USPTO Examiner HERSHLEY MARK E - Art Unit 2164

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19029762PERSONALIZED PROFILE-MODIFIED SEARCH FOR DIALOG CONCEPTSJanuary 2025March 2026Abandon1410NoNo
19000201FRAMEWORK FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURESDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510YesNo
18982267SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING A PARALLEL SEARCH ARCHITECTURE FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ACCELERATION OF DATA SECURITY, DATA SECURITY ARCHITECTURES, AND DATA SECURITY COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIESDecember 2024August 2025Allow800NoNo
18974029ON-LINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING RECIPES FOR MEAL PLANNINGDecember 2024January 2026Allow1310NoNo
18952242AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION OF INTERACTIVE WEB DOCUMENTSNovember 2024December 2025Allow1310NoNo
18939506CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18937913SEARCH REQUEST PROCESSINGNovember 2024February 2026Allow1520NoNo
18928425ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS FOR DETECTING MISINFORMATION IN ONLINE CONTENTOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510YesNo
18890478SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTRANET WEBSITESSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18882330System and method for determining relevancy of web pages to a user querySeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310NoNo
18844605FOOD INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM, FOOD INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, FOOD INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, FOOD INFORMATION PRESENTATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDEDSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310YesNo
18778616TRAVEL CONTENT ACQUISITION AND VALIDATION SYSTEMJuly 2024December 2025Allow1610YesNo
18732217SYNCING OBJECTS FOR MULTIDEVICE SYNCHRONIZATIONJune 2024November 2025Allow1720YesNo
18673569Data Governance Method and Apparatus, and Storage MediumMay 2024September 2025Allow1610NoNo
18656679SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A WEBSITE AND RELATED MARKETING ASSETS USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18642518DATA DELETION SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2024May 2025Allow1320YesNo
18638358SEMANTIC MEANING ASSOCIATION TO COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL CONTENTApril 2024October 2025Allow1830NoNo
18629716SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING GRAPH THEORY TO RANK CHARACTERISTICSApril 2024March 2026Allow2330YesNo
18618310Premium User-Managed Multi-Media Format Hashtag Aggregation on Digital Websites and PlatformsMarch 2024October 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18591800Automated Prescription Drug Routing SoftwareFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2220NoNo
18438154DATA GUARD AT PDB (PLUGGABLE DATABASE) LEVELFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18418948METHOD FOR ACCELERATED LONG DOCUMENT SEARCH USING HILBERT CURVE MAPPINGJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18416929Dynamic Website Characterization For Search OptimizationJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18390917DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSDecember 2023July 2025Allow1920NoNo
18534555SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING A PARALLEL SEARCH ARCHITECTURE FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ACCELERATION OF DATA SECURITY, DATA SECURITY ARCHITECTURES, AND DATA SECURITY COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIESDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18528344SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING CLASSIFIED DATA FOR EXECUTION AGAINST LOGIC RULESDecember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18520669PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON INTEREST TAG, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023November 2024Allow1120NoNo
18509978ENHANCED AUTO-SUGGESTION FUNCTIONALITYNovember 2023November 2025Allow2430YesNo
18378766METHODS AND SERVERS FOR RANKING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A QUERYOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18371599SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING WORK LOAD MANAGEMENT IN ACR TELEVISION MONITORING SYSTEMSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2220YesNo
18469356HEURISTIC SEARCH FOR K-ANONYMIZATION IN A GENERALIZATION LATTICESeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18466780LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR LARGE DATASETSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410YesNo
18465208PERSONALIZED PROFILE-MODIFIED SEARCH FOR DIALOG CONCEPTSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18462958IN-MEMORY CACHE WITH AUTO-SIZING FOR FASTER FILE READINGSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18459156FAST AUTOMATIC EXPLANATION OF SCORED OBSERVATIONSAugust 2023September 2025Allow2430YesNo
18238986BROWSER PLUG-IN FOR MARKETPLACE RECOMMENDATIONSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1620YesNo
18234766AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION OF INTERACTIVE WEB DOCUMENTSAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18449549SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ELECTRONICS DESIGN AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18231003APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTRIBUTE DATA TABLE MATCHINGAugust 2023November 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18357277EXTENSIBLE AND ELASTIC DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES ENGINE EXTERNAL TO A STORAGE DOMAINJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820YesNo
18224443DATA LISTING SEARCH UTILIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3060YesNo
18219580HYBRID WORKFLOW SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN CLOUD AND ON-PREMISE SYSTEMS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18217831META-SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023September 2025Allow2740YesNo
18216796ON-LINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING RECIPES FOR MEAL PLANNINGJune 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18328692RETRIEVAL OF CONTENT USING LINK-BASED SEARCHJune 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18297516SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SEARCH ENGINE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18021563METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING INDEXES BY CLOUD COMPUTATIONFebruary 2023January 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18165799TEMPLATE BUILDER AND USE FOR NETWORK ANALYSISFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810YesNo
18100206SELF-IMPROVING SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING CROSS-LINGUAL AND MULTI-MEDIA DATAJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320YesNo
18150433CLOUD HYBRID APPLICATION STORAGE MANAGEMENT (CHASM) SYSTEMJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1320NoNo
18086332METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL PROPAGATION IN TREE STRUCTURES AND DEVICES THEREOFDecember 2022November 2023Allow1110NoNo
18070568END-TO-END EVENT FLOWS THAT CONTAIN FILE LOCATIONSNovember 2022November 2024Allow2310YesNo
17973073HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SEARCH BASED ON EXPERIENCEOctober 2022April 2024Allow1820NoNo
17932486VISUAL NAVIGATION INTERFACE FOR ITEM SEARCHINGSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17939809CLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS USING GEOMETRIC INFORMATIONSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810YesNo
17903495SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING CLASSIFIED DATA FOR EXECUTION AGAINST LOGIC RULESSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17897135METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING ANALYSIS OF LOG DATA FILESAugust 2022March 2025Allow3120NoNo
17818707RETRIEVAL OF CONTENT USING LINK-BASED SEARCHAugust 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17877717DETERMINING CONDITIONS FOR A SET OF WEBPAGESJuly 2022February 2023Allow610NoNo
17872182APPARATUS FOR ATTRIBUTE TRAVERSALJuly 2022June 2023Allow1020YesNo
17860053PROCESS FOR QUANTIFYING USER INTENT FOR PRIORITIZING WHICH KEYWORDS TO USE TO RANK A WEB PAGE FOR SEARCH ENGINE QUERIESJuly 2022December 2023Allow1810NoNo
17790992METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCRAPING-BASED SERVICE AND APPLICATION FOR EXECUTING THE SAMEJuly 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17854917METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE KEYWORD OPTIMIZATION FOR OPAQUE SEARCH ENGINESJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17809681EMPTY SEARCH STATEJune 2022July 2024Allow2520YesNo
17829039SYNCHRONOUS PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH IN-MEMORY DATABASEMay 2022December 2025Allow4240YesNo
17827607Content Management Systems and Methods for Utilizing External Content LibrariesMay 2022February 2025Allow3341YesNo
17725739SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING AND OPTIMIZING ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM USING NON-PERSONALLY-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN LOGSApril 2022November 2024Allow3110YesNo
17655302DYNAMIC PARTITION ALLOCATION FOR QUERY EXECUTIONMarch 2022July 2024Allow2830YesNo
17694803APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTRIBUTE DATA TABLE MATCHINGMarch 2022June 2023Allow1540YesNo
17692061Dynamic Website Characterization For Search OptimizationMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17675567INGESTION PARTITION AUTO-SCALING IN A TIME-SERIES DATABASEFebruary 2022June 2023Abandon1610YesNo
17588663SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND UTILIZING SEARCH TOKEN IMPORTANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2420YesNo
17589841SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SEARCH ENGINE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1100NoNo
17579864HYBRID WORKFLOW SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN CLOUD AND ON-PREMISE SYSTEMS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17578838METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3640NoNo
17568937METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAPE STORAGE UTILIZATIONJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3720YesNo
17644977TRANSACTION LOG SERVICE WITH LOCAL LOG REPLICASDecember 2021June 2025Allow4220YesNo
17553099METHODS AND SERVERS FOR RANKING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A QUERYDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17644417MULTI-MASTER DATA REPLICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17540283OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMDecember 2021April 2024Abandon2820NoNo
17535791ENHANCING THE ACCURACY OF SEARCH RESULTSNovember 2021September 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17535940DETECTING IDLE PERIODS AT NETWORK ENDPOINTS FOR MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AT PROCESSING CLUSTERS FOR MANAGED DATABASESNovember 2021October 2024Allow3430NoNo
17530966HANDLING USER QUERIES AGAINST PRODUCTION AND ARCHIVE STORAGE SYSTEMS, SUCH AS FOR ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS HAVING LARGE AND/OR NUMEROUS FILESNovember 2021June 2023Abandon1910NoNo
17454182SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING GRAPH THEORY TO RANK CHARACTERISTICSNovember 2021December 2023Allow2510YesNo
17507691HEURISTIC SEARCH FOR K-ANONYMIZATIONOctober 2021August 2023Allow2240YesNo
17505568FRAMEWORK FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURESOctober 2021September 2024Allow3510YesNo
17504996HARDWARE-AWARE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL SEARCH MECHANISMSOctober 2021September 2024Allow3510YesNo
17502893NEGOTIATION OF INFORMATION CONTRACTS BETWEEN INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERSOctober 2021March 2026Allow5350NoNo
17471397SEMANTIC MEANING ASSOCIATION TO COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL CONTENTSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2830YesNo
17467268SEARCH TERM RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-BRANCH TREESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17461330Method for Assigning Each Ranker From Group Into Specific Group of Ranked Entities Based Upon Ranker's PreferenceAugust 2021July 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17404350COMPUTER WITH ENHANCED FILE AND DOCUMENT REVIEW CAPABILITIESAugust 2021February 2022Allow610NoNo
17431366ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510NoNo
17389835DATA GUARD AT PDB (PLUGGABLE DATABASE) LEVELJuly 2021November 2023Allow2720YesNo
17422715DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WEB BASED DATA SERVICESJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17373634WEB SCRAPER HISTORY MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA CENTERSJuly 2021March 2022Allow810YesNo
17355512PERSONALIZED PROFILE-MODIFIED SEARCH FOR DIALOG CONCEPTSJune 2021June 2023Allow2410YesNo
17344058SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A CONTRACT DATA MANAGEMENT MODULEJune 2021March 2023Allow2110NoNo
17299240DATA SEARCH APPARATUS, AND DATA SEARCH METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AND EDGE SERVER AND PROGRAM THEREOFJune 2021September 2023Allow2710NoNo
17332465SIMILARITY BASED DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENTMay 2021August 2023Allow2610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HERSHLEY, MARK E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
4
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
31.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% 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
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
34.3%
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 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 HERSHLEY, MARK E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HERSHLEY, MARK E works in Art Unit 2164 and has examined 218 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 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HERSHLEY, MARK E's allowance rate of 78.4% places them in the 46% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HERSHLEY, MARK E receive 2.45 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 HERSHLEY, MARK E 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 +12.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HERSHLEY, MARK E. This interview benefit is in the 49% 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, 26.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% 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 22.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 29% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 53% 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 61.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.5% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 46% 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 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:

    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

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