USPTO Examiner SWIFT CHARLES M - Art Unit 2196

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18827286SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF COMPUTE RESOURCES VIA A MACHINE LEARNING-INFORMED FEEDBACK SEQUENCESeptember 2024December 2025Allow1610YesNo
18817035METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATIONAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18754011APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO CAUSE GRAPH CODE TO WAIT ON A SEMAPHOREJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18745855APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO CAUSE GRAPH CODE TO WAIT ON A SEMAPHOREJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18737728COMMON PRIORITY INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE RESOURCE ARBITRATIONJune 2024August 2025Allow1420NoNo
18732297DYNAMICALLY SELECTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS AND HARDWARE ENVIRONMENTS TO EXECUTE TASKSJune 2024August 2025Allow1530YesNo
18676219Methods and User Interface Generation and Application ModificationMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18627375SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF COMPUTE RESOURCES VIA A MACHINE LEARNING-INFORMED FEEDBACK SEQUENCEApril 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18624288ADAPTIVE CPU USAGE MECHANISM FOR NETWORKING SYSTEM IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTApril 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18611615Methods for User Interface Generation and Application ModificationMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720YesNo
18597070SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO/AUDIO PRODUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE TO OPTIMIZE UNUSED CAPACITYMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310YesNo
18428544TECHNIQUES FOR BEHAVIORAL PAIRING IN A TASK ASSIGNMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2430NoNo
18412105EXECUTION OF AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS IN AN ON-DEMAND NETWORK CODE EXECUTION SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18574436Vehicle, Computing System, Operating Method of Computing System and Computer ProgramDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810YesNo
18544348HIGHLY EFFICIENT INEXACT COMPUTING STORAGE DEVICEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18517830COMPUTATIONAL GRAPH CRITICAL SECTIONSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18516173Asynchronous Object Manager In A Network Routing EnvironmentNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18514981ALLOCATING COMPUTING RESOURCES BASED ON USER INTENTNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18508155ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING I/O AND STORAGE FOR A VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18240499ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO NBMP STANDARDAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18227849TECHNIQUES FOR CONTAINER SCHEDULING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18227079TRADE PLATFORM WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING NETWORK AND MATCHING ENGINEJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18355056STREAM-BASED JOB PROCESSINGJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510NoNo
18353694SCALABLE VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION INSIDE TRUST DOMAINS WITHIN THE TRUST DOMAIN ARCHITECTUREJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18215534OPTIMIZATION OF CLOUD EGRESS TASKSJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18340281SCHEDULING MULTIPLE PROCESSES WITH VARYING DELAY SENSITIVITYJune 2023October 2024Allow1610YesNo
18210566CLUSTER JOB SUBMISSIONJune 2023September 2024Allow1510YesNo
18206032DYNAMIC INFORMATION VIRTUALIZATIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3130YesNo
18329576Systems and Methods for Java Virtual Machine ManagementJune 2023September 2025Allow2830YesNo
18197824EXTRACTION OF SIDE CHANNEL INFORMATION FROM MULTITHREADED PROCESSORS BASED ON PROCESSOR RESOURCE CONTENTIONMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18142670APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TASK ALLOCATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1130YesNo
18194059SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION-BASED PROCESS MANAGEMENTMarch 2023May 2024Allow1410YesNo
18186709PRE-EMPTIVE SCHEDULING OF WORKLOADS TO ENABLE IMPROVED SHARING OF RESOURCESMarch 2023February 2026Allow3510YesNo
18180777TECHNIQUES FOR SEQUENTIAL DATA ENRICHMENTMarch 2023January 2026Allow3510YesNo
18169386SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROSERVICES BASED FUNCTIONALITIESFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3460YesNo
18163721METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED MIGRATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATION TO SERVERLESS PLATFORMFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3100NoNo
18162704MEMORY DEALLOCATION ACROSS A TRUST BOUNDARYJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18101407METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING A PROCESS COMPLETION INFORMATION OF AN APPLICATION PROCESSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18158366Methods for User Interface Generation and Application ModificationJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18152391PROACTIVE RESOURCE PROVISIONING IN LARGE-SCALE CLOUD SERVICE WITH INTELLIGENT POOLINGJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3620NoNo
18091544USER-AWARE REQUEST PROCESSING IN APPLICATION SERVICESDecember 2022March 2024Allow1420YesNo
18087848VIRTUAL DESKTOPS ACCESS CONTROLDecember 2022December 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18145662DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF PORTIONS OF A DATA PROCESSING ARRAY FOR SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SHARINGDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720YesNo
18082070USER INTERFACE AUTOMATION AND MONITORING INTEGRATING APPLICATION EVENT LISTENERSDecember 2022February 2026Allow3820YesNo
18078839DESIGN OPERATION EXECUTION FOR CONNECTION SERVICE INTEGRATIONDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18075717SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR JOB MANAGEMENTDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18061459Methods and User Interface Generation and Application ModificationDecember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
18071904BLOCKCHAIN REQUEST PRESCREENING FOR PARALLEL REQUEST PROCESSINGNovember 2022November 2025Abandon3610NoNo
18053174PREVENTING SCHEDULING OR EXECUTING A RESOURCE ON AN INCONSISTENT HOST NODENovember 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17980070System and Method of Context Oriented Quotas (CoQ) In Cloud SystemsNovember 2022March 2026Abandon4020YesNo
17976214METHOD FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE METHODOctober 2022February 2026Allow4020NoNo
18049689Techniques for Discarding Graphics Work for Quality of ServiceOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17956060EXTENSIBLE SCHEMES AND SCHEME SIGNALING FOR CLOUD BASED PROCESSINGSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17951423DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICESSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17933235METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SCHEDULING TASKSSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3520NoNo
17887968APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH SCHEDULINGAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820YesNo
17878401Data Processing Method and Computer DeviceAugust 2022January 2025Allow2930YesNo
17874658METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WORKLOAD SCHEDULINGJuly 2022June 2025Allow3510NoNo
17871317COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION ADVISOR FOR ELASTIC CLOUD DATABASESJuly 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17813448VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION MANAGEMENT IN COMPUTING DEVICESJuly 2022February 2024Allow1920YesNo
17863823METHOD FOR SELECTING AND CONTROLLING SECOND WORK PROCESS DURING FIRST WORK PROCESS IN MULTITASKING MOBILE TERMINALJuly 2022May 2024Allow2220NoNo
17862983SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFERENCE GENERATION THROUGH DYNAMIC REASSIGNMENT OF INFERENCE MODEL PORTIONSJuly 2022July 2025Allow3600NoNo
17810162SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC TASK SCHEDULING AND RESCHEDULING USING HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-AGENT FLEETJune 2022June 2025Allow3610NoNo
17846345Function Node Migration Method and Related DeviceJune 2022March 2026Allow4530YesNo
17843879AUTOMATICALLY PROVISIONING AND MANAGING SECURE DATABASE RESOURCES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJune 2022September 2025Allow3920NoNo
17840150METHOD FOR COORDINATING INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE WITH HOSTED APPLICATIONS/VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS (VNFs)June 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17718419DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE FOR HANDLING WORKER NODE FAILURES OF A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE ARCHITECTUREApril 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17715567MULTI-CLOUD SPOT INSTANCE MARKETApril 2022August 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17714975HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH ADAPTABLE COMPUTING POWERApril 2022August 2025Allow4120YesNo
17714247WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATIONApril 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17705176ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING I/O AND STORAGE FOR A VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022August 2023Allow1610YesNo
17699992LOAD STORE BANK AWARE THREAD SCHEDULING TECHNIQUESMarch 2022August 2025Allow4110YesNo
17697051EFFICIENCY-ADJUSTED HARDWARE RESOURCE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT A WORKLOAD PLACEMENT DECISIONMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820YesNo
17695466DEVICE MANAGEMENT BASED ON DEGRADATION AND WORKLOADMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820NoNo
17695607COMBINED SECURITY AND VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED APPLICATIONMarch 2022February 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17753715PARALLEL DATA PROCESSING IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMSMarch 2022December 2025Allow4530NoNo
17691104CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2022July 2025Allow4020NoNo
17689049COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE DEVICEMarch 2022October 2025Allow4330YesNo
17688560Lifecycle Management of VNFC Software ModulesMarch 2022May 2023Allow1410YesNo
17680355MULTIPLE READER/WRITER MODE FOR CONTAINERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410NoNo
17680725ADJUSTING THE SIZE OF A RESOURCE POOL FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE BASED ON EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIRTUAL MACHINEFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3730YesNo
17678777METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAXIMIZING RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND USER EXPERIENCE FOR A POOL OF VIRTUAL DESKTOPSFebruary 2022August 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17674187MANAGING CUSTOM WORKFLOWS FOR DOMAIN OBJECTS DEFINED WITHIN MICROSERVICESFebruary 2022September 2022Allow710YesNo
17632301SOFTWARE UPDATING APPARATUS, SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3320YesNo
17572568METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CUSTOMIZING DATA PLANE PIPELINE PROCESSING USING BERKELEY PACKET FILTER (BPF) HOOK ENTRY POINTSJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4230NoNo
17644731SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOLVING INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN USER INTERFACES IN A DOMAIN DRIVEN DESIGN MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTUREDecember 2021June 2025Allow4230NoNo
17549620APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO CAUSE GRAPH CODE TO WAIT ON A SEMAPHOREDecember 2021October 2025Allow4620YesNo
17539893Asynchronous Object Manager In A Network Routing EnvironmentDecember 2021June 2023Allow1810YesNo
17536018SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR COMPUTATIONAL WORK ON HETEROGENEOUS HARDWARENovember 2021September 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17533223COMPUTATIONAL GRAPH CRITICAL SECTIONSNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17525300Hardware Accelerator Service AggregationNovember 2021April 2025Allow4130YesYes
17454607REDUCING LATENCY IN HIGHLY SCALABLE HPC APPLICATIONS VIA ACCELERATOR-RESIDENT RUNTIME MANAGEMENTNovember 2021January 2026Allow5040NoNo
17454132SOFTWARE DEFINED ANOMALY DETECTION FOR WORKLOADSNovember 2021December 2024Allow3720NoNo
17521592TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC SELECTION OF EDGE AND LOCAL ACCELERATOR RESOURCESNovember 2021September 2023Allow2210YesNo
17520161CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINESNovember 2021October 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17511994REMOVING SOFTWARE OPERATORS FROM DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2021July 2024Allow3210YesNo
17505820SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKLOAD PLACEMENT BASED ON SUBGRAPH SIMILARITYOctober 2021October 2024Allow3620NoNo
17504062AUTOMATIC LOCALIZATION OF ACCELERATION IN EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2021May 2023Allow1910YesNo
17502196TELEMETRY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND/OR MACHINE LEARNING (ML) WORKLOADSOctober 2021November 2025Abandon4940YesNo
17594026INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2021January 2025Abandon3920NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
23
Examiner Affirmed
20
(87.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(13.0%)
Reversal Percentile
25.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 13.0% 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
61
Allowed After Appeal Filing
21
(34.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
40
(65.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
56.6%
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, 34.4% 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 SWIFT, CHARLES M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SWIFT, CHARLES M works in Art Unit 2196 and has examined 782 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SWIFT, CHARLES M's allowance rate of 81.8% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SWIFT, CHARLES M receive 2.28 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 SWIFT, CHARLES M is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 59% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SWIFT, CHARLES M. This interview benefit is in the 65% 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, 31.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% 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 15.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% 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, 64.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 52% 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 68.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.8% 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, 37.3% 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 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% 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:

  • 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.

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.