Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18788521 | PARALLELIZING USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS IN A SQL DATABASE | July 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18768141 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER | July 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18744305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING A TERM TO A VECTOR REPRESENTATION IN A SEMANTIC SPACE | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18743886 | Data Access Method for Database, Apparatus, and Device | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18667463 | DISTRIBUTED STREAM-BASED ACID TRANSACTIONS | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18655952 | AI-DRIVEN TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | May 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18623662 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED CONVERSION OF UNSTRUCTURED VOICE DATA INTO EXECUTABLE FILES | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592277 | DISTRIBUTED DATA COLLECTION ACROSS MULTIPLE NODES | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18591601 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | February 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18587482 | COORDINATION OF OVERLAPPING PROCESSING OF AUDIO QUERIES | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424002 | SIMILARITY INFORMATION IN SKIP LISTS | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18419378 | SEARCH RANKER WITH CROSS ATTENTION ENCODER TO JOINTLY COMPUTE RELEVANCE SCORES OF KEYWORDS TO A QUERY | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18400760 | SECURE PREDICATE DERIVATION OF QUERIES USING METADATA | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING DISTINCT DATASETS WITH A COMMON INDEX | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18390806 | Search System Having Task-Based Machined-Learned Models | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18529588 | METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON MULTI-MODAL FEATURES | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18388133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DESIGNATED CONTENT IN COLLABORATION SYSTEMS | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18384048 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CONTEXT-BASED RESPONSES TO NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES USING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18483087 | DATA FILTERING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DATA QUERIES | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18478269 | GENERATING DATA BLOCK MAPPING IN INCREMENTAL IMAGE BACKUPS FOR POST PROCESSING | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18475902 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DISTRIBUTED DATABASE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469906 | System and Method for Ingesting Data Based on Processed Metadata | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18234077 | RELATIVE FUZZINESS FOR FAST REDUCTION OF FALSE POSITIVES AND FALSE NEGATIVES IN COMPUTATIONAL TEXT SEARCHES | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18355568 | DECLARATIVE MODELING PARADIGM FOR GRAPH-DATABASE | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18224051 | TRANSPORT SOUND PROFILE | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18219664 | DETECTING LABELS OF A DATA CATALOG INCORRECTLY ASSIGNED TO DATA SET FIELDS | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERIAL-OVER-IP SWITCH BASED CHARACTER STRING PATTERN MATCHING AND DETECTION | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336132 | REQUEST PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES, COMPUTING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18173997 | STORING A TABLE IN A DATABASE SYSTEM | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18111729 | Retail Deployment Model | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18162486 | INTERLEAVED EXECUTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN DATABASE ENGINES | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102901 | ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FILES BEING PROCESSED IN ENTERPRISE DATA WAREHOUSES UTILIZING TIME SERIES PREDICTIONS | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TRENDING SEARCH QUERIES USING PREDICTIVE SEARCH ENGINES | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101049 | Distributed Database System and Data Processing Method | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146370 | REGULAR EXPRESSION DECOMPOSITION AND EVALUATION | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087712 | ADAPTIVE QUERY ROUTING IN A REPLICATED DATABASE ENVIRONMENT | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086246 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SCIENTIFIC REPORT BY EXTRACTING RELEVANT CONTENT FROM SEARCH RESULTS | December 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18085452 | SEARCH IN A DATA MARKETPLACE | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17991352 | DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR A CLOUD-BASED, MULTI-TENANT APPLICATION | November 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17925880 | DATA CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, DATA CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981024 | METHOD OF PROCESSING MULTIMODAL TASKS, AND AN APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18049904 | SECURE PREDICATE DERIVATION OF QUERIES USING METADATA | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936086 | CHANGE CONTROL AND VERSION MANAGEMENT OF DATA | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17948905 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-BASED KEYWORD SEARCHING | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17900026 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATED GENERATION OF AN AUDIT REPORT | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17802589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BULK EXPORT OF RESOURCE DATA FOR VIEW PARAMETERS | August 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17888560 | DATABASE RECORD LINEAGE AND VECTOR SEARCH | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE, NON-INTRUSIVE DATA PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817987 | Unstructured Data Analytics in Traditional Data Warehouses | August 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877533 | DISTRIBUTED ADAPTIVE MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING FOR INTERACTION EXPOSURE DETECTION AND PREVENTION | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850319 | IMPLEMENTATION OF ARGMAX OR ARGMIN IN HARDWARE | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840246 | FUNCTIONS FOR PATH TRAVERSALS FROM SEED INPUT TO OUTPUT | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17783826 | DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM AND DATA DISASTER BACKUP DRILLING METHOD | June 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805968 | RANKING MESSAGES OF A CONVERSATION GRAPH FOR CANDIDATE SELECTION | June 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17833176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATING AND OPTIMIZING GROUPWISE COMPARISON IN RELATIONAL DATABASES | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750060 | PROCESSING A LOGICAL QUERY | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17778580 | TEXT SEARCH METHOD, DEVICE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729972 | USER-INTERACTIVE DEFECT ANALYSIS FOR ROOT CAUSE | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17687588 | TRANSITORY SALIENT ATTENTION CAPTURE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO DIGITAL DOCUMENT PARTS | March 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING EVENTS BASED ON UPDATES TO NODE PROFILES FROM ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676107 | Matching Non-exact Addresses | February 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17584143 | RETAIL DEPLOYMENT MODEL | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17579329 | DATA PREVIEWING BEFORE RECALLING LARGE DATA FILES | January 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SIMILARITY SEARCH FOR SEARCH ENGINES | January 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561104 | OPERATOR MOVEMENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR PROCEDURES | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17557208 | System and Method for Transpilation of Machine Interpretable Languages | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557418 | Abstraction Layer for Efficient Transliteration of Machine Interpretable Languages | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17539455 | Distributed Security Analysis for Shared Content | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17453672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FASTER DATA ACCESS USING LOOKUP AND RELATIONSHIP TABLES | November 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514084 | MERGE SMALL FILE CONSOLIDATION | October 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491077 | CLIENT-CONFIGURABLE IN-TRANSIT SEGMENTATION OF STREAMING INPUT AT MANAGED DATA TRANSFER SERVICES | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17593622 | DISTRIBUTED SEQUENTIAL TRANSACTIONAL DATABASE SELECTION | September 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593623 | CONFIGURING DISTRIBUTED SEQUENTIAL TRANSACTIONAL DATABASES | September 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17377609 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES FROM DATABASE | July 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17373043 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED DATABASE QUERY GENERATION | July 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17358249 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ASSETS BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN | June 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17413532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING EVENTS THAT SHARE A CHARACTERISTIC | June 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17413040 | MEASUREMENT GUIDE DEVICE AND SIMULATION COMPUTING DEVICE USED THEREFOR | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17327304 | ENHANCED CONTENT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2021 | June 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17302273 | QUERY PERFORMANCE | April 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17244569 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING DATA IN A STORAGE POOL USING MEMORY SEMANTICS WITH APPLICATIONS UTILIZING OBJECT SEMANTICS | April 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 54 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17239573 | Patent Collaboration and Analysis System | April 2021 | March 2023 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17233913 | LEARNING ENGINE APPLICATION | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17220316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DESIGNATED CONTENT IN COLLABORATION SYSTEMS | April 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17194531 | SNAPSHOT CREATION WITH SYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION | March 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17182852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VALIDATION AND EXCEPTION MONITORING | February 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17178192 | Visual Presentation of Search Results | February 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17268619 | ANOMALY LOCALIZATION DENOISING AUTOENCODER FOR MACHINE CONDITION MONITORING | February 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 57 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17177097 | LOW LATENCY MULTI-CONSTRAINT RANKING OF CONTENT ITEMS | February 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17169943 | Differentiation Of Search Results For Accurate Query Output | February 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17151965 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING A TERM TO A VECTOR REPRESENTATION IN A SEMANTIC SPACE | January 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17133449 | INTELLIGENT ROUTING CONTROL | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17128020 | HIERARCHICAL DATA | December 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17107633 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT ATTRIBUTE EXTRACTION | November 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059033 | CONVERTING DATABASE LANGUAGE STATEMENTS BETWEEN DIALECTS | November 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17050523 | PHENOMENON PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, AND PHENOMENON PREDICTION PROGRAM | October 2020 | July 2022 | Abandon | 20 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17070651 | MESSAGING SEARCH AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | October 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17021089 | SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS | September 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17006812 | Dynamic Phase Generation And Resource Load Reduction For A Query | August 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17004421 | GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM USING COORDINATED NAMESPACE REPLICATION OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK | August 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 36 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S.
With a 46.3% 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.
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, 31.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
✓ 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S works in Art Unit 2154 and has examined 405 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.
Examiner ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S's allowance rate of 70.4% places them in the 33% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S receive 3.14 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S. This interview benefit is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 17.8% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 59.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 50% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 55.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 31.4% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 36.7% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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