USPTO Examiner ST LEGER GEOFFREY R - Art Unit 2192

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19215045GENERATING, MANAGING, AND ORGANIZING PERSISTED DATA ELEMENTS BASED ON ONE OR MORE STATES OF AN AGENTMay 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
18651439MEDICAL DEVICE UPDATE SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18436064UPDATING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD REQUIREMENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510YesNo
18405699COMPILE-TIME LINK TYPE OBJECT MANAGEMENTJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18402045AUTOMATIC FIRMWARE UPDATINGJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510YesNo
18395939LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED SOFTWARE REVERSE ENGINEERING ASSISTANTDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510YesNo
18532191REAL-TIME VALIDATION OF MICROCODE UPDATESDecember 2023January 2026Allow2600NoNo
18529314VERSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INTERFACESDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18525598SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED COMPUTING ON DIGITAL AND QUANTUM COMPUTERSNovember 2023January 2026Allow2520NoNo
18511714UPDATE CONTROL SYSTEM, UPDATE CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICENovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18489900SEMI-DECLARATIVE METHOD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT AND ACCESS CONTROLOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18485125OPTIMIZED RECOMPILATION USING HARDWARE TRACINGOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18481916NOTEBOOK FOR NAVIGATING CODE USING MACHINE LEARNING AND FLOW ANALYSISOctober 2023May 2025Allow1920YesNo
18479770ADAPTIVE SEARCH-BASED ALLOCATION OF COMPUTATIONS TO SYNCHRONIZED, INTERCONNECTED PROCESSING ELEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING NETWORKSOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18470855DYNAMIC EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF COMPUTER CODESeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18468048DIFFERENTIAL CONFIGURATION UPDATES FOR MOBILE DEVICESSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18368266AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF CHANGED PERMISSIONS FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES FOR WORK CONTAINER INSTANCES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTEDSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18282162CODE DEPLOYMENTSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18461122EMOTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18455284CLOUD NATIVE AUTO-LABELING SYSTEM TO TRAIN CODE GENERATION MODELSAugust 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18235461GRAPH PATH PREDICTION AND MASKED LANGUAGE MODELLING JOINT TRAINING ALGORITHM FOR LANGUAGE MODELSAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18235134SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTABLE GRAPH-BASED MODEL OWNERSHIPAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18446566Generate Program Directives Using Beam Search Guided by Neural Network Cost ModelAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18231473FIRMWARE UPLOAD USING BLE CONNECTION TO BLUETOOTH MESH FIRMWARE DISTRIBUTOR NODEAugust 2023August 2025Allow2410NoNo
18231575GENERATION OF SERVICE-LEVEL OBJECTIVE SPECIFICATIONS USING JAVA ANNOTATIONAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18365347INTELLIGENT GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ESTIMATES FOR APPLICATION OF UPDATES TO A COMPUTING DEVICEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1920YesNo
18356702AUTOMATIC LABELING OF DATA BY AN ENTITY GATHERING THE DATAJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18224364AUTOMATED TESTING PLATFORM FOR TESTING MULTIPLE DEVICESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1200NoNo
18219935DETECTING AN ERROR IN AN UPDATED SOFTWARE PACKAGE BY AUTOMATICALLY REBUILDING RELATED DOWNSTREAM PRODUCTSJuly 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18346326FAST MEMORY MAPPED IO SUPPORT BY REGISTER SWITCHJuly 2023August 2025Allow2610YesNo
18345005METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE POWER UTILIZATION USING AN ALTERNATIVE POWER CONVERTER WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPDATESJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18345925AUTOMATED ERROR TROUBLESHOOTING VIA GENERATIVE AI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANTJune 2023September 2025Allow2710YesNo
18214627AUTOMATED SOFTWARE TESTING USING CHAOS ENGINEERINGJune 2023September 2025Allow2710YesNo
18341808SERVER, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SOFTWARE UPDATE METHODJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18340563EVALUATION OF A PRIVACY INCIDENT RISK IN COMPUTER CODEJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18339744AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING HUMAN LANGUAGE CODE DESCRIPTIONSJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18338863PROTECTION, OBFUSCATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF BINARY EXECUTABLES USING RECOMPILATIONJune 2023August 2025Allow2520YesNo
18268055Operating System Update Method, Electronic Device, and Storage MediumJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18334935CROSS-LAYER POWER OPTIMIZATION OF PROGRAM CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE ARCHITECTUREJune 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18210055TREE-BASED MERGE CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITH MULTI-TASK NEURAL TRANSFORMERJune 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18208969COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE USE OF STORED SPECIFICATION PARTSJune 2023August 2025Allow2620NoNo
18207305METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO PROCESS COMMENTSJune 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18327209AUTOMATIC ONBOARD VALIDATION OF A NEWLY TRAINED VEHICLE MACHINE LEARNING MODELJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18324615INLINE COMPILATION OF USER DEFINED FUNCTIONSMay 2023February 2025Allow2120NoNo
18319339DOMAIN SPECIFIC INLINING FOR INTERPRETERSMay 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18318715SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ONE OR MORE APPLICATIONSMay 2023July 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18317999METHOD TO PRIORITIZE THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE LIBRARIES UPDATESMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18197008STATION DEVICE ON WHICH CORDLESS VACUUM CLEANER IS DOCKED AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF THE STATION DEVICEMay 2023February 2026Allow3320YesNo
18311574ONLINE IN-VEHICLE LEARNING FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMay 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18250794DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE INTEGRATED ONGOING LEARNING FOR ASSISTED CODE REMEDIATIONApril 2023January 2025Allow2100NoNo
18308570AUTOMATED PROGRAM CONVERSION FOR HETEROGENEOUS AND FAAS COMPUTING WITH MINIMAL HUMAN INTERVENTIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18138330CODE EXECUTION TRACE GENERATION WITH PRE-TRAINED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELApril 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18304480CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DESIGN ENVIRONMENTApril 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18137335CODE ENERGY EFFICIENCYApril 2023July 2025Allow2720YesNo
18303504EXECUTION OF A CONDITIONAL STATEMENT BY AN ARITHMETIC AND/OR BITWISE UNITApril 2023September 2025Allow2920YesNo
18302237MACHINE LEARNING TO EMULATE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSApril 2023January 2025Allow2110NoNo
18135566SOFTWARE UPDATES IN A NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICEApril 2023January 2026Allow3320YesNo
18299791PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURE FOR SECURE SYSTEM RESETApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18295140GENERATING AND PRESENTING TRANSITIVE CLOSURES FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEMApril 2023April 2025Allow2510YesNo
18130373ARITHMETIC ENHANCEMENT OF C-LIKE SMART CONTRACTS FOR VERIFIABLE COMPUTATIONApril 2023December 2024Allow2020YesNo
18193244AGENTLESS GITOPS AND CUSTOM RESOURCES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ORCHESTRATION AND MANAGEMENTMarch 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18188078CODE REFACTORING ENERGY MANAGEMENTMarch 2023May 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18186368PATCHING FOR CLOUD-BASED 5G NETWORKSMarch 2023August 2025Allow2920YesNo
18122004MULTI-TENANT JAVA AGENT INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2430YesNo
18121709COMPILATION TECHNIQUE FOR SURFACE CODE ARCHITECTUREMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210YesNo
18122060SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UNATTENDED TEST EXECUTION BASED ON IMPACTED APPLICATION CODEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18180689Autonomous Software Testing AgentMarch 2023May 2025Allow2610YesNo
18118807SOURCE CODE-BASED DETERMINATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WEB ELEMENTS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF A WEB APPLICATIONMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410YesNo
18178484SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF BUILDING BLOCKS IN A DEVICE APPLICATIONMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18117300METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPILER GENERATED EXTERNAL STRATEGIESMarch 2023October 2025Allow3150NoNo
18117170SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME BINARY ANALYSIS WITH HOT PATCHING OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERSMarch 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18177752AUTOMATION ADJUSTMENT OF SOFTWARE CODE FROM CHANGES IN REPOSITORYMarch 2023March 2025Allow2420YesNo
18176607TRACE-BASED SURVEY FOR PULL REQUEST WORKFLOWMarch 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18116112LENSES WITH PORTABLE BINARY CODEMarch 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18175778Automation Controller For Upgrading An IT InfrastructureFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2110NoNo
18173927SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE CONNECTION ISSUESFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18113679MANAGEMENT DATA REWRITE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING MANAGEMENT DATA REWRITE SYSTEMFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18113000ORCHESTRATION OF A PATTERN-BASED CONFIGURABLE PROCESS SEQUENCEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010YesNo
18112354METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACTIONABLE CORRECTIONS TO AND CODE REFACTORING OF EXECUTABLE CODEFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2110NoNo
18108835Unified Operating System for Distributed ComputingFebruary 2023November 2024Abandon2110NoNo
18041114METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND MAINTENANCEFebruary 2023March 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18104317ANALYZING OPERATIONAL EVENTS OCCURRING DURING OPERATION OF A TECHNICAL INSTALLATIONFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18157990Predictive Dead Store EliminationJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18099585AUTOMATIC MACHINE DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2410NoNo
18155939Source code conversion from an original computer programming language to a target programming languageJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18153551OPERATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHODJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18094670MEMBER INVOCATION DECLARATIVE INTERCEPTIONJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
18146031SOFTWARE CHANGE ANALYSIS AND AUTOMATED REMEDIATIONDecember 2022October 2024Allow2120YesNo
18003048METHOD OF TESTING SOFTWAREDecember 2022May 2025Abandon2920NoNo
18084683SECURED INSTANT INSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONSDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18067625DEDUPLICATION OF SHARED DEPENDENCIES IN MICRO FRONTENDSDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18079775USER INTERFACE FOR FORMAL VERIFICATION OF COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH A COMPILER ARCHITECTUREDecember 2022August 2025Allow3220YesNo
18079587OTA UPDATE APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022July 2024Allow1900NoNo
18063534DETERMINATION OF SCHEMA COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN NEIGHBORING OPERATORS WITHIN A SEARCH QUERY STATEMENTDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18060368SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS FOR ERRORS IN LOG FILES OBTAINED FROM EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2022December 2025Allow3620NoNo
18070835METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INSTALLATION OF APPLICATION PROGRAMNovember 2022May 2025Allow2930NoNo
18070269SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INSTANT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL WITHIN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2022April 2024Abandon1610NoNo
17925041INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION PACKAGE MANAGEMENTNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17982700CONTROL DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT METHODNovember 2022August 2025Allow3320YesNo
17980437MODELING FOREIGN FUNCTIONS USING EXECUTABLE REFERENCESNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
4
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(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
9
(56.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(43.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
87.2%
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, 56.2% 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 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 ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R works in Art Unit 2192 and has examined 539 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R's allowance rate of 81.1% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R receive 2.14 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% 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 ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +28.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R. This interview benefit is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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 41.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 71% 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 70.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% 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, 35.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

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.