USPTO Examiner REVAK CHRISTOPHER A - Art Unit 2431

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18410625SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MALWARE DETECTION IN PORTABLE EXECUTABLE FILESJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18543497SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CYBERSECURITY REMEDIATION IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2023July 2024Allow710NoNo
18497019SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING NONPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT STATES FOR EXPLOIT PREVENTION AND MALICIOUS CODE NEUTRALIZATION FOR JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED APPLICATIONSOctober 2023March 2024Allow510NoNo
18367939APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELYING ON NON-FLASHABLE CIRCUITRY FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NETWORKSSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810YesNo
18229122SECURE DATA PARSER METHOD AND SYSTEMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18224036Self-Defending Mobile DeviceJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18206959QUANTUM-SAFE BLOCKCHAIN VAULT SYSTEMJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18327720DOMAIN NAME OBFUSCATION AND METADATA STORAGE VIA ENCRYPTIONJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18144719CONFIGURABLE CODE SIGNING SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18144239METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION OF DOCUMENT TO DETERMINE DATA SECURITY RISKMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18142838SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POOL-BASED IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION FOR SERVICE ACCESS WITHOUT USE OF STORED CREDENTIALSMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18140511SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MALWARE DETECTION TRAPSApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18302885BEHAVIORAL THREAT DETECTION DEFINITION AND COMPILATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18135537BRAIN-ACTUATED CONTROL AUTHENTICATED KEY EXCHANGEApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18133808Systems and Methods for Privacy Preserving Accurate Analysis of Network PathsApril 2023February 2024Allow1010YesNo
18131969PROGRAM EXECUTION DEVICEApril 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18296702DYNAMIC FIREWALL CONFIGURATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18126651ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE AND ANOMALY DETECTION METHODMarch 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18124530SECURE DATA PARSER METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2023June 2023Allow310NoNo
18107181APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY OF AN ENTITYFebruary 2023July 2023Allow510YesNo
18098566ANOMALY EVENT DETECTIONJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610NoNo
18093228ANTI-MALWARE COMPUTER CONFIGURATIONJanuary 2023August 2023Allow700YesNo
18088119IMPLEMENTATION OF A FILE SYSTEM ON A BLOCK CHAINDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18068090METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING WHETHER A STRING OF CHARACTERS REPRESENTS MALICIOUS ACTIVITY USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18078750Systems And Methods For Analyzing Virtual Data, Predicting Future Events, And Improving Computer SecurityDecember 2022August 2023Allow810YesNo
17991715DYNAMIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATIONSNovember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18053138SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING NONPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT STATES FOR EXPLOIT PREVENTION AND MALICIOUS CODE NEUTRALIZATION FOR JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED APPLICATIONSNovember 2022July 2023Allow910YesNo
18045046SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CYBERSECURITY THREAT DETECTION UTILIZING STATIC AND RUNTIME DATAOctober 2022August 2023Allow1011NoNo
17953183SECURITY MODE INTEGRITY VERIFICATIONSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1720YesNo
17945990SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED LABELING OF SUBSCRIBER DIGITAL EVENT DATA IN A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIGITAL THREAT MITIGATION PLATFORMSeptember 2022March 2023Allow610YesNo
17942931DERIVING AND SURFACING INSIGHTS REGARDING SECURITY THREATSSeptember 2022February 2023Allow510NoNo
17895305SECURE TOKEN REFRESHAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17895395SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE MANAGEMENT THROUGH OPERATION UPDATEAugust 2022June 2024Allow2200NoNo
17877042RECORDING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEJuly 2022January 2024Allow1720NoNo
17865798SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR ONLINE DATINGJuly 2022September 2022Allow200NoNo
17850814COUNTERACTING FRAUDULENT CLOCK READINGS AND SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKSJune 2022January 2023Allow700NoNo
17843156IMPLEMENTATION OF A FILE SYSTEM ON A BLOCK CHAINJune 2022September 2022Allow310YesNo
17824527DYNAMIC POLICY-BASED ON-BOARDING OF DEVICES IN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTSMay 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17748838COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS WITH PROGRAMMED AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME UPDATABLE BROWSING DATA OBJECTS AND ACTIVITY DATA OBJECTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFMay 2022September 2023Allow1610NoNo
17736464AUTHENTICATION IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATIONSMay 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17730780SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY CONSTRUCTING A BACKBONE NETWORK GRAPH AND IDENTIFYING AND MITIGATING DIGITAL THREATS BASED THEREON IN A MACHINE LEARNING TASK-ORIENTED DIGITAL THREAT MITIGATION PLATFORMApril 2022October 2022Allow610NoNo
17712276SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ATTRIBUTE DATA FOR SYSTEM PROTECTION AND SECURITY AWARENESS TRAININGApril 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17696435SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SITUATIONAL LOCALIZATION OF AIDAMarch 2022June 2023Allow1520NoNo
17693851SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED LABELING OF SUBSCRIBER DIGITAL EVENT DATA IN A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIGITAL THREAT MITIGATION PLATFORMMarch 2022June 2022Allow300NoNo
17585183DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ACCESS SECURITYJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1110NoNo
17576224Blockchain-Based Commercial Inventory Systems And MethodsJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500NoNo
17575286SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING NONPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT STATES FOR EXPLOIT PREVENTION AND MALICIOUS CODE NEUTRALIZATION FOR JAVASCRIPT-ENABLED APPLICATIONSJanuary 2022July 2022Allow610NoNo
17570374CONFIGURABLE CODE SIGNING SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2022February 2023Allow1310NoNo
17564344SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN PROCESS CHAINSDecember 2021November 2022Allow1110NoNo
17562761QUANTUM-SAFE BLOCKCHAIN VAULT SYSTEMDecember 2021February 2023Allow1410NoNo
17644444PRODUCTION CONSOLE AUTHORIZATION PERMISSIONSDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17547141DERIVING AND SURFACING INSIGHTS REGARDING SECURITY THREATSDecember 2021June 2022Allow610YesNo
17457797INTEGRATED END-OF-PURPOSE PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLE APPLICATIONSDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600NoNo
17542233API AND ENCRYPTION KEY SECRETS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2021November 2022Allow1210NoNo
17532783THREAT MITIGATION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2021September 2023Allow2240NoNo
17455311SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOGIN ACCESS TO COMPUTER RESOURCE ASSETSNovember 2021August 2024Allow3220YesNo
17518652SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING DATA IN A QUANTUM COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATIONNovember 2021April 2022Allow610NoNo
17518469COMPARING NETWORK SECURITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR A NETWORKNovember 2021March 2023Allow1610NoNo
17505673User entity normalization and associationOctober 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo
17450033TRACEABILITY OF EDITS TO DIGITAL DOCUMENTS VIA DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSOctober 2021January 2023Allow1610NoNo
17493625Method of Training a Module and Method of Preventing Capture of an AI ModuleOctober 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo
17487452METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATED STORAGE OF OBSERVATIONAL DATA ON A BLOCKCHAINSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2810YesNo
17482077ADVERSARIAL RESILIENT MALWARE DETECTOR RANDOMIZATION METHOD AND DEVICESSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2400NoNo
17477316DETERMINATION OF LIKELY RELATED SECURITY INCIDENTSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010YesNo
17473462BLOCK CHAIN BASED VALIDATION OF MEMORY COMMANDSSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1710NoNo
17464159SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK BASED DETECTION OF CYBER INTRUSION VIA MODE-SPECIFIC SYSTEM TEMPLATESSeptember 2021July 2023Allow2200NoNo
17446045DOMAIN NAME OBFUSCATION AND METADATA STORAGE VIA ENCRYPTIONAugust 2021February 2023Allow1810NoNo
17406227ASSESSMENT PLUG-IN SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BINARY DIGITALLY SIGNED RESULTSAugust 2021November 2023Allow2710NoNo
17393613SENSITIVE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2021January 2024Allow2900NoNo
17393363METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIDENT ANOMALY DETECTION IN COMPUTER NETWORK TRAFFICAugust 2021June 2023Allow2310YesNo
17389053DISK ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT FOR BOOTING OF A DEVICEJuly 2021March 2022Allow810NoNo
17383505METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USER CONTACTLESSLY BASED ON DECENTRALIZED IDENTIFIER USING VERIFIABLE CREDENTIAL AND AUTHENTICATION SUPPORTING SERVER USING THE SAMEJuly 2021March 2022Allow710NoNo
17384432Method And System For Certification And Authentication Of ObjectsJuly 2021August 2023Allow2510NoNo
17443055BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION MANAGERJuly 2021November 2022Allow1610NoNo
17364579DATA VERIFICATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICESJune 2021August 2021Allow200NoNo
17362112BEHAVIORAL THREAT DETECTION DEFINITION AND COMPILATIONJune 2021January 2023Allow1910NoNo
17360324BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2021February 2022Allow810NoNo
17418883BIOMETRIC INPUT DEVICEJune 2021February 2024Allow3210NoNo
17418855AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PROGRAMJune 2021January 2024Allow3010YesNo
17358562METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING BLOCKCHAIN DATAJune 2021October 2021Allow400NoNo
17359252IMPLEMENTATION OF A FILE SYSTEM ON A BLOCK CHAINJune 2021October 2022Allow1510NoNo
17418250Judgment Method For Edge Node Computing Result Trustworthiness Based On Trust EvaluationJune 2021November 2023Allow2810YesNo
17357885CONTEXT-BASED RESPONSE TO ATTACKS AGAINST AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMSJune 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17304634Iterative memory analysis for malware detectionJune 2021November 2023Allow2910NoNo
17352687CONSENSUS METHOD AND DATA VERIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF CONSORTIUM BLOCKCHAINJune 2021February 2022Allow810NoNo
17413830System for the Transmission of Personal DataJune 2021April 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17337029METHOD FOR ISSUING IDENTITY CERTIFICATE TO BLOCKCHAIN NODE AND RELATED APPARATUSJune 2021November 2023Allow3000NoNo
17335937SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING IMAGES FOR VULNERABILITIESJune 2021July 2023Allow2510YesNo
17332804FREQUENT PATTERN BASED ANOMALY EVENT DETECTIONMay 2021November 2022Allow1710NoNo
17329618SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISABLING A MALICIOUS ECU IN A CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) BUSMay 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17329455NULLIFYING BIOMETRICSMay 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17244295BRAIN-ACTUATED CONTROL AUTHENTICATED KEY EXCHANGEApril 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17236104Salting Text in Database Tables, Text Files, and Data FeedsApril 2021February 2023Allow2100NoNo
17236136Virtual Machine Orchestration Spoofing Attack MitigationApril 2021September 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17229426ADVANCED SECURITY CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION OF PROXIED CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYSApril 2021August 2021Allow410YesNo
17301198DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF EXECUTING APPLICATIONSMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210NoNo
17206290Customized View Of Restricted Information Recorded Into A BlockchainMarch 2021March 2023Allow2310YesNo
17276773Systems and Methods for Protecting Cache and Main-Memory from Flush-Based AttacksMarch 2021August 2023Allow2900NoNo
17199533Blockchain-Based Commercial Inventory Systems And MethodsMarch 2021February 2023Allow2310NoNo
17195843SIMILARITY ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMATED DISPOSITION OF SECURITY ALERTSMarch 2021March 2023Allow2420YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
18
Examiner Affirmed
13
(72.2%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(27.8%)
Reversal Percentile
43.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.8% 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
47
Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(14.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
40
(85.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
17.7%
Lower 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, 14.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A works in Art Unit 2431 and has examined 878 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A's allowance rate of 88.2% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A receive 1.48 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A. This interview benefit is in the 47% 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, 32.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 67% 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 52.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 53.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 40% 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 below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.2% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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