USPTO Examiner KELLS ASHER - Art Unit 2171

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19196582CONTEXT-SPECIFIC LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FUNCTION BUTTONSMay 2025July 2025Allow310YesNo
18962064TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING RULE ENGINES TO GUIDE END USERS IN COMPLETING TRANSACTIONS WITH USER ACTIONSNovember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18939247LANDING PAGE LOADING METHOD, MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18759694MEDIA CONTENT PUBLISHING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024April 2025Allow920NoNo
18743966SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR XBRL REVIEWJune 2024March 2026Allow2100NoNo
18741135Graphical User Interface Configuration For Display At An Output Interface During A Video ConferenceJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18671070IMAGE DATA FOR ENHANCED USER INTERACTIONSMay 2024February 2026Abandon2120YesNo
18670362STORAGE OF CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE LOCATORMay 2024March 2026Allow2230YesNo
18609740Cross-Document Intelligent Authoring and ProcessingMarch 2024February 2026Allow2320YesNo
18444044ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING EXPANDABLE DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100NoNo
18430479INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING AND MANAGING THIRD-PARTY SOURCES WITHIN A CONTEXTUAL HUBFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18419375SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR USER INPUT FIELDS AUTO-COMPLETION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL SELECTION WITH DYNAMIC THRESHOLD MECHANISMJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18290908METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING INTERFACE DISPLAY, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18401240RANGE PREVIEW WITH ELISIONSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2501NoNo
18395099INTELLIGENT DOCUMENT CREATION AND REVIEW GENERATED BY A LARGE LANGUAGE MODELDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610YesNo
18393499MANAGING LINKS FOR TRACKING USER INTERACTIONS WITH BANNER MESSAGESDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18572572METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TASK CREATIONDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18389707PEOPLE SUGGESTION IN COLLABORATIVE ONLINE TEXT EDITORSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18543747ANNOTATING SCREEN CONTENT IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENTDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18537829DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ADDING APPENDED INFORMATION INDICATING CHANGES MADE TO THE DOCUMENT TO THE REVISED DOCUMENTDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18532356METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING ONE OR MORE HYPERLINKS IN A DOCUMENTDecember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18525607SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SOUNDTRACK FOR A DIGITAL BOOK USING A MOVIE ADAPTATION TECHNIQUENovember 2023July 2025Allow2000NoNo
18525505MODIFYING SUBPORTIONS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OUTPUTSNovember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18500733COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR AUTO-IDENTIFICATION OF SECONDARY INSIGHTS USING REVERSE EXTRACTIONNovember 2023March 2026Allow2820YesYes
18498751INTERFACE TO DISPLAY SHARED USER GROUPSOctober 2023December 2025Allow2560YesNo
18499006DYNAMICALLY GENERATING USER INTERFACES BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MODELSOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18495135AUDITING CONTEXTUAL MESSAGES BETWEEN USERS IN COPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18495098COMMUNICATING AND TAKING ACTION BASED ON CONTEXTS FOR MESSAGES BETWEEN USERS IN COPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18491449MEDIA CONTENT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENTOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18380318IDENTIFYING DOWNLOADABLE OBJECTS IN MARKUP LANGUAGEOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18380092SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-LOADING OBJECT MODELSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910YesNo
18486753SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR XBRL REVIEWOctober 2023February 2024Allow401NoNo
18378838MAINTAINING BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY OF URL CONTENT REDIRECTIONOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18482465AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR WEBPAGESOctober 2023September 2025Allow2321YesNo
18480969DRAFTING ASSISTANT FOR A BROWSEROctober 2023May 2025Allow1900YesNo
18478221SUBEVENT RELATION EXTRACTIONSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18374565DEVICE DEPENDENT RENDERING OF PDF CONTENT INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES AND A TABLE OF CONTENTSSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800YesNo
18371678METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) DOCUMENTSSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2200NoNo
18469452MANAGEMENT OF BUILDING PLAN DOCUMENTS UTILIZING COMMENTS AND A CORRECTION LISTSeptember 2023October 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18465480SYSTEM FOR JUDGING INPUT MODE OF FORM DATASeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18244635ROTATABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210YesNo
18464120WEB BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OFFLOADING A BROWSER ENGINE ONTO THE CLOUDSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18240806NAVIGATION BOOKMARKING AND REORDERING THROUGH OPTIMIZED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18456155METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE FOR ACCESSING CONTENT ON A USER INTERFACEAugust 2023August 2025Allow2410YesNo
18366334TEMPORALLY DYNAMIC REFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION IN DOCUMENT COLLABORATION SYSTEMSAugust 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18362677METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTJuly 2023February 2025Allow1801YesNo
18226735DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING USER ICONS IN A VIRTUAL SPACEJuly 2023February 2025Allow1810YesNo
18358122METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT-ORIENTED APPLICATION EXECUTION INTERFACE, SERVICE SERVER FOR PERFORMING SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOFJuly 2023October 2025Abandon2630YesNo
18358082SINGLE-HAND KEYBOARD FOR HAND-HELD COMPUTER DEVICESJuly 2023September 2024Abandon1410YesNo
18356015PROVIDING SELECTABLE QUICK ACTIONS ON HANDWRITTEN DATA IN A HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTJuly 2023February 2025Allow1920NoNo
18354357Artificial Intelligence Process Control for Assembly ProcessesJuly 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18349777MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES FOR RANKINGJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18346939AUTOMATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN READABILITY SCORING TECHNIQUESJuly 2023September 2025Allow2611NoNo
18216760AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION AND CONTENT SERVICES FOR COLLABORATION PLATFORMSJune 2023March 2026Allow3220YesNo
18216100METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POSITIONING DISPLAY ELEMENTSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18259028METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO SEEKING AND PLAYING, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18331219System and Method for Generating and Publishing Electronic Content from Predetermined TemplatesJune 2023June 2025Allow2420NoNo
18330959VIRTUAL SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAMEJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18206160COLLABORATIVE SENSEMAKING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2023March 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18204897USER INTERFACES TO TRACK MEDICATIONSJune 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
18200670PRODUCING AUTOMATED SENSORY CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED MARKERS IN HTML DOCUMENT PUBLISHINGMay 2023January 2025Allow2010YesNo
18322307MODIFYING CONTROL SCOPES OF CONTROLS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF DATA PROCESSES VIA DATA OBJECTSMay 2023October 2025Allow2920YesNo
18322377SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROMPT GENERATIONMay 2023August 2024Allow1500YesNo
18317636EVALUATION OF INTERACTIONS WITH A USER INTERFACEMay 2023July 2024Allow1420YesNo
18315189AUTO-FLOWCHART GENERATORMay 2023December 2024Allow1911YesNo
18036366INTERACTIVE OBJECT SELECTION METHOD AND DEVICEMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18314777User Interfaces for Lessons and Audio Plugins in Sound Engineering Application on Touch DeviceMay 2023September 2025Allow2840YesNo
18311973CONFIDENCE ENHANCEMENT FOR RESPONSES BY DOCUMENT-BASED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSMay 2023October 2024Allow1810YesNo
18143111REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE USING PATIENT-GENERATED, MULTI-MODAL DATA FOR CLINICAL RESEARCHMay 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18309735VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FOR FACILITATING ACTIONS IN OMNICHANNEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENTApril 2023April 2025Allow2430YesNo
18307326Systems and Methods for Dynamically Generating Context Aware Active Icons on a Mobile DeviceApril 2023September 2024Allow1701NoNo
18137477SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING AND USING ELECTRONIC RESOURCE MAPSApril 2023July 2025Abandon2731YesNo
18300238EFFICIENT GENERATION OF REVIEW SUMMARIESApril 2023April 2025Allow2431YesNo
18133673PREDICTIVE PRESENTATION OF A USER INTERFACE ON AN EXTENDIBLE DISPLAYApril 2023January 2024Allow910YesNo
18299057MEETING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEETING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MEETING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18128635SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO GENERATE A WEB APPLICATION USING REUSABLE THEMESMarch 2023October 2024Allow1920NoNo
18193107GENERATING AND SUMMARIZING CONTENT BLOCKS WITHIN A VIRTUAL SPACE INTERFACEMarch 2023May 2024Allow1410YesNo
18027299Processing a Query Using an Entity Feature VectorMarch 2023December 2025Allow3300NoNo
18185013TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL CONTENTMarch 2023September 2025Abandon3040YesNo
18025720CURSOR DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18178511Visual Tag BuilderMarch 2023September 2024Abandon1820NoNo
18178039Method and Apparatus for Controlling Icon Display, and Electronic DeviceMarch 2023August 2024Allow1821YesNo
18042688METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A PROJECTION INTERFACEFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1921NoNo
18021673CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DEDICATED CONTENT RELATED TO A BUILDINGFebruary 2023March 2026Abandon3610NoNo
18165579LANGUAGE-GUIDED DOCUMENT EDITINGFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1211NoNo
18165889Systems and Methods for Utilizing Tracking Units in Electronic Document Chain-of Custody TrackingFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1520YesNo
18103748SESSION-BASED DEVICE GROUPINGJanuary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18161841SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLORING A GEOGRAPHIC REGIONJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18153781DESIGN DIFFERENCE CAPTIONING ON PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS FOR LOW VISION USERSJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2421YesYes
18152298DESKTOP ENABLING OF WEB DOCUMENTSJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18093645SYSTEM AND INTERFACE FOR ADAPTIVE WEB CONTENTJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18150105GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PLANNING A PROCEDUREJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2920YesNo
18148789STORAGE OF CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE LOCATORDecember 2022November 2023Allow1020YesNo
18148105UPDATING RENDERINGS OF DYNAMIC ITEMS BASED ON CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE TRANSACTIONSDecember 2022April 2025Allow2710NoNo
18148163CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC AND PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2022October 2025Allow3310YesNo
18084882PICTURE ANNOTATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022August 2025Allow3201NoNo
18079699DYNAMICALLY GENERATED INTERFACE TRANSITIONSDecember 2022February 2024Allow1420NoNo
18058422METHOD FOR LEARNING SYNAPTIC WEIGHT VALUES OF A NEURAL NETWORK, RELATED DATA PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, CALCULATOR AND PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2022January 2026Allow3810YesNo
17986319DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERPRETING A PREDICTING OF AT LEAST ONE FAILURE OF A SYSTEMNovember 2022March 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17980298CONTEXTUAL ENVELOPING OF DYNAMIC HYPERLINKSNovember 2022December 2024Abandon2630YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
3.0%
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, 0.0% 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

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner KELLS, ASHER - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KELLS, ASHER works in Art Unit 2171 and has examined 62 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KELLS, ASHER's allowance rate of 95.2% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KELLS, ASHER receive 2.29 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 KELLS, ASHER is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 46% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KELLS, ASHER. This interview benefit is in the 37% 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, 27.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 22.2% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

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 12% 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 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 75% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.