USPTO Examiner KESSLER GREGORY AARON - Art Unit 2196

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18421848SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-THREADED PROCESSING FOR EXECUTING MULTIPLE WORKLOADS WITH INTERFERENCE PREVENTIONJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610YesNo
18505626PIPELINE TASK VERIFICATION FOR A DATA PROCESSING PLATFORMNovember 2023June 2024Allow710NoNo
18477117Synchronization Method and ApparatusSeptember 2023April 2024Allow711NoNo
18229333PARALLEL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR EXPEDITING RECONCILIATION FOR A HIERARCHY OF FORECASTS ON A COMPUTER SYSTEMAugust 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18263142TASK ALLOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOLID STATE DRIVE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023February 2024Allow710NoNo
18357998MAINTAINING DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING TIME FOR MULTI-TENANT IMPLEMENTATION OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18355251CONTAINER-AS-A-SERVICE (CAAS) CONTROLLER FOR MONITORING CLUSTERS AND IMPLEMENTING AUTOSCALING POLICIESJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18354601METHOD, APPARATUS AND MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZING ALLOCATION OF SWITCHING RESOURCES IN POLYMORPHIC NETWORKJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18340023AUDIO, VIDEO AND CONTROL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL MACHINESJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18308567NEAR-MEMORY PROCESSING OF EMBEDDINGS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING MEMORY SIZE AND ENERGY IN DEEP LEARNING-BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMSApril 2023July 2023Allow300NoNo
18134948IOT EDGE SCHEDULER MODULE AND SYSTEMApril 2023April 2024Allow1200NoNo
18125665MEMORY ALLOCATION FOR 3-D GRAPHICS RENDERINGMarch 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18180619MEDICAL IMAGING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND DEVICEMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18111583SERVICE CREATION AND MANAGEMENTFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18155411SURROGATE PROCESS CREATION TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH PROCESS-PER-SERVER SCENARIOSJanuary 2023October 2023Allow920NoNo
18095704HARDWARE ASSISTED FINE-GRAINED DATA MOVEMENTJanuary 2023August 2023Allow810YesNo
18088193Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Dynamically Scheduling Machine Learning Inference Jobs with Different Quality of Services on a Shared InfrastructureDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18058597Resource Manager Integration in Cloud Computing EnvironmentsNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17973290SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUEUING COMMANDS IN A DEEP LEARNING PROCESSOROctober 2022October 2023Allow1211NoNo
17967529PRIORITY BASED ARBITRATION BETWEEN SHARED RESOURCE REQUESTORS USING PRIORITY VECTORS AND BINARY DECISION TREEOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17937097PIPELINE TASK VERIFICATION FOR A DATA PROCESSING PLATFORMSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17935461SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON DYNAMIC DATA DEPENDENCY IN A FEDERATED FASHION TO REACH EVENTUAL CONSISTENCYSeptember 2022April 2023Allow600NoNo
17941252Optimizing Distributed and Parallelized Batch Data ProcessingSeptember 2022June 2023Allow910NoNo
17941974METHODS AND APPARATUS TO HANDLE DEPENDENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT REQUESTSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1211YesNo
17894628RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION FOR SERVERLESS QUERY PROCESSINGAugust 2022November 2023Allow1400NoNo
17893107AUDIO, VIDEO AND CONTROL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL MACHINESAugust 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17888082STAGGERED SOFTWARE SYNCHRONIZATIONAugust 2022March 2023Allow700NoNo
17842524EFFICIENT USE OF COMPUTING RESOURCES IN RESPONDING TO CONTENT REQUESTSJune 2022March 2023Allow910NoNo
17752988RESILIENT ADAPTIVE BIASED LOCKING IN MULTI-THREAD CONCURRENT PROGRAM EXECUTIONMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17751860ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2022March 2023Allow1000NoNo
17741028MODULARIZED MODEL INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2022August 2023Allow1510YesNo
17734720ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EXECUTING MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAMEMay 2022January 2023Allow900NoNo
17657180CONTAINER-AS-A-SERVICE (CAAS) CONTROLLER FOR MONITORING CLUSTERS AND IMPLEMENTING AUTOSCALING POLICIESMarch 2022November 2023Abandon2010NoNo
17657235ENHANCED MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE REPOSITORY AVAILABILITY IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17655177ON-DEMAND CLOUD ROBOTS FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510NoNo
17654597BOTTLENECK DETECTION FOR PROCESSESMarch 2022August 2023Allow1720NoNo
17679692LOW-OVERHEAD DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEMS IN PARALLEL AND CONCURRENT SOFTWAREFebruary 2022June 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17678788DATA STRUCTURE EXECUTION FRAMEWORK USING VIRTUAL COMPUTING DOMAINSFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1611YesNo
17586434HARDWARE ACCELERATION FOR FUNCTION PROCESSINGJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2021YesNo
17581128METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO ENABLE MANUAL USER INTERACTION WITH AUTOMATED PROCESSESJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17577302PROGRAMMATIC CONTAINER MONITORINGJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1200NoNo
17570671CAPACITY MIDDLEWARE SYSTEM TO MAKE CAPACITY FLUID AMONG KUBERNETES CLUSTERS TO INCREASE RESOURCE UTILIZATIONJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17568632DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTUREJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17565680RESOURCE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT IN COMPUTING SYSTEMSDecember 2021May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17561500METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE OUT-OF-ORDER PIPELINED EXECUTION OF STATIC MAPPING OF A WORKLOADDecember 2021August 2023Allow1910YesNo
17541180FRAMEWORK FOR PREVENTING CASCADING FAILURES ACROSS LAYERS OF A SYSTEM DUE TO SUBSYSTEM FAILUREDecember 2021July 2024Allow3100NoNo
17534316SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-TENANT IMPLEMENTATION OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITNovember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17534304SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-TENANT IMPLEMENTATION OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITNovember 2021January 2023Allow1300NoNo
17524869METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND PARALLELIZATION OF ACCELERATOR TASK SCHEDULINGNovember 2021August 2024Allow3310NoNo
17452817MEDICAL IMAGING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND DEVICEOctober 2021November 2022Allow1200NoNo
17509731CLUSTER RESAMPLING FOR ALLEVIATION OF DATA POISONING ON THE EDGEOctober 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17510191METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT SHARE RESOURCES AMONG MULTIPLE, INTERDEPENDENT RELEASE PIPELINESOctober 2021August 2023Allow2120NoNo
17509588System Replication Method in Hybrid Cloud EnvironmentOctober 2021May 2024Allow3110YesNo
17502633SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED SECURITY FORENSICSOctober 2021August 2023Allow2210NoNo
17494495TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICES ON DEMANDOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310NoNo
17482276CLIENT-CONFIGURABLE RETENTION PERIODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING SERVICE-MANAGED RESOURCESSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2800NoNo
17477401EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND EVENT MONITORING METHODSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2900NoNo
17477157SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING RESOURCE AVAILABILITYSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3000NoNo
17477013CRITICAL WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT IN CONTAINER-BASED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17434736MULTITASK PARALLEL PROCESSING METHOD, MULTITASK PARALLEL PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021May 2022Allow810NoNo
17412357Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Optimizing Computer System Resource Utilization During In-Game Resource FarmingAugust 2021December 2023Allow2800NoNo
17445543EFFICIENT NODE IDENTIFICATION FOR EXECUTING CLOUD COMPUTING WORKLOADSAugust 2021July 2024Allow3520YesNo
17406711SERVERLESS COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKLOADS ON EDGE FOR DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF WORKLOADS AND ENHANCED RESOURCE UTILIZATIONAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17405857EXECUTING AN APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSORSAugust 2021April 2024Allow3210NoNo
17405888MODULARIZED MODEL INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2021March 2022Allow711NoNo
17402175POWER AWARE SCHEDULINGAugust 2021June 2024Allow3411NoNo
17400659TIME MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCED QUANTUM CIRCUIT OPERATION EMPLOYING A HYBRID CLASSICAL/QUANTUM SYSTEMAugust 2021February 2024Allow3010YesNo
17398100METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USING VIRTUAL DESKTOPAugust 2021January 2024Allow2900NoNo
17444714LOCK SCHEDULING USING MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2021March 2023Allow1910YesNo
17391588Machine-Learning-Based Adaptive Threads Orchestrator Design In The MFG-Based Data Offloading MechanismAugust 2021March 2024Allow3110YesNo
17381722IN-BAND MODIFICATION OF EVENT NOTIFICATION PREFERENCES FOR SERVER EVENTSJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210YesNo
17380164WEIGHTED RESOURCE COST MATRIX SCHEDULERJuly 2021October 2022Allow1400NoNo
17378381OPPORTUNISTIC EXCLUSIVE AFFINITY FOR THREADS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2021November 2023Allow2800NoNo
17376070Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Locality Table for NUMA SystemsJuly 2021November 2023Allow2800NoNo
17305784LEARNING AGENT BASED APPLICATION SCHEDULINGJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110NoNo
17373826INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING APPLICATION CONTROL PROGRAMJuly 2021April 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17370448MULTI-REGION DEPLOYMENT OF JOBS IN A FEDERATED CLOUD INFRASTRUCTUREJuly 2021August 2023Allow2500NoNo
17418797SCHEDULING OF A CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM PROCESS THROUGH A UTILITY FUNCTIONJune 2021February 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17356050Virtual Machine Provisioning and Directory Service ManagementJune 2021January 2024Allow3110YesNo
17355558SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING UNDERUTILIZED ELECTRONIC-DEVICE FEATURESJune 2021January 2024Allow3120YesNo
17355114On-Chip Hardware Semaphore Array Supporting Multiple ConditionalsJune 2021May 2023Allow2300NoNo
17353487LEADER ELECTION WITH LIFETIME TERMJune 2021January 2023Allow1910NoNo
17304424DECENTRALIZED RESOURCE SCHEDULINGJune 2021June 2023Allow2400NoNo
17351849Hardware Accelerator Service DiscoveryJune 2021August 2023Allow2610YesNo
17350389HOST REQUEST PACING TO BALANCE RESOURCES AND THROUGHPUTJune 2021January 2024Allow3120YesNo
17346439LIVE MIGRATION AND REDUNDANCY FOR VIRTUALIZED STORAGEJune 2021December 2023Allow3000NoNo
17341827RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021May 2023Allow2300NoNo
17340341RECOVERY OF STATE, CONFIGURATION, AND CONTENT FOR VIRTUALIZED INSTANCESJune 2021November 2022Allow1710NoNo
17338780Service Creation and ManagementJune 2021October 2022Allow1700NoNo
17331908SOFTWARE LOCK MANAGEMENTMay 2021September 2023Allow2810YesNo
17326689SCALABLE ANONYMOUS DISPOSABLE DESKTOPS (SADD)May 2021December 2022Allow1910NoNo
17302903SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED RESOURCE IN SYSTEM-ON-CHIPSMay 2021September 2022Allow1600NoNo
17318777METHOD OF CONTENTIONS MITIGATION FOR AN OPERATIONAL APPLICATION, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STRESS APPLICATIONMay 2021July 2023Allow2601NoNo
17292587EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD AND EVALUATION PROGRAMMay 2021May 2023Allow2400NoNo
17316209PROCESSING PROGRAM TO REARRANGE ORDER OF TASK IN STREAM PROCESSINGMay 2021December 2022Allow1910NoNo
17316217SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TASK PROCESSING IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTMay 2021November 2022Allow1810NoNo
17291698PROCESS REQUEST MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PROCESS REQUEST MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAMMay 2021September 2023Allow2820YesNo
17313792SYNC GROUPINGSMay 2021September 2022Allow1600NoNo
17313753SCORE CALCULATIONS FOR PROBABILITIES OF TYPES OF ACCESSIBILITIES TO DATA RESOURCESMay 2021December 2022Allow2010YesNo
17246459AUTOSCALING IN A STATEFUL SYSTEMApril 2021October 2023Allow3020YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KESSLER, GREGORY AARON.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
6
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
38.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% 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
29
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(44.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(55.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
73.5%
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, 44.8% 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 KESSLER, GREGORY AARON - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KESSLER, GREGORY AARON works in Art Unit 2196 and has examined 690 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KESSLER, GREGORY AARON's allowance rate of 89.1% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KESSLER, GREGORY AARON receive 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KESSLER, GREGORY AARON is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KESSLER, GREGORY AARON. This interview benefit is in the 30% 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, 34.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 43% 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 68.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 11.8% 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, 17.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 9% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 59% 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 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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.

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