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
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
17000851PATH RESOLVER FOR CLIENT ACCESS TO DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMSAugust 2020July 2023Allow3520NoNo
16986668GENERATING CONFIGURATION FILESAugust 2020July 2023Allow3520YesNo
16939299SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OF DATA BETWEEN DATA CENTERS BASED ON USER BEHAVIORJuly 2020June 2025Abandon5940YesYes
16927902DATA VISUALIZATION PLATFORM FOR EVENT-BASED BEHAVIOR CLUSTERINGJuly 2020March 2023Allow3210NoNo
16918751SURFACING USER-SPECIFIC DATA RECORDS IN SEARCHJuly 2020June 2023Allow3620NoNo
16908158SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC DATA TO DETERMINE FAULTS IN A TRANSIT SYSTEMJune 2020December 2024Abandon5440NoNo
16899199DATA DEDUPLICATION ON A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM USING CONDITIONAL WRITESJune 2020April 2023Allow3410NoNo
16897480DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ARCHITECTUREJune 2020November 2023Allow4230NoNo
16889069CONCURRENT MULTIPLE HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURES WITH CONSISTENT DATAJune 2020January 2023Allow3110NoNo
16887317Storage Constrained Synchronization EngineMay 2020November 2022Allow2910NoNo
16848615STABLE FILE SYSTEMApril 2020April 2023Allow3620NoNo
16846241SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL PROCESS MININGApril 2020August 2023Abandon4020NoNo
16827587TECHNIQUES FOR RELATIONSHIP DISCOVERY BETWEEN DATASETSMarch 2020March 2023Allow3620NoNo
16825960Method for Creating and Using an Honesty and Credibility Rating SystemMarch 2020December 2022Allow3310NoNo
16817674TAPE UNMOUNTING PROTOCOLMarch 2020April 2024Allow4950YesYes
16803463DATA SUPPLY CHAINFebruary 2020September 2023Allow4330YesNo
16748649Scalable Fine Grained Access Control Within A Search EngineJanuary 2020April 2023Allow3920NoNo
16630094METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY IDENTIFYING A USER OF AN ACCOUNT FOR POSTING IMAGESJanuary 2020March 2023Abandon3820NoNo
16733420DOCUMENT STORAGE AND MANAGEMENTJanuary 2020October 2022Allow3440YesYes
16730593DETERMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SERVICES AND COMPUTING ASSETS BASED ON ALIAS TERM IDENTIFICATIONDecember 2019November 2022Allow3510NoNo
16721402STRUCTURED CLUSTER EXECUTION FOR DATA STREAMSDecember 2019July 2022Allow3110YesNo
16720416METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER BEHAVIOR PREFERENCE, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATIONDecember 2019November 2021Allow2340YesNo
16707020PERSONALIZED SEARCH FILTER AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMDecember 2019March 2023Allow3930YesNo
16687158MULTI-PHASED EXECUTION OF A SEARCH QUERYNovember 2019January 2023Allow3820YesNo
16673904Processing the Results of Multiple Search Queries in a Mapping ApplicationNovember 2019April 2022Allow2910NoNo
16664429SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DATABASE REPLICATION AND TESTINGOctober 2019March 2024Abandon5340NoNo
16605433ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SYSTEM EMPLOYING MODULARIZED AND TAXONOMY-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS TO GENERATE AND PREDICT COMPLIANCE-RELATED CONTENTOctober 2019August 2022Allow3410NoNo
16575548ARCHIVAL OF DIGITAL TWIN BASED ON IOT SENSOR ACTIVITYSeptember 2019June 2023Allow4530NoNo
16570557DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2019December 2023Allow5130YesNo
16567997COMPUTATION SYSTEM WITH CONSISTENCY BASED PROBABILITIESSeptember 2019July 2024Allow5860NoNo
16568037FIXED CHUNK SIZE DEDUPLICATION WITH VARIABLE-SIZE CHUNKINGSeptember 2019May 2022Allow3210NoNo
16563626SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HYBRID CONTRACT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2019February 2023Allow4130NoNo
16557583DATABASE LIVE REINDEXAugust 2019April 2022Allow3100YesNo
16557632ENTRY TRANSACTION CONSISTENT DATABASE SYSTEMAugust 2019March 2023Allow4230NoNo
16555996DECOUPLING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TASKS IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENTAugust 2019May 2022Allow3210NoNo
16550413UNSUPERVISED ANOMALY DETECTIONAugust 2019September 2022Allow3720NoNo
16545295INGESTION AND RETRIEVAL OF DYNAMIC SOURCE DOCUMENTS IN AN AUTOMATED QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEMAugust 2019May 2022Allow3320NoNo
16529182SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INLINE RECOVERY OF A FILE SYSTEM RESOURCE ALLOCATORAugust 2019August 2023Allow4830YesNo
16528620SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDIRECT DATA CLASSIFICATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEM OPERATIONSAugust 2019June 2023Allow4730NoNo
16482286METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF A DATA STREAMJuly 2019February 2024Abandon5540NoNo
16528091FILE LAYER TO BLOCK LAYER COMMUNICATION FOR BLOCK ORGANIZATION IN STORAGEJuly 2019September 2022Allow3720NoNo
16524709DYNAMIC STORAGE TIERING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTJuly 2019January 2022Allow2910NoNo
16481479SELECTING COMPUTER CONFIGURATIONS BASED ON APPLICATION USAGE-BASED CLUSTERINGJuly 2019March 2023Abandon4430NoNo
16519341DATA COMPACTION IN DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2019May 2023Allow4630NoNo
16517479Highly Performant Decentralized Public Ledger with Hybrid ConsensusJuly 2019August 2022Abandon3710NoNo
16516109HYPER-SCALE P2P DEDUPLICATED STORAGE SYSTEM USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERJuly 2019June 2023Allow4730NoNo
16502923COMPUTER-BASED MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMSJuly 2019October 2021Allow2810YesNo
16455509CONTINUOUSLY RUN LOG BACKUP WITH MINIMAL CONFIGURATION AND RESOURCE USAGE FROM THE SOURCE MACHINEJune 2019December 2021Allow3010NoNo
16444444AUTOMATIC FALSE POSITIVE ESTIMATION FOR WEBSITE MATCHINGJune 2019June 2022Allow3520YesNo
16431732DATABASE OPTIMIZED DISASTER RECOVERY ORCHESTRATORJune 2019October 2022Allow4120NoYes
16422954ANOMALOUS TRANSACTION COMMITMENT PREVENTION FOR DATABASEMay 2019August 2023Allow5140NoNo
16415866DATABASE WORLD STATE INTEGRITY VALIDATIONMay 2019October 2022Allow4140NoYes
16408919System and Method for Performance Based Dynamic Optimal Block Size Data DeduplicationMay 2019September 2024Allow6070YesNo
16408438ON-DEMAND LEARNING SYSTEMMay 2019September 2021Allow2820NoNo
16407007Scalable Range LocksMay 2019December 2022Allow4330YesNo
16404898SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE SHARING OF INFORMATIONMay 2019March 2022Abandon3420NoNo
16403147SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVERAGE ENTROPY CALCULATIONMay 2019December 2020Allow2030YesNo
16399870TRANSACTION PROTOCOL FOR READING DATABASE VALUESApril 2019June 2021Allow2610NoNo
16378007RESOURCE VIEW DATA COLLECTIONApril 2019May 2021Allow2510NoNo
16375755METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING AND INDEXING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSApril 2019September 2021Allow3010YesNo
16374173SPATIAL CHANGE DETECTOR AND CHECK AND SET OPERATIONApril 2019September 2020Allow1710NoNo
16371807USING A UNIX-BASED FILE SYSTEM TO MANAGE AND SERVE CLONES TO WINDOWS-BASED COMPUTING CLIENTSApril 2019September 2021Allow2920NoNo
16363039RECENT FILE SYNCHRONIZATION AND AGGREGATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2019October 2021Allow3120NoNo
16363394SYSTEM FOR TOPIC DISCOVERY AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS ON A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTSMarch 2019December 2021Abandon3320NoNo
16362584METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING KNOWLEDGE SAMPLE DATA SETMarch 2019September 2021Allow2920YesNo
16358213Directory Deletion Method and Apparatus, and Storage ServerMarch 2019February 2023Allow4730YesNo
16353297SOCIAL NETWORKING AGGREGATOR TO TRACK ILLNESSESMarch 2019April 2021Abandon2510NoNo
16299597REGULATING DATA STORAGE BASED ON COPY QUANTITYMarch 2019June 2022Abandon4040YesNo
16287569Combined Row And Columnar Storage For In-Memory Databases For OLTP And Analytics WorkloadsFebruary 2019April 2023Allow5050YesNo
16284715METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING CONTENT BETWEEN ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSFebruary 2019June 2021Allow2720NoNo
16279695LIGHT WEIGHT INDEX FOR QUERYING LOW-FREQUENCY DATA IN A BIG DATA ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2019March 2022Allow3630YesNo
16278856RANKING COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENT PASSAGES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY NAME BY RELEVANCE TO A QUERYFebruary 2019September 2021Allow3120YesNo
16279946SYSTEM FOR TRANSITION FROM A HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM TO AN OBJECT STOREFebruary 2019January 2022Allow3530NoNo
16279916PERFORMANCE- AND COST-EFFICIENT ARCHIVING OF SMALL OBJECTSFebruary 2019April 2022Allow3850YesNo
16278687SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING, COMPARING, AND ANALYZING THE CONTENTS OF AUDIO, MUSIC, VIDEO, AND OTHER TIMELINESFebruary 2019September 2024Allow6050YesYes
16278183TRACKING CLIENT SESSIONS IN PUBLISH AND SUBSCRIBE SYSTEMS USING A SHARED REPOSITORYFebruary 2019February 2022Allow3630YesNo
16326237MODEL FOR DETECTION OF ANOMALOUS DISCRETE DATA SEQUENCESFebruary 2019November 2022Abandon4510NoNo
16270303OBTAINING INSIGHTS FROM A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR A DYNAMIC, CUSTOMIZED, CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP SYSTEMFebruary 2019November 2020Allow2210NoNo
16252181SPACE EFFICIENT DATA PROTECTIONJanuary 2019January 2022Allow3630NoNo
16252467DECENTRALIZED LATENT SEMANTIC INDEX USING DISTRIBUTED AVERAGE CONSENSUSJanuary 2019November 2020Allow2210YesNo
16252433ELASTIC DATA PARTITIONING OF A DATABASEJanuary 2019April 2022Allow3930YesYes
16319218METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COLLECTION FROM A NUMBER OF VEHICLESJanuary 2019June 2022Allow4140YesYes
16252448ELASTIC DATA PARTITIONING OF A DATABASEJanuary 2019January 2022Abandon3630YesNo
16252454ELASTIC DATA PARTITIONING OF A DATABASEJanuary 2019February 2022Abandon3730YesNo
16314085FILE SYSTEM AND FILE STORAGE METHOD BASED ON LARGE-CAPACITY OPTICAL DISC LIBRARYDecember 2018September 2022Abandon4510NoNo
16232546CATALOGING DATABASE METADATA USING A SIGNATURE MATCHING PROCESSDecember 2018January 2022Allow3730NoNo
16232444ENHANCE A MAIL APPLICATION TO GENERATE A WEEKLY STATUS REPORTDecember 2018March 2023Abandon5150YesNo
16229314SURFACING USER-SPECIFIC DATA RECORDS IN SEARCHDecember 2018April 2020Allow1610NoNo
16215443SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PORTABLE DEVICES FOR UPDATING USER INFORMATIONDecember 2018February 2022Abandon3850NoNo
16201352SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH QUERY RESPONSES HAVING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT VOICE OUTPUTNovember 2018August 2022Allow4450NoNo
16201737SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVALNovember 2018October 2021Allow3530YesNo

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
84.9%
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
84.0%
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, 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 414 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALLEN, NICHOLAS E's allowance rate of 78.0% places them in the 47% 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 2.90 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 81% 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 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALLEN, NICHOLAS E. This interview benefit is in the 50% 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, 24.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 31.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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 43% 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, 37.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 25% 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 52% 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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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.