USPTO Examiner DEWAN KAMAL K - Art Unit 2163

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18724861DATA MIGRATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET-OF-THINGS DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024November 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18412186Deduplicate Office Files Regardless of Historical Metadata Manipulation by Another SystemJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2520YesNo
18270457METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FILE READ-WRITE SERVICE, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJune 2023December 2025Abandon3020NoNo
17823752CROSS-CLOUD REPLICATION OF RECURRENTLY EXECUTING DATA PIPELINESAugust 2022July 2025Allow3450YesNo
17660963APPLICATION BEHAVIOR BASED CUSTOMER DATA MIGRATIONApril 2022September 2025Abandon4140YesNo
17590215MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MMS)February 2022February 2025Abandon3620YesNo
17568382SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MEMORY RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS IN DATABASE BLOCKS USING BLOCKCHAINJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4230YesNo
17392078USER-LEVEL QUOTA MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS STORED IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSAugust 2021August 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17370003INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021January 2025Allow4230NoNo
17303605CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION IN CLOUD USING STREAMSJune 2021November 2025Abandon5340NoNo
17303506Method and Apparatus for Creating Recovery Point Objectives in Persistent MemoryJune 2021May 2025Abandon4840YesNo
17199536DATA EXPANSE USING A VIEW INSTRUCTIONMarch 2021June 2023Abandon2810NoNo
17271099EVALUATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2021August 2025Abandon5340NoNo
17081434CONFIGURATION METADATA RECOVERYOctober 2020November 2024Abandon4940YesNo
17060400SUPPORTING A LOOKUP STRUCTURE FOR A FILE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING HIERARCHICAL REFERENCE COUNTINGOctober 2020March 2024Allow4230YesNo
16789284PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER FROM ONE DATABASE TO ANOTHER DATABASEFebruary 2020October 2024Abandon5650NoNo
16742180NAMESPACE RANGE CREATION TO DISTRIBUTE WORKLOAD IN A DISPERSED STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2020February 2024Allow4930NoNo
16738415SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DELETE OPERATIONS BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATABASESJanuary 2020July 2025Allow6060YesNo
16718703SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA SEGMENT PROCESSINGDecember 2019June 2022Abandon3040YesNo
16719397TUPLE CHECKOUT WITH NOTIFY IN COORDINATION NAMESPACE SYSTEMDecember 2019February 2023Allow3810YesNo
16672279SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO CONFIGURATION OF APPLICATION SETTINGS USING DATA SOURCE ADMINISTRATION SCRIPTSNovember 2019October 2025Abandon6060YesNo
16596743TRADEMARK SEARCH RESULTS PRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2019April 2024Abandon5540NoNo
16591249DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING DATA MIGRATIONOctober 2019July 2022Allow3420YesNo
16538714APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT TRANSCODINGAugust 2019May 2025Allow6060NoYes
16537896TECHNIQUES FOR RENDERING A TABLE SPANNING MULTIPLE PAGESAugust 2019January 2023Allow4110NoNo
16526684IDENTIFICATION, RANKING AND PROTECTION OF DATA SECURITY VULNERABILITIESJuly 2019August 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16524663TECHNIQUES FOR DUPLICATING INODE STATE TO PREVENT LOSS OF INODE METADATAJuly 2019October 2024Allow6040YesNo
16438355DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING GARBAGE COLLECTION RATES FOR A MEMORY SUBSYSTEM IN A CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMJune 2019October 2023Allow5240YesNo
16422080FACILITATING DETERMINATION OF RELIABILITY OF CROWD SOURCED INFORMATIONMay 2019May 2022Allow3620YesNo
16294263RECOMMENDATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND TRACKINGMarch 2019August 2022Abandon4140NoNo
16294369METAMODEL FOR GRAPH DATABASEMarch 2019March 2026Abandon6070YesNo
16211166Multidimensional Multitenant SystemDecember 2018April 2025Allow6070YesNo
16195290HASHING TECHNIQUES IN DATA COMPRESSION ACCELERATOR OF A DATA PROCESSING UNITNovember 2018February 2023Abandon5020NoNo
16146531APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A COMMENTARY RATINGSeptember 2018August 2022Allow4730YesYes
16088829Information Retrieval Precision Evaluation Method, System and Device and Computer-Readable Storage MediumSeptember 2018December 2021Abandon3920NoNo
16046263INTELLIGENT AGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACCESSING AND DELIVERING DIGITAL FILESJuly 2018September 2021Abandon3720NoNo
15968373CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2018June 2023Abandon6050YesNo
15968136INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2018September 2020Abandon2810NoNo
15757347HIERARCHICAL GRAPH-BASED PATH SEARCH METHOD AND PATH SEARCH METHOD IN INTERNET OF THINGS ENVIRONMENT USING SAMEMarch 2018August 2024Abandon6070YesNo
15911026Using an Object Model of Heterogeneous Data to Facilitate Building Data VisualizationsMarch 2018November 2022Allow5710YesYes
15872655GENOMIC SERVICES PLATFORM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE APPLICATION PROVIDERSJanuary 2018December 2019Allow2330YesNo
15836530WORKFLOW AUTOMATION ON REMOTE STATUS UPDATES FOR DATABASE RECORDSDecember 2017December 2025Abandon6080NoYes
15836489MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONICALLY PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS OF CONTENTDecember 2017January 2025Allow60100YesNo
15810987DATA BACKUP METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SERVERNovember 2017February 2021Abandon3920YesNo
15810917DETECTING AND UPDATING DUPLICATE DATA RECORDSNovember 2017July 2023Abandon6060YesYes
15723489LINKING AND MONITORING OF OFFENDER SOCIAL MEDIAOctober 2017October 2021Allow4940YesYes
15721080USER-LEVEL QUOTA MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS STORED IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSSeptember 2017April 2021Allow4320YesNo
15469818ASYNCHRONOUS GARBAGE COLLECTION IN PARALLEL TRANSACTION SYSTEM WITHOUT LOCKINGMarch 2017July 2022Allow6060YesYes
15468580SEARCH PROVIDER SELECTION USING STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONSMarch 2017August 2021Abandon5340YesNo
15469331METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENTLY PERFORMING EVENTUAL AND TRANSACTIONAL EDITS ON DISTRIBUTED METADATA IN AN OBJECT STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2017March 2020Abandon3510NoNo
15512181APPLICATION SERVER, CLOUD DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM ACCESS MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED THEREONMarch 2017September 2021Abandon5440YesNo
15506002SELECTION OF AN OPERATING SYSTEMFebruary 2017June 2021Abandon5140YesNo
15504844SHELL DATABASE ARCHITECTURE FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENTFebruary 2017August 2019Abandon3040YesNo
15504201Image Search Method, Apparatus and Storage MediumFebruary 2017July 2022Abandon6060YesNo
15412130METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RESOLUTION TO TICKETS IN AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2017January 2021Abandon4840NoNo
15412324MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MMS)January 2017February 2022Allow6040YesNo
15390816SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARYING VERBOSITY OF RESPONSE IN A GROUP COMMUNICATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDecember 2016November 2022Allow6040NoYes
15390889Atomic Execution Unit for Object StorageDecember 2016August 2021Allow5640YesNo
15360449SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING NEAR REAL-TIME DATA AGGREGATIONSNovember 2016January 2024Allow6060YesNo
15266030AUTOMATIC RECONFIGURATION OF RELOCATED PLUGGABLE DATABASESSeptember 2016December 2019Allow3920YesNo
15266025REPLICATION QUEUE HANDLINGSeptember 2016October 2021Abandon6060YesNo
15225936METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY CONCEPTS IN MULTIMEDIAAugust 2016July 2019Abandon3510NoNo
15225919METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR A SPATIAL REGIONAugust 2016August 2019Abandon3610NoNo
15225851SYMBOLIC LINK BASED PLACEHOLDERSAugust 2016April 2024Allow6060YesYes
15116207DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PROGRAMAugust 2016January 2020Abandon4120YesNo
15116211DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMAugust 2016November 2020Abandon5130YesNo
15181355Content Item and Source Detection SystemJune 2016September 2020Abandon5140YesNo
15181359METHODS OF AGGREGATING AND COLLABORATING SEARCH RESULTSJune 2016December 2019Abandon4200NoNo
15018022IN-MEMORY JOURNALINGFebruary 2016April 2023Abandon6080YesNo
15018294METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATION RULES WITH GRAPH PATTERNSFebruary 2016September 2019Abandon4420NoNo
15018280Inconsistency Detection And Correction SystemFebruary 2016January 2020Abandon4830NoNo
14392323Methods and Systems for Visualizing Data QualityDecember 2015April 2022Allow6060YesNo
14869639Record Retention and DeletionSeptember 2015September 2019Abandon4730YesNo
14869729DETERMINING LOCATION OF A CALENDAR EVENTSeptember 2015October 2021Abandon6060YesNo
14869681INTERRUPTED SYNCHRONIZATION DETECTION AND RECOVERYSeptember 2015September 2024Allow6080YesYes
14841528DATA PREPARATION FOR DATA MININGAugust 2015September 2018Abandon3610NoNo
14838859METHODS, SYSTEMS AND RECORDING MEDIUMS FOR MANAGING CONVERSATION CONTENTS IN MESSENGERAugust 2015October 2022Allow6080YesYes
14621204ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION HISTOGRAMFebruary 2015August 2018Allow4220YesNo
14620653MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2015January 2022Abandon6040NoYes
14620825Generating Search Results Based On Software Application Installation StatusFebruary 2015October 2019Abandon5740YesNo
14621331CLUSTERING AND VISUALIZING ALERTS AND INCIDENTSFebruary 2015March 2023Allow6060YesYes
14621343METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSING VIRTUAL OBJECTFebruary 2015April 2018Abandon3810NoNo
14621211Location-Activity RecommendationsFebruary 2015October 2019Abandon5740YesNo
14620704Object Creation Based on Copying Objects Corresponding to Similar EntitiesFebruary 2015December 2022Abandon60120YesNo
14615727SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED FAULT TOLERANCE IN RAID CONFIGURATIONSFebruary 2015May 2016Allow1510YesNo
14386474METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS FOR CONSULTING CONTENT AND SERVICES ON A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKFebruary 2015January 2018Abandon4020NoNo
14587823DATABASE MIGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2014August 2019Abandon5540YesNo
14585782SUGGESTED QUERIES FOR LOCATING POSTS ON ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKSDecember 2014June 2018Allow4130YesNo
14585832INCREMENTAL UPDATE OF EXISTING PATENTS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGYDecember 2014July 2020Abandon6050YesNo
14585085Recommending Content Items in a Social Network Using Delayed InteractionDecember 2014May 2019Allow5330YesYes
14585063METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT CATEGORIZE AND SUMMARIZE INSTRUMENTATION-GENERATED EVENTSDecember 2014October 2017Allow3410YesNo
14558831DEVICE, GAME AND METHODS THEREFORDecember 2014August 2018Abandon4420NoNo
14558925DEVICE, GAME AND METHODS THEREFORDecember 2014February 2024Abandon6090YesYes
14546355METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED ONTOLOGY ASSISTED QUERYING OF DATA STORESNovember 2014March 2019Allow5220YesNo
14540781DECOUPLING FILTER INJECTION AND EVALULATION BY FORCED PUSHDOWN OF FILTER ATTRIBUTES IN CALCULATION MODELSNovember 2014February 2019Allow5140YesNo
14540789DATA DRIVEN MULTI-PROVIDER PRUNING FOR QUERY EXECUTION PLANNovember 2014February 2020Allow6050YesNo
14539828PER-USER ACCURACY MEASURE FOR SOCIAL NETWORK BASED GEOCODING ALGORITHMSNovember 2014March 2020Allow6060NoNo
14539261DATA SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2014April 2022Abandon6090YesNo
14538393COLLECTING, ORGANIZING, AND SEARCHING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A DATASETNovember 2014March 2021Allow6040YesYes
14531406PARALLELIZED EXECUTION OF WINDOW OPERATORNovember 2014April 2019Allow5440YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DEWAN, KAMAL K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
18
Examiner Affirmed
8
(44.4%)
Examiner Reversed
10
(55.6%)
Reversal Percentile
81.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 55.6% 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
30
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(43.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(56.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
71.9%
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, 43.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner DEWAN, KAMAL K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DEWAN, KAMAL K works in Art Unit 2163 and has examined 179 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 48.6%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 47 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DEWAN, KAMAL K's allowance rate of 48.6% places them in the 11% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by DEWAN, KAMAL K receive 3.80 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 96% 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 DEWAN, KAMAL K is 47 months. This places the examiner in the 9% 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 +34.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DEWAN, KAMAL K. This interview benefit is in the 82% 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, 12.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 7% 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 21.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 27% 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, 37.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 35% 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 51.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 21.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 87.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% 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 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:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • 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.