USPTO Examiner KHONG ALEXANDER - Art Unit 2168

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18961285Method and computer program product for detecting and preventing successful attacks at endpoints in a Validation Architecture systemNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18656148Systems And Methods For Content Sharing Using Template-Driven WorkflowsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18643029WARM START FILE COMPRESSION USING SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTApril 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18643404SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTENT SELECTIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18606442CONSTANT TIME DATA STRUCTURE FOR SINGLE AND DISTRIBUTED NETWORKSMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18413002DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18397987DATA LINEAGE BASED MULTI-DATA STORE RECOVERYDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18394026METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18544296Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity TrackingDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720NoNo
18530914DATABASE SIMULATION MODELING FRAMEWORKDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18531244DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18288040HIGH-ORDER CORRELATION PRESERVED INCOMPLETE MULTI-VIEW SUBSPACE CLUSTERING METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18518964Techniques for Providing an Upgraded Content ExperienceNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18516834METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION OF SEARCH HEADS IN A CLUSTER USING DIGESTSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18511186HIERARCHICAL SEGMENTATION OF UNSTRUCTURED TEXT USING NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18387256METHOD OF APPLYING COMPUTATIONAL MODEL IN MULTIPLE COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE-BASED DBMS STORAGE ENGINENovember 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18500761GRAPH AND VECTOR USAGE FOR AUTOMATED QA SYSTEMNovember 2023April 2025Allow1820YesNo
18499005MOBILE PLATFORM FILE AND FOLDER SELECTION FUNCTIONALITIES FOR OFFLINE ACCESS AND SYNCHRONIZATIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18498657MANAGING DATABASE TRAFFIC BETWEEN ISOLATED DATABASE SYSTEMSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1420YesNo
18498484GLOBAL GRAPH-BASED CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE DATA PREDICTION DOMAINOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18491087QUERY OPTIMIZATION FOR PLANNER STATISTICS FOR DATABASESOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18488795Any-Local-Quorum Consistency For Distributed Databases Replicated Across Multiple SitesOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18486616METHOD, DEVICE, AND PRODUCT FOR SEARCHING DATAOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18380065METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM MULTI-DOMAINOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18480991DATA PROCESSING DURING DATA REPLICATIONOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18470251DATA SEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA SYSTEMSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18468763System and method for classifying software code based on functionality and criticalitySeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18456675LOW LATENCY INGESTION INTO A DATA SYSTEMAugust 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18450080GENERATING PROBABILISTIC DATA STRUCTURES FOR LOOKUP TABLES IN COMPUTER MEMORY FOR MULTI-TOKEN SEARCHINGAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18447934DEFERRED CONSTRAINTS SUPPORT IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMSAugust 2023January 2024Allow610NoNo
18447717PROVIDING MANAGED BACKTRACE ABILITY FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE (VDI)August 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18362747SCHEMA AND DATA MODIFICATION CONCURRENCY IN QUERY PROCESSING PUSHDOWNJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18362769USING STATELESS NODES TO PROCESS DATA OF CATALOG OBJECTSJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18362869TASK-EXECUTION PLANNING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18357925DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18355505STRUCTURING GEOSPATIAL INDEX DATA FOR ACCESS DURING QUERY EXECUTION VIA A DATABASE SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1200NoNo
18221753BLOOM FILTER FOR AVOIDING PARTITION LOADINGJuly 2023April 2025Allow2140NoNo
18349098VICTIM ZONE SELECTION FOR ZONE COMPACTION DURING GARBAGE COLLECTION IN ZNS DEVICESJuly 2023October 2024Allow1610NoNo
18342171SELECTIVE LOGGING AND WHEEL OF TIME FOR VEHICLE NETWORK LOGGER SYSTEMJune 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18341697APPROXIMATE K NEAREST NEIGHBORS ON HARDWARE ACCELERATORSJune 2023September 2024Allow1510YesNo
18257667OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCK GROUP HEADER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18207888METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING VERIFIABLE RANDOMNESS WITHIN A DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING NETWORKJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18206763RESTRICTED BLOCKCHAIN CLUSTERJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18254265VISUALIZATION OF ENERGY DOMAIN DATAMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18253715Management System And Method For A Distributed Multi-Model Database ArchitectureMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18319268Maintaining Data Integrity for Backed Up FilesMay 2023January 2025Allow2020YesNo
18142952NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING BASED ON SUBGRAPH RECOGNITIONMay 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18140125SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR OPERATING A MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE WITH A SHARED DISTRIBUTED CACHEApril 2023January 2024Allow900NoNo
18299445APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IT/OT CONFIGURATION HISTORIZATIONApril 2023February 2025Allow2220NoNo
18194668RESOLVING NAMESPACE COLLISIONS DURING FILESYSTEM INCREMENTAL REPLICATIONApril 2023August 2024Allow1710YesNo
18128914USING STATEMENT CACHING WHEN IMPLEMENTING SERVER BASED OR PROXY BASED POOLING SOLUTIONSMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710YesNo
18128974SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUB-GRAPH PROCESSING IN EXECUTABLE GRAPH-BASED MODELSMarch 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18189030TRANSIENT EXPLORATORY EDITING OF INPUT TABLES ON A DATA WAREHOUSEMarch 2023December 2024Allow2020YesNo
18118122REMOTE WIPING FOR DATA TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND RETRIEVALMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18177607Communications Framework for Multi-Cluster Management SystemsMarch 2023August 2024Allow1820NoNo
18114457INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18111389USING AN ASSET BUCKET FOR CORRELATING ASSETSFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2220NoNo
18169806DATA PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18167320METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DATABASE RECORDS USING PREDEFINED AUTOMATED NEXT ACTIONSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18162494SCHEMA INFERENCE FOR FILESJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18104256DATA-DRIVEN TASK-EXECUTION SCHEDULING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2023June 2023Allow410NoNo
18100682Matching system and display method using real-time event processingJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310YesNo
18157562PROGRAMMABLE QUANTUM COMPUTERJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18093503SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DATA VALIDATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS DISPARATE PARTIESJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810YesNo
18084795CLONING CATALOG OBJECTSDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
18065864SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORKDecember 2022February 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18065809SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORKDecember 2022December 2023Abandon1210NoNo
18060441DATABASE SHARING IN A VIRTUAL PRIVATE DEPLOYMENTNovember 2022September 2023Allow910YesNo
18058511MOBILE PLATFORM FILE AND FOLDER SELECTION FUNCTIONALITIES FOR OFFLINE ACCESS AND SYNCHRONIZATIONNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
18057507SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORKNovember 2022November 2023Abandon1210NoNo
18057515SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORKNovember 2022January 2024Abandon1410NoNo
17987499Systems and Methods of Establishing Correlative Relationships Between Geospatial Data Features in Feature Vectors Representing Property LocationsNovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
17963974Data Storage Device Using an External Reference PatternOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17937419ANALYTIC QUERY PROCESSING USING A BACKUP OF A DATABASESeptember 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17956353SYNCHRONIZATION OF METADATA BETWEEN DATABASES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022February 2023Allow500NoNo
17931167Processing Techniques for Database Transaction Requests with Operations Defined by Different ORM LibrariesSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17930277DATA-DRIVEN QUERY-EXECUTION SCHEDULINGSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo
17902413Transitioning Leadership In A Cluster Of NodesSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1930YesNo
17907996System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Efficiently Joining Time-Series Data TablesAugust 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17899503Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity TrackingAugust 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17820492SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TRACKING ANIMALSAugust 2022July 2024Abandon2310NoNo
17820051MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR RECOMMENDING INTERACTION PARTIESAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110YesNo
17820081METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR OUTPUTTING A REPRESENTATION OF DATAAugust 2022March 2024Allow1900YesNo
17884407SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE DATA MODEL OF A MONOLITHIC DATABASE THROUGH A MICROSERVICE FOR A MULTI-TENANT PLATFORMAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17872171Enterprise Data Flow Lineage from Enterprise Data Testing MetadataJuly 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17871436RESTRICTED BLOCKCHAIN CLUSTERJuly 2022March 2023Allow710YesNo
17812776FILE SYSTEM CLONING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2022June 2024Allow2320NoNo
17812827APPLICATION AWARE STORAGE VOLUMES AND SNAPSHOTS FOR ENHANCED MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS EFFICIENCYJuly 2022July 2024Allow2440YesNo
17810165DATA FABRIC SERVICE SYSTEM DEPLOYMENTJune 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17854219CONTENT IDENTIFICATION USING FINGERPRINTINGJune 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17854348AI-AUGMENTED AUDITING PLATFORM INCLUDING TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED DOCUMENT PROCESSINGJune 2022June 2024Allow2410NoNo
17809931LOW LATENCY INGESTION INTO A DATA SYSTEMJune 2022May 2023Allow1110NoNo
17786939PROTEIN FAMILIES MAPJune 2022June 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17828536MANAGING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DATA QUERIES THAT REACT AND UPDATE TO CHANGE NOTIFICATIONSMay 2022April 2024Allow2310YesNo
17750339CONCURRENCY AND CANCELLATION IN DISTRIBUTED ASYNCHRONOUS GRAPH PROCESSINGMay 2022February 2024Allow2110YesNo
17744344ATOMICALLY BRIDGING TRANSACTIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT BLOCKCHAINSMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17725087CAPACITY-BASED REDIRECTION EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCYApril 2022March 2024Allow2310NoNo
17725132METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION OF SEARCH HEADS IN A CLUSTER USING DIGESTSApril 2022July 2023Allow1510NoNo
17719443METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING KEYWORDS BASED ON TECHNICAL DOCUMENT DATABASEApril 2022October 2023Allow1810NoNo
17658932WARM START FILE COMPRESSION USING SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTApril 2022January 2024Allow2110NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner KHONG, ALEXANDER - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KHONG, ALEXANDER works in Art Unit 2168 and has examined 162 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KHONG, ALEXANDER's allowance rate of 91.4% places them in the 75% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KHONG, ALEXANDER receive 1.41 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KHONG, ALEXANDER is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KHONG, ALEXANDER. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 41.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 23.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% 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 10% 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 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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