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
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
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
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
18534037SSD HAVING DUAL PORT MODE WHEREIN PORTS OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER VIA PORT MODE CONTROLLERDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320NoNo
18507598IMAGE DATA BASED MEDIA TYPE SELECTION BASED ON A FIRST IDENTIFIED ATTRIBUTE OF THE INITIAL IMAGE DATANovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18482165SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSULIN PUMP MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A SLIDER ASSEMBLY WHEREIN IMAGES ON DISPLAY ALLOW FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND MAGNIFYING IMAGESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
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
18370817ACCELERATED DATA PROCESSING IN SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) WITH HOST PROCESSORS AND STORAGE PROCESSING ENGINES (SPEs)September 2023March 2025Allow1820YesNo
18460374DYNAMIC I/O VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM HAVING GUEST MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR MAPPING VIRTUAL ADDRESSES USING VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) IN GUEST KERNALSeptember 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18239042ADAPTIVE INTERFACE STORAGE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE STORAGE PROTOCOLS INCLUDING SOLID STATE DRIVE STORAGE DEVICESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18448743SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION MIGRATION FOR A DOCKABLE DEVICEAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
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
18222257APPLICATION AND RELATED OBJECT SCHEMATIC VIEWER FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION CHANGE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENTJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
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
18206045ROUTING NETWORK USING GLOBAL ADDRESS MAP WITH ADAPTIVE MAIN MEMORY EXPANSION FOR A PLURALITY OF HOME AGENTSJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18317877CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR QUALITY MEASURES AND RELATED THERAPY ACTIONS FOR AN AUTOMATED THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEMMay 2023January 2024Allow910YesNo
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
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
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
17990169MEMORY CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT INTERRUPT SIGNAL IF VOLATILE MEMORY HAS NO DATA CORRESPONDING TO ADDRESS REQUESTED FROM SOURCENovember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
17990264Automatically Deployed Information Technology (IT) System and MethodNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610YesNo
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
18054056Memory Channels Calibration During Boot Wherein Channels Are Calibrated In Parallel Based On IdentiferNovember 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17979422SELECTIVE BOOT SEQUENCE CONTROLLER THAT CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY VALIDATING CODE PACKAGE FOR RESILIENT STORAGE MEMORYNovember 2022December 2023Allow1410YesNo
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
17797131USB DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SAME TO DISTINGUISH OPERATING SYSTEM OF MOBILE DEVICEAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17873352SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT SECURED STARTUP OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMSJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110NoNo
17868228BASEBOARD MEMORY CONTROLLER (BMC) RELIABILITY AVAILABLITY AND SERVICEABLILITY (RAS) DRIVER FIRMWARE UPDATE VIA BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS) UPDATE RELEASEJuly 2022February 2024Allow1900NoNo
17864512METHOD FOR PREVENTING MALICIOUS CONFIGURATIONS BY CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURING VALIDATED BOOT IMAGE USING MUTABLE COPY OF AN IMMUTABLE SET OF CONFIGURATIONSJuly 2022May 2024Allow2210YesNo
17856918SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING UNIQUE STORAGE DEVICE CONTENT USING SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) THAT CORRESPONDS TO DIFFERENT MEMORY ADDRESSESJuly 2022March 2024Allow2130YesNo
17853202BOOT METHOD FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER (BMC) AND OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) IMAGE FILE USING SHARED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY MODULEJune 2022October 2023Allow1600NoNo
17843024SUPPORTING DIFFERENT SECURITY SCHEMES AFTER POWER CYCLE WITH DIFFERENT BOOT PERSONALITIES FOR NETWORK DEVICESJune 2022September 2024Allow2720YesNo
17805892SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROLOCATION-BASED WITH TOKENIZED VIRTUAL DYNAMIC SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS (APP) EXPERIENCESJune 2022September 2024Allow2710YesNo
17805642PRE-PROCESSING OF WAVEFORM DATA USING AUTONOMOUS WAVEFORM CIRCUITRY AND RELATED APPARATUSES AND METHODSJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17832344DEVICE MAINTENANCE OF A DATA STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING WEAR LEVELLING, GARBAGE COLLECTION, OR COMBINATION THEREOFJune 2022October 2023Allow1610NoNo
17825632MEMORY DEVICE INTERFACE COMMUNICATING WITH SET OF DATA BURSTS CORRESPONDING TO MEMORY DIES VIA DEDICATED PORTIONS FOR COMMAND PROCESSINGMay 2022November 2023Allow1720NoNo
17749133PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCIE) DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SEPARATE REFERENCE CLOCK(S) OPERATING BETWEEN HOST AND DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (DMA) CONTROLLERMay 2022September 2023Allow1600YesNo
17663112CUSTOMIZABLE INITIALIZATION ORCHESTRATION MODULE PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL PREVIEW OF A GRAPHICAL STATUS SCREEN USER INTERFACEMay 2022March 2024Allow2210YesNo
17743277DISAGGREGATED MEMORY SERVER HAVING CHASSIS WITH A PLURALITY OF RECEPTABLES ACCESSIBLE CONFIGURED TO CONVEY WITH PCIE BUS AND PLURALITY OF MEMORY BANKSMay 2022September 2022Allow410YesNo
17738625RECALIBRATION OF PHY CIRCUITRY FOR THE PCI EXPRESS (PIPE) INTERFACE BASED ON USING A MESSAGE BUS INTERFACEMay 2022June 2023Allow1310YesNo
17729520HOST DEVICE CONNECTED TO SLAVE DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM WHEREIN VOLTAGE LEVELS ARE DRIVEN HIGH OR LOW BASED ON A PLURALITY OF CLOCK SIGNALSApril 2022February 2024Allow2210NoNo
17728597SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENTApril 2022November 2024Allow3120YesNo
17722854DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS USING JOINT TEST ACTION GROUP (JTAG) CELLS ADDRESSINGApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17659034BIOS NVRAM STORAGE EXTENSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE AND SEAMLESS ACCESS FOR VARIOUS BOOT ARCHITECTURESApril 2022March 2024Allow2310NoNo
17681932METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A RUNNING SOFTWARE SERVICE THROUGH A SOFT REBOOT OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) KERNELFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2710YesNo
17673487INTEGRATED THERMAL SOLUTION TO ENABLE OPERATION OF EMBEDDED PROCESSORS IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURESFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4010NoNo
17670646SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSULIN PUMP MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A SLIDER ASSEMBLY WHEREIN IMAGES ON DISPLAY ALLOW FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND MAGNIFYING IMAGESFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17668052HUB FOR MULTI-CHIP SENSOR INTERFACE SYSTEM AND REAL TIME ENVIROMENTAL CONTEXT MAPPER FOR SELF-DRIVING CARSFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2200NoNo
17591977IMAGE DATA BASED MEDIA TYPE SELECTION BASED ON A FIRST IDENTIFIED ATTRIBUTE OF THE INITIAL IMAGE DATAFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17649498Orchestrating Multiple Runtime Engines In Single Environment, Involves Executing Second Runtime Engine Simultaneously With First Runtime Engine To Generate Dashboard Graphical User InterfaceJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
17589737BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS) - IDENTIFIED MEMORY SIZE AND NODE ADDRESS RANGE MIRRORING SYSTEMJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1620YesNo
17589758INTEGRATED CIRCUIT I/O INTEGRITY AND DEGRADATION MONITORINGJanuary 2022May 2023Allow1510NoNo
17567609PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCIe) DEVICE METHOD FOR DELAYING COMMAND OPERATIONS BASED ON GENERATED THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS INFORMATIONJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3321YesNo
17646254AUTOMOTIVE BOOT OPTIMIZATION BY UTILIZING MULTIPLE PHASES OF BOOT-UP PROCEDURESDecember 2021August 2023Allow2000NoNo
17645687DATA DEFRAGMENTATION FOR A SYSTEM BOOT PROCEDURE HAVING RANDOM INDEXES INDICATING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEQUENTIAL LOGICAL ADDRESSES AND RANDOM LOGICAL ADDRESSESDecember 2021August 2023Allow1900NoNo
17558738Automatically Deployed Information Technology (IT) System and MethodDecember 2021June 2022Allow610YesNo
17554479METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS FOR SYSTEM ON CHIP PERFORMING READ OR WRITE OPERATIONSDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17554370EMBEDDED MMC DEVICE WITH SECURE BOOT UPDATES BY LOADING GOLDEN BOOT IMAGE FROM WRITE-PROTECTED PARTITION AND VALIDATING SELF-RECOVERY USING PUBLIC KEYDecember 2021April 2024Allow2810NoNo
17644715SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SYSTEM EXECUTABLES WITH INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS (IHS)December 2021September 2023Allow2100NoNo
17551853MOUNTING POSITION OF NVME OR SATA ON A BACKPLANE USING BAY SLOT IDDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510YesNo
17543136SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION MIGRATION FOR A DOCKABLE DEVICEDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17457599INLINE ENCRYPTION OF PACKET DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021December 2022Allow1200YesNo
17539214Display Port (DP) Sink Device Having Main PHY Circuit With Plurality Of DP Connectors And Plurality Of AUX PHY Circuits Coupled To Subsidiary Link CircuitDecember 2021June 2024Allow3120NoNo
17518859DYNAMIC I/O VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM HAVING GUEST MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR MAPPING VIRTUAL ADDRESSES USING VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) IN GUEST KERNALNovember 2021May 2023Allow1910NoNo
17518770OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER USING HISTORY TABLE, AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE STORAGE CONTROLLERNovember 2021November 2023Allow2410YesNo
17518863Security Of Dynamic I/O Virtualization System Having A Bidirectional Extended Hybrid Address Space (EHAS) For Allowing Host Kernel To Access Guest MemoryNovember 2021June 2023Allow2000YesNo
17517895REAL TIME DATABASE BACKUP STATUS INDICATION AND RESTORENovember 2021March 2023Allow1610YesNo
17515976DMA ENGINES CONFIGURED TO PERFORM FIRST PORTION DATA TRANSFER COMMANDS WITH A FIRST DMA ENGINE AND SECOND PORTION DATA TRANSFER COMMANDS WITH SECOND DMA ENGINENovember 2021January 2024Allow2610YesNo

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
50.2%
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
45.3%
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, 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 824 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PEYTON, TAMMARA R's allowance rate of 94.3% places them in the 83% 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 1.22 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 22 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PEYTON, TAMMARA R. This interview benefit is in the 16% 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, 32.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 62% 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 60.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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 66% 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 67% 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, 40.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 40% 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 1.8% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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.