USPTO Examiner WOOD WILLIAM C - Art Unit 2193

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18626911INTEGRATING AND CATALOGUING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR NETWORK ENVIRONMENTSApril 2024May 2025Allow1320YesNo
18589285AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API) SELECTOR FOR UNSUPERVISED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP) INTENT CLASSIFICATIONFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800YesNo
18460368Virtualizing Building Management SystemsSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200YesNo
18218268SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALENDAR SYNCHRONIZATION WITH ENTERPRISE WEB APPLICATIONSJuly 2023March 2024Allow900YesNo
18157019VISITOR STITCHING WITH DATA SCIENCE NOTEBOOKSJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2420YesNo
17933310APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610YesNo
17945154SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALENDAR SYNCHRONIZATION WITH ENTERPRISE WEB APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022March 2023Allow600NoNo
17883334DYNAMIC API GATEWAY ROUTING IN RESPONSE TO BACKEND HEALTH METRICSAugust 2022May 2024Abandon2240YesNo
17849979BLOCKCHAIN-BASED INTERACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EDGE COMPUTING SERVICEJune 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
17805870SHARING EXTENSION POINTS TO ALLOW AN APPLICATION TO SHARE CONTENT VIA A SHARING EXTENSIONJune 2022February 2025Allow3200YesNo
17804710METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMPLIANCE INDICATORS FOR API SPECIFICATIONSMay 2022March 2025Abandon3340NoNo
17664319METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE CALL MANAGEMENTMay 2022May 2025Abandon3640YesNo
17755064SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING STORAGE SPACEApril 2022June 2025Allow3810YesNo
17722600DIRECT ACCESS TO HOST MEMORY FOR GUESTSApril 2022December 2024Allow3220YesNo
17700153METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING APPLICATION SERVICE RESPONSE TIME IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310YesNo
17695851ON-BOARDING VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SERVER APPLIANCES TO BE MANAGED FROM THE CLOUDMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17693800HOST CONTAINER MOUNTINGMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000YesNo
17682172Information Management System RouterFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1100YesNo
17638394Entity and Method Performed therein for Handling Computational ResourcesFebruary 2022December 2024Abandon3410YesNo
17676577SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATED PROCESSING FOR DYNAMIC API GENERATIONFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3230YesNo
17583148PLUGGABLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR TELCO RAN TROUBLESHOOTINGJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17572671SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING DATA FROM ONE ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATION TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATIONJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2640YesNo
17561226NETWORKED PORTAL FOR MULTIDIRECTIONAL INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE UNAFFILIATED PROCESSES AND SUBSYSTEMS WITH CLIENT APPLICATIONSDecember 2021March 2025Allow3940YesNo
17561379NETWORKED PORTAL FOR MULTIDIRECTIONAL INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE UNAFFILIATED PROCESSES AND SUBSYSTEMS WITH CLIENT APPLICATIONSDecember 2021April 2025Abandon4040YesNo
17454092Virtualizing Building Management SystemsNovember 2021May 2023Allow1900YesNo
17594909SHARING AND OVERSUBSCRIPTION OF GENERAL-PURPOSE GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS IN DATA CENTERSNovember 2021August 2024Allow3410YesNo
17496024SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATCH EVALUATION PROGRAMSOctober 2021August 2024Allow3540YesNo
17491287PROACTIVE RESERVATIONS OF NETWORK ADDRESS BLOCKS FOR CLIENT-SPECIFIED OPERATION CATEGORIES AT ISOLATED VIRTUAL NETWORKSSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4110NoNo
17467704MULTI BOT ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSINGSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3330YesNo
17401137ADAPTIVE API TRANSLATORAugust 2021November 2023Abandon2820YesYes
17391912MANAGING PERIPHERALS IN A CONTAINERIZED ENVIRONMENTAugust 2021October 2024Allow3920YesNo
17384184METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE CALLS BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS APPLICATIONS AND CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERSJuly 2021August 2023Allow2510NoNo
17381799SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF INDEPENDENT PLATFORMSJuly 2021February 2025Allow4330YesNo
17378761MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2021April 2025Abandon4520YesNo
17373726EXTENDED SERVICE-PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PREDICTION RESULTS FOR EXTENDED EDUCATION CONTENTS THROUGH API ACCESS INTERFACE SERVERJuly 2021October 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17354453EFFICIENT EXECUTION OF A QUANTUM PROGRAMJune 2021April 2023Allow2210NoNo
17415874METHOD FOR ORCHESTRATING DISTRIBUTED TASK COMPLETION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKJune 2021August 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17347619MACHINE LOGIC FOR JOB MANAGEMENT BASED ON CONTEXTUAL FACTORSJune 2021March 2024Allow3310YesNo
17324885RUNTIME MAPPING OF ASYNCHRONOUS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE MESSAGING TOPICS AND SCHEMASMay 2021August 2023Allow2740YesNo
17215199INSPECTION MECHANISM FRAMEWORK FOR VISUALIZING APPLICATION METRICSMarch 2021January 2024Allow3450YesNo
17203734EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF RULE-BASED COMPUTING WORKFLOWSMarch 2021October 2021Allow710YesNo
17203350SERVERLESS FUNCTION MATERIALIZATION THROUGH STRONGLY TYPED API CONTRACTSMarch 2021August 2024Allow4160YesNo
17177849THIRD PARTY INTEGRATION OF PLUGINS AND WIDGETSFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2910YesNo
17167726SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING LEGACY APPLICATIONS WITH SECURE MEMORY MEDIUM PORTIONSFebruary 2021July 2022Allow1820YesNo
17157644SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILESYSTEM-BASED COMPUTER APPLICATION COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2021December 2022Allow2200YesNo
17154151USER EXPERIENCE SCORING AND USER INTERFACEJanuary 2021June 2022Allow1720YesNo
17118014OPENING UNSUPPORTED FILE TYPES THROUGH REMOTING SESSIONSDecember 2020January 2024Allow3720YesNo
17247188DIALOG-STYLE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SOLUTIONDecember 2020November 2021Allow1110YesNo
16952059LATE CONNECTION BINDING FOR BOTSNovember 2020September 2024Allow4540YesNo
17089326SHARING DATA STRUCTURE VALUES BETWEEN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSNovember 2020April 2024Allow4160YesNo
17083168AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICE BOUNDARIES BASED ON SYSTEM FOCUS OPTIMIZATION USING DISTRIBUTED TRACING DATAOctober 2020March 2025Abandon5370YesNo
17024846WORKLOAD ORCHESTRATION IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2020June 2024Allow4550YesNo
17017586METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND EXECUTING SERVERLESS FUNCTIONS IN A MESSAGING SERVICESeptember 2020September 2021Allow1220YesNo
17002616SERVICE FABRICATION TOOLAugust 2020July 2023Allow3420YesNo
16941857SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONSJuly 2020April 2023Allow3310YesNo
16925112CONTEXT FRAMEWORKJuly 2020September 2022Allow2630YesNo
16960302VECTOR PROCESSING FOR RPC INFORMATIONJuly 2020December 2021Abandon1820YesYes
16913514DATA PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE FOR ANALYTICS PROCESSING STACKJune 2020September 2021Allow1520YesNo
16904774METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE CALL MANAGEMENTJune 2020February 2022Allow2010YesNo
16889613AUTOMATIC APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API) SELECTOR FOR UNSUPERVISED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP) INTENT CLASSIFICATIONJune 2020November 2023Allow4140YesNo
16768571METHOD, FUNCTION MANAGER AND ARRANGEMENT FOR HANDLING FUNCTION CALLSMay 2020April 2024Abandon4760NoNo
16761226INFORMATION INPUT METHOD AND TERMINALMay 2020May 2022Allow2530NoNo
16754494Notification Processing Method and ApparatusApril 2020September 2023Abandon4240NoYes
16825289MESSAGE BASED CODE EXECUTION USING KEY-VALUE STORAGEMarch 2020March 2022Allow2420YesNo
16821407API Notebook ToolMarch 2020August 2022Allow2940YesNo
16814583INFINITE MEMORY FABRIC STREAMS AND APISMarch 2020October 2020Allow700NoNo
16810411API ManagerMarch 2020March 2021Allow1210YesNo
16804528VISITOR STITCHING WITH DATA SCIENCE NOTEBOOKSFebruary 2020October 2022Allow3220YesNo
16799976DATA ANALYTICS FOR ADAPTIVE NETWORKSFebruary 2020November 2020Allow810NoNo
16792998Using Deep Learning Models to Obfuscate and Optimize CommunicationsFebruary 2020September 2022Allow3100YesNo
16709649SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILESYSTEM-BASED COMPUTER APPLICATION COMMUNICATIONDecember 2019September 2020Allow910NoNo
16702084REMOTE ROUTING FOR AUTOMATED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTDecember 2019February 2024Abandon5140YesYes
16605702Application Development Platform and Software Development Kits that Provide Comprehensive Machine Learning ServicesOctober 2019March 2022Allow2910YesNo
16589656SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING A PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEMOctober 2019October 2022Abandon3640NoNo
16582773EVENT MANAGEMENT IMPACT BASED ON INPUTSSeptember 2019June 2022Abandon3340YesNo
16549032PROACTIVE HIGH AVAILABILITY IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEMAugust 2019August 2021Allow2320YesNo
16520016Virtualizing Building Management SystemsJuly 2019September 2021Allow2620YesNo
16460290DISTURBANCE SETTING ADJUSTMENTJuly 2019May 2021Allow2330YesNo
16453816METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS TO SELECT CODE DATA STRUCTURE TYPESJune 2019October 2022Abandon4040YesNo
16437736MULTI EVENT NOTIFICATION FOR THE SIGHT AND HEARING-IMPAIREDJune 2019May 2023Abandon4720YesNo
16414534HIGH THROUGHPUT NEURAL NETWORK OPERATIONS USING INTER-LAYER MEMORY LAYOUT TRANSFORMATIONMay 2019September 2023Abandon5220NoNo
16408655Branch Prediction for APIsMay 2019January 2025Allow60110YesNo
16389096ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE USAGE FOR IMPROVING A COMPUTER SYSTEMApril 2019August 2022Allow4020NoYes
16376434SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ALLOCATING DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM RESOURCESApril 2019March 2021Abandon2310NoNo
16370839OPERATION-BASED EVENT SUPPRESSIONMarch 2019March 2023Allow4820YesNo
16359710SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING OR UPDATING AN API CONFIGURATIONMarch 2019May 2022Allow3740NoNo
16359421Information Management System RouterMarch 2019January 2022Allow3430YesNo
16358777COGNITIVE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE DISCOVERY FROM LEGACY SYSTEM CODEMarch 2019August 2022Abandon4140YesNo
16355718System and Method for Coordinating Use of Multiple CoprocessorsMarch 2019August 2023Allow5350YesYes
16332215CONTROLLERMarch 2019July 2022Abandon4030NoNo
16295862BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOFMarch 2019January 2022Allow3410YesNo
16295860MIDDLEWARE IN WEB FRAMEWORKMarch 2019June 2024Allow6080YesNo
16283457API NOTEBOOK TOOLFebruary 2019December 2019Allow1000NoNo
16267014AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSFORMATIONS FOR PROCESS AUTOMATIONSFebruary 2019December 2020Allow2310YesNo
16265868SCHEDULING COMPUTATION GRAPH HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTER SYSTEMFebruary 2019June 2021Abandon2920YesNo
16259595DIRECT ACCESS TO HOST MEMORY FOR GUESTSJanuary 2019December 2021Allow3500YesNo
16259590SECURE AND EFFICIENT ACCESS TO HOST MEMORY FOR GUESTSJanuary 2019March 2025Allow6080YesNo
16254079INFINITE MEMORY FABRIC STREAMS AND APISJanuary 2019November 2019Allow900NoNo
16252194Scenario Based Multiple Applications On-ScreenJanuary 2019September 2021Allow3230YesNo
16238837DATA ANALYTICS FOR ADAPTIVE NETWORKSJanuary 2019November 2019Allow1100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WOOD, WILLIAM C.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9
Examiner Affirmed
6
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
50.3%
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
20
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.1%
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

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 WOOD, WILLIAM C - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WOOD, WILLIAM C works in Art Unit 2193 and has examined 261 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WOOD, WILLIAM C's allowance rate of 76.6% places them in the 35% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WOOD, WILLIAM C receive 2.58 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 87% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WOOD, WILLIAM C is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WOOD, WILLIAM C. This interview benefit is in the 63% 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, 24.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 26% 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 13.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 8% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 36.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 52.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 30.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 73.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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.