USPTO Examiner CAO PHUONG THAO - Art Unit 2164

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18737391GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND PIPELINE FOR TEXT ANALYTICSJune 2024March 2025Allow1020YesNo
18737520GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND PIPELINE FOR TEXT ANALYTICSJune 2024November 2024Allow610YesNo
18615319GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND PIPELINE FOR TEXT ANALYTICSMarch 2024September 2024Allow510YesNo
18524625IDENTIFICATION AND REMEDIATION OF ISSUES ENCOUNTERED ON A USER INTERFACE OF A WEB-BASED SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2025Allow1300YesNo
18517700GENERATING SYNTHETIC TIME SERIES DATASETS HAVING CHANGE POINTSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18515731UNIFIED PERSISTENCE OVERALL FEATURENovember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18489894ANOMALY DETECTION FOR TIME SERIES DATAOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18286490METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING MONITORING DATA, AND PERIPHERY DEVICEOctober 2023August 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18482699APPLYING GEOTAGS TO IMAGES FOR IDENTIFYING EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIESOctober 2023January 2025Allow1610YesNo
18480535COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEOctober 2023July 2024Allow900NoNo
18470184DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON DORIS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICESeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810YesNo
18368423METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA SCENE DESCRIPTIONSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510YesNo
18466967AUTOMATIC DISPATCH OF MULTIPLE TABLES INTO CONSISTENCY GROUPS WITHIN AN ACTIVE-ACTIVE SOLUTIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18461388FLOW GRAPH CALCULATION AND STORAGE METHOD AND SYSTEMSeptember 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18240866DATASET PREPARATIONAugust 2023May 2025Allow2040YesNo
18458294MANAGEMENT OF REPEATEDLY SEEN DATAAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510YesNo
18456822EPHEMERAL GRAPH DATABASEAugust 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18366053FLEXIBLE TIERING OF SNAPSHOTS TO ARCHIVAL STORAGE IN REMOTE OBJECT STORESAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18231120COMPUTATION MODULE CONFIGURED TO ESTIMATE RESOURCE FOR TARGET POINT FROM KNOWN RESOURCES OF DOTS NEAR THE TARGET POINTAugust 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18362956VERIFYING STRUCTURED DATAJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18227873SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH PATHJuly 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18318772VIDEO FINGERPRINTINGMay 2023June 2025Allow2530YesNo
18318551SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING, PUBLISHING, BROWSING AND INSTALLING ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENTMay 2023October 2024Allow1710YesNo
18313412METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DISCOVER AND MANAGE DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS IN VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTSMay 2023November 2024Allow1810NoNo
18297957SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPEDITED LARGE FILE PROCESSINGApril 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18192381APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATABASE QUERYMarch 2023January 2025Allow2220YesNo
18191704PAGE-LEVEL RERANKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONMarch 2023September 2024Allow1810NoNo
18183111TARGETED CROWD SOURCING FOR METADATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS DATA SETSMarch 2023April 2025Allow2520NoNo
18181785AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SEARCH INDEXES FOR EXPEDITING SEARCHING OF A COMPUTERIZED DATABASEMarch 2023January 2025Allow2320YesNo
18174535LANGUAGE INTEROPERABLE RUNTIME ADAPTABLE DATA COLLECTIONSFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1820NoNo
18023124VIDEO SEARCH SYSTEM, VIDEO SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2023September 2024Abandon1910NoNo
18113583DATA ARCHIVE RELEASE IN CONTEXT OF DATA OBJECTFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18022412TRADING SYSTEMFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18162513TABLE DATA PROCESSING USING PARTITION METADATAJanuary 2023June 2023Allow410NoNo
18159103ETHICS-BASED MULTI-MODAL USER POST MONITORINGJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1300NoNo
18097167AUTOMATED SERVER-SIDE REFERENCE MAPPING IN RESOURCE REGISTRIESJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2120YesNo
18094549ADJUSTABLE GARBAGE COLLECTION SUSPENSION INTERVALJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18149306GENERATING CONTEXT TREE DATA BASED ON A TAILORED DATA MODELJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18058149DOCUMENT TRACKING THROUGH VERSION HASH LINKED GRAPHSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2330NoNo
17988834HIGH-PERFORMANCE DATA LAKE SYSTEM AND DATA STORAGE METHODNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
18055497DETERMINING DATA CATEGORIZATIONS BASED ON AN ONTOLOGY AND A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELNovember 2022March 2024Allow1620NoNo
18052200DATA STORAGE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR KEYWORD BASED SEARCH AND CONTROL METHOD FOR USER COMPUTING DEVICE THEREOFNovember 2022July 2024Abandon2010NoNo
17973263METHODS FOR EXTENDING A PROOF-OF-SPACE-TIME BLOCKCHAINOctober 2022August 2024Allow2220NoNo
17972688DEDUPLICATION FOR CLOUD STORAGE OPERATIONSOctober 2022April 2024Allow1710NoNo
17973248METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING THE INDEX PERFORMED IN ACTIVE-ACTIVE DATABASE CLUSTER ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17972371INTELLIGENT PROTECTION OF COMPUTING SNAPSHOTSOctober 2022March 2024Allow1710YesNo
17965743DATA TRANSLATION AND INTEROPERABILITYOctober 2022September 2023Allow2020NoNo
18046093SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RETROSPECTIVELY DETERMINING HOW SUBMITTED DATA TRANSACTION REQUESTS OPERATE AGAINST A DYNAMIC DATA STRUCTUREOctober 2022November 2023Allow1310NoNo
17934458Adjusting Storage Delivery In A Storage SystemSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1720YesNo
17939610MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022September 2024Abandon2420NoNo
17939141Database Join Operations With Early FilteringSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2730YesYes
17892080FRAMEWORK FOR EXPOSING NETWORK ACTIVITIESAugust 2022November 2023Allow1510NoNo
17799932INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICEAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810YesNo
17819156DEDUPLICATION OF MEDIA FILESAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17873008IMAGE SCALING CLOUD DATABASEJuly 2022October 2023Allow1510NoNo
17872889SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE DATAJuly 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17809203TABLE DATA PROCESSING USING A CHANGE TRACKING COLUMNJune 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17808340SELF HEALING FAST SYNC ANY POINT IN TIME REPLICATION SYSTEMS USING AUGMENTED MERKLE TREESJune 2022November 2023Allow1610YesNo
17833805DATA STORAGE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOW LATENCY SEARCH QUERY RESPONSESJune 2022February 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17748424COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMay 2022December 2023Allow1910NoNo
17741895SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTER STRENGTH VIA APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACEMay 2022December 2023Allow1910NoNo
17736861SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEMOTION OF CONTENT ITEMS IN A FEEDMay 2022March 2024Abandon2320NoNo
17715895SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENABLING AND MANAGING PROACTIVE COLLABORATIONApril 2022April 2024Allow2520NoNo
17657572GENERATING AND UTILIZING DIGITAL MEDIA CLIPS BASED ON CONTEXTUAL METADATA FROM DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2022May 2023Allow1300NoNo
17655657SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING, PUBLISHING, BROWSING AND INSTALLING ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022February 2023Allow1100NoNo
17700030SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERLEAVING SEARCH RESULTSMarch 2022November 2023Allow2020YesNo
17653527TABLE DATA PROCESSING USING A CHANGE TRACKING STREAMMarch 2022April 2022Allow200NoNo
17684598Device and a Method for Indexing Snapshots of Multiple File SystemsMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310YesNo
17667416SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMPUTING DEVICES TO PROCESS DATA RECORDSFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17580416ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2022February 2023Allow1310YesNo
17566920STORAGE OF ORDER BOOKS WITH PERSISTENT DATA STRUCTURESDecember 2021September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17645978FINDING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FILES STORED IN A STORAGE SYSTEMDecember 2021August 2024Abandon3130NoNo
17620627METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCAPSULATING PANORAMA IMAGES IN A FILEDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17548425METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY SCALING REAL-TIME INDEXINGDecember 2021May 2022Allow610YesNo
17596141APPLYING GEOTAGS TO IMAGES FOR IDENTIFYING EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIESDecember 2021July 2023Allow2010YesNo
17455519REVERSE DELETION OF A CHAIN OF SNAPSHOTSNovember 2021May 2023Allow1810YesNo
17512885SOURCE NAMESPACE AND FILE COPYINGOctober 2021January 2023Allow1400YesNo
17506234DELETION OF SNAPSHOT OF FILESYSTEMOctober 2021June 2023Allow2010YesNo
17506306GLOBAL TRACKING OF VIRTUAL INODE NUMBERS IN SNAP-BASED FILESYSTEMSOctober 2021May 2023Allow1910YesNo
17491106TRANSACTIONAL PROCESSING OF CHANGE TRACKING DATASeptember 2021January 2022Allow310NoNo
17477134METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA SCENE DESCRIPTIONSeptember 2021June 2023Allow2110YesNo
17593128DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2520NoNo
17402258COMPUTATION MODULE CONFIGURED TO ESTIMATE RESOURCE FOR TARGET POINT FROM KNOWN RESOURCES OF DOTS NEAR THE TARGET POINTAugust 2021May 2023Allow2110YesNo
17397119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLIANCE-RELATED INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERPRISE IT NETWORKSAugust 2021September 2022Allow1310YesNo
17389395FLEXIBLE TIERING OF SNAPSHOTS TO ARCHIVAL STORAGE IN REMOTE OBJECT STORESJuly 2021March 2023Allow2010YesNo
17374863DATA ARCHIVE RELEASE IN CONTEXT OF DATA OBJECTJuly 2021November 2022Allow1610NoNo
17370500SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRORS IN A TASK WORKFLOW FROM A VIDEO STREAMJuly 2021November 2022Allow1710NoNo
17364562TRANSACTIONAL STREAMING OF CHANGE TRACKING METADATAJune 2021September 2021Allow200NoNo
17348530Machine Learning System for Optimizing ProjectsJune 2021June 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17346053METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENCAPSULATING MEDIA DATA INTO A MEDIA FILEJune 2021September 2023Allow2720NoNo
17345400SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADMINISTERING AND MANAGING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESJune 2021March 2023Allow2110NoNo
17340535JOURNALING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEMJune 2021March 2023Allow2100NoNo
17326803SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENTMay 2021April 2024Abandon3540YesNo
17320013METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING REGION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2021January 2024Allow3220NoNo
17201311SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPEDITED LARGE FILE PROCESSINGMarch 2021December 2022Allow2110YesNo
17163958System and Method for Matching Consumers with Fashion Influencers Based on Individual Body MeasurementsFebruary 2021August 2022Abandon1830YesNo
17154332Method and Apparatus for Deterministically Identifying Sets of Snapshots on a Storage SystemJanuary 2021July 2023Allow6020YesNo
17151347Systems and Methods for Interactive Web-Based Processing of Real Estate TransactionsJanuary 2021February 2022Abandon1320NoNo
17148415PROTECT CLOUD OBJECTS FROM ATTACKSJanuary 2021September 2022Allow2000NoNo
17143054TRANSACTIONAL STORES OF CHANGE TRACKING DATAJanuary 2021November 2022Allow2310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CAO, PHUONG THAO.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
14
Examiner Affirmed
11
(78.6%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(21.4%)
Reversal Percentile
33.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 21.4% 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
41
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(14.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
35
(85.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
15.2%
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, 14.6% 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 CAO, PHUONG THAO - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CAO, PHUONG THAO works in Art Unit 2164 and has examined 827 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CAO, PHUONG THAO's allowance rate of 78.4% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CAO, PHUONG THAO receive 2.02 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% 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 CAO, PHUONG THAO is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CAO, PHUONG THAO. This interview benefit is in the 44% 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, 26.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 33% 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 27.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 30% 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, 76.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 59% 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 62.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 43.5% 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, 41.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 42% 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 6.2% of allowed cases (in the 91% 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.

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