USPTO Examiner RUIZ ANGELICA - Art Unit 2154

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19110827GENERATION AND USE OF SEARCHABLE GRAPH DATA STRUCTURE BASED ON ONTOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGEMarch 2025November 2025Allow800NoNo
19025912STORAGE CONSTRAINED SYNCHRONIZATION OF SHARED CONTENT ITEMSJanuary 2025October 2025Allow900NoNo
18872839CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND CLASSIFICATION PROGRAMDecember 2024February 2026Abandon1400NoNo
18954624CONFLICT-FREE PARALLEL RADIX SORTING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2024January 2026Allow1410YesNo
18946762Deduplication in Retrieval-Access Generation Ingestion VersioningNovember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18939754SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARSING LOG FILES USING CLASSIFICATION AND A PLURALITY OF NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2024January 2026Allow1410YesNo
18934811INCENTIVIZED ELECTRONIC PLATFORMNovember 2024January 2026Allow1510YesNo
18920737SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING DATA ANALYTICS ON SENSITIVE DATA IN REMOTE NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT EXPOSING CONTENT OF THE SENSITIVE DATAOctober 2024December 2025Allow1310NoNo
18886712SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANT DATA MATCHINGSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18824878GENERATING AUTOMATICALLY ENTITY PROFILE DATA TO RELATE TO PERSONA CLASSIFICATION DATA TO CUSTOMIZE INTEGRATION DATA INTO COMPATIBLE DISTRIBUTED DATA SOURCES AT VARIOUS NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICESSeptember 2024November 2025Allow1410NoNo
18824877AUTOMATING GENERATION OF PERSONA CLASSIFICATION DATA TO CUSTOMIZE INTEGRATION DATA INTO COMPATIBLE DISTRIBUTED DATA SOURCES AT VARIOUS NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICESSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18808150STORAGE CONSTRAINED SYNCHRONIZATION OF SHARED CONTENT ITEMSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18835224Image Search Method and Related ApparatusAugust 2024October 2025Allow1410NoNo
18760895SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE FILE UPLOAD, CONFIGURABLE WITH USER WORKFLOWSJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610YesNo
18757288DRAWING SEARCH DEVICE, DRAWING DATABASE CONSTRUCTION DEVICE, DRAWING SEARCH SYSTEM, DRAWING SEARCH METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024July 2025Allow1320NoNo
18746516QUERY EXECUTION SYSTEM WITH PLAN REUSEJune 2024December 2025Allow1710YesNo
18648104LOAD-BALANCING DATA PROTECTION TRAFFICApril 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18633606DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OUTPUT MATTERApril 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18616662Cross-Grid Replication Within A Distributed Storage SystemMarch 2024November 2025Allow1910YesNo
18594998SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A FILTERED DATA SETMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720NoNo
18590863AGGREGATING DATA TO FORM GENERALIZED PROFILES BASED ON ARCHIVED EVENT DATA AND COMPATIBLE DISTRIBUTED DATA FILES WITH WHICH TO INTEGRATE DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA STREAMSFebruary 2024November 2025Allow2020NoNo
18416991COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18472769CONTEXTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DATA VISUALIZATIONSSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18240519IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023November 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18314646Visual Citations for Information Provided in Response to Multimodal QueriesMay 2023September 2025Allow2820YesNo
18178613DATA LOADING BASED ON WORKLOAD PREDICTIONS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMSMarch 2023February 2026Allow3600NoNo
18175525AUTOMATED ENRICHMENT OF ENTITY DESCRIPTIONS IN UNSTRUCTURED TEXTFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3130YesYes
17988193MACHINE LEARNING-INFUSED ANALYSIS ENGINENovember 2022November 2025Allow3610YesNo
17812230SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSIGNING A CLASSIFICATION TO A STATE OR CONDITION OF AN EVALUATION TARGETJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17603322IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE, COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SEARCH METHODOctober 2021January 2026Abandon5120NoYes
14854131PROBLEM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARESeptember 2015June 2016Allow910NoNo
14605993DISTRIBUTING WEB APPLICATIONS ACROSS A PRE-EXISTING WEBJanuary 2015April 2016Abandon2720NoNo
14564047System And Method For Classifying Documents Via PropagationDecember 2014September 2016Allow2120NoNo
14543933METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSFERRING DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTESNovember 2014June 2015Allow710NoNo
14313000PROVIDING A VISUAL AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONSJune 2014October 2016Allow2810YesNo
14227974TECHNIQUE FOR FACTORING UNCERTAINTY INTO COST-BASED QUERY OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2014October 2015Allow1910NoNo
14141164Method for Recommending Applications for DeletionDecember 2013May 2016Allow2910NoNo
14039025ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT OF DATABASE LOGSSeptember 2013January 2016Allow2710YesNo
13837241PROBLEM MANAGEMENT SOFTWAREMarch 2013June 2015Allow2710NoNo
13681352METHOD OF MANAGING PROGRAM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLENovember 2012May 2015Allow2920NoNo
13680860REPORT GENERATION APPARATUS, REPORT GENERATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2012July 2015Allow3220YesNo
13650054SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMPLIFYING DATA RESTORATION USING RESOURCE TYPESOctober 2012January 2015Allow2710YesNo
13650005SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING DATABASE OBJECTSOctober 2012February 2015Allow2820YesNo
13550161Methods and Systems For Using Distributed Allocation TablesJuly 2012May 2014Allow2220YesNo
13545657Distributed Storage Method and SystemJuly 2012March 2014Allow2020NoNo
13488728APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL STRING QUERYJune 2012November 2015Allow4120NoNo
13433717IDENTIFYING UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR REWRITING RULESMarch 2012October 2013Allow1810NoNo
13114255ANALYSIS-PROGRAM STORING RECORDING MEDIUM, ANALYZING APPARATUS, AND ANALYTIC METHODMay 2011June 2014Allow3710NoNo
13113581POSITION INVARIANT COMPRESSION OF FILES WITHIN A MULTI-LEVEL COMPRESSION SCHEMEMay 2011October 2014Allow4120NoNo
13112652SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING EVENTSMay 2011January 2013Allow2010NoNo
13107699Interactively Entering Data Into the DatabaseMay 2011January 2016Allow5680YesNo
13099887IDENTIFYING UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR REWRITING RULESMay 2011March 2013Allow2310YesNo
13088570METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND MODELING WITH FULLY GENERALIZED EXTRACTION CONTEXTSApril 2011June 2015Allow5050YesYes
13025355SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARING UNIVERSITIES BASED ON THEIR UNIVERSITY MODEL GRAPHSFebruary 2011June 2013Allow2820NoNo
13021278IMPLICIT HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERINGFebruary 2011September 2012Allow1910YesNo
13021618SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATING CLASSIFICATION DECISIONSFebruary 2011June 2012Allow1610NoNo
13012326TRANSACTIONAL SERVICE PIPELINEJanuary 2011October 2013Allow3220NoNo
13008705CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2011August 2012Allow1921NoNo
13008776CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2011December 2011Allow1101NoNo
12903302DESCRIBING A PARADIGMATIC MEMBER OF A TASK DIRECTED COMMUNITY IN A COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NON-LINEAR ATTRIBUTESOctober 2010June 2016Allow6020NoYes
12556523INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2009March 2013Allow4320YesNo
12509149SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERASING AND WRITING DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE DATA UNDER A LINUX SYSTEMJuly 2009July 2011Allow2400NoNo
12421688INDEXING INFORMATION ABOUT ENTITIES WITH RESPECT TO HIERARCHIESApril 2009February 2013Allow4730YesNo
12355742MOOD BASED MUSIC RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEMJanuary 2009June 2012Allow4111YesNo
11967588PARSING INFORMATION IN DATA RECORDS AND IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGESDecember 2007October 2011Allow4520YesNo
11927699SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF USER, CONTEXTUAL, AND SOCIALLY AWARE SEARCH UTILIZING LAYERED APPROACHOctober 2007September 2010Allow3400YesNo
11694618CUSTODIAN BASED CONTENT IDENTIFICATIONMarch 2007April 2012Allow6060YesYes
11694462RANKING METHOD USING HYPERLINKS IN BLOGSMarch 2007October 2012Allow6040YesNo
11691923METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE APPEARANCE OF A SINGLE DATA REPOSITORY FOR QUERIES INITIATED IN A SYSTEM INCORPORATING DISTRIBUTED MEMBER SERVER GROUPSMarch 2007November 2010Allow4420NoNo
11607260RECURSIVE FILE BACKUPDecember 2006May 2010Allow4130YesNo
11606799COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE CONTEXT INFORMATION FILTERINGNovember 2006June 2010Allow4230NoNo
11559859DISTRIBUTING WEB APPLICATIONS ACROSS A PRE-EXISTING WEBNovember 2006January 2012Abandon6040YesNo
10570822METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING PREFERRED VIEWS OF HIERARCHICAL DATAOctober 2006November 2009Allow4530NoNo
11526409METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCEPT-BASED VISUAL PRESENTATION OF SEARCH RESULTSSeptember 2006July 2010Allow4620NoNo
11523361METHOD FOR ASSIGNING QUALITY SCORES TO DOCUMENTS IN A LINKED DATABASESeptember 2006November 2009Allow3820NoNo
11522223METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS PERSONAL NAMESSeptember 2006August 2009Allow3520YesNo
10588322INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR RETAINING SECURITYAugust 2006April 2009Allow3220YesNo
11435610CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHODMay 2006October 2009Allow4110NoNo
11358331METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSFERRING DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTESFebruary 2006July 2014Allow6070YesYes
11315458DOCUMENT ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS FOR LEGACY DOCUMENT CONVERSIONSDecember 2005October 2010Allow5850NoYes
11265851DATABASE CACHE SYSTEMNovember 2005August 2009Allow4530NoNo
11229342NETWORK-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING AND PROCESSING EMAILS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT MAY INCLUDE DUPLICATE INFORMATIONSeptember 2005February 2010Allow5340YesNo
11190690SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING PERSONALIZED CONTEXT-SENSITIVE PORTAL PAGES OR VIEWS BY ANALYZING PATTERNS OF USERS' INFORMATION ACCESS ACTIVITIESJuly 2005November 2010Allow6050YesNo
11001260CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENTDecember 2004October 2010Allow6042NoNo
10943284IN-PLACE SPLITTING AND MERGING OF FILESSeptember 2004October 2010Allow6050NoNo
10941584Method, system, apparatus, program code and means for determining a redundancy of informationSeptember 2004January 2013Allow60100NoYes
10941310USER-LOCALIZABLE HIERARCHICAL LISTSSeptember 2004June 2009Allow5740NoNo
10941742SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH LEGAL, COMPLIANCE AND REGULATORY RISKSeptember 2004February 2013Allow6090NoYes
10468636Controlling the creation of process instances in workflow management systemsDecember 2003December 2013Allow6050YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RUIZ, ANGELICA.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
11
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(27.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(72.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.6%
Lower 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, 27.3% 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.

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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner RUIZ, ANGELICA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RUIZ, ANGELICA works in Art Unit 2154 and has examined 60 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RUIZ, ANGELICA's allowance rate of 95.0% places them in the 84% 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 RUIZ, ANGELICA receive 2.63 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 77% 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 RUIZ, ANGELICA is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 +1.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RUIZ, ANGELICA. This interview benefit is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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 30.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% 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, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 62% 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 69.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 6.7% of allowed cases (in the 89% 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 0.0% 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.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.
  • 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.

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.