USPTO Examiner MACASIANO JOANNE GONZALES - Art Unit 2197

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18615344SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA OF ANY EXTERNAL SERVICES THROUGH API CONTROLLED UNIVERSAL COMPUTING ELEMENTSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18390478SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING TESTING OF AN APPLICATIONDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18375571METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF SOFTWARE TESTING, DISTRIBUTION, INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENTOctober 2023February 2025Abandon1601NoNo
18225350CREATING AN OPTIMAL TEST SUITEJuly 2023May 2025Allow2240YesNo
18337106RUNTIME CLASS RECOMPILATION DURING MUTATION TESTINGJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18336013EXTENDING APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT TO USER-CREATED APPLICATION PLATFORM COMPONENTSJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18038617AUTOMATED PLATFORM FOR MANAGING, DEPLOYING AND ORCHESTRATING HIGHLY DISTRIBUTED SERVICE APPLICATIONSMay 2023March 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18304390ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE, REPROGRAM EXECUTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023January 2026Allow3330YesNo
18136506FRAMEWORK FOR GENERATION OF ARCHITECTURE MODELS BASED ON DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND TRACKING ARCHITECTURE DRIFTApril 2023March 2026Abandon3540YesNo
18120789Productivity Test Automation Tools And DeviceMarch 2023March 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18158998METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE A CLOUD DEPLOYMENTJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3320YesNo
18068016REMOTE DEPLOYMENT OF PROVISIONED PACKAGESDecember 2022September 2024Allow2110NoNo
18063251EDGE ANALYTICS FOR PREDICTING SOFTWARE FAILURESDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020YesNo
18062792LAYERED CONTAINER SOFTWARE UPDATES IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED EDGE DEVICESDecember 2022February 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18060794VERSION MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE BUILDINGDecember 2022January 2026Allow3830NoNo
18060748PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF DATA MIGRATION DURING A SYSTEM UPDATEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720NoNo
18060364Intelligent Adaptation of Source Code for Multi-Purpose CompilationNovember 2022January 2026Abandon3740YesNo
17937263ADJUSTING SATISFIABILITY MODULO THEORIES SOLVER CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3620YesNo
17937375Automatic Generation of Chat Applications from No-Code Application Development PlatformsSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3930NoNo
17931840SELF-CONTAINED MOBILE APPLICATION PROCESSING AND INTEGRATIONSeptember 2022February 2026Allow4150YesNo
17940597PACKAGE DISTRIBUTION AND INSTALLATION IN RESPONSE TO USER LOGONSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020YesNo
17929703Performance Analysis of Quantum ProgramsSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3630NoNo
17907802VERIFICATION DEVICE, VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17896873SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED PATCH GENERATION FOR AUTOMATIC PROGRAM REPAIRAugust 2022March 2026Allow4340YesNo
17893330TESTING ROBOTIC SOFTWARE SYSTEMS USING PERTURBATIONS IN SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3130NoNo
17839599GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR REDUCING VULNERABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LEGACY SOFTWAREJune 2022February 2025Allow3220YesNo
17701694INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2022February 2026Abandon4720NoNo
17582356QUALIFICATION EVALUATING DEVICE AND QUALIFICATION EVALUATING METHODJanuary 2022April 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17456714COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION TESTINGNovember 2021November 2025Allow4720YesNo
17514352FAILURE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION SERVICE FOR AUTOMATED EXECUTIONSOctober 2021January 2025Allow3940YesNo
17364224THIRD-PARTY EXTENSION INTEGRATION, VERIFICATION, AND PUBLICATION FOR DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTSJune 2021September 2024Allow3830YesNo
17360390AUTOMATED LOCATING OF GUI ELEMENTS DURING TESTING USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDICESJune 2021April 2025Allow4640NoNo
17333894PARALLEL SOFTWARE TESTING BASED ON ANNOTATIONSMay 2021December 2024Allow4240YesNo
17314193TOOL FOR MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING USING A PHYSICAL MOBILE DEVICEMay 2021September 2024Allow4140YesNo
17149679INTEGRATING CODE REPOSITORIESJanuary 2021July 2025Allow5460YesNo
17002444Method For Decentralized Accessioning For Distributed Machine Learning and Other ApplicationsAugust 2020November 2025Allow6020NoYes
16213215PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO FACILITATE DETECTION OF CORRUPT STACKSDecember 2018July 2019Allow800NoNo
16135912METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL ARCHITECTURAL COVERINGSSeptember 2018September 2024Allow6060YesYes
16059719AUTOMATIC PROGRAM SYNTHESIS USING MONADIC SECOND-ORDER LOGICAugust 2018October 2019Allow1410YesNo
15810519APPLICATION CONFIGURATION TOOLNovember 2017January 2020Allow2620YesNo
15268014CODE-SIZE AWARE FUNCTION SPECIALIZATIONSeptember 2016October 2018Allow2520YesNo
15265748Methods and Systems for Generating Client-Server Applications for Target DevicesSeptember 2016March 2018Abandon1810NoNo
15205311COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TRACER NODE FOR OBTAINING TRACE DATA RELATING TO PARTICULAR VIRTUAL MACHINEJuly 2016December 2016Allow500NoNo
15194583UPDATING LIVE SYSTEM WITH STATIC CHANGESJune 2016September 2018Allow2720YesNo
15194903ADAPTIVE TESTING USING DYNAMICALLY DETERMINED SYSTEM RESOURCES OF A COMPUTER SYSTEMJune 2016March 2019Allow3240YesNo
15194106Multi-Version Regression Tester for Source CodeJune 2016July 2018Allow2520YesNo
15192093AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING A SHARED PROJECT BUILD PLATFORMJune 2016September 2018Allow2720YesNo
15190593INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS SET VALUE SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2016September 2019Allow3840YesNo
15171992HIERARCHICAL DIRECTIVES-BASED MANAGEMENT OF RUNTIME BEHAVIORSJune 2016November 2016Allow500NoNo
15161233INTERFACE TRANSITIONING AND/OR TRANSFORMATIONMay 2016October 2019Allow4120YesNo
15008860METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TESTING SOFTWARE USING REAL TIME REPLICATIONJanuary 2016May 2018Allow2730YesNo
14989082APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SYSTEM AVAILABILITY FOR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTJanuary 2016May 2018Abandon2820NoNo
14986434COOPERATIVE WEB-ASSISTED DEEP LINK REDIRECTIONDecember 2015September 2018Allow3220NoNo
14969578CODE CONSISTENCY CHECKING METHODDecember 2015November 2017Abandon2320NoNo
14782169Method for Type Checking and Transformation of a Computer Program with First-Class Static FunctionsDecember 2015April 2018Allow3020NoNo
14970294AUTOMATIC PROGRAM SYNTHESIS USING MONADIC SECOND-ORDER LOGICDecember 2015May 2018Allow2920YesNo
14970007REARRANGEABLE CODE OPTIMIZATION MODULESDecember 2015September 2018Allow3330YesNo
14757027CAPACITY AND AUTOMATED DE-INSTALL OF LINKET MOBILE APPS WITH DEEP LINKSNovember 2015May 2017Allow1810YesNo
14732054DYNAMIC REPLACEMENT OF SOFTWARE COMPONENTSJune 2015July 2017Abandon2620NoNo
14686766User Interfaces of Application Porting Software PlatformApril 2015May 2018Allow3750NoNo
14676140CODE TRANSFORMATION USING EXTENSIBILITY LIBRARIESApril 2015February 2018Allow3540NoNo
14428686MONITOR USABLE WITH CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENTMarch 2015February 2017Allow2320YesNo
14624878SOFTWARE PRODUCT RELEASE AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKFebruary 2015December 2017Allow3430YesNo
14623686Method and Apparatus for Application Management and ControlFebruary 2015May 2018Abandon3920NoYes
14623180GENERATING A SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON A PROCESSOR MEMORY TREEFebruary 2015March 2018Abandon3740NoNo
14568392ASSIGNING HOME MEMORY ADDRESSES TO FUNCTION CALL PARAMETERSDecember 2014April 2017Allow2910YesNo
14536902ASSIGNING HOME MEMORY ADDRESSES TO FUNCTION CALL PARAMETERSNovember 2014May 2017Allow3010YesNo
14532846AUTO MULTI-THREADING IN MACROSCALAR COMPILERSNovember 2014September 2016Allow2310NoNo
14515798METHOD OF PRESENTING TRACE DATA WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY BY USING HOSTED FORMATTED OUTPUT COMMANDSOctober 2014October 2017Abandon3630NoNo
14510114DEFECT CLASSIFICATION AND ASSOCIATION IN A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTOctober 2014October 2016Abandon2430YesNo
14501190DUAL/MULTI-MODE PROCESSOR PIPELINE SAMPLINGSeptember 2014October 2019Allow6050YesNo
14498258EVALUATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION DEVICE, AND EVALUATION METHODSeptember 2014February 2016Abandon1610NoNo
14495973AUTOMATED RESPONSE TO DETECTION OF THREAT TO CLOUD VIRTUAL MACHINESeptember 2014February 2017Allow2920YesNo
14496117SUBSCRIBER DEFINED DYNAMIC EVENTINGSeptember 2014February 2018Abandon4150YesNo
14494903INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2014October 2017Allow3750YesNo
14495195METHOD FOR CONFIRMING CORRECTION PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2014September 2018Allow4870YesNo
14387685SYNCHRONIZING INSTALLATION AND EXECUTION OF A PROGRAM ON A SECOND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH A FIRST INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WHICH FAILED INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAMSeptember 2014April 2018Allow4240NoNo
14387627SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITYSeptember 2014April 2017Allow3040YesNo
14490922Loading Code in Self-Contained ApplicationsSeptember 2014June 2017Abandon3330NoNo
14475653MANAGING MIDDLEWARE USING AN APPLICATION MANAGERSeptember 2014April 2016Allow2020NoNo
14314199System And Method For Automatically Declaring VariablesJune 2014January 2016Allow1910NoNo
14228202SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND METHODMarch 2014April 2017Abandon3730NoNo
14227029HIERARCHICAL DIRECTIVES-BASED MANAGEMENT OF RUNTIME BEHAVIORSMarch 2014March 2016Allow2300YesNo
14227688GENERATING A FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE INDEX ASSOCIATED WITH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTMarch 2014November 2015Abandon2010NoNo
14222911Computing Program Equivalence Based on a Hierarchy of Program Semantics and Related Canonical RepresentationsMarch 2014March 2017Allow3540YesNo
14222812COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TRACER NODE FOR OBTAINING TRACE DATA RELATING TO PARTICULAR VIRTUAL MACHINEMarch 2014March 2016Allow2410NoNo
14222045DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR LOGGING AND ANALYZING SOFTWARE BUGSMarch 2014October 2017Allow4360YesYes
14222490METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CODE ANALYSIS USING SYMBOLIC TYPESMarch 2014January 2016Allow2220NoNo
14222166SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING COMPUTING DEVICES IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTMarch 2014December 2017Abandon4540YesNo
14221750MANAGING DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE USING CODE SCHEDULINGMarch 2014June 2018Allow5050YesNo
14208257DUAL/MULTI-MODE PROCESSOR PIPELINE SAMPLINGMarch 2014September 2018Allow5460NoNo
14160521Automated Porting of Application to Mobile InfrastructuresJanuary 2014March 2016Allow2620YesNo
13965535MODIFYING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORKAugust 2013July 2014Allow1100NoNo
13964067RE-FACTOR CODE TO USE METHOD CHAINING WITH OPTIMIZER TOOLAugust 2013May 2015Allow2110NoNo
13850207METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATE COMPILATION OF DEVICE CODE EMBEDDED IN HOST CODEMarch 2013March 2016Allow3530NoNo
13850238OPTIMIZING INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATION OF SCRIPT CODE FOR ATOMIC EXECUTIONMarch 2013December 2015Allow3220YesNo
13849122PSEUDO PROGRAM USE DURING PROGRAM INSTALLATIONMarch 2013October 2016Allow4340YesNo
13844374SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING A COMPUTE CONSTRUCTMarch 2013February 2016Abandon3520NoNo
13842519CODE SEPARATION WITH SEMANTIC GUARANTEESMarch 2013February 2016Allow3520NoNo
13833300Software Product Capable of Using Zero and Third Party ApplicationsMarch 2013April 2017Abandon4950NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
3
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.0%
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
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(47.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(52.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
75.8%
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, 47.1% 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 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 MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES works in Art Unit 2197 and has examined 148 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES's allowance rate of 69.6% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES receive 3.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 86% 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 MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES is 42 months. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 +34.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES. This interview benefit is in the 82% 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, 22.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 26.7% 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 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% 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, 106.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 94% 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 1.4% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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 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.

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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.