USPTO Examiner DAUD ABDULLAH AHMED - Art Unit 2164

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17125617INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD, INFORMATION PRESENTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PRESENTING PROGRAMDecember 2020June 2022Allow1810YesNo
17100766METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINISTIC CLASSIFICATION OF LOG MESSAGESNovember 2020March 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17089941DIGITAL SEARCH RESULTS GENERATIONNovember 2020August 2022Allow2210YesNo
17078085Prescriptive Recommendation System and Method for Enhanced Speed and Efficiency in Rule Discovery from Data in Process MonitoringOctober 2020September 2023Abandon3510NoNo
17075108IDENTIFYING DATABASE ARCHIVE LOG DEPENDENCY AND BACKUP COPY RECOVERABILITYOctober 2020December 2023Allow3820NoNo
17070518SEARCH ENGINE USING JOINT LEARNING FOR MULTI-LABEL CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2020January 2023Allow2720NoNo
17014984CONTEXTUAL GROUNDING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PHRASES IN IMAGESSeptember 2020December 2022Allow2710NoNo
17001612CREATING SIGNAL SEQUENCESAugust 2020December 2022Abandon2810NoNo
16970522USER ATTRIBUTES EVALUATION SYSTEMAugust 2020November 2023Abandon3920NoNo
16943845METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILTERING VEHICLE INFORMATIONJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310YesNo
16947064ANALYTICS-DRIVEN RECOMMENDATION ENGINEJuly 2020September 2022Allow2611YesNo
16962540METHOD FOR PROCESSING A QUESTION IN NATURAL LANGUAGEJuly 2020April 2023Allow3320NoNo
16929285SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING TO PEOPLE WITH REQUESTED SKILLSETSJuly 2020February 2023Abandon3120YesNo
16914580METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORD MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING MULTI PROFILEJune 2020June 2023Allow3650YesNo
16915535SOURCE TO TARGET AUTOMATED COMPARISONJune 2020September 2022Allow2610YesNo
16912960SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DATA LINEAGE AND MOVEMENT DETECTIONJune 2020March 2024Abandon4440NoNo
16871398Personalized Spelling CorrectionMay 2020October 2024Allow5350YesYes
16866059SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES BASED ON ENTITY SELECTION HISTORYMay 2020March 2025Abandon5920YesYes
16812064MOUNT AND MIGRATEMarch 2020March 2022Allow2410YesNo
16798803MANAGING STRUCTURED DATA IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1900NoNo
16791413SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING AND PROPAGATING EFFICIENT SEARCH UPDATES IN REAL TIMEFebruary 2020February 2023Allow3650YesNo
16738550MODIFIED REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER (REST) APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) INCLUDING A CUSTOMIZED GRAPHQL FRAMEWORKJanuary 2020May 2022Allow2820YesNo
16723042PROJECT GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2019August 2022Allow3210NoNo
16585266ADAPTIVE MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING VIA IN-FLIGHT FEATURE MODIFICATIONSeptember 2019January 2025Allow6040YesNo
16453270SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTMENT OF A DEVICE PERSONALITY PROFILEJune 2019June 2022Allow3510NoNo
16373739METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILTERING VEHICLE INFORMATIONApril 2019March 2020Allow1210YesNo
16370900METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT BASED CLUSTERING OF OBJECTMarch 2019September 2022Allow4110NoNo
16369746ELECTRONIC PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGERMarch 2019December 2021Allow3320YesNo
16370360CORRELATING USER DEVICE ATTRIBUTE GROUPSMarch 2019November 2021Allow3110YesNo
16366652GENERATING A DATA LINEAGE RECORD TO FACILITATE SOURCE SYSTEM AND DESTINATION SYSTEM MAPPINGMarch 2019April 2022Allow3720YesNo
16285201METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEMFebruary 2019April 2022Allow3730YesNo
16282718KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN FEDERATED BIG DATA QUERY AND ANALYTICS PLATFORMFebruary 2019March 2022Abandon3720YesNo
16230193MACHINE RESOLUTION OF MULTI-CONTEXT ACRONYMSDecember 2018December 2022Allow4840YesNo
16195072MANAGING STRUCTURED DATA IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMNovember 2018August 2020Abandon2110NoNo
16148991FILESET PASSTHROUGH USING DATA MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE NODEOctober 2018October 2022Allow4840YesNo
16135752Disambiguating User Input with Memorization for Improved User AssistanceSeptember 2018February 2023Allow5330YesNo
16134857DYNAMIC SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES FOR PROCESSING OF QUERIES IN AN ON-DEMAND ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2018March 2021Allow3020YesNo
16134860METADATA-BASED STATISTICS-ORIENTED PROCESSING OF QUERIES IN AN ON-DEMAND ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2018December 2021Allow3930YesNo
16123300SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING MEDIA CONTENTSeptember 2018August 2022Allow4750YesNo
16052356METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING UNSTRUCTURED DATA FOR COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENTAugust 2018May 2021Allow3420NoNo
16041377ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENTSJuly 2018October 2020Abandon2710NoNo
16000664MANAGING EFFICIENT QUERY EXECUTION INCLUDING MAPPING OF BUCKETS TO SEARCH NODESJune 2018May 2023Allow5940YesNo
15983970Process Stream Replication for Content Management System SynchronizationMay 2018June 2021Allow3750YesNo
15968508MODIFIED REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER (REST) APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) INCLUDING A CUSTOMIZED GRAPHQL FRAMEWORKMay 2018September 2019Allow1710YesNo
15958428QUALITY-AWARE DATA INTERFACESApril 2018October 2022Allow5450YesNo
15957685MACHINE LEARNING BASED PREDICTIVE DOCUMENT SEARCHING SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2018March 2021Abandon3510NoNo
15897084Fileset Partitioning for Data Storage and ManagementFebruary 2018September 2022Allow5540YesNo
15896754TARGETED SEARCH OF BACKUP DATA USING CALENDAR EVENT DATAFebruary 2018June 2021Allow4020NoNo
15861041Machine-Learning Model for Ranking Diverse ContentJanuary 2018August 2021Allow4440YesNo
15861457DATA VALIDATION FOR DATA RECORD MIGRATIONSJanuary 2018August 2022Allow5550YesNo
15861508DATA TIERING SERVICE WITH COLD TIER INDEXINGJanuary 2018June 2021Allow4120YesNo
15860597METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLIENT SIDE SEARCH RANKING IMPROVEMENTSJanuary 2018December 2021Allow4720YesNo
15852398GENERATING A DATA LINEAGE RECORD TO FACILITATE SOURCE SYSTEM AND DESTINATION SYSTEM MAPPINGDecember 2017February 2019Allow1410YesNo
15832111SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING USER-ENTERED TEXT TO DATABASE ENTRIESDecember 2017January 2022Allow4930NoNo
15832351COORDINATED EVENT BASED WARDROBE RECOMMENDATIONDecember 2017February 2021Allow3920YesNo
15681246CROWDSOURCED SEARCH RESULT GENERATIONAugust 2017March 2021Allow4320YesNo
15681280MASS DATA MOVEMENT MECHANISMAugust 2017March 2021Abandon4320YesNo
15665529RULES-BASED SYNCHRONOUS QUERY PROCESSING FOR LARGE DATASETS IN AN ON-DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAugust 2017June 2024Abandon6080YesNo
15665187RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MULTIPLE DATASETSJuly 2017September 2021Allow4940YesNo
15665279QUERY ACCELERATION DATA STOREJuly 2017March 2022Allow5540YesNo
15641296SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING DATA FIELDS BETWEEN FLAT FILES AND RELATIONAL DATABASESJuly 2017December 2019Abandon2910NoNo
15640374DETERMINING CORRELATIONS BETWEEN LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A LABEL AND PHYSICAL LOCATIONS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM USERS PROVIDING PHYSICAL LOCATIONS TO AN ONLINE SYSTEMJune 2017April 2021Allow4530YesNo
15617567SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING EVENT STREAM DATAJune 2017November 2021Allow5370YesNo
15476439MANAGING STRUCTURED DATA IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2017February 2019Abandon2220NoNo
15445501SPEECH INTERFACE FOR VISION-BASED MONITORING SYSTEMFebruary 2017May 2019Abandon2720NoYes
15125811METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PHRASE BLACKLIST TO PREVENT CERTAIN CONTENT FROM APPEARING IN A SEARCH RESULT IN RESPONSE TO SEARCH QUERIESSeptember 2016November 2022Allow6060YesNo
15263805LOG STORAGE OPTIMIZATIONSeptember 2016May 2021Abandon5640NoNo
15262900Network Representation for Evolution of Clusters and GroupsSeptember 2016April 2021Allow5520YesNo
15213626FAULT-TOLERANT DATABASE QUERY EXECUTION PLANS USING NON-VOLATILE MEMORIESJuly 2016February 2023Abandon6040NoYes
15213674JOIN OPERATIONS IN HYBRID MAIN MEMORY SYSTEMSJuly 2016June 2020Allow4730NoNo
15213676ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2016August 2020Abandon4850NoNo
15213427AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT COLLABORATIONJuly 2016May 2023Abandon6080YesYes
15213451Employing Biometric Data for Data Storage ManagementJuly 2016June 2020Abandon4720YesNo
15056491DYNAMIC THUMBNAIL SELECTION FOR SEARCH RESULTSFebruary 2016September 2020Allow5450YesNo
15056709REMOVABLE DATA VOLUME MANAGEMENTFebruary 2016February 2022Allow6060YesNo
15056308RECOMMENDING CONNECTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEMFebruary 2016July 2019Abandon4020NoNo
15056781Interpreting and Resolving Conditional Natural Language QueriesFebruary 2016October 2023Abandon6050YesYes
15056771SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SMART RESPONSES FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIESFebruary 2016July 2022Abandon6080YesNo
15056772FILE SYSTEM QUOTA VERSIONINGFebruary 2016December 2020Allow5840YesNo
14989959METHOD, PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS, FOR MANAGING A STORED DATA GRAPHJanuary 2016March 2019Abandon3910NoNo
14903420ORGANIZATION AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION ITEMSJanuary 2016July 2019Abandon4220NoNo
14989657SMART EXCHANGE DATABASE INDEXJanuary 2016March 2020Allow5040NoYes
14989654EMAIL RECOVERY VIA EMULATION AND INDEXINGJanuary 2016December 2022Abandon6060YesYes
14885183Answer Change Notifications Based on Changes to User Profile InformationOctober 2015May 2020Allow5530YesNo
14885296AUTOMATICALLY MATCHING START CRITERIA AND COMPLETION CRITERIA OF A WALKTHROUGH FOR AN APPLICATION OR ONLINE SERVICEOctober 2015November 2020Allow6040YesNo
14885192BIOLOGICAL GRAPH OR SEQUENCE SERIALIZATIONOctober 2015January 2022Allow6050YesNo
14885195APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALERTS FOR NETWORK DEVICE ERRORS AND FOR RESOLVING NETWORK DEVICE ERRORSOctober 2015December 2022Abandon6020NoYes
14859393SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTING SEARCH TERMSSeptember 2015March 2022Allow6090YesNo
14859387GENERIC TERM WEIGHTING BASED ON QUERY PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONSeptember 2015May 2021Allow6060YesNo
14854670HYBRID SEARCH CONNECTORSeptember 2015April 2021Allow6060YesYes
14854689METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HASH CODESSeptember 2015September 2020Allow6030NoNo
14854690Contacts Confidence ScoringSeptember 2015September 2020Abandon6040YesNo
14835522RECYCLABLE PRIVATE MEMORY HEAPS FOR DYNAMIC SEARCH INDEXESAugust 2015January 2021Allow6060YesNo
14835399Systems and Methods for Searching Heterogeneous Indexes of Metadata and Tags in File SystemsAugust 2015January 2020Abandon5340NoNo
14835581Automatic Background Information Retrieval and Profile UpdatingAugust 2015October 2019Abandon5030YesNo
14442261ACTIVITY PROPOSING DEVICEMay 2015December 2017Abandon3110NoNo
14709419DETERMINING TONE DIFFERENTIAL OF A SEGMENTMay 2015February 2020Abandon5840YesNo
14709441DETERMINING ANSWERS TO INTERROGATIVE QUERIES USING WEB RESOURCESMay 2015January 2019Abandon4430YesNo
14709402PRIORITIZING BACKUP OF ENDPOINT DEVICES IN ENTERPRISE NETWORK ENVIRONMENTSMay 2015January 2023Allow6060YesYes
14701330METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING MEDIA AT ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2015April 2019Abandon4730NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
6
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
4.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
16
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(18.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(81.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
24.2%
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, 18.8% 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 DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED works in Art Unit 2164 and has examined 128 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 60.9%, 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 DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED's allowance rate of 60.9% places them in the 22% 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 DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED receive 3.42 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 91% 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 DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED is 47 months. This places the examiner in the 11% 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 +37.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED. This interview benefit is in the 84% 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, 17.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 18% 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 14.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 109.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 79% 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 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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, 21.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 11% 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 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 13% 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 RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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.