USPTO Examiner MAMILLAPALLI PAVAN - Art Unit 2159

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19040673GENERATING, FROM DATA OF FIRST LOCATION ON SURFACE, DATA FOR ALTERNATE BUT EQUIVALENT SECOND LOCATION ON THE SURFACEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1210YesNo
19032817GENERATING, FROM DATA OF FIRST LOCATION ON SURFACE, DATA FOR ALTERNATE BUT EQUIVALENT SECOND LOCATION ON THE SURFACEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1210YesNo
19020632METHODS FOR COMPRESSION OF MOLECULAR TAGGED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATAJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1110NoNo
19006823Systems and Methods for Providing a Review PlatformDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18973835SMART SUGGESTIONS FOR IMAGE ZOOM REGIONSDecember 2024November 2025Allow1110NoNo
18962984USER INTERACTION WITHIN A DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMNovember 2024January 2026Allow1330YesNo
18954220A CHATBOT FOR DEFINING A MACHINE LEARNING (ML) SOLUTIONNovember 2024November 2025Allow1110YesNo
18945446BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENTNovember 2024November 2025Allow1210NoNo
18933807GENERATING EXPLANATIONS FOR ATYPICAL REPLACEMENTS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELSOctober 2024September 2025Allow1110YesNo
18928198ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DEVICE FUNCTION SEARCH METHOD THEREOFOctober 2024October 2025Allow1210YesNo
18912172Retrieval, Annotation, and Selection of Video SegmentsOctober 2024October 2025Allow1310YesNo
18907883Generic Find Function For Enabling Cursor-Based PaginationOctober 2024October 2025Allow1310YesNo
18848880RECOMMENDATION WORD DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1510YesNo
18813876RETRIEVING CONTEXT FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONSAugust 2024August 2025Allow1210YesNo
18808508SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING DOCUMENT STORAGE COSTAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18800781DOMAIN-SPECIFIC QUESTION ANSWERING WITH CONTEXT REDUCTION FOR DECISION MAKINGAugust 2024July 2025Allow1110NoNo
18837081METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR MANAGING AN ELEMENT IN ELECTRONIC BOOKAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18793438Method and System for Optimizing a Website for Search EnginesAugust 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18791011SELECTIVE AUTO RETENTION LOCKING THROUGH SUB-DIRECTORY LEVEL EXCLUSION POLICYJuly 2024September 2025Allow1410NoNo
18781645USING GENERATIVE MODELS FOR FILESYSTEM MANAGEMENTJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18747171Method and apparatus for comparing rows of subsets of two database tables without regard to an original order of rows in either database tableJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18747251Method for comparing rows of subsets of two database tables without regard to an original order of rows and columns in either database tableJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18743820Surfacing Live Events in Search ResultsJune 2024August 2025Allow1410YesNo
18715595Hand-Drawing Shape-Based Document RetrievalMay 2024January 2026Allow1920NoNo
18677455STORAGE TIERING FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM SNAPSHOTSMay 2024August 2025Allow1510YesNo
18674532CONTENT RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON CONTINUITY AND GROUPING INFORMATION OF ATTRIBUTESMay 2024September 2025Allow1520YesNo
18649429DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ON COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE DEVICESApril 2024November 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18648121RETURNING A PRIORITIZED LIST OF SERVICES TO CLIENTS TO ENABLE FEATURE-SPECIFIC REDIRECTIONApril 2024November 2025Allow1810YesNo
18635755DATA COMPACTION METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18606264METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC PARTITIONING OF A FILE SYSTEM TO MANAGE A DIRECTORY TREEMarch 2024December 2025Allow2120YesNo
18692246IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2330NoNo
18601867Knowledge-Guided System for Automated Event MonitoringMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18585953INTELLIGENT FOLDER-BASED DATA ORGANIZATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18442966CLUSTER BASED NODE ASSIGNMENT IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FEATURE SPACEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610YesNo
18440922EVALUATING MACHINE AND PROCESS PERFORMANCE IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810YesNo
18440527SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING SEARCHES USING DIRECTED PROPERTY GRAPHSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18438863PERFORMING TARGETED SEARCHING BASED ON A USER PROFILEFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1720NoNo
18429234QUERY MODIFICATION USING PARTITIONED DATASETSJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010YesNo
18428473Synchronizing Loosely Coupled Systems At A Third-Party SystemJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1720NoNo
18428133METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURATION OF CONTENTJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18424619Query Semantics for Multi-Fact Data Model Analysis Using Shared DimensionsJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18423114STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF FILESYSTEM METADATAJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010YesNo
18410299FINITE AUTOMATA GLOBAL COUNTER IN A DATA FLOW GRAPH-DRIVEN ANALYTICS PLATFORM HAVING ANALYTICS HARDWARE ACCELERATORSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18401715CONFIDENCE FABRIC ENHANCED PRIVACY-PRESERVING DATA AGGREGATIONJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2330NoNo
18392747VIRTUAL DIRECTORY FOR SOURCE CODE NAVIGATIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18392060METHODS FOR COMPRESSION OF MOLECULAR TAGGED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATADecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18538637FLEXIBLE LISTINGS SEARCHESDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810YesNo
18512507INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2023December 2025Allow2530YesNo
18504491LOG DATA EXTRACTION FROM DATA CHUNKS OF AN ISOLATED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820YesNo
18387194METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNTHESIZING DATA GRAVITY WITHIN AN INCOMPLETE DUPLICATE INSTANCE OF A VERY LARGE DATABASENovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18501716CHATBOT FOR DEFINING A MACHINE LEARNING (ML) SOLUTIONNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18492966SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PERFORMANCE OF A CELLULAR NETWORKOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18492418DATABASE QUERY GENERATION WITH DISCRETE TRAINING DATAOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18375814Systems and Methods for Providing a Review PlatformOctober 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18478069INCREASING COMMIT TIMES AT DATABASE SHARDS FOR IMPLEMENTING CONSISTENCY AND ISOLATION FOR DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTIONSSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18237720CODE SEARCH FOR EXAMPLES TO AUGMENT MODEL PROMPTAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18224476TEXT ENTRY ASSISTANCE AND CONVERSION TO STRUCTURED MEDICAL DATAJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18223927GENERATING, FROM DATA OF FIRST LOCATION ON SURFACE, DATA FOR ALTERNATE BUT EQUIVALENT SECOND LOCATION ON THE SURFACEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18223930GENERATING, FROM DATA OF FIRST LOCATION ON SURFACE, DATA FOR ALTERNATE BUT EQUIVALENT SECOND LOCATION ON THE SURFACEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18341422RETRIEVING CONTEXT FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONSJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18207969Expanding Data Collection from a Monitored Cloud EnvironmentJune 2023August 2025Allow2610NoNo
18329087SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE SYNCHRONIZATIONJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18198900SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ASSOCIATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDSMay 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18314685CHAIN OF THOUGHT REASONING FOR LLM INTEGRATIONS IN SPREADSHEET ENVIRONMENTSMay 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18308737TIMESTAMP CONSISTENCY FOR SYNCHRONOUS REPLICATIONApril 2023October 2024Allow1810YesNo
18249457DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023January 2025Allow2110NoNo
18134652INTELLIGENT FOLDER-BASED DATA ORGANIZATION SYSTEMApril 2023November 2023Allow720YesNo
18301204SYSTEM, METHOD, AND USER INTERFACE FOR A SEARCH ENGINE BASED ON MULTI-DOCUMENT SUMMARIZATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18295757SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTITY SET EXPANSIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2420NoNo
18192769DETECTING CONFLICTS IN GEO-REPLICATION ARCHITECTURESMarch 2023September 2024Allow1710YesNo
18192409Cloud Drive ManagementMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010NoNo
18123930Evaluating Machine and Process Performance in Distributed SystemMarch 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18186642LOADING DATA FILES INTO HIERARCHICAL STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010YesNo
18119701AUTOMATIC NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW CONTENT GENERATIONMarch 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18180376GRAPH BASED PREDICTIVE INFERENCES FOR DOMAIN TAXONOMYMarch 2023January 2025Allow2310YesNo
18118661System And Method For Use With Connected Kitchen AppliancesMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18169551METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF ACCOUNTS IN A MULTI-ACCOUNT DATABASE SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2010YesNo
18105785BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENTFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710NoNo
18162311BUSINESS INTENT-ASSISTED SEARCHJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18160955QUERY LANGUAGE INTEROPERABILITY IN A GRAPH DATABASEJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1220NoNo
18006666METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING EVENT DATA IN A VEHICLEJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3420NoNo
18100458CHATBOT FOR DEFINING A MACHINE LEARNING (ML) SOLUTIONJanuary 2023August 2023Allow610NoNo
18097424CONTENT RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON CONTINUITY AND GROUPING INFORMATION OF ATTRIBUTESJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1220YesNo
18078340DATA ARCHIVAL RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUESDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720YesNo
18076768UNIFIED DATA ACCESS AND QUERYINGDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18062271Creating a Machine Learning Model with K-means ClusteringDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
17928713METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTING DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR QUANTIZING NEURAL NETWORK MODELNovember 2022February 2026Allow3810NoNo
18057384BACKGROUND DELETION OF LARGE DIRECTORIESNovember 2022February 2025Abandon2710NoNo
17989597ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022October 2024Allow2310NoNo
17987668TECHNIQUES FOR LINKING DATA TO PROVIDE IMPROVED SEARCHING CAPABILITIESNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
18055279Predicting a Diagnostic Test Result From Patient Laboratory Testing HistoryNovember 2022January 2026Allow3810YesNo
18049363METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCALABLE ACCELERATION OF DATA PROCESSING PIPELINE.October 2022May 2024Allow1910NoNo
17971410DATA-AWARE STORAGE TIERING AND LIFETIME DATA VALUATION FOR DEEP LEARNINGOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610YesNo
18045300METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING INDEX OF STREAMING DATA STORAGE SYSTEMOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17917102SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORK FOR ONBOARDING OF A PLURALITY OF DEVICESOctober 2022September 2025Allow3610NoNo
17960023EMBEDDED REFERENCE COUNTS FOR FILE CLONESOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17958912CONTINUOUS NAMESPACE VERIFICATION FOR CLUSTER FILESYSTEMSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17957091CRAWLER-LESS TIERING FOR CLOUD BASED FILE SYSTEMSSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17952978Computer-Implemented System And Method For Building Context Models In Real TimeSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4010NoNo
17934854Online Meta-Learning for Scalable Item-to-Item RelationshipsSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2820NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
28
Examiner Affirmed
24
(85.7%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(14.3%)
Reversal Percentile
25.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 14.3% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
85
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(15.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
72
(84.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.0%
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, 15.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN works in Art Unit 2159 and has examined 637 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN's allowance rate of 78.8% 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 MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN receive 2.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 39% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN. This interview benefit is in the 61% 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, 28.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 27.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 39% 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, 103.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 36.2% 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, 39.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 3.8% of allowed cases (in the 82% 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • 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.

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