USPTO Examiner GEMIGNANI ANTHONY G - Art Unit 2154

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18617083MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18393926SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CLUSTERING OF SUBJECT DATADecember 2023September 2024Allow910YesNo
18376021AUTOMATED GENERATION OF GAME TAGSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18310249AUTOMATIC UPDATES TO INSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS USING CROWDSOURCINGMay 2023August 2024Allow1610YesNo
18139809MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18189837SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING DATAFRAMES TO RELATIONAL DATABASES AND/OR VICE VERSAMarch 2023March 2024Allow1200NoNo
18102681MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEJanuary 2023April 2023Allow200NoNo
18160148OFFLOADING CLIENT-SIDE DEDUPLICATION OPERATIONS USING A DATA PROCESSING UNITJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18149440KEY-VALUE STORAGE USING A SKIP LISTJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310YesNo
18148251DISTRIBUTED DATASTORES WITH STATE-BASED DATA LOCATIONDecember 2022November 2024Allow2210YesNo
18090119INCREASING RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING CLUSTERSDecember 2022November 2024Allow2220NoNo
17988223SERVICE WORKER FOR VERSION MANAGEMENTNovember 2022November 2024Allow2420YesNo
17982198COPYING GRAPH DATA BETWEEN TENANCIES IN DIFFERENT REGIONSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2410YesNo
17938747ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP EMBEDDINGSOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810YesNo
17959694METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR WRITER PRE-SELECTION IN DISTRIBUTED DATA SYSTEMSOctober 2022June 2023Allow910NoNo
17913160EXTRACTION METHOD, EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND EXTRACTION PROGRAMSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17888679CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2022September 2024Allow2510YesNo
17872526METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA SLICE BACKUPS BASED ON GROUPING PRIORITIZATIONJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17865209METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADAPTIVE MATCHINGJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110YesNo
17828892ACCELERATED AUTOMATIC CREATION OF DATA TRANSFORMATIONSMay 2022November 2023Allow1800NoNo
17660330METHOD TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY NAMESPACE IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEMApril 2022July 2024Allow2720NoNo
17587281QUERYING METADATA IN A STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2720YesNo
17573233METHOD FOR DETERMINING BLOOD RELATIONSHIP OF DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022January 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17558315DEVICES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING CHANGES, DELETIONS OR ADDITIONS TO FIELDS AT DATABASESDecember 2021February 2024Allow2510YesNo
17558326TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED CAPTURE AND REPORTING OF USER-VERIFICATION METRIC DATADecember 2021August 2024Allow3210YesNo
17548373PROPAGATING RESOURCE SCALING INFORMATION BETWEEN SOURCE AND TARGET DATA STORES OF A MATERIALIZED VIEWDecember 2021October 2024Allow3420NoNo
17537470ANALYZING DEDUPLICATED DATA BLOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH UNSTRUCTURED DOCUMENTSNovember 2021December 2023Allow2510YesNo
17512973METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING METADATA SHARING SERVICEOctober 2021May 2024Allow3120YesNo
17450994STORED ENTITY METADATA RE-BALANCING UPON STORAGE EXPANSIONOctober 2021November 2023Allow2510NoNo
17496129Methods and Systems for Analyzing Similarities Across Tables and Databases to Perform De-Duplication in a Storage ServerOctober 2021October 2023Allow2410YesNo
17486554SMART DATASET COLLECTION SYSTEMSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2630YesNo
17399959IDENTIFYING CONNECTION ACCESSORIES FOR ELECTRICAL CABLESAugust 2021July 2024Allow3510YesNo
17383846Bottom-up Pre-emptive Cache Update in a Multi-level Redundant Cache SystemJuly 2021June 2023Allow2310NoNo
17383380INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, METADATA CREATION METHOD, RECORDING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMJuly 2021November 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17360738SYNCHRONIZING CHANGES WITHIN A COLLABORATIVE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2021June 2024Allow3630YesNo
17356191NOVELTY DETECTION SYSTEMJune 2021July 2024Allow3620YesNo
17174761LEVERAGING BIG DATA, STATISTICAL COMPUTATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETERMINE A LIKELIHOOD OF OBJECT RENUNCIATION PRIOR TO A RESOURCE EVENTFebruary 2021August 2024Allow4210YesNo
17170075METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND GROUPING USERS BASED ON USER ACTIVITIESFebruary 2021November 2022Allow2100NoNo
17145044SEARCHING OF REAL-TIME INTERNET CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO A STRUCTURED SEARCH QUERY GENERATED BASED ON USER-SPECIFIED SEARCH TERMS/PHRASES AND PRIVATE DATABASE RECORDS MATCHING INITIAL USER-SELECTED CONSTRAINTSJanuary 2021December 2023Abandon3520NoNo
17118201MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEDecember 2020February 2023Allow2640YesNo
17116625MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEDecember 2020February 2023Allow2640YesNo
17059985GENERATING HYPOTHESES AND RECOGNIZING EVENTS IN DATA SETSNovember 2020September 2023Allow3440YesNo
16953197DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM SERVICING RANDOM-ACCESS OPERATIONSNovember 2020August 2023Allow3230YesNo
16948831FORM AND TEMPLATE DETECTIONOctober 2020October 2023Allow3730YesNo
17023997POST-PROCESSING GLOBAL DEDUPLICATION ALGORITHM FOR SCALED-OUT DEDUPLICATION FILE SYSTEMSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2840YesNo
17015526COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA ACCESS CONTROL METHODSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1810YesNo
17000241METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR WRITER PRE-SELECTION IN DISTRIBUTED DATA SYSTEMSAugust 2020October 2022Allow2620YesNo
16966992METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORAugust 2020February 2023Abandon3120NoNo
16945710COMPRESSING DATA IN DATABASE SYSTEMS USING HYBRID ROW/COLUMN STORAGE REPRESENTATIONSJuly 2020August 2021Abandon1220YesNo
16934136COGNITIVE DIGITAL FILE NAMINGJuly 2020November 2022Allow2720YesNo
16930135SYNCHRONIZING STORAGE POLICIES OF OBJECTS MIGRATED TO CLOUD STORAGEJuly 2020June 2023Allow3540YesNo
16908097KEY-VALUE STORAGE USING A SKIP LISTJune 2020August 2022Allow2610YesNo
16885047AUTOMATED GENERATION OF GAME TAGSMay 2020June 2023Allow3630YesNo
16877999Systems and Methods for Saving and Surfacing ContentMay 2020July 2022Allow2630YesNo
16870825ASYNCHRONOUSLY FORWARDING DATABASE COMMANDSMay 2020July 2023Allow3830YesNo
16867876AUTOMATED SQL SOURCE CODE REVIEWMay 2020May 2021Allow1210YesNo
16863758MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEApril 2020January 2023Allow3350YesNo
16862140MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEApril 2020February 2023Allow3350YesNo
16854153FILE SYSTEM METADATA DEDUPLICATIONApril 2020May 2023Allow3740YesNo
16840307RECORD REPORTING SYSTEMApril 2020October 2023Abandon4230NoNo
16823124MULTI-CLUSTER WAREHOUSEMarch 2020January 2023Allow3450YesNo
16816616IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES BASED ON BILLED CLAIMSMarch 2020May 2023Allow3810YesNo
16816602IDENTIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS AND HEALTHCARE CLINICS BASED ON BILLED CLAIMSMarch 2020May 2023Allow3820YesNo
16807854METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING DATA STEWARDSHIP TASKSMarch 2020August 2023Allow4140YesNo
16800743APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING RECEIVED DATA BLOCKS AS DEDUPLICATED DATA BLOCKSFebruary 2020July 2022Allow2910YesNo
16777405QUERY PROCESSING USING MATRIX AND REDUCED PREDICATE STATEMENTSJanuary 2020July 2022Allow2900YesNo
16748889IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2020June 2023Allow4130YesNo
16731641MONITORING AND DATA VALIDATION OF PROCESS LOG INFORMATION IMPORTED FROM MULTIPLE DIVERSE DATA SOURCESDecember 2019January 2023Abandon3741YesNo
16731866SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FILE SYSTEM WITHOUT DUPLICATION OF FILESDecember 2019December 2023Allow4740NoNo
16683929ENHANCED IMAGE-SEARCH USING CONTEXTUAL TAGSNovember 2019September 2023Allow4630YesNo
16553784EXTENDING LEARNING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT SYSTEMSAugust 2019August 2023Allow4720YesNo
16552965FAST ALGORITHM TO FIND FILE SYSTEM DIFFERENCE FOR DEDUPLICATIONAugust 2019May 2023Allow4540YesNo
16484478DEDUPLICATING DISTRIBUTED ERASURE CODED OBJECTSAugust 2019March 2022Allow3130NoNo
16532490DISTRIBUTED GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR DEDUPE FILE SYSTEM IN CLOUD STORAGE BUCKETAugust 2019February 2023Abandon4320NoNo
16418836SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A MASTER GROUP NODE GRAPH FROM SYSTEMS OF RECORDMay 2019September 2023Allow5250YesNo
16407220MANIPULATING A TABLE WITH AN XML COLUMN IN A DATABASEMay 2019October 2023Allow5350YesNo
16398963METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND NOTIFYING USERS OF PENDING ACTIVITIES ON CRM DATAApril 2019September 2023Allow5350YesNo
16362914METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING LOGMarch 2019March 2023Allow4840YesNo
16296313LINKING AND PROCESSING DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE GRAPHSMarch 2019May 2022Allow3830YesNo
16280164HYBRID CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED ENTERPRISE SYSTEMFebruary 2019February 2022Allow3630NoNo
16278794System and Method for Data Masking and Managing CommunicationsFebruary 2019March 2021Abandon2510NoNo
16279823RESOURCE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICESFebruary 2019June 2021Abandon2811NoNo
16264267DRIVING APPLICATION EXPERIENCE VIA SEARCH INPUTSJanuary 2019January 2023Allow4740YesNo
16264285DRIVING APPLICATION EXPERIENCE VIA CONFIGURABLE SEARCH-BASED NAVIGATION INTERFACEJanuary 2019December 2022Allow4640YesNo
16232499USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCH RESULTSDecember 2018August 2021Abandon3220YesNo
16182832SNAPSHOT MANAGING SYSTEMNovember 2018February 2021Abandon2810NoNo
16182432DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM WITH THIN ARBITER NODENovember 2018November 2021Allow3620YesNo
16164498SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPACT STORAGE AND EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL OF ACCESS POINT INFORMATION FOR DETECTING ROGUE ACCESS POINTSOctober 2018October 2021Allow3620YesNo
16164275Cognitive Hierarchical Content DistributionOctober 2018July 2022Allow4530YesNo
16163519METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND GROUPING USERS BASED ON USER ACTIVITIESOctober 2018November 2020Allow2510NoNo
16162654COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH REVISED NOTIFICATION MESSAGES AND RELATED METHODSOctober 2018September 2022Allow4740YesNo
15879654RE-COMPUTING PRE-COMPUTED QUERY RESULTSJanuary 2018January 2023Allow6030YesNo
15738061ADAPTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF NETWORK RESPONSES TO CLIENT REQUESTS IN DIGITAL NETWORKSDecember 2017October 2019Allow2200YesNo
15738111MANAGING APPENDABLE STATE OF AN IMMUTABLE FILEDecember 2017June 2021Abandon4220NoNo
15846145INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2017October 2020Allow3410NoNo
15845842METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING USING DATA STREAMINGDecember 2017December 2021Allow4840YesNo
15834106QUERY MANAGEMENT IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSDecember 2017May 2021Abandon4120NoNo
15805342Systematic Browsing of Automated Conversation Exchange Program Knowledge BasesNovember 2017April 2020Allow3020YesNo
15805362COMPUTER SYSTEM AND STORAGE DEVICE ACTIVATION CONTROL METHODNovember 2017April 2020Allow2910YesNo
15805915INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2017June 2021Allow4430YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
1
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
85.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% 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
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(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

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 GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G works in Art Unit 2154 and has examined 166 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G's allowance rate of 74.7% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G receive 2.64 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 89% 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 GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +36.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GEMIGNANI, ANTHONY G. This interview benefit is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 16% 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 26.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 28% 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, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 72.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 1% 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.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.