USPTO Examiner LEE MARINA - Art Unit 2192

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18780334Machine Learning-Based Universal Software Component IdentificationJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18648583NESTED LOOP CONTROLApril 2024February 2025Allow1000NoNo
18641166FACILITATING UPDATES TO DATA PIPELINES USING MODULARLY-GENERATED PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC DATA PIPELINE PORTIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18418074CONFIGURATION PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT FOR SOFTWAREJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18400756DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SERVERLESS ENVIRONMENTDecember 2023June 2024Allow500NoNo
18534678ROBUST OVER THE AIR REPROGRAMMINGDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18522526FIRMWARE COMPONENT WITH SELF-DESCRIPTIVE DEPENDENCY INFORMATIONNovember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18512518AUTOMATIC CODE GENERATION OF OPTIMIZED RTL VIA REDUNDANT CODE REMOVALNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18497854GENERATING A PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC DATA PIPELINE VIA A LOW CODE TRANSFORMATION LAYER SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18379266SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURING A LEGACY APPLICATION CODE AND A METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18480461CONTROL METHOD OF AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18369347REMOVING REDUNDANT CODESeptember 2023January 2025Allow1600NoNo
18466089SIGNED SWI CONTAINING SIGNED EXTENSIONS FOR DYNAMIC INSTALLATIONSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18461558SHRINKING FILES BASED ON FUNCTION ANALYSISSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18547873PROGRAM ANALYZING APPARATUS, PROGRAM ANALYZING METHOD, AND TRACE PROCESSING ADDITION APPARATUSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1600NoNo
18236357DEPLOYING IMMUTABLE IMAGE SOFTWARE ONTO BRANCH RETAIL DEVICESAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18366029Method and System for Generating Desired States for Edge SitesAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18360091Determining Correct Base Images for Custom ImagesJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18360162OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FROM NEIGHBORING HOSTS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18359843GENERATING A PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC DATA PIPELINE VIA A LOW CODE TRANSFORMATION LAYER SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2023October 2023Allow210NoNo
18221488ENHANCED CLOUD-COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT DEPLOYMENTJuly 2023November 2024Allow1600NoNo
18217475SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING UNTOUCHED SOURCE CODE SEGMENTS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS USING HARDWARE ASSISTANCEJune 2023December 2024Allow1800NoNo
18215564SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTAINER IMAGE UPGRADEJune 2023April 2025Allow2110YesNo
18338023Shared Compilation Cache Verification SystemJune 2023May 2024Allow1110YesNo
18209228INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR SOFTWARE TESTING AUTOMATIONJune 2023April 2025Allow2210YesNo
18204437REFINING SOFTWARE PACKAGE INSTALLATION PROCESSES USING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT FILESJune 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18204675DEFINING AND EXECUTING A SECTION OF CODE FOR AN INTERPRETED SOFTWARE LANGUAGEJune 2023November 2024Allow1800NoNo
18326886Securing Serverless Computing Workloads in a Cold StartMay 2023April 2025Allow2200NoNo
18320190DYNAMIC PARTITION CUSTOMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICEMay 2023December 2024Allow1900NoNo
18314523METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING CACHED BUILDS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTMay 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18308228TECHNIQUES FOR TEST AUTOMATION PORTALS FOR BEHAVIOR-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTApril 2023November 2024Allow1800NoNo
18307257ATTESTATION OF OPERATIONS BY TOOL CHAINSApril 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18139234CONSIDERING DIFFERENCES OF SOFTWARE IMAGES DURING SOFTWARE IMAGE DISTRIBUTION USING PATCHESApril 2023June 2025Allow2520YesNo
18136202Creating and Using Native Virtual Probes in Computing EnvironmentsApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18296288NEGATIVE NUMBERING TO LOG WEB SERVICE UPDATE ATTEMPTSApril 2023October 2024Allow1800NoNo
18129288CODE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON AN INFORMATION-ENHANCED DIFFUSION MODELMarch 2023September 2024Allow1800NoNo
18124543GENERATING A PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC DATA PIPELINE VIA A LOW CODE TRANSFORMATION LAYER SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2023June 2023Allow300NoNo
18123689DOCUMENTATION ENFORCEMENT DURING COMPILATIONMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320NoNo
18171094SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1220YesNo
18111423INCREMENTAL STACK WALKINGFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1900NoNo
18110412AUTONOMOUS RELEASE MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1930YesNo
18164389Client Application with Embedded ServerFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1520YesNo
18103010CONFIGURATION PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT FOR SOFTWAREJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810YesNo
18150579CONFIGURING AN INSTALLATION OF A SOFTWARE PROGRAM USING A MODEL TRAINED BASED ON INFORMATION FROM A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2320YesNo
18092519NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING ENGINE FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF SOURCE CODE DISCREPANCIESJanuary 2023June 2025Allow3020NoNo
18089413Methodology for constructing statically reconfigurable soft-processor cores for hardware acceleration of algorithmsDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18064620SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CODE DUPLICATION IN CODEBASESDecember 2022July 2024Allow2010YesNo
18077109METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MEMORY USAGEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
18075174TESTING SOFTWARE CHANGES AND DETERMINING A REPEATABILITY OF SOFTWARE TESTSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1600NoNo
18074994CODE REVIEW COMMENT GENERATION VIA RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED TRANSFORMER WITH CHUNK CROSS- ATTENTIONDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010YesNo
18073859SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OFFLOADING AND MIGRATING MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER FUNCTIONALITIES USING CONTAINERIZED SERVICES AND APPLICATION THEREOFDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710NoNo
18070730DYNAMIC AUTOMATION OF PREREQUISITE COMPONENT DEPLOYMENT IN DISCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2022March 2024Allow1530NoNo
18058035LAZY EVALUATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN POLICY BASED ON TRANSPARENCY LOG ATTESTATIONSNovember 2022March 2024Allow1600NoNo
17970821INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MAPOctober 2022July 2024Allow2100NoNo
18048734SHRINKING EXECUTABLE FILES BASED ON FUNCTION ANALYSISOctober 2022June 2023Allow710YesNo
18046181CHECK DEPENDENCY AND SETUP WITH METAPROGRAMMING FOR LOW-CODE AND NO-CODE DEVELOPMENTOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17935645SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING NVMe SSD REBOOTLESS FIRMWARE UPDATESSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17951928SMART IMAGE REGISTRIES FOR DYNAMIC IMAGE GENERATIONSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17947064AUTOMATING INTERACTIONS FOR HEALTH DATA COLLECTION AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENTSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17942239NESTED LOOP CONTROLSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1500NoNo
17900237DERIVING A CONTAINER FROM A PACKAGE SETAugust 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17900210SOFTWARE TOOL INTEGRATIONAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17898013VIRTUAL RESTRUCTURING FOR PATCHING COMPRESSED DISK IMAGESAugust 2022November 2023Allow1400NoNo
17892754Incremental Image Import Process for Supporting Multiple Upstream Image RepositoriesAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17882697ON-DEMAND DECENTRALIZED COLLECTION OF CLINICAL DATA FROM DIGITAL DEVICES OF REMOTE PATIENTSAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17880388SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DEAD CODE ANALYSISAugust 2022September 2023Allow1300NoNo
17869848REVOKED FIRMWARE ROLLBACK PREVENTIONJuly 2022May 2025Allow3430NoNo
17861351Creating and Using Native Virtual Probes in Computing EnvironmentsJuly 2022January 2023Allow610NoNo
17854441METHOD FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE VERSIONS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE(S) IN A VEHICLE AND RELATED DEVICEJune 2022May 2024Allow2220NoNo
17851923AUTOMATED CONTAINER SIZE REDUCTIONJune 2022January 2024Allow1910YesNo
17851649GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SECOND PROCESSING OPERATIONS, AND SERVICE PROVISION DEVICE USING SAMEJune 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17836581SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARRAY STRUCTURE PROCESSINGJune 2022April 2023Allow1100NoNo
17835121MACHINE LEARNING MODEL REPRESENTATION AND EXECUTIONJune 2022December 2022Allow600NoNo
17745527METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR OPERATING SYSTEM IMAGE INSTALLATION BASED ON DECOUPLED ARCHITECTUREMay 2022March 2024Allow2210YesNo
17744504VALIDATION OF DESIRED SOFTWARE STATE IMAGE FOR HARDWARE INCOMPATIBILITIESMay 2022January 2023Allow910YesNo
17740828COMPILER-INITIATED TILE REPLACEMENT TO ENABLE HARDWARE ACCELERATION RESOURCESMay 2022August 2023Allow1520YesNo
17774523Method and System for Running an Identity and Access Management SystemMay 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17729297OVER-THE-AIR (OTA) MASTER, CENTER, SYSTEM, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLEApril 2022February 2025Allow3430NoNo
17725421DESIRED STATE MODEL FOR MANAGING LIFECYCLE OF VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWAREApril 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17722496MOBILE AS A BANKING GATEWAY FOR SMART APPLIANCES WITH FUTURE NETWORKSApril 2022December 2023Allow2000NoNo
17703758USING CLUSTERS TO CREATE TEST INSTANCESMarch 2022April 2024Allow2510NoNo
17696687ROBUST OVER THE AIR REPROGRAMMINGMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810YesNo
17695895CONTROL AND RECONFIGURATION OF DATA FLOW GRAPHS ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17652808UPDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2310NoNo
17679547CENTER, UPDATE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2010NoNo
17677539PROGRAM UPDATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOVING BODY FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AND PROGRAM UPDATE MANAGEMENT METHODFebruary 2022August 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17672063AUTOMATED UPDATES TO CODE DEPLOYMENT PIPELINESFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17671482APPLICATION RENDERING PLATFORMFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17650536MITIGATING INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM (IHS) STARTUP LATENCY IN HOTELING ENVIRONMENTS DUE TO DRIVER AND FIRMWARE UPDATESFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17665632OBTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FROM NEIGHBORING HOSTS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1400NoNo
17587845ENHANCED CLOUD-COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT DEPLOYMENTJanuary 2022February 2023Allow1300NoNo
17581404SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING FIRST PARTY DATA FROM ONE OR MORE SOFTWARE TOOLSJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1720NoNo
17581570SPARSE PROGRAMMING IMAGE VALIDATIONJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310YesNo
17648516SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPARE MODULES FOR THE COMMON CODE, REMOVE THE REDUNDANCY AND RUN THE UNIQUE WORKFLOWSJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2120YesNo
17579480TAGGING PACKAGES IN AN APPLICATION ECOSYSTEMJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500NoNo
17576407DECOUPLING LOOP DEPENDENCIES USING BUFFERS TO ENABLE PIPELINING OF LOOPSJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1400NoNo
17575513DATA MODEL FOR A CLOUD APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SERVICEJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
17570353CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2620NoNo
17563598MODEL DRIVEN STATE MACHINE TRANSITIONS TO CONFIGURE AN INSTALLATION OF A SOFTWARE PROGRAMDecember 2021October 2022Allow900NoNo
17554485Shared Compilation Cache Verification SystemDecember 2021March 2023Allow1500NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
4
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
30.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
29
Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(51.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(48.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
83.1%
Higher 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, 51.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner LEE, MARINA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, MARINA works in Art Unit 2192 and has examined 576 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, MARINA's allowance rate of 89.2% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, MARINA receive 1.55 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 39% 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 LEE, MARINA 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 +8.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, MARINA. This interview benefit is in the 43% 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, 34.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 40.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 111.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 27.3% 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, 42.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% 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 4.3% of allowed cases (in the 88% 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 8.9% of allowed cases (in the 87% 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • 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.

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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.