USPTO Examiner HEBERT THEODORE E - Art Unit 2199

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17132821CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONDecember 2020March 2021Allow200NoNo
17132775CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONDecember 2020March 2021Allow300NoNo
17115374TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWAREDecember 2020March 2025Allow5260YesNo
17101675SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS CREATING AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2020June 2023Allow3110YesNo
16949430CONVERSATIONAL USER INTERFACE AGENT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTOctober 2020November 2024Abandon4840YesNo
17062826METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING MOBILE APPLICATION LAYOUTS USING CLIENT- INDEPENDENT CONFIGURATIONOctober 2020April 2024Abandon4220NoNo
17024028SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PUBLIC SOFTWARE COMPONENT ECOSYSTEM USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3310YesNo
16990174METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMATICALLY TESTING A USER INTERFACEAugust 2020March 2023Allow3110YesNo
16892508CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONJune 2020September 2022Allow2810YesNo
16881682TRACKING AIRCRAFT WITH OLDER VERSION OF SOFTWARE/DATABASE AND INITIATING AUTOLOAD OF LATEST VERSION OF SOFTWARE/DATABASE WHEN AIRCRAFT IS IN SAFE STATE FOR DATALOADMay 2020December 2021Abandon1920YesNo
16862048DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE FOR COHERENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEApril 2020June 2022Allow2610YesNo
16856377INFERRING CODE DEPRECATION FROM MODULE DEPRECATIONApril 2020March 2022Allow2330YesNo
16848217SHELL CONVERSION FOR AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEMApril 2020December 2022Allow3310YesNo
16795170ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF CODING STYLES BY ANALYZING SOURCE CODEFebruary 2020April 2021Allow1420YesNo
16743956MANIFEST AND CONTENT DELIVERYJanuary 2020August 2023Allow4340YesNo
16743010TEST PATTERN GENERATION DEVICEJanuary 2020December 2021Abandon2320YesNo
16715632PREVENTING UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR IN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DUE TO THIRD PARTY ARTIFACTSDecember 2019April 2023Abandon4020YesNo
16713098SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION METHODDecember 2019November 2022Abandon3540YesNo
16693323MANAGE MULTI-TEAM AND MULTI-SPRINT PROJECTS VIA COGNITIVE COMPUTINGNovember 2019February 2024Abandon5140YesNo
16616307DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2019April 2022Allow2900NoNo
16691979CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONNovember 2019January 2021Allow1310YesNo
16691469APPLICATION OF SCHEDULED PATCHESNovember 2019September 2022Allow3420YesNo
16687968WEIGHTED CODE COVERAGENovember 2019September 2024Abandon5860YesNo
16687444SOFTWARE DIAGNOSIS USING TRANSPARENT DECOMPILATIONNovember 2019April 2024Abandon5320NoYes
16672856SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS CREATING AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2019July 2020Allow800YesNo
16669390Method for managing identity value in software developmentOctober 2019December 2021Abandon2620NoNo
16594859SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND REPORTING EQUIPMENT STATUSOctober 2019March 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16577479AUTOMATED CHECK FOR TICKET STATUS OF MERGED CODESeptember 2019June 2021Abandon2010NoNo
16561591METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICE ROLLING-UPDATING IN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATOR SYSTEMSeptember 2019September 2022Abandon3640YesNo
16560362METHOD FOR REMOTELY UPDATING FIRMWARE OF FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYSeptember 2019April 2022Abandon3230YesNo
16556507SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING AUTOMATED MODELLING OF RESOURCE ALLOCATIONAugust 2019June 2022Allow3430YesNo
16552143DETERMINING EFFECTS OF A FUNCTION'S CHANGE ON A CLIENT FUNCTIONAugust 2019December 2022Abandon4040YesNo
16552755GENERATING SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS FROM A CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELAugust 2019March 2023Allow4360YesNo
16551024DETERMINING VALIDITY OF MULTIPART BRANCHING LITERATE PROGRAMSAugust 2019April 2022Allow3130YesNo
16549372SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A TEST OPTIMIZATION MODULEAugust 2019November 2020Allow1500YesNo
16549113SECURE FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR DEVICE WITH LOW COMPUTING POWERAugust 2019March 2022Allow3130YesNo
16547559REPRESENTING RESULT DATA STREAMS BASED ON EXECUTION OF DATA STREAM LANGUAGE PROGRAMSAugust 2019February 2023Allow4260YesNo
16543514Quantization of Data Streams of Instrumented SoftwareAugust 2019October 2023Abandon5060YesNo
16543515Compliance Enforcement Tool For Computing EnvironmentsAugust 2019June 2023Allow4660YesNo
16542318REAL-TIME REPORTING BASED ON INSTRUMENTATION OF SOFTWAREAugust 2019January 2021Allow1710YesNo
16542706AUTOMATED GENERATION OF STATUS CHAINS FOR SOFTWARE UPDATESAugust 2019October 2022Allow3840YesNo
16541647USING SYNTHETIC INPUTS TO COMPARE EXECUTION OF DIFFERENT CODE VERSIONSAugust 2019June 2022Abandon3430YesYes
16537460PADDED VECTORIZATION WITH COMPILE TIME KNOWN MASKSAugust 2019February 2023Allow4340YesNo
16529633COMPILER TECHNIQUES FOR MAPPING PROGRAM CODE TO A HIGH PERFORMANCE, POWER EFFICIENT, PROGRAMMABLE IMAGE PROCESSING HARDWARE PLATFORMAugust 2019December 2023Abandon5260YesNo
16519734CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION FRAMEWORKJuly 2019April 2022Allow3230YesNo
16511270METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING DRIVER ON TERMINAL DEVICE SIDEJuly 2019October 2022Allow3940YesNo
16508370SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSJuly 2019March 2022Abandon3230NoNo
16508097SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE REGRESSION DETECTIONJuly 2019December 2022Abandon4140YesNo
16505362METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CUSTOM UI ACTIONS IN A WEB APPLICATION USING HIDDEN CONTAINERSJuly 2019January 2021Allow1820YesNo
16459879INPUT/OUTPUT LOCATION TRANSFORMATIONS WHEN EMULATING NON-TRACED CODE WITH A RECORDED EXECUTION OF TRACED CODEJuly 2019May 2023Allow4750YesYes
16459899INPUT/OUTPUT DATA TRANSFORMATIONS WHEN EMULATING NON-TRACED CODE WITH A RECORDED EXECUTION OF TRACED CODEJuly 2019November 2021Allow2830YesNo
16460113INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE TRANSFORMATIONS WHEN EMULATING NON-TRACED CODE WITH A RECORDED EXECUTION OF TRACED CODEJuly 2019May 2022Abandon3440YesNo
16453214CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONJune 2019November 2019Allow410YesNo
16451742VEHICLE SOFTWARE UPDATE NETWORKJune 2019December 2021Abandon3030YesNo
16447047SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING UPDATESJune 2019January 2022Allow3130YesNo
16445880RECONFIGURING APPLICATION SOFTWARE INTO MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTUREJune 2019April 2021Allow2220YesNo
16446379SERVER APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICEJune 2019July 2022Abandon3740NoNo
16470714METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL LOOP APPLICATION EXECUTION FROM A HIGH-LEVEL DESCRIPTIONJune 2019March 2021Allow2130YesNo
16441814PREVENTING FALSIFICATION IN VERSION MANAGEMENTJune 2019January 2022Allow3230YesNo
16438122Intelligent Migration of Firmware Configuration SettingsJune 2019September 2021Allow2730YesNo
16432820Framework For Checking The Compatibility Of New Software ImagesJune 2019June 2021Allow2430YesNo
16431658CROSS JOBS FAILURE DEPENDENCY IN CI/CD SYSTEMSJune 2019September 2022Allow4040YesNo
16429147SCREEN RECORDING PREPARATION METHOD FOR EVALUATING SOFTWARE USABILITYJune 2019November 2020Allow1720YesNo
16427662USABILITY DATA ANALYSIS PLATFORMMay 2019September 2020Allow1610YesNo
16465888DEVICE, TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A USER OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLEMay 2019January 2022Allow3150YesNo
16425707DEFRAMEWORKING FOR STATIC PROGRAM ANALYSISMay 2019June 2021Allow2520YesNo
16406806OPERATIVE ENTERPRISE APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION GENERATED BY COGNITIVE SERVICES FROM UNSTRUCTURED REQUIREMENTSMay 2019January 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16392752CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATIONApril 2019October 2019Allow610YesNo
16337079APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT PROVISION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND APPLICATION DISPLAY METHODMarch 2019November 2021Allow3230YesNo
16366099ERROR CHECKING OF NOTEBOOK CODE BLOCKSMarch 2019March 2022Abandon3640YesNo
16360926SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE DEBUGGINGMarch 2019August 2023Allow5360YesYes
16335517APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT PROVISION METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICEMarch 2019September 2023Abandon5360YesNo
16358221EMULATING NON-TRACED CODE WITH A RECORDED EXECUTION OF TRACED CODEMarch 2019April 2022Abandon3740YesNo
16358194USING SYNTHETIC INPUTS DURING EMULATION OF AN EXECUTABLE ENTITY FROM A RECORDED EXECUTIONMarch 2019May 2022Abandon3840YesNo
16276353ELAPSED TIME INDICATIONS FOR SOURCE CODE IN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2019January 2020Allow1110NoNo
16261013BOT FACTORY ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2019June 2023Allow5240YesNo
16208117SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT FIRMWARE UPDATE OF MEMORY DEVICES IN BIOS/UEFI ENVIRONMENTDecember 2018October 2021Allow3540YesNo
16203589APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFLOW PROCESSING IN A MEDICAL COMPUTER SYSTEMNovember 2018February 2023Allow5120NoYes
16196321METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMATICALLY TESTING A USER INTERFACENovember 2018April 2020Allow1700YesNo
16176445MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHODOctober 2018September 2022Allow4750NoNo
16057078Method and Apparatus for Open Source Analytics for Information Handling SystemsAugust 2018September 2020Allow2620YesNo
16075690METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOFTWARE RELATED PROBLEM SOLUTIONAugust 2018September 2020Allow2510YesNo
16054125FIRMWARE UPDATE IN A STORAGE BACKED MEMORY SYSTEMAugust 2018April 2021Allow3230YesNo
16053563SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING RELEASES OF GLOBAL SERVICES IN A CONTROLLED MANNERAugust 2018May 2022Allow4650YesNo
16027748SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGED SERVER INDEPENDENCE FOR DEPLOYMENT OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND LIBRARIESJuly 2018April 2022Allow4630YesNo
16027072System Optimized for Performing Source Code AnalysisJuly 2018October 2020Allow2710NoNo
16025643SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF SOFTWARE PLATFORMS HAVING ADVANCED WORKFLOW AND EVENT PROCESSING COMPONENTSJuly 2018December 2022Allow5450YesYes
16019215METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CUSTOM UI ACTIONS IN A WEB APPLICATION USING HIDDEN CONTAINERSJune 2018March 2019Allow800YesNo
15943902MULTISITE VERSION AND UPGRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2018February 2019Allow1100YesNo
15913041REPRESENTATION OF CUSTOMIZABLE TYPES IN A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTMarch 2018April 2019Allow1310YesNo
15845993REPRESENTING RESULT DATA STREAMS BASED ON EXECUTION OF DATA STREAM LANGUAGE PROGRAMSDecember 2017April 2019Allow1610YesNo
15845991REAL-TIME REPORTING BASED ON INSTRUMENTATION OF SOFTWAREDecember 2017April 2019Allow1610YesNo
15831581PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2017March 2020Allow2810YesNo
15832691SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMING A CREDENTIAL READERDecember 2017September 2021Allow4540NoNo
15830241INFERRING CODE DEPRECATION FROM MODULE DEPRECATIONDecember 2017March 2020Allow2710YesNo
15829684SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PUBLIC SOFTWARE COMPONENT ECOSYSTEM USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERDecember 2017June 2020Allow3010YesNo
15823739ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF CODING STYLES BY ANALYZING SOURCE CODENovember 2017August 2019Allow2000YesNo
15824131NETWORKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSOR LOG FILE VIEWERNovember 2017January 2020Allow2610YesNo
15577535METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PLC CODE WITH A CONNECTIVITY MODELNovember 2017June 2019Allow1910YesNo
15803055SELF RE-ENCODING INTERPRETED APPLICATIONNovember 2017June 2019Allow1900YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HEBERT, THEODORE E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
2
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
86.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(52.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(47.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
84.4%
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, 52.6% 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 HEBERT, THEODORE E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HEBERT, THEODORE E works in Art Unit 2199 and has examined 276 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HEBERT, THEODORE E's allowance rate of 77.9% places them in the 47% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HEBERT, THEODORE E receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 HEBERT, THEODORE E is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEBERT, THEODORE E. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 24.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 16.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 19% 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, 90.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 69% 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 72.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 56.2% 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, 84.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 86% 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 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:

  • 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.

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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.