USPTO Examiner ALLEN NICHOLAS E - Art Unit 2154

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18925997GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR DATA PROCESSING USING DEEP AI-BASED INFORMATION OBJECT IDENTIFICATIONOctober 2024August 2025Abandon910NoNo
18926078METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OBJECTS USING DEEP AI-BASED KNOWLEDGE OBJECTSOctober 2024August 2025Abandon910NoNo
18422626RECENT FILE SYNCHRONIZATION AND AGGREGATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18519140METADATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INTER-COMPANY DATA SHARINGNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18498848SERVERLESS NETWORK MONITORINGOctober 2023December 2025Abandon2620YesNo
18492556CONTINUOUSLY RUN LOG BACKUP WITH MINIMAL CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCE USAGE FROM THE SOURCE MACHINEOctober 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18473345SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HYBRID CONTRACT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18464078ELASTIC DATA PARTITIONING OF A DATABASESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18457194SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PORTABLE DEVICES FOR UPDATING USER INFORMATIONAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18455784METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING CONTENT BETWEEN ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1620NoNo
18449116Computational SSD Supporting Rapid File Semantic SearchAugust 2023January 2026Abandon2930YesNo
18230715Efficient hash tableAugust 2023September 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18229917Scalable Fine Grained Access Control Within A Search EngineAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18362801HYPER-SCALE P2P DEDUPLICATED STORAGE SYSTEM USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERJuly 2023September 2024Allow1320NoNo
18224085PERSONALIZED SEARCH FILTER AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1320NoNo
18348400CROSS-DATABASE JOIN QUERYJuly 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18305438ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18183891SCALABLE RANGE LOCKSMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18182467Multiple Dataset Search Based On a Visual QueryMarch 2023July 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18180728MULTI-PHASED EXECUTION OF A SEARCH QUERYMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310YesNo
18166304DECOUPLING ONTOLOGIES IN DISTRIBUTED DATA MESHFebruary 2023June 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18163784Reducing a number of units in a data population based on predefined constraintsFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18162381ROLLBACK FROM A RETENTION LOCKED NAMESPACEJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18162549MULTIPLE CACHING OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT OFFLINE EXECUTIONJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3740YesNo
18160908AUTOMATED QUERY RETRY USING A DATABASE PLATFORMJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18160720AUTOMATED QUERY RETRY EXECUTION USING MULTIPLE COMPUTING NODES IN A DATABASE SYSTEMJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18147823METHOD FOR DENOISING CLICK DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010NoNo
18148177METHOD OF PROCESSING FEATURE INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022September 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18087518HANDLING SYSTEM-CHARACTERISTICS DRIFT IN MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18087207ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SYSTEM EMPLOYING MODULARIZED AND TAXONOMY-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS TO GENERATE AND PREDICT COMPLIANCE-RELATED CONTENTDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18082811Automatic Generation of Training and Testing Data for Machine-Learning ModelsDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18082688DYNAMIC SLICING OF FILESYSTEM DATA WITH APPLICATION AWARENESSDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010NoNo
18076744Computationally Efficient Traversal of Virtual TablesDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120YesNo
18008406METHOD OF INDEXING A HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTUREDecember 2022October 2024Allow2310NoNo
18060647SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS RECORDATION OF MULTIPLE RECORDS TO A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERDecember 2022August 2024Allow2120YesNo
17926731INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022November 2024Abandon2420NoNo
18056671Content Replication Between TenantsNovember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18055324LOCAL DATA CLASSIFICATION BASED ON A REMOTE SERVICE INTERFACENovember 2022March 2024Allow1620NoNo
17982665SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH QUERY RESPONSES HAVING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT VOICE OUTPUTNovember 2022May 2024Allow1820NoNo
17977432COMPOSITE EXTRACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17976361STRUCTURED CLUSTER EXECUTION FOR DATA STREAMSOctober 2022March 2024Allow1610YesNo
17975368MONITORING DATA USAGE TO OPTIMIZE STORAGE PLACEMENT AND ACCESS USING CONTENT-BASED DATASETSOctober 2022October 2024Allow2320NoNo
17966451METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FILES IN AN ONLINE ACCOUNTOctober 2022January 2024Abandon1610NoNo
17823257ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATIONAugust 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17820245PROCESSING THE RESULTS OF MULTIPLE SEARCH QUERIES IN A MAPPING APPLICATIONAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17884255NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2022August 2025Abandon3640NoNo
17883359CONTEXTUAL GEOANALYTICS ENGINE IN A DATA ANALYTICS SYSTEMAugust 2022April 2024Allow2010YesNo
17876542PERFORMANCE- AND COST-EFFICIENT ARCHIVING OF SMALL OBJECTSJuly 2022April 2024Allow2020NoNo
17869908APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING FILE OF KEY VALUE STORE ON ZONED STORAGEJuly 2022May 2024Allow2110NoNo
17869630DATABASE LIVE REINDEXJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17861908SMART BALANCE TREE LOOKUPJuly 2022April 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17809780AUTOMATED QUERY RETRY EXECUTION IN A DATABASE SYSTEMJune 2022December 2022Allow610NoNo
17840681METHOD AND APPARATUS OF AUDITING LOG, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJune 2022April 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17836754INFORMATION VALIDATION APPLICATIONJune 2022March 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17744847METHOD FOR TRAINING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MODEL BASED ON WEAK-SUPERVISION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULT USING SUCH MODELMay 2022December 2023Allow1910NoNo
17663253AUTOMATED QUERY RETRY IN A DATABASE SYSTEMMay 2022November 2022Allow610NoNo
17742099Adaptable Internet-of-Things (IoT) Computing Systems and Methods for Improved Declarative Control of Streaming DataMay 2022November 2022Allow610YesNo
17739665SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE SYNCHRONIZATIONMay 2022September 2024Allow2830NoNo
17661840ELASTIC DATA PARTITIONING OF A DATABASEMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17733779METHOD, SYSTEM, AND CIRCUIT FOR DEPLOYING FILE SYSTEM ON EMBEDDED MEMORY IN PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTING DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow2910YesNo
17714986SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT CLUSTERING, DIGITAL CONTENT THREAT DETECTION, AND DIGITAL CONTENT THREAT REMEDIATION IN MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIGITAL THREAT MITIGATION PLATFORMApril 2022September 2022Allow510NoNo
17707338RECENT FILE SYNCHRONIZATION AND AGGREGATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2023Allow1810NoNo
17695652CONTINUOUSLY RUN LOG BACKUP WITH MINIMAL CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCE USAGE FROM THE SOURCE MACHINEMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17680868RECENT FILE SYNCHRONIZATION AND AGGREGATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17589571SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PORTABLE DEVICES FOR UPDATING USER INFORMATIONJanuary 2022November 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17589460COMPUTER-BASED MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17560999METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND MAINTAINING ROAD EVENT DATADecember 2021November 2024Allow3420YesNo
17505168CONSERVING COMPUTER RESOURCES THROUGH QUERY TERMINATIONOctober 2021August 2025Abandon4640NoNo
17496834METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCK PROPAGATION IN BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORMOctober 2021March 2024Allow3020NoNo
17450204STORAGE SYSTEM WORKLOAD SCHEDULING FOR DEDUPLICATIONOctober 2021February 2024Allow2820NoNo
17476323METRIC PROCESSING FOR STREAMING MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3430YesNo
17473322SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING A HOSTS FILESeptember 2021June 2023Allow2110NoNo
17472008Adaptable Internet-of-Things (IoT) Computing Systems and Methods for Improved Declarative Control of Streaming DataSeptember 2021May 2022Allow810NoNo
17468393METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING CONTENT BETWEEN ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2010NoNo
17461503DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION, TRANSFORMATION AND VALIDATIONAugust 2021October 2023Allow2610YesNo
17431738INTELLIGENT SEARCH ENGINEAugust 2021October 2023Abandon2610NoNo
17399886RESOURCE VIEW DATA COLLECTIONAugust 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17398167DATABASE-LEVEL CONTAINER GROUP MANAGEMENTAugust 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17380955ACCESSING A FILE SYSTEM USING TIERED DEDUPLICATIONJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17359388RANKING SEARCH RESULTS USING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED COEFFICIENTS FOR DETERMINING RELEVANCEJune 2021September 2023Allow2720YesNo
17245435METHOD FOR TRAINING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MODEL BASED ON WEAK-SUPERVISION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULT USING SUCH MODELApril 2021May 2022Abandon1320NoNo
17226959METHOD FOR DETERMINING AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON A TASK AND ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE TASKApril 2021October 2023Allow3020YesNo
17217869ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATIONMarch 2021July 2022Allow1530YesNo
17213058METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATAMarch 2021January 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17204708FINE GRAINED MEMORY AND HEAP MANAGEMENT FOR SHARABLE ENTITIES ACROSS COORDINATING PARTICIPANTS IN DATABASE ENVIRONMENTMarch 2021April 2023Allow2510NoNo
17249531TUNING DATA PROTECTION POLICY AFTER FAILURESMarch 2021July 2023Allow2910NoNo
17180592SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT CLUSTERING, DIGITAL CONTENT THREAT DETECTION, AND DIGITAL CONTENT THREAT REMEDIATION IN MACHINE LEARNING TASK-ORIENTED DIGITAL THREAT MITIGATION PLATFORMFebruary 2021January 2022Allow1130NoNo
17170615SELF-CONFIGURING BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2021April 2024Allow3880YesNo
17163386DATA SHARDS FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSINGJanuary 2021October 2024Allow4520NoNo
17154928HANDLING SYSTEM-CHARACTERISTICS DRIFT IN MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSJanuary 2021December 2022Allow2350NoNo
17148419REDUCING TRANSFER OF REDUNDANT DATA OBJECTSJanuary 2021July 2023Abandon3010NoNo
17133948Decentralized Latent Semantic Index Using Distributed Average ConsensusDecember 2020May 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17127887HYBRID SNAPSHOT OF A GLOBAL NAMESPACEDecember 2020January 2024Allow3730YesNo
17111757BATCH SCORING MODEL FAIRNESSDecember 2020March 2024Allow4010YesNo
17059246METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING MARC DATA IN REAL TIME WHEN USER APPLIES FOR WISH BOOK, AND SYSTEM THEREFORNovember 2020April 2022Allow1730YesNo
16950027NORMALIZING USER IDENTIFICATION ACROSS DISPARATE SYSTEMSNovember 2020April 2023Allow2920YesNo
17092655System And Method For Automatic Application Log Messages Grouping Using Logging Framework Code InstrumentationNovember 2020July 2023Allow3210NoNo
17084062METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FIXED EXTRAPOLATION ERROR DATA SIMPLIFICATION PROCESSES FOR TELEMATICSOctober 2020October 2022Allow2440NoYes
17030185DEVICE, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR WRITING IMAGE FILES INTO MEMORIESSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3620NoNo
17007589DECOUPLING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TASKS IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENTAugust 2020April 2022Allow1930YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ALLEN, NICHOLAS E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
27
Examiner Affirmed
10
(37.0%)
Examiner Reversed
17
(63.0%)
Reversal Percentile
85.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 63.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
60
Allowed After Appeal Filing
31
(51.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
29
(48.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
84.6%
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, 51.7% 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

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 ALLEN, NICHOLAS E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALLEN, NICHOLAS E works in Art Unit 2154 and has examined 439 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALLEN, NICHOLAS E's allowance rate of 78.1% places them in the 46% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ALLEN, NICHOLAS E receive 2.85 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 83% 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 ALLEN, NICHOLAS E is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALLEN, NICHOLAS E. This interview benefit is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 24.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 36% 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 32.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 47% 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, 36.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 35% 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 63.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 29.8% 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, 32.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 20% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 53% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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.

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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