USPTO Examiner PEYTON TAMMARA R - Art Unit 2184

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18800873DYNAMIC I/O VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM HAVING GUEST MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR MAPPING VIRTUAL ADDRESSES MANAGED BY PROCESS AND MEMORY MANAGER (PMM) AND DYNAMIC EXECUTION CONTEXT (DEC)August 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18760627ADAPTER FOR AN AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE DESIGNED FOR LINKING TO HIGHWAY ADDRESSABLE REMOTE TRANSDUCER (HART) OR 4-20 mA COMMUNICATIONS LOOP CONNECTED TO FIELD DEVICEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18758943DMA CONVERTER (UDMAC) THAT SUPPORTS CONVERSION BETWEEN ALIGNED AND UNALIGNED DATAJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18742716CUSTOMIZABLE INITIALIZATION ORCHESTRATION MODULE PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL PREVIEW OF A GRAPHICAL STATUS SCREEN USER INTERFACEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18715922USB HUB DIGITAL CARD READER WITH VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE SHOWING AVAILABLE-POWER INDICATORJune 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18713238ADAPTER FOR AN AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE DESIGNED FOR LINKING TO HIGHWAY ADDRESSABLE REMOTE TRANSDUCER (HART) OR 4-20 mA COMMUNICATIONS LOOP CONNECTED TO FIELD DEVICEMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18672736Data Migration Synchronization Process Using A Manifest From A Source Device To A New Destination DeviceMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18644410CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR QUALITY MEASURES AND RELATED THERAPY ACTIONS FOR AN AUTOMATED THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEMApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18643656METHOD FOR AN INTERNAL COMMAND FROM A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING CORES WITH MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM THAT CACHE IDENTIFIERS FOR ACCESS COMANDSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18638352REGULATING DELIVERY OF INSULIN TO A BODY OF A USER BY A FLUID DELIVERY DEVICEApril 2024December 2024Allow800YesNo
18626393Method of Allocating and Protecting Memory in Computational Storage Device and Computational Storage Device Performing the sameApril 2024October 2025Allow1810YesNo
18606719Automated infrastructure management for computer systems based on system rules, templates, and system state with coupling of a storage resource to a physical compute resourceMarch 2024November 2024Allow820YesNo
18585619HUB FOR MULTI-CHIP SENSOR INTERFACE SYSTEM AND REAL TIME ENVIROMENTAL CONTEXT MAPPER FOR SELF-DRIVING CARSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18582488MEMORY DEVICE INTERFACE COMMUNICATING WITH SET OF DATA BURSTS CORRESPONDING TO MEMORY DIES VIA DEDICATED PORTIONS FOR COMMAND PROCESSINGFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18424460MULTI-PROTOCOL IO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FLEXIBLE STORAGE PLATFORMJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18417586Implementing Cable Modems in Single Access Device By Registering Modem Software Stack (MSS) With Registration Server Using Media Access Control (MAC) AddressJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2200NoNo
18416860COMMAND LINE SCRIPT AUTOMATION BY MONITORING EXECUTION OF COMPLETED TASKSJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18537453ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION OF DIGITAL MESSAGE AND FURTHER CALCULATING AUTHENTICATION SIGNATURE FROM PREFIX AND HEADER OF DIGITAL MESSAGEDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110NoNo
18534037SSD HAVING DUAL PORT MODE WHEREIN PORTS OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER VIA PORT MODE CONTROLLERDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320YesNo
18567652DISC LOADING CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18565908METHOD FOR RUNTIME-BASED CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE-INTERNAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN A CONTROL DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDINGLY OPERABLE CONTROL DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLENovember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18515824BOOT CONTROLLER AND MEMORY UNIT COMPRISING BOOT CODE FOR VERIFYING INTEGRITY OF BOOT CODE IN ROM MEMORYNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210YesNo
18507598IMAGE DATA BASED MEDIA TYPE SELECTION BASED ON A FIRST IDENTIFIED ATTRIBUTE OF THE INITIAL IMAGE DATANovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18506453TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATION TOUCH FIRMWARE DRIVER DEPENDENCIES WHILE APPLYING UPDATED FROM BOOT LOADERNovember 2023August 2025Allow2110NoNo
18504978METHOD FOR IMAGING A REMOTE NODE FROM A BOOTSTRAPPING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18489326SYSTEM POWER MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES COUPLED TO A PORT OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM BY IDENIFYING ASSOCIATED CONTEXTUAL DATAOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18488287BIOS CODE STORAGE SUBSYSTEM MODIFICATION SYSTEM WHEREIN BASED ON FIRST OR SECOND INITIALIZATION OF COMPUTING DEVICE PERFORM A REBOOTOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18381084OPERATING SYSTEM LEVEL DYNAMIC LIGHTING CONTROLOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110YesNo
18379666SERVER DEVICE TO FACILITATE OPTIMUM AGGREGATE DATA SOURCE PROCESS UNIT BASED ON SET OF HARDWARE THRESHOLD METRICSOctober 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18484967SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WITH SYSTEM VITAL PRODUCT DATA (SVPD) FOR COMPARING FIRST AND SECOND SERVER IDENTITY DATAOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18482165SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSULIN PUMP MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A SLIDER ASSEMBLY WHEREIN IMAGES ON DISPLAY ALLOW FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND MAGNIFYING IMAGESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18375783AUTOMATED AND VALIDATED COMPUTER DEVICE FOR DISABLING OR ENABLING OF DEVICE OPTIONS ON A DISPLAYED DIALOG BOX MENU WITHOUT USER INPUTOctober 2023January 2026Allow2820NoNo
18375294BOOT RAM FOR SAFETY CRITICAL DOMAINSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2820NoNo
18374058Kernel State Data Collection And Recovery Of Operating System In A Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) or Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) ArchitectureSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18372810FLAT PANEL DISPLAY (FPD) – LINK III CONVERTER APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING VIDEO SIGNALS FROM A HDMI TO FPD-LINK III VIDEO FORMAT RECEIVED VIA USB INTERFACESeptember 2023February 2024Allow500YesNo
18472480SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRIORITIZE LOADING OF AGENT AND PLUGINS DURING SUBSEQUENT BOOT TIME OF INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18370817ACCELERATED DATA PROCESSING IN SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) WITH HOST PROCESSORS AND STORAGE PROCESSING ENGINES (SPEs)September 2023March 2025Allow1830YesNo
18369172INTEGRATED CIRCUIT I/O INTEGRITY AND DEGRADATION MONITORINGSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2520NoNo
18460374DYNAMIC I/O VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM HAVING GUEST MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR MAPPING VIRTUAL ADDRESSES USING VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) IN GUEST KERNALSeptember 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18241767SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH IN DISAGGREGATED TIERED CACHE FOR CLOUD CONTENT STORAGESeptember 2023September 2025Allow2430YesNo
18239042ADAPTIVE INTERFACE STORAGE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE STORAGE PROTOCOLS INCLUDING SOLID STATE DRIVE STORAGE DEVICESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18450226Method For Automatically Evaluating Metadata Comprising A Manifest File For Respective Application By Computing System And Transmitting Data Describing Violations Of Configuration Rules For DisplayAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18448743SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION MIGRATION FOR A DOCKABLE DEVICEAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18447888MULTISTAGE DEVICE BOOT WITH INDEPENDENT STAGE KEYS WHERE FIRST AUTHENTICATION TAG IS GENERATED DURING PREVIOUS BOOT OPERATIONAugust 2023February 2026Allow3020NoNo
18276586REPROCESSING A REPLACEABLE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (OEM) SUPPLY COMPONENT TO RECONFIGURE AND AUTHENTICATE THE CONFIGURATION DATA OF AN END-USER DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow3030YesNo
18366994OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) CONFIGURATION OF FIRMWARE SETTINGS USING MAPPING IDENTIFIERS (IDS) FOR FIRMWARE SETUP QUESTIONSAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510YesNo
18364492VIRTUAL PSEUDO PCIE (VVP) DEVICE NODES FOR FAST RELIABLE OS AND VIRTUAL MEMORY (VM) BOOTAugust 2023November 2024Allow1600NoNo
18363102INFERRING THE STATE OF A WRITE-ONLY DEVICE BY MAPPING CONTROL REGISTER VALUES AND FEEDBACK SIGNAL VALUESAugust 2023April 2024Allow910YesNo
18362636Dynamic Booting Of Operating System By Designating First Base Boot Partition As Active Boot Partition Responsive To Detecting Unauthorized Attempt To Access First Encrypted FileJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18228275METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY REPAVING VIA A VIRTUAL SHAPE SHIFTER ELEMENT (vSSE) ASSOCIATED WITH A VIRTUAL APPLICANCE HOSTED ON CLOUD ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023February 2025Allow1900NoNo
18360604SYSTEM CONTEXT-CONTROLLED THIRD-PARTY FIRMWARE DISPLAY AND CONFIGURATION BY PARSING PRE-BOOT FIRMWARE APPLICATION BASED ON VIRTUAL FORMS REPRESENTATION (VFR)July 2023August 2025Allow2510NoNo
18353861HIBERATE (HIB8) EXIT TIME FOR UNIVERSAL FLASH STORAGE (UFS) DEVICES BY MONITORING WHEN TO ENABLE OR DISABLE LOW POWER STATES WITHOUT WAITING ON SQUELCH DETECTIONJuly 2023August 2025Allow2520YesNo
18222257APPLICATION AND RELATED OBJECT SCHEMATIC VIEWER FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION CHANGE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENTJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18217847Demo Application Downloaded Through Connection Comprises Operating-system-type Program Corresponding To Demo Program Identity CodeJuly 2023January 2026Allow3120NoNo
18344377AUTOMATED BOOT IMAGE CONFIGURATION AND BOOTING VIA A BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER IN RESPONSE TO AN UNSOLICITED BOOT IMAGEJune 2023November 2025Allow2920YesNo
18339017SYSTEM METHOD FOR FRACTIONAL SECURE BOOT BY VALIDATING SECURE ENCLAVE USING INSTRUCTIONS OF PRE-DRIVERS STORED IN MEMORY BY MANUFACTURERJune 2023February 2025Allow2000NoNo
18338308DATA MIGRATION SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS USING A MANIFEST FROM A SOURCE DEVICE TO A NEW DESTINATION DEVICEJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18257961Intrusion Anomaly Monitoring Analysis Device In Vehicle Environment That Detects And Responds To Secure Boot Processing TamperingJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18268157Method For Displaying Content By Determining Content To Be Displayed Associated With Related Content And Displaying Content In Application Program In Quick ApplicationJune 2023July 2025Allow2520NoNo
18206045ROUTING NETWORK USING GLOBAL ADDRESS MAP WITH ADAPTIVE MAIN MEMORY EXPANSION FOR A PLURALITY OF HOME AGENTSJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18326405GENERATING FILESYSTEM IMAGES WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER REGISTRIES HAVING CONTAINER RUNTIME TO INITIATE THE FIRST CONTAINER IMAGEMay 2023August 2025Allow2720YesNo
18317877CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR QUALITY MEASURES AND RELATED THERAPY ACTIONS FOR AN AUTOMATED THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEMMay 2023January 2024Allow910YesNo
18197248MANAGING A CONTAINERIZED SERVICE USING A SYSTEM MANAGER AND A DEPLOYMENT ENGINE INDICATING AN OPERATIONAL STATUS OF THE ONE OR MORE CONTAINERSMay 2023November 2025Allow3020NoNo
18315669METHOD FOR ORDER-PRESERVING EXECUTION OF WRITE REQUEST AND NETWORK DEVICEMay 2023September 2024Allow1710YesNo
18313374MEMORY DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MEMORY MACROS WRITE OPERATIONS AT RE-ARRANGED TIME INTERVALSMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18142461APPLICATION PROFILES IN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS (ECU)May 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18297075Electronic Control Unit (ECU) Program For Determining Real Time POST Startup Software Version Inconsistency After Software UpdateApril 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18295649PEN/TOUCH TABLET COMPUTER HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATION MODES AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATION MODESApril 2023January 2025Allow2120YesNo
18122162AUTOMATIC DRIFT DETECTION OF CONFIGURATIONS OF A SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER THAT ARE MANAGED ACCORDING TO A DESIRED STATEMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010YesNo
18118964SENSOR MODEL SUPERVISOR FOR TEMPORARY REDUCTIONS IN FLUID DELIVERY BY A FLUID DELIVERY DEVICEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18025093SYSTEM METHOD FOR VEHICLE BOOTLOADER IMAGE AUTHENTICATION USING RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR WITH CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH VALUESMarch 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18109401Device Customization While Remaining In An Integral Outer Package Using NFC or RFID To Update Or Upgrade Firmware Prior To Initial Power-UPFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3230YesNo
18041400BIOS SAFE MODE UPDATE WITH SECURE AUTHENTICATION WHEN IMPLEMENTING MODIFIED BIOS OR ORIGINAL BIOSFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18099014DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCESSIBLE MEMORIES OF MULTIPLE PROCESSORS INCORPORATED IN COARSE-GRAINED RECONFIGURABLE (CGR) ARCHITECTURE WITHIN HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING SYSTEM USING ONE MEMORY TO MEMORY TRANSFER OPERATIONJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010YesNo
18098446METHOD FOR SECURE, EFFICIENT STARTUP OF HYPER-CONVERGED SYSTEMS USING HYBRID CENTRALIZATIONJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2410NoNo
18149782SYSTEM, DEVICE AND/OR METHOD FOR SERVICING REDIRECTED MEMORY ACCESS REQUESTS USING DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS SCATTER AND/OR GATHER OPERATIONSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18089748NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DATA MOVING METHOD USING DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS APPARATUSDecember 2022October 2024Allow2110YesNo
18090358SYSTEM METHOD FOR IMPROVING READ COMMAND PROCESS TIMES IN SOLID-STATE DRIVES (SSD) BY HAVING PROCESSOR SPLIT-UP BACKGROUND WRITES BASED ON DETERMINED COMMAND SIZEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720YesNo
18012423CONTROLLING STARTUP OF HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD) BY LOCKING INITIALIZATION OF SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE (SCSI) STATE(S) USING AN OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) NEGOTIATION PROCESSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18086488DISAGGREGATED MEMORY SERVER HAVING CHASSIS WITH A PLURALITY OF RECEPTACLES ACCESSIBLE CONFIGURED TO CONVEY DATA WITH PCIE BUS AND PLURALITY OF MEMORY BANKSDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410YesNo
18064778Security Configurations in Page Table Entries for Execution DomainsDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18064121USING A HARDWARE SEQUENCER IN A DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS SYSTEM OF A SYSTEM ON A CHIPDecember 2022October 2024Allow2220NoNo
17991509CUSTOMIZING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENT USE TYPES USING A MACHINE-TRAINED MODEL FOR GENERATING AND THE MODIFYINGNovember 2022August 2025Allow3310YesNo
17990264Automatically Deployed Information Technology (IT) System and MethodNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610YesNo
17990169MEMORY CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT INTERRUPT SIGNAL IF VOLATILE MEMORY HAS NO DATA CORRESPONDING TO ADDRESS REQUESTED FROM SOURCENovember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
18056309MANAGEMENT OF EDGE COMPUTING NODES IN PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT (PXE) HAVING UNIQUE MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS WITH TARGETED INSTALLATION OF EDGE NODENovember 2022March 2024Allow1600YesNo
18054492REMOTE ACCESS SOLUTION FOR COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK (CXL) MEMORY INTERFACE CONFIGURED TO SEND INFORMATION REGARDING A CAPACITY, A LATENCY, OR BANDWIDTH OF MEMORY VIA INTERFACENovember 2022November 2025Allow3640YesNo
18054056Memory Channels Calibration During Boot Wherein Channels Are Calibrated In Parallel Based On IdentiferNovember 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
18053170BARE METAL WITH CONVERGED NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC) WITH AUTOMATED IMAGE QUALIFICATION SERVICE WITHIN INFRASTRUCTURE AS SERVICE (IaaS) ENVIRONMENTNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410YesNo
17979422SELECTIVE BOOT SEQUENCE CONTROLLER THAT CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY VALIDATING CODE PACKAGE FOR RESILIENT STORAGE MEMORYNovember 2022December 2023Allow1410YesNo
17977326Method For Adjusting Computing Device Based On Data Fusion By Obtaining Operational Health Performance Metrics and Contemporaneous Situational Sensor Data Associated With the Set Of DevicesOctober 2022July 2025Allow3320YesNo
18048588OUTPUT IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION, AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410YesNo
17958825METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR MANAGING OUTPUT OF AN HDMI SOURCEOctober 2022November 2023Allow1310YesNo
17945673METHOD FOR AN INTERNAL COMMAND FROM A PLURALTIY OF PROCESSING CORES WITH MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM THAT CACHE IDENTIFIERS FOR ACCESS COMMANDSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17940696SECURELY ARMING A MEMORY DEVICE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION BY IMPLEMENTING A SELF-DESTRUCTION COUNTDOWN TIMER USING A BATTERY BACKED REAL-TIME CLOCKSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17940475SIZING SERVICE FOR CLOUD MIGRATION AWAY FROM ONLY CLOUD STORAGE AND BACK TO ON-SITE COMPUTING STRATEGYSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17822473Direct Memory Access (DMA) Controller Issues Memory Access Requests Whereas Memory Locations Having Addresses Which Are Offset Amounts Relative to Destination Template AddressAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17897064MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD BASED ON QUAD-SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE (SPI) CONTROLLER WITH EXTERNAL MEMORY SYSTEM BASED ON SPI STANDARDAugust 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17895921METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL COMPUTING CONFIGURATION FOR EXECUTING COMPUTING OPERATIONAugust 2022November 2023Allow1400YesNo
17885143OPERATIONAL CODE STORAGE FOR AN ON-DIE MICROPROCESSORAugust 2022December 2023Allow1610YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PEYTON, TAMMARA R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
51.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
16
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(31.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(68.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
47.6%
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, 31.2% 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 PEYTON, TAMMARA R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PEYTON, TAMMARA R works in Art Unit 2184 and has examined 752 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PEYTON, TAMMARA R's allowance rate of 93.8% places them in the 81% 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 PEYTON, TAMMARA R receive 1.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 16% 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 PEYTON, TAMMARA R is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PEYTON, TAMMARA R. This interview benefit is in the 19% 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, 32.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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 59.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 90.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 68% 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 78.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 63.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 41.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 33% 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 2.3% of allowed cases (in the 76% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.