Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17129370 | AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION OF COMPUTER CODE | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120747 | OPTIMIZING DEVICE UPDATE SCHEDULING | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251216 | SUPPORT DEVICE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROADCAST SOFTWARE UPDATES | December 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17111528 | ONLINE PROGRAM UPDATING METHOD | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17108318 | APPLICATION PROGRAM UPDATING METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, MEDIUM AND DEVICE | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17054647 | METHODS, WIRELESS MODULES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SERVER DEVICES | November 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17093697 | VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM, DATA RELAY DEVICE, CAMPAIGN INFORMATION DELIVERY CONTROL METHOD, AND CAMPAIGN INFORMATION DELIVERY CONTROL PROGRAM | November 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17081173 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLICATION INTEGRATION AND MACROSYSTEM AWARE INTEGRATION | October 2020 | February 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17077307 | METHOD FOR PATCHING AND UPDATING ENCRYPTED DISK IMAGES IN A RELIABLE AND SECURE FASHION | October 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17074356 | PRIORITIZED NON-ACTIVE MEMORY DEVICE UPDATE | October 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17069402 | LEARNING-BASED AUTOMATION MACHINE LEARNING CODE ANNOTATION IN COMPUTATIONAL NOTEBOOKS | October 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17038044 | STATIC CODE ANALYSIS TOOL AND CONFIGURATION SELECTION VIA CODEBASE ANALYSIS | September 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17036440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CLIENT TO SERVER DEPLOYMENT VIA AN ONLINE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM | September 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17029567 | SOFTWARE PATCH APPLICATION AND TESTING OPTIMIZATION | September 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17028468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING HARDWARE COMPLIANCE | September 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17023873 | RELAY DEVICE AND EXTERNAL DEVICE | September 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17017813 | FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD AND FIRMWARE UPDATING SYSTEM | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17009562 | HARDENING OF RULE DATA OBJECT VERSION FOR SMART DEPLOYMENT | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17004192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RUNTIME PERFORMANCE AFTER APPLICATION UPDATE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16987305 | UPGRADING METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16940898 | EARLY SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR MULTI-TENANT INTEGRATION SERVICE | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16937351 | DETERMINE ERRORS AND ANOMALIES IN A FLOW PROCESS INTEGRATION INSTANCE THAT INTEGRATES SERVICES | July 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16936056 | ENABLING AGILE FUNCTIONALITY UPDATES USING MULTI-COMPONENT APPLICATION | July 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16947075 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION PLUG-IN DISTRIBUTION | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16921685 | PROGRAMMABLE INTERFACE TO IN-MEMORY CACHE PROCESSOR | July 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16903493 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | June 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16903061 | RELIABLE FEATURE GRADUATION | June 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16898305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING DOMAIN-BASED TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE | June 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16895187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16888223 | AUTOMATED TESTING OF BACKUP COMPONENT UPGRADES WITHIN A DATA PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT | May 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16883646 | GREEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION | May 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16882121 | MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY USING OBJECT-ORIENTED CONFIGURATION DATA | May 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16877165 | SPOOFING STATEFUL DEPENDENCIES DURING SOFTWARE TESTING | May 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16761352 | PROGRAM UPDATING DEVICE, PROGRAM UPDATING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM UPDATING METHOD | May 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16858105 | MANAGING INSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE | April 2020 | November 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16855565 | GENERATION OF MICROSERVICES FROM A MONOLITHIC APPLICATION BASED ON RUNTIME TRACES | April 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16851793 | DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT DEPLOYMENT FOR MULTIPLE DEVELOPER TYPES | April 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16834437 | REDUCING FIRMWARE SIZE AND INCREASING FIRMWARE PERFORMANCE | March 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16818316 | CONFIGURING FIRMWARE FOR A TARGET DEVICE | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16811996 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE UPDATING | March 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16793777 | MODEL-BASED DIFFERENCING TO SELECTIVELY GENERATE AND DEPLOY IMAGES IN A TARGET COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16794084 | APPLICATION DOWNTIME REDUCTION USING DETACHED MODE OPERATION DURING OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATES | February 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16788721 | FLAW HANDLING SYSTEM, AND HANDLING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR FLAW HANDLING SYSTEM | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16788269 | CONTAINER UPDATE SYSTEM | February 2020 | August 2020 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16743775 | WEB SERVICE TEST AND ANALYSIS PLATFORM | January 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16733725 | SOFTWARE DEPENDENCY AND COMPLIANCE | January 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16732808 | MAINTENANCE OF FAST-CHANGING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | January 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16732268 | DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS PATCHING SYSTEM | December 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16719534 | AUTOMATED USAGE DRIVEN ENGINEERING | December 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16715647 | SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16714040 | Installing Patches During Upgrades | December 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16711326 | Enhanced Performance Testing Script Conversion | December 2019 | September 2021 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16691972 | SOFTWARE UPDATE COMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT | November 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16680800 | Data Loss Machine Learning Model Update | November 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16678665 | BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FIRMWARE UPDATE | November 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16673690 | DATA UPDATING SYSTEM, EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA UPDATING METHOD | November 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16672223 | HYDRATION OF APPLICATIONS | November 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16670682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTRAINDICATING FIRMWARE AND DRIVER UPDATES | October 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16663884 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMANCE TESTING | October 2019 | May 2021 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16599154 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16598137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SOFTWARE PRODUCT INSTALLATION INSTANCES | October 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16597796 | MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORT SOFTWARE UPDATES | October 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16594799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEBUGGING DEVICES | October 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16590914 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING FUNCTIONALITIES OF A FIELD DEVICE | October 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16588554 | AUTOMATED SELECTION OF SOFTWARE IMAGES FOR NETWORK DEVICES | September 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16584852 | INTERACTIVE WORKFLOW GENERATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT | September 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16580672 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING PARADIGM | September 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16580804 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE UPDATE OF DISCRETE COMPONENTS OF FIRMWARE | September 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16577439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING OF A VIRTUAL MAINFRAME TEST ENVIRONMENT | September 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16556569 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE FIRMWARE UPDATE USING REST OVER IPMI INTERFACE FIRMWARE SHELL UTILITY | August 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16556495 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE FIRMWARE UPDATE USING REST OVER IPMI INTERFACE FIRMWARE UPDATE MODULE | August 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16553419 | SOURCE CODE COMPILER SYSTEM | August 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16553393 | METHOD FOR COMPILING CONCISE SOURCE CODE | August 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16550649 | LOW-POWER DEVICE RECOVERY USING A BACKUP FIRMWARE IMAGE | August 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16549518 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CLIENT TO SERVER DEPLOYMENT VIA AN ONLINE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM | August 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16517786 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | July 2019 | August 2021 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16516005 | FAULT RESISTANT 24x7 TOPOLOGY FOR BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM | July 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16515547 | OPTIMIZING MANAGED RUNTIME APPLICATIONS FOR SERVERLESS ENVIRONMENTS | July 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16503723 | SOFTWARE VERSION DETERMINATIONS BASED ON RELEASE NOTES AND SUPPORT FILE | July 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16449114 | Test Case Reduction for Code Regression Testing | June 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16443392 | INTERACTIVE CODE OPTIMIZER | June 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16436599 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND DEBUGGING PROCESS FLOWS | June 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16410778 | ANALYZING TIME-SERIES DATA IN AN AUTOMATED APPLICATION TESTING SYSTEM | May 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16410274 | PERMISSIONS FOR A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE | May 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16398125 | PROVISIONING A CLIENT DEVICE WITH A MULTI-COMPONENT APPLICATION | April 2019 | March 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16398103 | ENABLING AGILE FUNCTIONALITY UPDATES USING MULTI-COMPONENT APPLICATION | April 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16378353 | CALLABLE NOTEBOOK FOR CLUSTER EXECUTION | April 2019 | February 2020 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16376917 | PREDICTING DOWNTIMES FOR SOFTWARE SYSTEM UPGRADES | April 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16370780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION PLUG-IN DISTRIBUTION | March 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16370819 | METHOD FOR PATCHING AND UPDATING ENCRYPTED DISK IMAGES IN A RELIABLE AND SECURE FASHION | March 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16283931 | Install File Size Optimization and Installation Verification System | February 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16282933 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY CHECKING METHOD | February 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16282153 | AUTOMATED LAYOUT TESTING FOR MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATIONS | February 2019 | September 2020 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16242544 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, PROGRAM UPDATE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PROGRAM UPDATE | January 2019 | February 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16242936 | LOGGING STORED INFORMATION FOR IDENTIFYING A FIX FOR AND/OR A CAUSE OF AN ERROR CONDITION | January 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16238824 | UTILIZATION OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOURCE CODE | January 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16239474 | DATA BREAKPOINTS ON CERTAIN KINDS OF FUNCTIONS | January 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16232998 | AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION OF COMPUTER CODE | December 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16230468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PROGRAM CODE | December 2018 | December 2019 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner THATCHER, CLINT A.
With a 50.0% 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.
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, 41.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner THATCHER, CLINT A works in Art Unit 2191 and has examined 276 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.
Examiner THATCHER, CLINT A's allowance rate of 83.0% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by THATCHER, CLINT A receive 1.58 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by THATCHER, CLINT A is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by THATCHER, CLINT A. This interview benefit is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 6.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 8% 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.
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 7% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 45.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 10.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 26.7% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 16% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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