USPTO Examiner WEI ZHENG - Art Unit 2192

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17133491SOFTWARE UPGRADE STABILITY RECOMMENDATIONSDecember 2020March 2024Allow3920YesNo
17126640SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKBENCHDecember 2020April 2023Allow2810YesNo
16952453CAPTURING TRANSITION STACKS FOR EVALUATING SERVER-SIDE APPLICATIONSNovember 2020April 2023Allow2920YesNo
17094741AUTOMATED TESTING OF MOBILE DEVICES USING VISUAL ANALYSISNovember 2020February 2024Allow3930YesNo
17085898MANAGING ALERT MESSAGES FOR APPLICATIONS AND ACCESS PERMISSIONSOctober 2020June 2023Allow3220YesNo
17081590METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PARTIAL PERSONALIZATION DURING APPLICATION UPDATEOctober 2020March 2023Allow2900YesNo
17077742SELECTION OF COMPUTER SYSTEM DEPLOYMENTS TO MOCK FOR TESTINGOctober 2020March 2023Allow2820YesNo
17070244DIAGNOSING ERRORS IN DATA STORAGE AND ARCHIVING IN A CLOUD OR NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTOctober 2020July 2023Abandon3300NoNo
17036918AUTOMATED TESTING OF SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSSeptember 2020January 2024Allow3930YesNo
17022493INTELLIGENT SERVICES AND TRAINING AGENT FOR APPLICATION DEPENDENCY DISCOVERY, REPORTING, AND MANAGEMENT TOOLSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2800YesNo
17000349SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING SOURCE CODEAugust 2020July 2023Abandon3500NoNo
16939271AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING WEATHER DATA DURING ENGINEERING TESTSJuly 2020August 2023Allow3620YesNo
16912445BYTECODE TRANSFORMATIONS USING VIRTUAL ARTIFACTSJune 2020February 2024Allow4420YesNo
16839915INTELLIGENT APPLICATION SCENARIO TESTING AND ERROR DETECTIONApril 2020April 2024Allow4830YesNo
16832838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MODIFIED APPLICATIONS FOR CONCURRENT TESTINGMarch 2020July 2023Allow4020YesNo
16823393IDENTIFYING FLAWED DEPENDENCIES IN DEPLOYED APPLICATIONSMarch 2020July 2023Allow4030YesNo
16822668TECHNIQUES TO DEPLOY AN APPLICATION AS A CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICEMarch 2020November 2021Allow2020YesNo
16809993INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING AND COMPILING QUERY LANGUAGE SCHEMAS FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACESMarch 2020August 2022Allow2920YesNo
16779365SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUZZING TEST ORCHESTRATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJanuary 2020April 2023Allow3810YesNo
16724977ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME SOFTWAREDecember 2019January 2023Allow3710YesNo
16720927ACTIVE DRIVE APIDecember 2019January 2021Allow1310YesNo
16704925SOFTWARE DIAGNOSTIC CONTEXT SELECTION AND USEDecember 2019March 2024Allow5220YesYes
16619449SCHEME FOR TEST AUTOMATIONDecember 2019January 2023Allow3820YesNo
16618402CONTAINER DOCKERFILE AND CONTAINER MIRROR IMAGE QUICK GENERATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSDecember 2019March 2023Allow3920YesNo
16501486DATA INTEGRITY ANALYSIS TOOLNovember 2019February 2023Allow3920YesNo
16677474Methods and Systems for Identifying, Handling, and Debugging a Hung ThreadNovember 2019April 2022Allow3030YesNo
16668969AUTOMATING INTEGRATION TEST CASES BY RESOLVING TEST CASE DEPENDENCIESOctober 2019June 2022Allow3210YesNo
16567993CONVERGENCE AMONG CONCURRENTLY EXECUTING THREADSSeptember 2019April 2022Allow3210YesNo
16567897SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSTING MULTIPLE FIRMWARE IMAGESSeptember 2019August 2022Abandon3540NoNo
16521161AUTOMATED GENERATION AND CONSISTENCY CHECKING OF SOFTWARE OBJECTSJuly 2019October 2021Allow2610YesNo
16514741CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT IN SEGREGATED COMPUTER NETWORKSJuly 2019August 2021Allow2510YesNo
16459211FIELD PROPERTY EXTRACTION AND FIELD VALUE VALIDATION USING A VALIDATED DATASETJuly 2019January 2021Allow1910YesNo
16457251SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION EXCEPTION HANDLINGJune 2019January 2022Allow3140YesNo
16454611INTELLIGENT SERVICES AND TRAINING AGENT FOR APPLICATION DEPENDENCY DISCOVERY, REPORTING, AND MANAGEMENT TOOLJune 2019June 2020Allow1200NoNo
16455380Machine-Assisted Quality Assurance and Software ImprovementJune 2019August 2022Abandon3840YesNo
16453014CHAT BOT DIAGNOSTIC VISUALIZATIONJune 2019January 2023Allow4320YesNo
16446905SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING FUNCTIONAL TESTINGJune 2019October 2020Allow1610YesNo
16441635METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ENTERPRISE SYNTHETIC MONITORING FRAMEWORKJune 2019September 2022Allow3940YesNo
16442042WATCHER: PRECISE AND FULLY-AUTOMATIC ON-SITE FAILURE DIAGNOSISJune 2019November 2022Allow4110YesNo
16424028SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE BUILD FILE ANALYTICSMay 2019June 2021Allow2420YesNo
16419210UPGRADE OF A SOFTWARE PRODUCTMay 2019March 2022Allow3430YesNo
16411250MANAGING SOFTWARE PROGRAMSMay 2019February 2021Allow2120YesNo
16410033SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKBENCHMay 2019September 2020Allow1610YesNo
16408074MACHINE LEARNING BASED TEST CASE PREDICTION AND AUTOMATION LEVERAGING THE HTML DOCUMENT OBJECT MODELMay 2019March 2022Allow3510YesNo
16394513TECHNIQUES TO DEPLOY AN APPLICATION AS A CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICEApril 2019December 2019Allow800NoNo
16393505SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING SOFTWARE FOR VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2019April 2022Allow3620YesNo
16374140PRESENTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CODE ENTITY INVOCATIONSApril 2019June 2020Allow1410YesNo
16354868OPTIMIZING UPDATES TO DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING APPLICATIONSMarch 2019August 2021Allow2930YesNo
16289454VIRTUAL REALITY CAPTURE AND REPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2019October 2021Abandon3220NoNo
16327112INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2019July 2021Abandon2920NoNo
16272408Preinstalled Application Management Method for Mobile Terminal and Mobile TerminalFebruary 2019April 2021Allow2620YesNo
16271182AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AND HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HISTORIC TRACESFebruary 2019May 2021Allow2820YesNo
16262766METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PARTIAL PERSONALIZATION DURING APPLICATION UPDATEJanuary 2019July 2020Allow1810YesNo
16242414SOURCE CODE SIMILARITY DETECTION USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINTSJanuary 2019April 2021Allow2720YesNo
16240612CODE ANALYTICS AND PUBLICATION PLATFORMJanuary 2019June 2021Allow3030YesNo
16224581DEBUGGING RULES BASED ON EXECUTION EVENTS STORED IN AN EVENT LOGDecember 2018June 2021Allow3030YesNo
16221726CONTENT DEVELOPMENT DEVICEDecember 2018April 2022Allow3930YesNo
16309620AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING A TRACE STREAM INDICATIVE OF INSTRUCTION EXECUTION BY PROCESSING CIRCUITRYDecember 2018March 2021Allow2730YesNo
16213858SYSTEM FOR FEDERATED GENERATION OF USER INTERFACES FROM A SET OF RULESDecember 2018September 2021Allow3320YesNo
16134910BACKGROUND FIRMWARE UPDATESeptember 2018June 2023Abandon5740YesYes
16133438SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFLOW APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIS)September 2018November 2020Allow2620YesNo
16129520ACTIVE DRIVE APISeptember 2018May 2021Allow3240YesNo
16083977TEST SELECTION DEVICESeptember 2018April 2022Abandon4330NoNo
16081830TERMINAL DEVICE AND SOFTWARE REWRITING PROGRAMAugust 2018June 2021Abandon3310NoNo
16029372CACHE-BASED TRACING FOR TIME TRAVEL DEBUGGING AND ANALYSISJuly 2018June 2021Allow3540YesNo
15918708NON-MONOTONIC EVENTUAL CONVERGENCE FOR DESIRED STATE CONFIGURATIONMarch 2018September 2020Allow3020YesNo
15753255GENERATING A COMBINED ENTITY WORKFLOWFebruary 2018February 2021Allow3630YesNo
15888599INTEGRATED NOTE-TAKING FUNCTIONALITY FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM ENTITIESFebruary 2018May 2021Allow3940YesNo
15749657SELECTIVE APPLICATION TESTINGFebruary 2018March 2020Allow2520YesNo
15749032FIRMWARE UPDATE OF AN INTERCONNECT DEVICEJanuary 2018March 2022Allow4960YesYes
15746439A method of refactoring Android applications for smart watchesJanuary 2018January 2020Abandon2320NoNo
15738874DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS INTO A DISTRIBUTED TIME-CONTROLLED REAL-TIME SYSTEMJanuary 2018April 2020Allow2830YesNo
15836971COGNITIVE IN-MEMORY API LOGGINGDecember 2017July 2020Allow3250YesNo
15822996METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION OPTIMIZATIONS IN A COMPILER BASED ON A POLYHEDRAL REPRESENTATIONNovember 2017April 2021Allow4130YesNo
15822805METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING IMPACT OF SOFTWARE CHANGENovember 2017October 2020Abandon3430NoNo
15821646SCHEDULING FIRMWARE OPERATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSNovember 2017March 2021Abandon4040NoNo
15819958INTELLIGENT CODE QUALITY MONITORINGNovember 2017November 2019Allow2420YesNo
15818558CUSTOMIZABLE PROJECT AND HELP BUILDING INTERFACES FOR DEPLOYABLE SOFTWARENovember 2017September 2019Allow2120YesNo
15816377SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CODE FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING UNITSNovember 2017July 2020Allow3230YesNo
15806288PREDICTION MECHANISM FOR SUBROUTINE RETURNS IN BINARY TRANSLATION SUB-SYSTEMS OF COMPUTERSNovember 2017September 2019Allow2220YesNo
15786344EFFICIENT MEANS TO TEST SERVER GENERATED APPLICATIONS ON MOBILE DEVICEOctober 2017September 2020Allow3540YesNo
15729159DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING FIRMWARE UPDATE TIME AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DEVICEOctober 2017August 2020Allow3530YesNo
15557927DATA COPYINGSeptember 2017December 2021Allow5150YesYes
15700412Cognitive In-Memory API LoggingSeptember 2017June 2020Allow3350YesNo
15700330INTRODUCING ARTIFACT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2017July 2020Allow3440YesNo
15700852METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REUSING A REFINEMENT FILE IN COVERAGE GRADINGSeptember 2017April 2019Allow1920YesNo
15701105VISUALISATION FOR GUIDED ALGORITHM DESIGN TO CREATE HARDWARE FRIENDLY ALGORITHMSSeptember 2017February 2020Abandon2920NoNo
15700435SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND EXECUTING AUTOMATED TEST CASESSeptember 2017September 2019Abandon2420NoNo
15556214INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE UPDATE METHODSeptember 2017June 2020Allow3440YesNo
15555643FLOW CONTROL FOR LANGUAGE-EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTING ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITSSeptember 2017April 2019Allow1920YesNo
15555675SYSTEM DESIGN SUPPORTING DEVICE, SYSTEM DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD, AND SYSTEM DESIGN SUPPORTING PROGRAMSeptember 2017July 2019Abandon2220YesNo
15687757NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINALAugust 2017March 2021Allow4350YesNo
15641903APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY EXTENSION METHOD, APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY EXTENSION PROGRAM, AND APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY EXTENSION APPARATUSJuly 2017August 2020Abandon3740NoNo
15637432Impact Analysis-Based Task Redoing Method, Impact Analysis Calculation Apparatus, and One-Click Resetting ApparatusJune 2017November 2018Allow1710YesNo
15630551Updating Software Packets in Water Installation Controlling ApparatusJune 2017December 2019Abandon2930YesNo
15630322DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMJune 2017January 2022Abandon5530YesYes
15628332SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT TO NETWORK DEVICES IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS WITH DATA CONTROL POLICIESJune 2017August 2019Abandon2620YesNo
15628054SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CODE CALCULATION AND AN AUTOMATED CODE CALCULATION METHODJune 2017January 2019Abandon1910YesNo
15626830AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MICROSERVICES BASED ON TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF LEGACY CODEJune 2017December 2019Allow3030YesNo
15623667COMPATIBLE DICTIONARY LAYOUTJune 2017October 2019Allow2830YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
19
(86.4%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(13.6%)
Reversal Percentile
25.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 13.6% 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
62
Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(30.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
43
(69.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
47.9%
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, 30.6% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner WEI, ZHENG - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WEI, ZHENG works in Art Unit 2192 and has examined 495 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WEI, ZHENG's allowance rate of 76.4% places them in the 44% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WEI, ZHENG receive 2.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 69% 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 WEI, ZHENG is 43 months. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +40.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WEI, ZHENG. This interview benefit is in the 86% 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, 27.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 34.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 54% 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, 72.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% 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 66.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 29.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 16% 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 6.5% of allowed cases (in the 89% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.
  • 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.