USPTO Examiner CAO DIEM K - Art Unit 2196

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18906863COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTATION INTEGRATED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND RESOURCE ADAPTATION METHODOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18748682OPTIMIZING CLOUD INSTANCES WITH SMART AVAILABILITY ZONE FAILOVERJune 2024March 2025Allow920YesNo
18437065TECHNIQUES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING AND STORAGEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow710YesNo
18531837CENTRALIZED RATE LIMITERDecember 2023September 2024Allow920YesNo
18377525GATEWAY DEVICE FOR INTEGRALLY PROCESSING APIS WITH SECURITY FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEOctober 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18255372MANAGING TASK OFFLOADING TO EDGE SERVERS IN A MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING, MEC, SYSTEMJune 2023October 2023Allow400YesNo
18314971System and Method for Infrastructure ScalingMay 2023February 2025Allow2210YesNo
18184550NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1120NoNo
17905968METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATIONFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1820YesNo
18091451CENTRALIZED RATE LIMITERDecember 2022December 2023Allow1220YesNo
18061714COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR PERSISTENT STATE MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURABLE EXECUTION FLOW AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18056303UNIPROCESSOR METHOD FOR REAL TIME RATE-MONOTONIC SCHEDULING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKNovember 2022January 2023Allow200YesNo
17984284COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DATA COLLECTION DEVICENovember 2022May 2025Allow3000NoNo
17981586PREDICTIVE SCALING OF DATACENTERSNovember 2022November 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17972997APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING AUTOMATION SCENARIO IN PARALLELOctober 2022May 2025Allow3100NoNo
17969472SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD-BALANCING PROCESSING REQUESTS ACROSS CLIENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS TO MINIMIZE NOISE AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS IN A DATA CENTEROctober 2022May 2025Allow3000NoNo
17965066PERFORMANCE TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17952730THREAD CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17950194ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION METHODSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2800NoNo
17949642METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANAGING MEMORYSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17892672SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING ROUTINE INTERRUPTION REQUESTSAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17839284TIMER OBJECT MANAGEMENT FOR A MULTIPROCESSOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTJune 2022January 2025Allow3220NoNo
17751720METHOD OF MANAGING DATA REPRESENTATION FOR DEEP LEARNING, METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA FOR DEEP LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING SYSTEM PERFORMING THE SAMEMay 2022November 2023Allow1720YesNo
17663981DYNAMIC USAGE OF STORAGE AND PROCESSING UNIT ALLOCATIONMay 2022September 2023Allow1610NoNo
17739942TASK COMPLETION THROUGH INTER-APPLICATION COMMUNICATIONMay 2022June 2024Abandon2620YesNo
17715283HOSTING DPU MANAGEMENT OPERATING SYSTEM USING DPU SOFTWARE STACKApril 2022April 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17684214ENFORCING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT QUALITY OF SERVICE GUARANTEES WHEN SERVICING ACCELERATOR REQUESTSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3540YesNo
17683041DYNAMIC INSTANTIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL CACHING APPLIANCESFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3310YesNo
17592545METRIC COLLECTION FROM A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEMFebruary 2022March 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17649034QUANTUM PROCESS PARALLELIZATIONJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3410YesNo
17579317SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USAGE BASED SYSTEM MANAGEMENTJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17648281Efficient State Machines for Real-Time Dataflow ProgrammingJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2910NoNo
17577676REDISTRIBUTING UPDATE RESOURCES DURING UPDATE CAMPAIGNSJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3330YesNo
17564475METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB SERVICE LOCATION ALLOCATION AND VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENTDecember 2021June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17556435SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAUNCHING MULTIPLE SOFTWARE VIRTUAL APPLIANCES INSIDE A SINGLE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTDecember 2021July 2024Allow3000NoNo
17620701APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17620703APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE, TERMINAL AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021December 2024Allow3620NoNo
17550147EMBEDDED CAPACITY-COMPUTER MODULE FOR MICROSERVICE LOAD BALANCING AND DISTRIBUTIONDecember 2021May 2025Allow4130YesNo
17547938MICROCONTROLLER BANK-SWAPPING TRANSITIONDecember 2021December 2024Allow3610NoNo
17457449SCHEDULING A SECURE CODE SEGMENT ON A PROCESSOR CORE OF A PROCESSING UNITDecember 2021December 2024Allow3620YesNo
17536344CUSTOMIZED INITIALIZATION CODE DELIVERY OVER NETWORK FOR ZERO-TRUST VIRTUAL MACHINENovember 2021June 2024Allow3000NoNo
17529944METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON THE BASIS OF ZONE ALLOCATIONS AND OPTIMIZATION USING IMPROVED LMKNovember 2021February 2025Abandon3920NoYes
17454824METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING A NETWORK SERVICENovember 2021June 2025Abandon4320NoNo
17510952HETEROGENEOUS NODE GROUP EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2021September 2024Allow3520YesNo
17510278PRECISELY TRACKING MEMORY USAGE IN MULTI-PROCESS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTOctober 2021March 2023Allow1610NoNo
17497692METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL PROCESSING OF TELEMETRY DATA AT AN EDGE PLATFORMOctober 2021February 2024Allow2920YesNo
17460952METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEMAugust 2021December 2024Allow4030NoNo
17399008Machine-Learning-Based Load Balancing for Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Apparatuses, Processes and SystemsAugust 2021September 2024Allow3820NoNo
17384041METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2021August 2023Allow2510NoNo
17379920Software Interface for Authoring Robotic Manufacturing ProcessJuly 2021December 2023Abandon2920NoNo
17305461COMPUTING NODE JOB ASSIGNMENT USING MULTIPLE SCHEDULERSJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17359292TRIGGERING DYNAMIC ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONJune 2021October 2024Allow3910YesNo
17304703SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONCURRENT EVENTSJune 2021February 2024Allow3130YesNo
17415670METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTING CAPACITIES IN A NETWORK WITH MOBILE PARTICIPANTSJune 2021November 2023Allow2910NoNo
17340986SERVER, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING FILE INPUT-OUTPUT OFFLOAD FOR UNIKERNELJune 2021July 2023Abandon2610YesNo
17303644ACCESSING PURGED WORKLOADSJune 2021March 2024Allow3340YesNo
17334124RECONCILING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORMSMay 2021December 2023Allow3010YesNo
17334102REROUTING RESOURCES FOR MANAGEMENT PLATFORMSMay 2021February 2025Abandon4420YesNo
17330583COMPLIANCE AWARE APPLICATION SCHEDULINGMay 2021February 2024Allow3330NoNo
17329399UPDATING CODE OF AN APP FEATURE BASED ON A VALUE OF A QUERY FEATUREMay 2021April 2023Allow2310YesNo
17324692SCHEDULING JOBS ON INTERRUPTIBLE CLOUD COMPUTING INSTANCESMay 2021October 2023Allow2910YesNo
17307404SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING SUBSCRIBABLE SUB-STATES IN BLOCKCHAINMay 2021November 2021Allow720YesNo
17232400COOLING-POWER-UTILIZATION-BASED WORKLOAD ALLOCATION SYSTEMApril 2021September 2023Allow2920YesNo
17223547ORCHESTRATION LAYER FOR USER DEFINED AUTOMATION WORKFLOWSApril 2021October 2024Allow4340YesNo
17221541TECHNOLOGIES FOR COORDINATING DISAGGREGATED ACCELERATOR DEVICE RESOURCESApril 2021August 2024Abandon4040NoNo
17219620DYNAMIC PROCESS CRITICALITY SCORINGMarch 2021December 2023Allow3320YesNo
17217846MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOFMarch 2021February 2024Allow3410NoNo
17212024COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USAGE MANAGEMENT METHODMarch 2021September 2021Allow520NoNo
17208309SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRACEFUL TERMINATION OF APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO POWER EVENTMarch 2021September 2024Abandon4240YesNo
17205065SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SCHEDULING IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE COMMUNICATION NETWORKMarch 2021November 2022Allow2010YesNo
17187376DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING BY ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF VOLUME TO QUALITY OF SERVICEFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3120YesNo
17177998MANAGING APPLICATIONS FOR SENSORSFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3110NoNo
17176370SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING FEDERATED CONTAINERIZATION PLATFORM USING LIFIFebruary 2021June 2025Abandon5240YesNo
17170109SCHEDULER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ACCELERATOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2021December 2024Allow4650YesNo
17167806SETTING TASK PERMISSIONS FOR SOFTWARE SERVICES IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3220YesNo
17153782OS OPTIMIZED WORKFLOW ALLOCATIONJanuary 2021August 2023Allow3130YesNo
17257302ALGORITHM PROGRAM LOADING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSDecember 2020August 2021Allow710NoNo
17135901SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPOSABLE COHERENT DEVICESDecember 2020April 2025Abandon6040YesNo
17135224MULTI-THREADS TRACKING METHOD, MULTI-THREADS TRACKING SYSTEM FOR OPERATING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAMEDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4830NoNo
17128434APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR A REGISTRYDecember 2020March 2023Allow2710YesNo
17114446METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEPLOY A HYBRID WORKLOAD DOMAINDecember 2020May 2023Allow2910NoNo
17113411SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING IN-APPLICATION MESSAGESDecember 2020June 2023Allow3010NoNo
17058022RESOURCE RESERVATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND RESOURCE RESERVATION MANAGEMENT METHODNovember 2020December 2022Allow2410NoNo
16951807METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR INITIATING AND MONITORING INSTANCES OF WORKFLOWSNovember 2020August 2023Abandon3310NoNo
17089691Hyper-Convergence With Scheduler Extensions For Software-Defined Container Storage SolutionsNovember 2020December 2022Allow2510NoNo
17082785STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2020December 2022Allow2510NoNo
17081048SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A VIRTUALIZED MANAGEMENT OPERATION ENGINE OF A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMOctober 2020May 2023Allow3110YesNo
17077434RESOURCE UTILIZATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTOctober 2020June 2023Allow3210NoNo
17033515MOBILE TASKSSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2910YesNo
17026038ELASTIC POWER SCALINGSeptember 2020December 2024Abandon5130YesNo
17023602MANAGING RESOURCE INSTANCESSeptember 2020October 2023Allow3640YesNo
17009342GRAPH DATA BASED TASK SCHEDULING METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3310YesNo
16990249DYNAMIC DATA DRIVEN ORCHESTRATION OF WORKLOADSAugust 2020December 2024Allow5370YesNo
16966386BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2020December 2023Allow4010NoNo
16943920SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING SUBSCRIBABLE SUB-STATES IN BLOCKCHAINJuly 2020January 2021Allow610YesNo
16941058ADAPTIVE EDGE PROCESSINGJuly 2020April 2024Allow4430NoNo
16930647METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CACHE-AWARE TASK SCHEDULING IN A SYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESSING (SMP) ENVIRONMENTJuly 2020February 2023Allow3120YesNo
16931364PREDICTIVE SCALING OF DATACENTERSJuly 2020July 2022Allow2400NoNo
16924441MACHINE LEARNING FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF APPLICATION MIGRATION FROM LOCAL TO REMOTE PROVIDERSJuly 2020December 2023Allow4110YesNo
16915957MANAGED INTEGRATION OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES OF MULTI-SERVICE APPLICATIONSJune 2020November 2023Allow4140YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CAO, DIEM K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
10
(76.9%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(23.1%)
Reversal Percentile
35.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.1% 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
40
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(35.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
26
(65.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
54.5%
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, 35.0% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner CAO, DIEM K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CAO, DIEM K works in Art Unit 2196 and has examined 589 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 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CAO, DIEM K'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 CAO, DIEM K receive 2.08 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 CAO, DIEM K is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CAO, DIEM K. This interview benefit is in the 53% 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, 28.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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 37.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 49% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 63.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 50% 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 65.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 32.0% 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, 33.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 48% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

    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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