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
18651439MEDICAL DEVICE UPDATE SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
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
18461122EMOTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
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
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
18345005METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE POWER UTILIZATION USING AN ALTERNATIVE POWER CONVERTER WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPDATESJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18268055Operating System Update Method, Electronic Device, and Storage MediumJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18210055TREE-BASED MERGE CONFLICT RESOLUTION WITH MULTI-TASK NEURAL TRANSFORMERJune 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18334935CROSS-LAYER POWER OPTIMIZATION OF PROGRAM CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE ARCHITECTUREJune 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18207305METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO PROCESS COMMENTSJune 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18324615INLINE COMPILATION OF USER DEFINED FUNCTIONSMay 2023February 2025Allow2120NoNo
18319339DOMAIN SPECIFIC INLINING FOR INTERPRETERSMay 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18317999METHOD TO PRIORITIZE THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE LIBRARIES UPDATESMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18308570AUTOMATED PROGRAM CONVERSION FOR HETEROGENEOUS AND FAAS COMPUTING WITH MINIMAL HUMAN INTERVENTIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18250794DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE INTEGRATED ONGOING LEARNING FOR ASSISTED CODE REMEDIATIONApril 2023January 2025Allow2100NoNo
18138330CODE EXECUTION TRACE GENERATION WITH PRE-TRAINED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELApril 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18304480CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DESIGN ENVIRONMENTApril 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18302237MACHINE LEARNING TO EMULATE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSApril 2023January 2025Allow2110NoNo
18299791PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURE FOR SECURE SYSTEM RESETApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18130373ARITHMETIC ENHANCEMENT OF C-LIKE SMART CONTRACTS FOR VERIFIABLE COMPUTATIONApril 2023December 2024Allow2020YesNo
18295140GENERATING AND PRESENTING TRANSITIVE CLOSURES FOR AN OPERATING SYSTEMApril 2023April 2025Allow2510YesNo
18188078CODE REFACTORING ENERGY MANAGEMENTMarch 2023May 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18121709COMPILATION TECHNIQUE FOR SURFACE CODE ARCHITECTUREMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210YesNo
18122060SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UNATTENDED TEST EXECUTION BASED ON IMPACTED APPLICATION CODEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18122004MULTI-TENANT JAVA AGENT INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2430YesNo
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
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
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
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
18067625DEDUPLICATION OF SHARED DEPENDENCIES IN MICRO FRONTENDSDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18079587OTA UPDATE APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022July 2024Allow1900NoNo
18063534DETERMINATION OF SCHEMA COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN NEIGHBORING OPERATORS WITHIN A SEARCH QUERY STATEMENTDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
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
17980437MODELING FOREIGN FUNCTIONS USING EXECUTABLE REFERENCESNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510YesNo
17922374PROGRAM CREATION ASSISTANCE DEVICEOctober 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
18045045ORCHESTRATION OF COMPUTATIONS USING A REMOTE REPOSITORYOctober 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17935275AUTOMATIC CANARY DEPLOYMENTS WITH STATIC ANALYSIS AND CODE INSTRUMENTATIONSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
17913884IOS APPLICATION PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110YesNo
17934482CARD SOLVER COMPILER PARSINGSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910NoNo
17949390METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING STATIC ANALYSIS ALARMS BASED ON SEMANTICS OF CHANGED SOURCE CODESeptember 2022June 2024Allow2010NoNo
17944907EXTENSIBLE SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE COMPUTING PLATFORMSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210YesNo
17823621INLINE COMPILATION OF USER DEFINED FUNCTIONSAugust 2022March 2023Allow610NoNo
17880119AUTOMATED MACHINE DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIGURATIONAugust 2022March 2024Allow1920NoNo
17875502CONFIGURING COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK (CXL) ATTRIBUTES FOR BEST KNOWN CONFIGURATIONJuly 2022May 2024Allow2100NoNo
17875118METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UPGRADING VIRTUAL SYSTEMJuly 2022July 2024Allow2420YesNo
17875218FIRMWARE-OVER-THE-AIR (FOTA) UPDATE FOR WIRELESS DEVICES IN AN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) NETWORKJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110NoNo
17870420ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE, AND CONTROLLER THAT CONTROLS ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLEJuly 2022June 2024Allow2310NoNo
17793007PROGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3140NoNo
17861578SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPDATE OF MOTOR-DRIVEN POWER STEERING SOFTWAREJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110NoNo
17857703EFFICIENTLY DELIVERING FIRMWARE TO BE INSTALLED IN A PLURALITY OF REMOTELY LOCATED ENGINE-CONTROL COMPUTERSJuly 2022March 2024Allow2000NoNo
17839265IMPACTLESS FIRMWARE UPDATEJune 2022March 2024Allow2110YesNo
17783530VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHODJune 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17783015METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING LINUX KERNEL HOT PATCH, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17783033QUERYING DEVELOPMENT TOOLCHAIN WORK ITEMS IN BATCHESJune 2022July 2024Abandon2510NoNo
17804288OPTIMIZED RECOMPILATION USING HARDWARE TRACINGMay 2022July 2023Allow1300NoNo
17804216METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODEL DRIVEN DATA MESHMay 2022November 2023Allow1700NoNo
17825990LOAD MODULE COMPILERMay 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17747805SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COMMANDS AND DATA VIA NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED FORMATSMay 2022October 2024Allow2920NoNo
17740756AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF CODE FUNCTION AND TEST CASE MAPPINGMay 2022October 2024Allow2930NoNo
17735223HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING OF TEST CASES FOR USE IN GENERATING TESTING PLANS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSETSMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17771040NEURAL NETWORK MODEL CONVERSION METHOD SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17725779COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ACCELERATION TEST PROGRAM, ACCELERATION TEST METHOD, AND ACCELERATION TEST APPARATUSApril 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17659396UPDATE CONTROL SYSTEM, UPDATE CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEApril 2022August 2023Allow1600NoNo
17659188OUT-OF-BAND FIRMWARE UPDATEApril 2022January 2024Allow2110NoNo
17720035SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING MAPPING POLICY INTO CODEApril 2022January 2024Allow2220YesNo
17658453OTA MASTER, CENTER, SYSTEM, UPDATE METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLEApril 2022April 2024Allow2520NoNo
17715851SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMApril 2022March 2024Allow2410NoNo
17714859REBASING IMAGE LAYERS UTILISING A REPOSITORY-BASED STRATEGYApril 2022March 2024Allow2310YesNo
17713459TESTING AND DEPLOYING TARGETED VERSIONS OF APPLICATION LIBRARIES WITHIN A SOFTWARE APPLICATIONApril 2022February 2024Allow2210NoNo
17657614CODE RETRIEVAL BASED ON MULTI-CLASS CLASSIFICATIONMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17710544SERVERLESS ENVIRONMENT-BASED PROVISIONING AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810YesNo
17655981MEDICAL DEVICE UPDATE SYSTEMMarch 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17697017TECHNIQUES FOR PATCHING IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2024Allow2410NoNo
17697498PLUG-IN IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND PLUG-IN IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEMMarch 2022September 2023Allow1800NoNo
17692454CLOUD-BASED COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DESIGN ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022January 2023Allow1010NoNo
17684940METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPILER AND LOW-LEVEL INSTRUCTION VALIDATION OF MACHINE LEARNING OPERATIONS ON HARDWAREMarch 2022January 2024Allow2220NoNo
17682375ULTRA-FAST INSTALL OF COMPUTER SYSTEM SOFTWAREFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1310NoNo
17678814VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE MASTER DEVICE, AND REWRITE INSTRUCTION PROGRAM PRODUCT UNDER SPECIFIC MODEFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2310YesNo

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
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
9
(56.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(43.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
86.1%
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, 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 644 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R's allowance rate of 83.2% places them in the 51% 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 1.97 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 24 months. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +21.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R. This interview benefit is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 42.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 58% 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 70% 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 51% 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, 35.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 31% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% 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 4.9% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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:

    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

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