USPTO Examiner HEADLY MELISSA A - Art Unit 2197

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19012062NOVEL METHOD OF MEASURING CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING APPLICATION LAYER AND SYSTEM THEREOFJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
18989920RUNTIME CREATION OF CONTAINER IMAGES FOR EVENT STREAM PROCESSINGDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18956414CAMPAIGN WATCHERNovember 2024August 2025Allow910YesNo
18914748CENTRAL DYNAMIC HELM CHART REPOSITORY FOR STANDARDIZED KUBERNETES RESOURCE MANAGEMENTOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18745895VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION CONTROLLING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMJune 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18740240DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH LINK-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSORSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18434192METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT BASED ON REMOTE EXECUTIONFebruary 2024February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18422068HARDWARE APPARATUS FOR ISOLATED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2230YesNo
18208219GENERATION, ACTUATION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF POLICIES FOR RESOURCES WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMJune 2023February 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18036381SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023August 2025Allow2730YesNo
18190259DYNAMIC NODE RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMarch 2023June 2025Abandon2630YesNo
18157196OPTIMIZED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR DEPLOYING AND MANAGING CONTAINERIZED WORKLOADS AT SCALEJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18012131SERVER GROUP SELECTION SYSTEM, SERVER GROUP SELECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610YesNo
17946382Hybrid Cloud Based Protection for Applications and Virtual MachinesSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4001YesNo
17932326VIRTUAL MACHINE FAILOVER WITH DISAGGREGATED SHARED MEMORYSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17942558Virtual Machine Register in a Computer ProcessorSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3850YesNo
17904820VIRTUALIZATION METHOD, DEVICE, BOARD CARD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022December 2025Allow4010YesNo
17904298METHOD AND CLOUD-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICE FOR OPTIMIZING A RESOURCE SHARING PROCESSAugust 2022July 2025Allow3510YesNo
17852258COPYLESS NUMA BALANCING HYPERVISOR MEMORY MIGRATIONJune 2022April 2025Allow3410YesNo
17714526OPERATING SYSTEM INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF CONSTRAINED DEVICESApril 2022March 2025Allow3640YesYes
17702090EFFICIENT CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT OVERCOMMIT FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH SYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESSINGMarch 2022May 2025Allow3810YesNo
17701302Systems and Methods for Performing Concurrency Restriction and Throttling over Contended LocksMarch 2022August 2024Allow2940NoNo
17680728EFFICIENT INITIATION OF AUTOMATED PROCESSESFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4330YesNo
17680732EFFICIENT INITIATION OF AUTOMATED PROCESSESFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4330YesNo
17666774EFFICIENT INITIATION OF AUTOMATED PROCESSESFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4430YesNo
17575704PROBE DEPLOYMENTJanuary 2022January 2026Allow4920YesNo
17559612METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PIPELINE DEPTH TO IMPROVE EXECUTION LATENCYDecember 2021January 2026Allow4920YesNo
17644598ADJUNCT PROCESSOR (AP) DOMAIN ZEROIZEDecember 2021July 2025Allow4310YesNo
17530560SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICENovember 2021September 2025Allow4630YesNo
17514935IMPLEMENTING A POLICY-BASED AGENT WITH PLUGIN INFRASTRUCTUREOctober 2021June 2025Allow4320YesNo
17491115METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE WORKLOAD DOMAINS IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACKSSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3420YesNo
17476898EFFICIENT INITIATION OF AUTOMATED PROCESSESSeptember 2021November 2025Allow5040YesNo
17462163Sharing Virtual Environment DataAugust 2021February 2026Allow5420YesNo
17404525SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MAPPING AND ROUTING WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS TO APPROPRIATE COMPUTING COMPONENTSAugust 2021October 2025Allow5030NoNo
17402849LOOP EXECUTION IN A RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTE FABRIC.August 2021October 2024Allow3810YesNo
17402663VIRTUAL-SUBSYSTEM-MIGRATION VALIDATORAugust 2021June 2025Abandon4630NoNo
17396309SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF PERIPHERAL HARDWARE BY MODERN WORKSPACESAugust 2021August 2025Allow4830YesNo
17443928EFFICIENT ADAPTIVE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR CONTAINER-BASED COMPUTATION VIA MARKOV DECISION PROCESSESJuly 2021August 2024Allow3720YesNo
17362813AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND ASSIGNING OF A PERSISTENT UNIQUE IDENTIFIER TO AN APPLICATION/COMPONENT GROUPINGJune 2021December 2025Abandon5420NoNo
17304711SELECTING A NODE OF A WORK GROUP FOR EXECUTING A TARGET TRANSACTION OF ANOTHER WORK GROUP TO EXECUTE SKIPPABLE STEPS PRIOR TO A PREDICTED INTERRUPTIONJune 2021March 2025Allow4520YesNo
17304706SELECTING A NODE DEDICATED TO TRANSACTIONS OF A PARTICULAR WORK GROUP FOR EXECUTING A TARGET TRANSACTION OF ANOTHER WORK GROUPJune 2021July 2025Allow4920YesYes
17304709SELECTING A NODE GROUP OF A WORK GROUP FOR EXECUTING A TARGET TRANSACTION OF ANOTHER WORK GROUP TO OPTIMIZE PARALLEL EXECUTION OF STEPS OF THE TARGET TRANSACTIONJune 2021September 2024Allow3910YesNo
17245234UPDATE MANAGEMENT FOR MANAGED VIRTUAL MACHINESApril 2021February 2025Abandon4520YesNo
17237457COMPONENT MONITORING FRAMEWORKApril 2021July 2025Allow5140YesNo
17302004COMPARING TAGS FOR DETERMINING MATCHING VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES IN CLOUD NETWORKSApril 2021September 2025Abandon5330YesNo
17301258GENERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTE RESOURCE POOLSMarch 2021June 2025Allow5130YesNo
17206249WORKSPACE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WORKSPACE ORCHESTRATION SYSTEMMarch 2021June 2025Allow5130YesNo
17204075RESOURCE INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND RESOURCE INTEGRATION METHODMarch 2021July 2025Abandon5230NoNo
17204048COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2021January 2026Allow5840YesNo
17204108Virtual Machine Live Migration Method And Communications DeviceMarch 2021April 2025Allow4930YesNo
17198067SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING A PROCESS USING A LIGHTWEIGHT JAVA WORKFLOW ORCHESTRATION LIBRARY AND A GRAPH DATA STRUCTUREMarch 2021September 2025Allow5440YesNo
17185785SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CODE EXECUTION AT A VIRTUAL MACHINE ALLOWING FOR EXTENDIBILITY AND MONITORING OF CUSTOMIZED APPLICATIONS AND SERVICESFebruary 2021September 2024Allow4320YesYes
17179814MICRO KERNEL BASED EXTENSIBLE HYPERVISOR FOR VIRTUALIZATION SECURITYFebruary 2021February 2026Abandon6040YesNo
17168484VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCE BASED SYSTEM TO SUPPORT UNION MOUNT ON A PLATFORMFebruary 2021August 2025Allow5430YesNo
17166145Hopping Mechanism for Container SecurityFebruary 2021October 2024Allow4420YesNo
17154166METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE TERMINAL ACCESS THROUGH APPLICATION OF COMMUNICATION MODULE DURING BOOTJanuary 2021October 2025Allow5740YesNo
17150279GEO-REPLICATED SERVICE MANAGEMENTJanuary 2021January 2026Abandon6070YesYes
17120735Virtual Machine Management Method, Apparatus, and SystemDecember 2020February 2026Abandon6040YesNo
16949828SOFTWARE UPDATINGNovember 2020September 2025Allow5850YesNo
17055544POWER OFF AND POWER ON METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMNovember 2020August 2024Allow4510YesNo
17063705COMPUTE TASK STATE ENCAPSULATIONOctober 2020April 2025Allow5450YesNo
17013876CHARACTERIZING OPERATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS HAVING LARGE NUMBER OF COMPONENTSSeptember 2020July 2024Allow4720NoNo
17003563CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT, PROVISIONING AND MONITORING OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTUREAugust 2020July 2024Allow4741YesNo
16967405WORKFLOW GENERATIONAugust 2020May 2025Allow5830NoNo
16891612MACHINE CONTROLLER AS A SERVICEJune 2020August 2024Allow5140YesNo
16837676SCHEMA-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON A SYSTEMApril 2020May 2025Allow6020YesYes
16820752MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE APPLICATIONS BASED ON RESOURCE USAGE BY NETWORKING PROCESSES OF A HYPERVISORMarch 2020January 2025Allow5830NoYes
16792332COMPONENT DETECTION AND AWARENESS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BY AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING PHYSCIAL COMPONENTS HOUSING THE COMPONENT WITHIN THE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2020February 2025Abandon6040NoNo
16369858METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF APPLICATION BEHAVIORMarch 2019January 2025Abandon6060NoNo
16198653Executable Component Interface and ControllerNovember 2018December 2024Allow6080YesNo
16043152MANAGING GLOBAL AND LOCAL EXECUTION PHASESJuly 2018March 2025Allow6080YesYes
15916221VIRTUAL MACHINE SERVER-SIDE COMPUTE RECONFIGURATIONMarch 2018February 2025Allow6070YesYes
15895977Method for Processing Asynchronous Event by Checking Device and Checking DeviceFebruary 2018April 2020Allow2600YesNo
15594844AVOIDING OVERLOADING OF NETWORK ADAPTERS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSMay 2017September 2019Allow2810YesNo
15489309APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONFIGURE AN OPTIMUM NUMBER OF CIRCUITS FOR EXECUTING TASKSApril 2017May 2020Allow3730YesNo
15400396SHARING TRANSACTION CONTEXTS IN AN OPTIMIZED COLOCATION OF JAVA AND NON-JAVA LANGUAGE APPLICATIONSJanuary 2017September 2019Allow3220YesNo
15399827OPTIMIZING TIMEOUTS AND POLLING INTERVALSJanuary 2017March 2019Allow2610NoNo
15341018USER INTERFACE AREA COVERAGENovember 2016March 2017Allow510YesNo
15341023USER INTERFACE AREA COVERAGENovember 2016March 2017Allow510YesNo
15150193PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT VIA THREAD STATUSMay 2016September 2017Allow1720NoNo
15095351FULL EXPLOITATION OF PARALLEL PROCESSORS FOR DATA PROCESSINGApril 2016June 2016Allow200YesNo
15063710DYNAMIC REDUCTION OF STREAM BACKPRESSUREMarch 2016October 2016Allow800YesNo
15054323CUSTOMIZABLE VIRTUAL MACHINE RETIREMENT IN A MANAGEMENT PLATFORMFebruary 2016May 2020Allow5050YesNo
15040809SELF-TERMINATING OR SELF-SHELVING VIRTUAL MACHINES AND WORKLOADSFebruary 2016April 2019Allow3840YesNo
15001874SHARING OWNERSHIP OF AN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE USING A DEVICE DRIVER PARTITIONJanuary 2016April 2020Allow5050YesNo
14989173SELF-TERMINATING OR SELF-SHELVING VIRTUAL MACHINES AND WORKLOADSJanuary 2016April 2019Allow3940YesNo
14950173SELECTION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES FROM POOLS OF PRE-PROVISIONED VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2015June 2016Allow710YesNo
14940526REQUEST MONITORING TO A CODE SETNovember 2015July 2019Allow4450YesNo
14940274USER INTERFACE AREA COVERAGENovember 2015September 2018Allow3430YesNo
14851016INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHODSeptember 2015June 2017Allow2110YesNo
14807918METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE REQUIREMENTJuly 2015May 2017Allow2120YesNo
14696025IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC SRIOV VIRTUAL FUNCTION RESIZINGApril 2015June 2016Allow1410YesNo
14623919FULL EXPLOITATION OF PARALLEL PROCESSORS FOR DATA PROCESSINGFebruary 2015March 2016Allow1310NoNo
14604845Method and System for Accelerating Task Control FlowJanuary 2015October 2016Allow2110YesNo
14572182IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC SRIOV VIRTUAL FUNCTION RESIZINGDecember 2014June 2016Allow1810YesNo
14190687RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR A PLURALITY OF RESOURCES FOR A DUAL ACTIVITY SYSTEMFebruary 2014April 2016Allow2510YesNo
14069911Managing Fairness In Task Bundling Of A QueueNovember 2013October 2024Allow60110YesYes
14048660METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RUNNING A VIRTUAL APPLIANCEOctober 2013July 2016Allow3310YesNo
14033974TEMPLATE PROVISIONING IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2013June 2016Allow3310YesNo
13967419THREAD CONSOLIDATION IN PROCESSOR CORESAugust 2013May 2015Allow2110YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HEADLY, MELISSA A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
18
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(61.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(38.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
89.8%
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, 61.1% 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

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 HEADLY, MELISSA A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HEADLY, MELISSA A works in Art Unit 2197 and has examined 108 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HEADLY, MELISSA A's allowance rate of 90.7% places them in the 75% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HEADLY, MELISSA A receive 2.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 81% 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 HEADLY, MELISSA A is 43 months. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +28.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEADLY, MELISSA A. This interview benefit is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 24.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 37% 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 26.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 37% 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, 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 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 18.8% 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% 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 13% 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 16% 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.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.