USPTO Examiner SLACHTA DOUGLAS M - Art Unit 2193

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18845712METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPATIBILITY OF SDK WITH ACCESS APPLICATIONNovember 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18820979DETERMINISTIC REPLAY OF RECORDED USER INTERACTION AND EXECUTED EVENTSAugust 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18748002AUTOMATICALLY VARYING SYSTEM CLOCKS TO SIMULATE TEST ENVIRONMENTS FOR APPLICATION TRIGGERS GENERATED USING MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18648118VISUAL TESTING ISSUE REPRODUCTION BASED ON COMMUNICATION OF AUTOMATED WORKFLOWApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18642641AUTO-REGRESSIVE NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS WITH A SOFT ATTENTION MECHANISM USING SUPPORT DATA PATCHESApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18433574DEVELOPMENT TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18420515APPLICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEMPLATE MANAGEMENT TO EASILY CREATE SECURE APPLICATIONS FOR ENTERPRISESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18381935SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING PRODUCTION INSIGHTS IN GENERATIVE AI MODELSOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18377023GUI Generation SystemOctober 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18372340METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AS A VIRTUAL CONTROL DEVICE ON A SIMULATOR, AND CORRESPONDING SIMULATORSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18282486Software Composition Analysis on Target Source CodeSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18465575SYMBOL-MATCHING BETWEEN SOFTWARE VERSIONSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18354605SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SLOT MACHINE GAME DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GAME PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYTICS SYSTEMSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710NoNo
18354594SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SLOT MACHINE GAME DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING PROGRAMMING RELATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GAME DESIGN SYSTEMSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710NoNo
18354505SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SLOT MACHINE GAME DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING SPECIALIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GAME DESIGN SYSTEMSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18345015VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18214966BUSINESS EVENT AUGMENTERJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18211858SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STABLE DEPLOYMENTS TO MAINFRAME ENVIRONMENTSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18333116TOKENIZED MOBILE DEVICE UPDATE SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18201724SYSTEMS USING COMPUTATION GRAPHS FOR FLOW SOLVERSMay 2023February 2025Allow2120NoNo
18313490Engineering Station and Method for Diagnosing a User ProgramMay 2023November 2024Allow1800NoNo
18309341DEEP LEARNING MODEL INFERENCE FOR DYNAMIC INPUT SHAPESApril 2023November 2024Allow1900NoNo
18307654AUTOMATED UPDATE NOTIFICATION OF TASKS TOOLApril 2023January 2025Allow2100NoNo
18302138Dynamic response generation based on an anomaly associated with a software applicationApril 2023March 2025Allow2300NoNo
18297414DETECTING ANOMALIES USING REAL-TIME CONTROLLER PROCESSING ACTIVITYApril 2023April 2025Abandon2420YesNo
18029127METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUALIZED VEHICLE STRUCTURE-BASED SYSTEMMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18183515OPTIMIZING NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURES FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMSMarch 2023April 2024Allow1311NoNo
18110873AUTOMATED PROGRAM REPAIR USING STACK TRACES AND BACK TRANSLATIONSFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18161425APPLICATION MODULE VERSION MANAGEMENTJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1520YesNo
18094230PIPELINE RELEASE VALIDATIONJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1620NoNo
18010014CODE CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920NoNo
18009967SOFTWARE UPDATE GATEWAY AND METHOD FOR UPDATING SOFTWARE OF IOT DEVICEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1600NoNo
18056660SYSTEM, DEVICE AND/OR METHOD FOR UPDATING VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSNovember 2022June 2024Allow1900NoNo
18054001AUTOMATED DEVELOPER CONFIGURATION TOOLNovember 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
18054013Creation of a performance-optimized image of a serverNovember 2022June 2024Allow1910YesNo
18048756SYMBOL-MATCHING BETWEEN SOFTWARE VERSIONSOctober 2022June 2023Allow810YesNo
17964349METADATA COMPARISON OF APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) PAYLOADSOctober 2022July 2024Allow2210YesNo
17964237Machine Learning Model for Determining Software Defect CriticalityOctober 2022August 2024Allow2320YesNo
17959612PAUSING AUTOMATIC SOFTWARE UPDATES OF VIRTUAL MACHINESOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510NoNo
17952671CODE MAINTENANCE SYSTEMSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110YesNo
17945376CONDITIONING AUTOREGRESSIVE LANGUAGE MODEL TO IMPROVE CODE MIGRATIONSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo
17930248MODULAR SOFTWARE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17903496TRANSFORMATION TEMPLATES TO AUTOMATE ASPECTS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMINGSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17899509Quantum Random Self-Modifiable ComputerAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17898949SOFTWARE BILL OF MATERIALS HANDSHAKE FOR CLOUD-BASED CODE EXECUTIONAugust 2022February 2025Allow2920YesNo
17820723HOT UPDATES TO CONTROLLER SOFTWARE USING TOOL CHAINAugust 2022January 2023Allow500NoNo
17887542System and Method for Real-Time Configuration AnalysisAugust 2022July 2024Abandon2310NoNo
17885672BUILDING A PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES DATA STRUCTUREAugust 2022December 2022Allow400NoNo
17868789METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE POINT-OF-SALES APPLICATIONJuly 2022July 2024Allow2410NoNo
17868912DEVELOPMENT TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKJuly 2022December 2023Allow1700NoNo
17863727OPTIMIZED DEPLOYMENT OF UPDATES ACROSS COMPUTING SYSTEMS CONNECTED TO A WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)July 2022June 2024Abandon2310NoNo
17863667Virtual-Reality Artificial-Intelligence Multi-User Distributed Real-Time Test EnvironmentJuly 2022October 2023Allow1500NoNo
17864381NATURAL LANGUAGE CODE AND COMMENT COMPLETION GENERATORJuly 2022April 2025Allow3320YesNo
17862458VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMJuly 2022August 2023Allow1420NoNo
17848566SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF SOURCE CODE MODIFICATION BASED ON HISTORICAL SOURCE CODE MODIFICATIONSJune 2022June 2024Allow2430YesNo
17839510DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC UPGRADE FUNCTION AND AUTOMATIC UPGRADE METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMJune 2022June 2024Allow2510NoNo
17833721METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC WINDOWS TRAFFIC IN EMULATION SYSTEMSJune 2022October 2024Allow2820YesNo
17833778APPLICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE TEMPLATE MANAGEMENT TO EASILY CREATE SECURE APPLICATIONS FOR ENTERPRISESJune 2022October 2023Allow1600NoNo
17826918PROVIDING ACCESS TO HISTORICAL METADATA FOR SOFTWARE REPOSITORIESMay 2022April 2024Allow2310YesNo
17664858SPLITTING VECTOR PROCESSING LOOPS WITH AN UNKNOWN TRIP COUNTMay 2022August 2024Allow2710YesNo
17746725METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CROSS-BROWSER USER INTERFACE TESTINGMay 2022July 2024Allow2610NoNo
17663439CENTER, OTA MASTER, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLEMay 2022August 2024Allow2720YesNo
17745303DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPDATE OF VEHICLEMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17741613MERGING CODE THROUGH MULTIPLE RELEASE BRANCHESMay 2022February 2025Allow3430YesNo
17661995AUTOMATED APPLICATION SERVICE DEPLOYMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTSMay 2022November 2024Allow3130YesNo
17732382MINIPROGRAM CLASSIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022November 2024Allow3110YesNo
17730904AUTOMATIC CORRECTNESS VALIDATION OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSApril 2022September 2023Allow1700NoNo
17725876SEAMLESS FIRMWARE UPDATE MECHANISMApril 2022September 2024Allow2820NoNo
17660092MICROCONTROLLER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FUNCTION TO A COMPUTER PROGRAMApril 2022February 2025Allow3440YesNo
17724546VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMApril 2022August 2023Allow1510YesNo
17714000VEHICLE SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITYApril 2022August 2024Allow2820NoNo
17707813PERSONALIZED MEDICINE AND THERAPIES PLATFORMMarch 2022November 2022Allow710NoNo
17706781SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED COMPONENT-LEVEL DETECTION IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022May 2024Allow2610NoNo
17703691HYPERVISOR-MANAGED LINEAR ADDRESS TRANSLATION AND MEMORY INTEGRITYMarch 2022June 2025Allow3910YesNo
17654256IN-BAND INSTANTIATION CONFIGURATION FOR APPLICATION WORKLOADSMarch 2022April 2024Allow2520YesNo
17690288BUILD-INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING CUSTOM ADAPTERSMarch 2022June 2023Allow1600NoNo
17653599SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURATION DRIVEN INTEGRATION OF SERVICES IN BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS AGNOSTIC OF WORKFLOW SYSTEMSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3710NoNo
17679517AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF A CLOUD INTEGRATION ADAPTER FROM A STANDARD, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-AGNOSTIC INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17679747SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OFFLINE OVER THE AIR (OTA) PROGRAMMING OF APPLIANCESFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3020NoNo
17591940Representing Source Code as Implicit Configuration ItemsFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2930YesNo
17586944AUTOMATIC EXTRACT, TRANSFORM AND LOAD ACCELERATOR FOR DATA PLATFORM IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3530YesNo
17586226SAFE CRITICAL SECTION OPERATIONS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH VIRTUAL CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT OVERCOMMITJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3710YesNo
17580499CODE MANAGEMENT CROSS-SUPPORT AND SYNCHRONIZATIONJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3620YesNo
17577542Method and Apparatus for Codifying User Experience Designs and Managing the Codified User Experirence DesignsJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1700NoNo
17646040BSIDIFF DELTA UPGRADE IN EXTERNAL STORAGEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3020NoNo
17557402MANAGEMENT METHOD, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMDecember 2021September 2023Allow2020NoNo
17645128METHOD FOR MODIFYING BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM OF SERVERDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17554488COLLABORATIVE WORK IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM PROJECTSDecember 2021October 2023Allow2210NoNo
17546033IMPLEMENTATION OF OBJECT VERSIONING AND CONSISTENCY AT SCALEDecember 2021June 2025Allow4210NoNo
17543340TENANT CONFIGURATION SUPPORTING DYNAMIC APPLICATION CUSTOMIZATIONDecember 2021December 2023Allow2410NoNo
17542314CONFIGURATION-DRIVEN DATA CONVERSION AND HOSTING FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2021June 2023Allow1900NoNo
17540053SOFTWARE TOOL QUALIFICATION FOR SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMSDecember 2021December 2024Allow3630YesNo
17537301DATA PLANE PROGRAM VERIFICATIONNovember 2021March 2023Allow1610NoNo
17613518REGRESSION TESTING OF APPLICATIONS BASED ON SOURCE CODE CHANGE LOCATIONS AND SOURCE CODE TEST LOCATIONSNovember 2021January 2024Abandon2510NoNo
17528592SYSTEMATIC INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE EXTENSIONSNovember 2021June 2023Allow1900NoNo
17609985METHODS CONCERNING ONGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCERNovember 2021November 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17521093System and Method for Automated Application TestingNovember 2021January 2023Allow1510YesNo
17517817HOT UPDATES TO CONTROLLER SOFTWARE USING TOOL CHAINNovember 2021May 2022Allow610YesNo
17517207SOFTWARE VALIDATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESNovember 2021December 2022Allow1410NoNo
17513844INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE (IAC) PRE-DEPLOYMENT ANALYSIS VIA A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELOctober 2021April 2024Allow2920YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.0%
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, 50.0% 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

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

Examiner SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M works in Art Unit 2193 and has examined 371 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M's allowance rate of 84.9% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 51% 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 SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M 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 +10.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M. This interview benefit is in the 46% 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, 30.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 28.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 32.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 25% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.