USPTO Examiner TANG KENNETH - Art Unit 2199

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17130968NATIVE-IMAGE IN-MEMORY CACHE FOR CONTAINERIZED AHEAD-OF-TIME APPLICATIONSDecember 2020December 2023Allow3510YesNo
17118501PROGRAM GENERATING DEVICE, PROGRAM GENERATING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2020January 2024Allow3710YesNo
15733854SERVERLESS LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT DISPATCHERNovember 2020December 2023Abandon3710NoNo
17102474VIRTUALIZED FABRIC NAME SERVER FOR STORAGE AREA NETWORKNovember 2020May 2023Allow3010YesNo
17101327PERSISTENT VOLUME PLUGIN FOR CONTAINERSNovember 2020June 2023Allow3110YesNo
16952375TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE VIRTUAL CLASSES FOR STATISTICAL TESTSNovember 2020April 2021Allow510YesNo
16951616METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPRESENTING PROCESSING RESOURCESNovember 2020July 2023Allow3220YesNo
17095119METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRUSTED DEVICES USING TRUST DOMAIN EXTENSIONSNovember 2020June 2024Allow4310NoNo
17094542EMULATION AUTOMATION AND MODEL CHECKINGNovember 2020October 2022Allow2300NoNo
17081793DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE FOR PERSISTENT SERVICES IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMOctober 2020March 2023Allow2920NoNo
17077962DEEP LEARNING AUTOTUNING TASK OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2020December 2023Allow3810YesNo
17075256METHOD AND SYSTEM OF HOST RESOURCE UTILIZATION REDUCTIONOctober 2020May 2023Allow3110NoNo
17072196SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ERRORS OF ASYNCHRONOUSLY ENQUEUED REQUESTSOctober 2020January 2021Allow300YesNo
17068949KUBERNETES RESOURCE POLICY ENFORCEMENTOctober 2020October 2022Allow2410NoNo
17066362Virtual Machine Scheduling Method and SystemOctober 2020June 2023Allow3310YesNo
17044284SCHEDULING OF A PLURALITY OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITSSeptember 2020January 2024Allow3910NoNo
17041723MANAGING QUALITY OF STORAGE SERVICE IN VIRTUAL NETWORKSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3310NoNo
17041943UNIFIED RESOURCE SCHEDULING COORDINATOR, METHOD FOR CREATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE AND/OR CONTAINER, AND UNIFIED RESOURCE SCHEDULING SYSTEMSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2220NoNo
17018864OPERATOR MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, OPERATOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND OPERATOR MANAGEMENT COMPUTER PROGRAMSeptember 2020April 2023Allow3210NoNo
17015377MEMORY BANDWIDTH THROTTLING FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESSeptember 2020December 2023Allow4020YesNo
17011631USING VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTER SYSTEMSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3610YesNo
16984903Optimization of Parallel Processing Using Waterfall RepresentationsAugust 2020January 2023Allow2910YesNo
16939617DATA PROCESSING UNIT FOR STREAM PROCESSINGJuly 2020March 2023Allow3210NoNo
16914177METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS TO DYNAMICALLY SCHEDULE WORKLOADS AMONG COMPUTE RESOURCES BASED ON TEMPERATUREJune 2020December 2023Allow4210NoNo
16954071VIRTUALIZED NETWORK FUNCTIONSJune 2020February 2023Allow3220NoNo
16898300MIGRATION OF GUEST OPERATING SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION TOOL SETTINGS IN A MULTI-HYPERVISOR DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENTJune 2020August 2023Allow3821YesNo
16887742PREDICTIVE SCHEDULING AND EXECUTION OF DATA ANALYTICS APPLICATIONS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUESMay 2020April 2023Allow3510YesNo
16878238ADAPTIVE AND DISTRIBUTED TUNING SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2020May 2023Abandon3610NoNo
16869060EFFICIENT HANDLING OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY CHANGE NOTIFICATION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESMay 2020April 2023Allow3520YesNo
16861978VIRTUALIZED MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORKApril 2020April 2023Allow3510YesNo
16851231FLOW MANAGEMENT AND FLOW MODELING IN NETWORK CLOUDSApril 2020October 2023Abandon4220NoNo
16838597METHOD FOR ACCESSING APPLICATION LOGS WITHIN VIRTUAL MACHINES BASED ON OPERATOR-DEFINED CRITERIAApril 2020April 2023Allow3610YesNo
16838638GUEST CLUSTER DEPLOYED AS VIRTUAL EXTENSION OF MANAGEMENT CLUSTER IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMApril 2020July 2023Allow3920NoNo
16836847CLOUD-NATIVE PROXY GATEWAY TO CLOUD RESOURCESMarch 2020December 2022Allow3210YesNo
16835854TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE VIRTUAL CLASSES FOR STATISTICAL TESTSMarch 2020October 2020Allow710YesNo
16820735OBJECT-BASED LOAD BALANCING APPROACHES IN DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2020July 2022Allow2810YesNo
16815162INTEGRATING VIRTUALIZATION AND HOST NETWORKINGMarch 2020February 2023Allow3520YesNo
16808527JOB SCHEDULER, JOB SCHEDULE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020September 2022Allow3110NoNo
16808143DATABASE SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR VALIDATION WORKFLOWSMarch 2020November 2021Allow2010YesNo
16804085METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION WHILE RECOVERING DATAFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2810NoNo
16803308VIRTUAL TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULESFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2710YesNo
16803293VIRTUAL SERIAL PORTS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2710NoNo
16801737FAST DEVICE DISCOVERY FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESFebruary 2020October 2022Allow3110YesNo
16799582POWER AWARE LOAD PLACEMENTFebruary 2020September 2022Allow3130YesNo
16796519DEEP LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEMFebruary 2020November 2022Allow3310YesNo
16791989SPECIAL CALLING SEQUENCE FOR CALLER-SENSITIVE METHODSFebruary 2020January 2022Allow2340YesNo
16777263SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR TEMPERATURE-AWARE TASK SCHEDULINGJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1340YesNo
16743118LOAD BALANCING IN A HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE (HCI) ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2020November 2022Allow3420NoNo
16735195FUNCTION EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT SELECTION FOR DECOMPOSED APPLICATIONJanuary 2020March 2023Allow3840YesNo
16732547LPM MANAGEMENT USING CONTINGENT AND CONDITIONAL INPUTSJanuary 2020September 2022Allow3220YesNo
16720717TASK SCHEDULING FOR MACHINE-LEARNING WORKLOADSDecember 2019August 2022Allow3210NoNo
16720385DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATIONS AMONG MACHINES IN A CLOUDDecember 2019May 2022Allow2920YesNo
16712190HYPERVISOR SECURE EVENT HANDLING AT A PROCESSORDecember 2019July 2023Allow4340YesNo
16707611APPLICATION-AWARE ANALYTICS FOR STORAGE SYSTEMSDecember 2019February 2022Allow2620YesNo
16698655CLIENT-SPECIFIED NETWORK INTERFACE CONFIGURATION FOR SERVERLESS CONTAINER MANAGEMENT SERVICENovember 2019April 2022Allow2910YesNo
16692760SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION OF A SEQUENCE PROCESSING CHAINNovember 2019October 2023Allow4740YesNo
16691702INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2019July 2022Allow3210NoNo
16671869SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSNovember 2019February 2023Allow3900NoNo
16661016FUNCTION EXECUTION BASED ON DATA LOCALITY AND SECURING INTEGRATION FLOWSOctober 2019February 2022Allow2710NoNo
16660998APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BATCH PROCESSING FOR BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONSOctober 2019October 2022Allow3610NoNo
16593554Data Processing System with Consolidation of Virtual Machines and Host Server Standby and Power Up FunctionalityOctober 2019January 2022Allow2810YesNo
16587875CLOUD APPLICATION SCALERSeptember 2019September 2022Allow3610NoNo
16587471EXTENDING SENSITIVE DATA TAGGING WITHOUT REANNOTATING TRAINING DATASeptember 2019August 2022Allow3510YesNo
16584584System and Method for Isolating Work within a Virtualized Scheduler Using Tag-SpacesSeptember 2019May 2022Allow3220NoNo
16583242SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ANALYZE AND OPTIMIZE APPLICATION LEVEL RESOURCE AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY DATA CENTER SERVERSSeptember 2019January 2022Allow2810NoNo
16566512SELF-PARTITIONING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSeptember 2019December 2021Allow2710NoNo
16557110FORMATION FAILURE RESILIENT NEUROMORPHIC DEVICEAugust 2019December 2022Allow3910YesNo
16550602VIRTUALIZATION EXTENSION MODULESAugust 2019December 2021Allow2740YesNo
16545941Information Protection Method and ApparatusAugust 2019December 2021Allow2810NoNo
16540294SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF UNKNOWN DEPENDENCIES IN A VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTUREAugust 2019March 2022Allow3110NoNo
16482313MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2019March 2022Allow3220NoNo
16528461COLLABORATION ACROSS ISOLATED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2019March 2022Allow3120YesNo
16480669CREATING A DATA BACKUP OF A VIRTUALIZED AUTOMATION SOLUTIONJuly 2019January 2022Allow3020NoNo
16521240Acceleration Capacity Adjustment Method and Apparatus for Adjusting Acceleration Capacity of Virtual MachineJuly 2019March 2022Allow3210NoNo
16511149ACCELERATING AND MAINTAINING LARGE-SCALE CLOUD DEPLOYMENTJuly 2019August 2021Allow2520YesNo
16512181SYSTEM RESOURCE COMPONENT UTILIZATIONJuly 2019August 2021Allow2610YesNo
16502627VIRTUALIZING HARDWARE COMPONENTS THAT IMPLEMENT Al APPLICATIONSJuly 2019October 2021Allow2710NoNo
16454026MANAGING WORKLOADS OF A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSORJune 2019July 2022Allow3630YesNo
16450811COMPUTING ON TRANSIENT RESOURCESJune 2019April 2022Allow3420YesNo
16470076MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMJune 2019October 2021Allow2810NoNo
16434817SMART REDUCE TASK SCHEDULERJune 2019March 2022Allow3330YesNo
16424941RESOURCE AVAILABILITY-BASED WORKFLOW EXECUTION TIMING DETERMINATIONMay 2019August 2021Allow2710YesNo
16420071SCHEDULING OPERATIONSMay 2019September 2021Allow2820NoNo
16413852Redistributing Workloads Across Worker Nodes Based on PolicyMay 2019April 2021Allow2310NoNo
16399187SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL SUPPORT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL SLICES WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATABASEApril 2019November 2020Allow1810NoNo
16386842SECURE SERVICE HOSTED IN A VIRTUAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENTApril 2019August 2020Allow1620YesNo
16289479Composite Batching to Manage Throughput for Online Commerce ApplicationsFebruary 2019June 2021Allow2810YesNo
16287156ARITHMETIC AND LOGICAL OPERATIONS IN A MULTI-USER NETWORKFebruary 2019March 2021Allow2510YesNo
16286084INTELLIGENT SERVER TASK BALANCING BASED ON SERVER CAPACITYFebruary 2019March 2021Allow2410NoNo
16281984MANAGING CONTAINERS ACROSS MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMSFebruary 2019September 2022Allow4350YesNo
16281744Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method And ProgramFebruary 2019January 2021Allow2220YesNo
16266144METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING TRANSACTIONS IN A DATA SYSTEMFebruary 2019April 2021Allow2630NoNo
16212510REMOTE WORKING SYSTEM AND WORKING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2018October 2021Abandon3520NoNo
16210016MEDIUM, CHANGE DETECTION METHOD, AND CHANGE DETECTION APPARATUSDecember 2018April 2021Abandon2810NoNo
16207504Method of Updating Application and Recording MediumDecember 2018April 2021Abandon2910NoNo
16205515CAPTURING TRACES OF VIRTUAL MACHINE OBJECTS COMBINED WITH CORRELATED SYSTEM DATANovember 2018July 2022Allow4450YesNo
16206865HEALTH MONITORING FOR CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMSNovember 2018September 2021Allow3320YesNo
16199695OPTIMIZING INITIATOR ALLOCATIONNovember 2018January 2021Allow2610NoNo
16193442MANAGEABLE EXTERNAL WAKE OF VIRTUAL MACHINESNovember 2018October 2021Allow3460YesNo
16182448Intelligently Scheduling Resynchronization Jobs in a Distributed Object-Based Storage SystemNovember 2018February 2021Allow2720YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TANG, KENNETH.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
5.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
26
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.4%
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, 50.0% 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 TANG, KENNETH - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TANG, KENNETH works in Art Unit 2199 and has examined 434 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TANG, KENNETH's allowance rate of 90.1% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by TANG, KENNETH receive 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TANG, KENNETH is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +15.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TANG, KENNETH. This interview benefit is in the 55% 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, 32.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 71% 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 44.3% 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, 112.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 88.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 62.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 17% 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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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