATANovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17985994METHOD FOR SCHEDULING OFFLOADING SNIPPETS BASED ON LARGE AMOUNT OF DBMS TASK COMPUTATIONNovember 2022April 2025Allow2920NoNo
17985712INTERVALS FOR DATA REPLICATIONNovember 2022February 2024Allow1530YesNo
17923599METHOD AND RELATIONSHIP CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR MANAGING RELATIONSHIP CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTITIESNovember 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
18052419SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR QUERYING AND UPDATING DATABASESNovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17975397SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA MESH FOR 5G-WIRELESS VIRTUALIZED DEPLOYMENTOctober 2022May 2025Allow3130YesNo
18047595SCAN SET PRUNING FOR QUERIES WITH PREDICATES ON SEMI-STRUCTURED FIELDSOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17996044POI POPULARITY DERIVATION DEVICEOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17959100SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING FOREIGN KEYS BETWEEN DISTINCT TABLESOctober 2022February 2024Allow1630NoNo
17936759PROCESSING QUERIES USING AN INDEX GENERATED BASED ON DATA SEGMENTSSeptember 2022April 2023Allow610NoNo
17934977INDEXED REGULAR EXPRESSION SEARCH WITH N-GRAMSSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17951478Tier-Specific Data CompressionSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17945608AUTOMATIC FILE SYSTEM CAPACITY MANAGEMENT USING FILE SYSTEM UTILIZATION PREDICTIONSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210YesNo
17931963AUTOMATED QUERY SELECTIVITY PREDICTIONS USING QUERY GRAPHSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17931159Recovering a Data Segment Using Locally Decodable Code SegmentsSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17941393AUGMENTING DECISION MAKING VIA INTERACTIVE WHAT-IF ANALYSISSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17929345REPLICATION FOR CYBER RECOVERY FOR MULTIPLE TIER DATASeptember 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17890090SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONAL OPERATIONAugust 2022May 2023Allow910YesNo
17886012SEARCHABLE CATALOG OF COLUMNAR NUMERICAL DATAAugust 2022November 2023Allow1510YesNo
17885170ADAPTIVE FILTERING AND MODELING VIA ADAPTIVE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS TO IDENTIFY EMERGING DATA PATTERNS FROM LARGE VOLUME, HIGH DIMENSIONAL, HIGH VELOCITY STREAMING DATAAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17878106PROCESSING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCESAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17871666Method and Apparatus for Processing Table, Device, and Storage MediumJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17871610CONNECTED FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AUTOMATION CANDIDATESJuly 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17814110LAZY REASSEMBLING OF SEMI-STRUCTURED DATAJuly 2022October 2022Allow310NoNo
17811258CLOUD INFERENCE SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2023Allow920NoNo
17810076SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A REORGANIZATION-IMMUNE BLOCKCHAIN INDEX USING MONO-INCREASING SEQUENCE RECORDSJune 2022October 2023Allow1500NoNo
17808599VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH CONSTRUCTION FOR ZERO-SHOT DOMAIN-SPECIFIC DOCUMENT RETRIEVALJune 2022March 2025Allow3330YesNo
17807447Utilizing Different Data Compression Algorithms Based On Characteristics Of A Storage SystemJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17804630JOIN QUERY PROCESSING USING PRUNING INDEXMay 2022October 2022Allow510NoNo
17829149METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR QUANTITATIVELY GROUPING A SET OF PERSONS INTO A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS USING COMPUTATIONAL CLUSTERINGMay 2022October 2023Allow1610NoNo
17828372SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE SENSING USING DATA FINGERPRINTING METHODOLOGIESMay 2022March 2025Allow3330YesNo
17804593SNAPSHOT RESTOREMay 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17804248INDEXED GEOSPATIAL PREDICATE SEARCHMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17752162DECENTRALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2022August 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17750691Application Program Interface For Use With a Data Schema Mapping OperationMay 2022April 2024Allow2310YesNo
17663107CONSTRUCTION OF A META-DATABASE FROM AUTONOMOUSLY SCANNED DISPARATE AND HETEROGENEOUS SOURCESMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17739411SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALOG PROCESSING OF PROBLEM GRAPHS HAVING ARBITRARY SIZE AND/OR CONNECTIVITYMay 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17720459DATABASE LIVE MOUNTS USING CONTAINERSApril 2022March 2024Allow2410YesNo
17717031SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FAST CACHEABLE ACCESS TO A KEY-VALUE DEVICE THROUGH A FILESYSTEM INTERFACEApril 2022August 2024Allow2910YesNo
17716168CROSS-ENTITY CATEGORIZATION OF HETEROGENOUS DATAApril 2022January 2024Allow2110NoNo
17714524SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND CATALOGING SPECIFIED FILE ACTIVITY DATAApril 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17708545METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A VECTORIZED DELETE IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2023Allow1200NoNo
17657051SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING GRAPH EMBEDDING AND RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION FOR IMPROVING CLASSIFICATION OF DISTRIBUTED LEDGER ACTIVITIESMarch 2022April 2023Allow1300NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NGUYEN, MERILYN P.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
5
(62.5%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(37.5%)
Reversal Percentile
57.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 37.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
27
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(37.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(63.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
58.3%
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, 37.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Examiner NGUYEN, MERILYN P - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner NGUYEN, MERILYN P works in Art Unit 2153 and has examined 478 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner NGUYEN, MERILYN P's allowance rate of 91.6% places them in the 76% 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 NGUYEN, MERILYN P receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% 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 NGUYEN, MERILYN P is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 55% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGUYEN, MERILYN P. This interview benefit is in the 33% 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, 28.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% 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 32.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 39% 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, 85.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 63% 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 68.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 23.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 54.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 68% 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 1.9% of allowed cases (in the 76% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 49% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.