USPTO Examiner PHILLIPS III ALBERT M - Art Unit 2159

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19013227EFFICIENT COMPUTER-BASED INDEXING VIA DIGITAL TOKENS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18911810DATA ACCESS FOR A NATIVE TABULAR DATA STRUCTURE USING A PROXY DATA TABLEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18912220ANALYSIS OPERATIONS ON DATA IN A NATIVE TABULAR DATA STRUCTURE USING A PROXY DATA TABLEOctober 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18770654METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING AN ACTIVE INFERENCE BASED AGENT USING NATURAL LANGUAGEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18769379FACILITATING PERFORMANCE OF DATABASE OPERATIONS USING MICROSERVICESJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18677855SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIVERSAL REFERENCE SOURCE CREATION AND ACCURATE SECURE MATCHINGMay 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18675896DISASTER RECOVERY IN A CLUSTERED ENVIRONMENT USING GENERATION IDENTIFIERSMay 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18624909EFFICIENT COMPUTER-BASED INDEXING VIA DIGITAL TOKENS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSApril 2024October 2024Allow720YesNo
18599342DATA ACCESS LAYER FOR TRANSLATING BETWEEN A DATA STRUCTURE USED BY A FIRST SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND A PROXY TABLE USED BY A SECOND SOFTWARE PROGRAMMarch 2024July 2024Allow410YesNo
18412813System and Method for Use of Semantic Understanding in Storage, Searching and Providing of Data or Other Content InformationJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18524323ENHANCED USER PROFILE MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICESNovember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18509333Relationship And Credibility Based Experience Rating And Skill Discovery SystemNovember 2023May 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18483465Efficient Storage and Query of Schemaless DataOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18460294Identifying Missing Nodes Within a Graphically Represented FamilySeptember 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18237829EFFICIENT COMPUTER-BASED INDEXING VIA DIGITAL TOKENS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSAugust 2023January 2024Allow520YesNo
18233069SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AD KEYWORD SCORINGAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18361988STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE QUERY EXECUTION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE AND RELATED TECHNIQUESJuly 2023January 2024Allow510YesNo
18227572APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A PLURALITY OF PROXIMATE PROVIDER DATA STRUCTURES IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023June 2025Allow2230YesNo
18217650BILATERAL ASSERTION MODEL AND LEDGER IMPLEMENTATION THEREOFJuly 2023November 2024Allow1720NoNo
18341542SEARCHING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENTJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18337684ACCESS TO DATA OF A DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM BY EXTERNAL DATABASE SYSTEMSJune 2023February 2025Allow2010NoNo
18331788SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIVERSAL REFERENCE SOURCE CREATION AND ACCURATE SECURE MATCHINGJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18204668SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING EMAIL IN A CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18326305HANDLING NULL VALUES IN PROCESSING JOIN OPERATIONS DURING QUERY EXECUTIONMay 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18327017CASCADING FAMILY OF BLOCKCHAINSMay 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18199662METHOD FOR DETECTING PATTERN AND SYSTEM THEREOFMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18144874SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING HOME APPLIANCES TO A CONSUMERMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18313240DISASTER RECOVERY IN A CLUSTERED ENVIRONMENT USING GENERATION IDENTIFIERSMay 2023March 2024Allow1010YesNo
18128143QUERY PLAN CACHE SHADOW MODESMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18190867Systems and Methods for Unifying Formats and Adaptively Automating Processing of Business Records DataMarch 2023January 2025Allow2220NoNo
18123919DATA STRUCTURE STORAGE OPTIMISATIONMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18183142VIRTUALIZED FILE SERVER USER VIEWSMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18148868METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT VERSIONS ENCODED IN A HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATIONDecember 2022April 2024Allow1520NoNo
18079659ORGANIZING PRIME DATA ELEMENTS USING A TREE DATA STRUCTUREDecember 2022November 2023Allow1220NoNo
18053505PARSING JSON ON FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYSNovember 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
18050262SET CONTAINMENT OPERATION WITH RANGE CONSTRUCTSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3220YesNo
18050153ARCHITECTURE FOR PERSONALIZED MEDIA SEGMENTATIONOctober 2022March 2024Allow1610YesNo
17974861ESTIMATOR OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION BY QUERY EXECUTION PLAN STEPSOctober 2022April 2025Allow2920NoNo
17973462SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING BUZZWORDS IN A CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17973440FINE-GRAINED DECISION ON PROPAGATION OF REVALIDATIONOctober 2022October 2024Allow2410YesNo
17971244EFFICIENT COMPUTER-BASED INDEXING VIA DIGITAL TOKENS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSOctober 2022January 2024Allow1520YesNo
17968594TEXT CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
18046975SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING EMAIL IN A CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2022April 2023Allow610NoNo
17961822SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROPENSITY OF ENTITY TO TAKE A SPECIFIED ACTIONOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17944000DATA EXTRACTION AND OPTIMIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17908423DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2010NoNo
17893509Data Loss Prevention via dual mode Indexed Document MatchingAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17881529RELATIONSHIP-BASED SEARCHAugust 2022December 2023Allow1610NoNo
17814821VISUAL SEARCH USING MULTI-VIEW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIONSJuly 2022January 2024Allow1820NoNo
17868467COLLISION-FREE HASHING FOR ACCESSING CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMPUTING METADATA AND FOR CACHE EXPANSIONJuly 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17867463SEARCH-BASED DOCUMENT USER INTERFACESJuly 2022November 2023Allow1610YesNo
17862621Hard Armor Trade Space Analysis SystemJuly 2022May 2025Abandon3430YesNo
17843750SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENFORCING A RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE (RPO) FOR A PRODUCTION DATABASE WITHOUT GENERATING SECONDARY COPIES OF THE PRODUCTION DATABASEJune 2022November 2023Allow1700NoNo
17843435SYNCHRONISING DATASETS UPDATESJune 2022July 2024Allow2510NoNo
17842670Identifying Missing Nodes Within a Graphically Represented FamilyJune 2022May 2023Allow1110NoNo
17748263TRANSPARENT AND CONTROLLABLE TOPIC MODELINGMay 2022January 2024Allow2010YesNo
17756151DISTRIBUTED TABLE STORAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEMMay 2022February 2024Allow2110NoNo
17743192SOFTWARE-BASED LOG MANAGEMENTMay 2022April 2024Allow2320NoNo
17662826SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACESHIFTING MEDIA PLAYBACKMay 2022December 2024Allow3140YesNo
17740489SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING A SUBTREE STRUCTURE FROM A YANG SCHEMA WITH COMPLETE INTEGRITYMay 2022September 2024Allow2930NoNo
17739453ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMay 2022December 2023Allow1920NoNo
17736964SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONTOLOGICALLY CLASSIFYING RECORDSMay 2022April 2024Allow2310YesNo
17729086Cloud-based Data Loss PreventionApril 2022October 2023Allow1820NoNo
17727250Data Synchronization Method and DeviceApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17722493COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION GENERATING PROGRAM, INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUSApril 2022May 2024Allow2530NoNo
17708440UTILIZING A STRUCTURED AUDIT LOG FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY OF DATABASE AUDITINGMarch 2022January 2025Allow3330YesNo
17706973APPROACHES FOR GENERATING QUERIESMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510YesNo
17653448SESSION STATE DATA DISTRIBUTION VIA CLIENT DEVICESMarch 2022December 2023Allow2120YesNo
17652225DATA CONFIDENCE FABRIC POLICY-BASED SCORINGFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3630NoNo
17651237SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACESHIFTING MEDIA PLAYBACKFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3550YesNo
17582606EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR ANOMALY DETECTION USING AGGREGATED TIME-SERIES SIGNALSJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2510YesNo
17581846SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF A QUERY USING A REPLACEMENT PHRASEJanuary 2022May 2024Abandon2720YesNo
17580348BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TRANSACTION METHODSJanuary 2022November 2022Allow1020YesNo
17575234System and Method for Use of Semantic Understanding in Storage, Searching and Providing of Data or Other Content InformationJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17559166SEARCHING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENTDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17548062SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SECURE INDEXES FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY-SECURE QUERIESDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17456779METADATA-BASED TRANSLATION OF NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES INTO DATABASE QUERIESNovember 2021April 2023Allow1710YesNo
17521794SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSNovember 2021January 2024Allow2720YesNo
17607027DATABASE LANGUAGE RE-ISSUE DEVICEOctober 2021March 2025Allow4030YesNo
17509281PERFORMANCE EFFICIENT BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACESOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310NoNo
17507339DELETING AND INSERTING ROWS IN FULLY HOMOMORPHICALLY ENCRYPTED DATABASES USING QUEUESOctober 2021April 2023Allow1810YesNo
17491029DATA EVENT MANAGEMENT FOR MONOTONIC READ CONSISTENCY IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17485544Relationship And Credibility Based Experience Rating And Skill Discovery SystemSeptember 2021July 2023Allow2210NoNo
17480780METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPETITIVE RELATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST, DEVICESeptember 2021August 2023Allow2220NoNo
17479976Related Notes And Multi-Layer Search In Personal And Shared ContentSeptember 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17476102SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY-SECURE QUERIES USING FILTERS GENERATED BY MULTIPLE PARTIESSeptember 2021July 2023Allow2220YesNo
17476106SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY-SECURE QUERIES USING FILTERS GENERATED BY MULTIPLE PARTIESSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1810YesNo
17470414AUTOMATIC DATABASE QUERY TRANSLATIONSeptember 2021December 2022Allow1610YesNo
17436646SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONSENSUS IN DISTRIBUTED LEDGER ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2410NoNo
17459816QUERY GENERATION FROM A NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUTAugust 2021December 2022Allow1510NoNo
17459626QUERY GENERATION FROM A NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUTAugust 2021January 2023Allow1710NoNo
17459719QUERY GENERATION FROM A NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUTAugust 2021December 2022Allow1510NoNo
17459561FACILITATING PERFORMANCE OF DATABASE OPERATIONS USING MICROSERVICESAugust 2021April 2024Allow3120YesNo
17411418DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2021July 2022Abandon1110NoNo
17443211METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORMJuly 2021October 2023Allow2610YesNo
17376408SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING BUZZWORDS IN A CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2021October 2022Allow1510NoNo
17372981AUTOMATED CONTENT CURATION AND COMMUNICATIONJuly 2021September 2023Allow2630NoNo
17363813METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING CLUSTER-BASED SEARCH RESULTSJune 2021November 2024Allow4150NoNo
17356295ENHANCED USER PROFILE MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICESJune 2021August 2023Allow2610YesNo
17347792REDUCTION OF DATA STORED ON A BLOCK PROCESSING STORAGE SYSTEMJune 2021September 2022Allow1500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.2%
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
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
30.9%
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, 25.0% 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 PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M works in Art Unit 2159 and has examined 396 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M's allowance rate of 87.1% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 59% 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 PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M. This interview benefit is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 59% 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 50.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

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 60% 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 73.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 18.2% 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, 29.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% 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 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 81% 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 11% 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:

  • 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.

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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.