USPTO Examiner STEVENS ROBERT - Art Unit 2164

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18830361GENERATING A PATH TO A DOCUMENT ELEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18780685DYNAMICALLY DETECTING USER PERSONAS OF NETWORK USERS FOR CUSTOMIZED SUGGESTIONSJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18774981SYSTEMS, MEDIA, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED RESPONSE TO QUERIES MADE BY INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC CHATJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18750735SELECTING BALANCED CLUSTERS OF DESCRIPTIVE VECTORSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18746969Image Query AnalysisJune 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18674616TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING SCHEMA MISMATCH WHEN MIGRATING DATABASESMay 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18660943IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18648223SNAPSHOT AND RESTORATION OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMApril 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18645421METHOD FOR GENERATING SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT IN FIELD OF POPULATION HEALTH BASED ON MIND MAPApril 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18611982APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR HEURISTIC RE-INDEXING OF STOCHASTIC DATA TO OPTIMIZE DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL EFFICIENCYMarch 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18610766SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISCOVERY OF INTER-DATA SET RELATIONSHIPSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18604275COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR DATABASE RESOLUTION FROM AN ENHANCED QUERY DATA REFINEMENT IN AN ELASTIC SEARCH ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD AN USE THEREOFMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18600872APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL ZONE STRATEGY SELECTIONMarch 2024July 2024Allow400NoNo
18584304SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SYNTHESIZED DATABASEFebruary 2024July 2024Allow500NoNo
18431285MECHANISMS FOR EFFICIENT POINT-IN-TIME CREATION AND MAINTENANCE IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18415404INTERPRETABLE FEATURE DISCOVERY WITH GRAMMAR-BASED BAYESIAN OPTIMIZATIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18400366DATA STORAGE AND QUERYINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18393985COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES CONFIGURED TO IDENTIFY BEHAVIORAL, ACTION, ACTIVITY, AND/OR EMOTIONAL STATES OF A PERSON, BY ANALYZING EMPIRICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE PERSON, AND TO AUTONOMOUSLY RESPOND TO THE IDENTITY OF THE STATESDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18543904SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT SERVER MAKE DISK IMAGE OPERATIONDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18537610Intelligent Data ContextualizationDecember 2023December 2024Allow1220YesNo
18504775Generating Search Query Autocomplete Suggestions Based on Metadata Derived from Event DataNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18504359CLUSTERING METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2023August 2024Allow1020YesNo
18288932METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCOUNTS, AND SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFOctober 2023May 2024Allow600NoNo
18384964Method And System For Identifying, Managing, And Monitoring Data DependenciesOctober 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18495952IN-DATABASE DATA CLEANSINGOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18489916Apparatus, System, and Method for Audio Based Browser CookiesOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18379558SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON A CONVERSATIONOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18378575FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL VIA DATABASE ROLESOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18481036DATABASE SYSTEM INTERACTION EMBEDDING AND INDEXING FOR TEXT RETRIEVAL AND GENERATIONOctober 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18477281OPTIMIZING THE BACKUP AND RESTORATION OF FILES WITHIN A SERVICESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100NoNo
18475695HASH ENGINE FOR CONDUCTING POINT QUERIESSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1200NoNo
18475814EXPANDABLE DATA OBJECT MANAGEMENT AND INDEXING ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERSYSTEM DATA EXCHANGE COMPATIBILITYSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18372469BUILDING DATA PLATFORM WITH DIGITAL TWIN TRIGGERS AND ACTIONSSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18243113ITEM AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2023November 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18365775DISCOVERY OF NEW BUSINESS OPENINGS USING WEB CONTENT ANALYSISAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18224875SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING A SITEMAPJuly 2023July 2025Allow2310YesNo
18348200SELECTING BALANCED CLUSTERS OF DESCRIPTIVE VECTORSJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18348143MULTIPLE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL ANOMALY DETECTION FRAMEWORKJuly 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18218061Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classesJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18342307SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RECOMMENDATIONJune 2023November 2024Allow1700NoNo
18206714SYSTEMS, MEDIA, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED RESPONSE TO QUERIES MADE BY INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC CHATJune 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18317757METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MEDIA PRESENTATIONSMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18131425COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES CONFIGURED TO IDENTIFY BEHAVIORAL, ACTION, ACTIVITY, AND/OR EMOTIONAL STATES OF A PERSON AND TO RESPOND TO THE IDENTITY OF THE STATESApril 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18130793SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERING SOCIAL ACCOUNTSApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18170091Image Query AnalysisFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310YesNo
18109191FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL VIA DATABASE ROLESFebruary 2023September 2023Allow700YesNo
18106320ITEM AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2023May 2023Allow300NoNo
18164182Apparatus, System, and Method for Audio Based Browser CookiesFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18155498DYNAMICALLY DETECTING USER PERSONAS OF NETWORK USERS FOR CUSTOMIZED SUGGESTIONSJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1700NoNo
18096492SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT CREATION AND DELIVERYJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18151364RELATING EVENTS AND MATCHING EVENTS TO STEPS OF A PROCESS USING FIELD VALUES FROM DIFFERENT FIELDSJanuary 2023June 2023Allow600NoNo
18145438MANAGING DATA RESOURCESDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510YesNo
18087023SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A DATA PIPELINE USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY, AND DESCRIBING A DATA PIPELINE USING NATURAL LANGUAGEDecember 2022January 2025Allow2520YesNo
18085937COMPRESSION AWARE AGGREGATIONS FOR QUERIES WITH EXPRESSIONSDecember 2022December 2023Allow1200NoNo
18083024CONTEXTUALIZING DATA TO AUGMENT PROCESSES USING SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1600NoNo
18065925IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710NoNo
18063836HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18060326APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTEXT-CONSCIOUS SENSOR SIGNATURE PROFILING WITH IMPRESSION ACQUISITION AND SCAVENGINGNovember 2022February 2025Allow2720NoNo
18071002AUTOMATED SYNCING OF DATA BETWEEN SECURITY DOMAINSNovember 2022November 2023Allow1200NoNo
18059523RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED AND MIXED CONTENT ON A USER INTERFACE BASED ON CONTENT AND USER SIMILARITYNovember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
17989509Online Resize of a Volume of a Distributed Storage SystemNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17957794FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL VIA DATABASE ROLESSeptember 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17936277TAG DISTRIBUTION VISUALIZATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1520NoNo
17948617Intelligent Data ContextualizationSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1300NoNo
17820748OCCUPANT COMFORT MODEL EXTRAPOLATIONAugust 2022March 2024Allow1910NoNo
17887097SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DATA INTEGRATIONAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17877825EXPANDABLE DATA OBJECT MANAGEMENT AND INDEXING ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERSYSTEM DATA EXCHANGE COMPATIBILITYJuly 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17814575MIGRATION OF JOURNAL GROUPS IN A STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2023Allow1500NoNo
17869703BACKUP AND RESTORE OF FILES WITH MULTIPLE HARD LINKSJuly 2022January 2025Allow3020YesNo
17867397SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT SERVER MAKE DISK IMAGE OPERATIONJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310NoNo
17812895SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING, DIGITIZING, AND USING ENGINEERING DRAWING DATAJuly 2022September 2023Allow1500NoNo
17857858SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON A CONVERSATIONJuly 2022July 2023Allow1200YesNo
17856271SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SMELL DATA AND A DATABASE THEREOFJuly 2022December 2023Allow1720YesNo
17853629Converting Storage Resources to Distributed Persistent Storage for Containerized ApplicationsJune 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17841996FINE-GRAINED ACCESS CONTROL VIA DATABASE ROLESJune 2022September 2022Allow310NoNo
17841851DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR SELECTING A HASH FUNCTION TO MAP A DATA ITEM TO A STORAGE DEVICEJune 2022March 2024Allow2110NoNo
17783331INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILE RECORDING METHODJune 2022February 2024Allow2110NoNo
17782855DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATABASES, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022August 2023Allow1400NoNo
17804660APPLICATION UPDATE CONFIGURATION USING AN APPLICATION CONNECTORMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17804829Automatic Incident DispatcherMay 2022February 2024Allow2110YesNo
17739106INTERPRETABLE FEATURE DISCOVERY WITH GRAMMAR-BASED BAYESIAN OPTIMIZATIONMay 2022September 2023Allow1610NoNo
17732994OPTIMIZING A STORAGE SYSTEMApril 2022October 2023Abandon1710YesNo
17722191SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT CATEGORIZATION OF BINARY DOCUMENTSApril 2022April 2023Allow1200NoNo
17707547Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classesMarch 2022February 2023Allow1100NoNo
17762094WORKPIECE IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND WORKPIECE IMAGE SEARCH METHODMarch 2022October 2022Allow600NoNo
17642703DATA ACCESS METHOD, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, CLIENT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3320YesNo
17693159METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MEDIA PRESENTATIONSMarch 2022February 2023Allow1100NoNo
17692214DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVELY PROCESSING BIG DATAMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000NoNo
17672307Method And System For Identifying, Managing, And Monitoring Data DependenciesFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910YesNo
17649415REVERSE EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, LOAD (ETL) TOOLJanuary 2022April 2022Allow200NoNo
17589800SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING A SITEMAPJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1300NoNo
17631396DATA SELECTION METHOD, DATA SELECTION APPARATUS AND PROGRAMJanuary 2022May 2025Abandon4040NoNo
17578557SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RECOMMENDATIONJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500NoNo
17576572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DATA ELEMENTSJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17563847DISCOVERY OF NEW BUSINESS OPENINGS USING WEB CONTENT ANALYSISDecember 2021May 2023Allow1610NoNo
17559976FACILITATING CROSS-PLATFORM CONTENT ACCESSDecember 2021July 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17554094SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSET TYPE FINGERPRINTING AND DATA MESSAGE DECODINGDecember 2021March 2022Allow300NoNo
17544432METHOD OF INTEROPERABILITY FOR DATA HUBS BASED ON ACTIVE METADATA MANAGEMENTDecember 2021December 2023Allow2410NoNo
17537019SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERING SOCIAL ACCOUNTSNovember 2021December 2022Allow1300NoNo
17529120BUILDING DATA PLATFORM WITH DIGITAL TWIN TRIGGERS AND ACTIONSNovember 2021February 2023Allow1430YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STEVENS, ROBERT.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
20
Examiner Affirmed
13
(65.0%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(35.0%)
Reversal Percentile
55.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.0% 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
37
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(21.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
29
(78.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
25.4%
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, 21.6% 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 STEVENS, ROBERT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STEVENS, ROBERT works in Art Unit 2164 and has examined 673 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STEVENS, ROBERT's allowance rate of 89.5% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by STEVENS, ROBERT receive 1.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by STEVENS, ROBERT is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STEVENS, ROBERT. This interview benefit is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 60% 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 21.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 19% 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, 37.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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 54.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 20% 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 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, 43.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 69% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • 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.

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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