USPTO Examiner HO DAO Q - Art Unit 2432

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18602158FIRST FACTOR CONTACTLESS CARD AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18441057SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVENANCE VERIFICATION OF USER-CAPTURED LIVE EVENT VIDEOFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18433683Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Supporting Two-Factor AuthenticationFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18416534Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Supporting Two-Factor AuthenticationJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18402267PROVIDING SECURITY IN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900YesNo
18397451FRAMEWORK FOR STORAGE AND VERIFICATION OF ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGYDecember 2023April 2025Allow1520YesNo
18544319ADAPTIVE LEAKAGE IMPACT REGION DETECTION AND MODELING FOR COUNTERFEIT CHIPS DETECTIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600YesNo
18538611DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18388418METHOD FOR POOLING IN A PROOF-OF-SPACE-BASED BLOCKCHAIN VIA SINGLETONSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000YesNo
18467488SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTION OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT CAPTURE USING AN EMBEDDED KEY SERVER MODULESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100YesNo
18367720COLLABORATIVE VERIFIED USER PLATFORM USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGYSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000YesNo
18367496HYBRID QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY PROTOCOL FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18240314EXCHANGE AND DISPLAY OF DIGITAL CONTENTAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18234196System and Method of Securing a Server Using Elliptic Curve CryptographyAugust 2023October 2023Allow201YesNo
18216290SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SOFTWARE APPLICATION LICENSESJune 2023April 2024Allow1020YesNo
18334198SECURITY OF SURVEILLANCE MEDIAJune 2023November 2024Allow1801YesNo
18307650SECURE ARBITRATION MODE TO BUILD AND OPERATE WITHIN TRUST DOMAIN EXTENSIONSApril 2023November 2023Allow700YesNo
18300088SECURITY-ENHANCED FILE OPEN AND DOWNLOADApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18124009SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BREACH-PROOF, RESILIENT, COMPLIANT DATA IN A MULTI-VENDOR CLOUD ENVIRONMENT AND AUTOMATICALLY SELF HEALS IN THE EVENT OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACKMarch 2023November 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18024195INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMarch 2023April 2025Allow2610YesNo
18115557ZERO-TRUST ATTESTATION IN CLOUD COMPUTINGFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18173641SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1420YesNo
18112363APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN NFT VAULTFebruary 2023November 2024Abandon2140YesNo
18108367System and Method of Securing a Server Using Elliptic Curve CryptographyFebruary 2023July 2023Allow510YesNo
18106558MISBEHAVIOUR WARNINGS IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1820YesNo
18106298ALLOCATING REQUESTSFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2340NoNo
18164701ENABLING RUNTIME OBSERVABILITY FOR APPLICATIONS HOSTED IN A SECURE WORKSPACEFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18104705SECURE MULTI-STATE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXINGFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1100NoNo
18087477SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURITY CONTROL IN CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS WITH DELAY-INDUCED FEEDBACK WATERMARKINGDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910YesNo
18081416DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSINGDecember 2022September 2023Allow920YesNo
17993169System and Method of Securing a Server Using Elliptic Curve CryptographyNovember 2022July 2023Allow811YesNo
17985708EXCHANGE AND DISPLAY OF DIGITAL CONTENTNovember 2022May 2023Allow601YesNo
18051448AUTOMATED TIERED SECURITY FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION SHARING AND METHODS THEREOFOctober 2022June 2025Allow3120YesNo
17959968INFUSING CUSTOM QUALITIES INTO AN ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ENTITYOctober 2022November 2023Allow1400NoNo
17959966METHOD FOR POOLING IN A PROOF-OF-SPACE-BASED BLOCKCHAIN VIA SINGLETONSOctober 2022August 2023Allow1001YesNo
17947856System and Methods for Over-the-Air SIM Profile TransferSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1700YesNo
17903018SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE A NETWORK SECURITY OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT (CE)September 2022March 2025Allow3120NoNo
17895716SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED SESSIONS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKSAugust 2022January 2025Abandon2920YesNo
17893969METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODEL MANAGEMENTAugust 2022May 2025Allow3220YesNo
17816624SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING USER DATA PRIVACY AGAINST WEB TRACKING ON WI-FI CAPTIVE PORTALSAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17816598SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREAT DETECTION ACROSS MULTIPLE CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING NORMALIZED EVENT LOGSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3320YesNo
17816609SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NORMALIZED EVENT LOGS FOR CLOUD DETECTION AND RESPONSE IN A MULTI-LAYERED CLOUD ENVIRONMENTAugust 2022April 2025Allow3220YesNo
17869190Generating Synthetic Invisible Fingerprints for Metadata Security and Document Verification Using Generative Artificial IntelligenceJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710YesNo
17868463MALICIOUS UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR AND FILE DETECTOR AND RESPONSE ACTION ENGINEJuly 2022February 2025Allow3120NoNo
17812914SECURITY INFORMATION DISCOVERY METHOD, SECURITY INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND DEVICEJuly 2022March 2025Allow3231YesNo
17866085KEYLESS LICENSING IN A MULTI-CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2022December 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17855255CYBER-THREAT SCORE GENERATION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND REFLECTING QUALITY OF SOURCESJune 2022September 2024Allow2701YesNo
17758142MONITORING SIDE CHANNELSJune 2022January 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17850541DETECTING TAMPERING IN DATA PROCESSING PIPELINESJune 2022February 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17808351AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND UPDATE OF CONNECTIVITY ASSOCIATION KEYS FOR MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY PROTOCOLJune 2022August 2024Allow2601YesNo
17844855System and Method to Facilitate an Account Protection Check for Sets of CredentialsJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17757818A MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AN AUTHENTICATION SERVER AND METHODS FOR AUTHORIZING A USER ACCESS TO AN EQUIPMENT VIA AN EQUIPMENT USER INTERFACEJune 2022September 2024Allow2701YesNo
17844646System and Method to Facilitate an Account Protection Check Through BlockchainJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17832204FAIL-SAFE SOFTWARE ACCESS LICENSING CONTROL ON A PER PROJECT BASIS WITHOUT A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE OF PROJECT DETAILSJune 2022December 2024Allow3020YesNo
17828274SECURE FILE TRANSFERMay 2022May 2025Abandon3630NoNo
17664152SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFIED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE APPLICATIONSMay 2022January 2025Allow3220YesNo
17727552CENTRALIZED DATABASE WITH PROVISIONS TO PREVENT PKI KEY AND SECURITY CERTIFICATE DUPLICATIONApril 2022November 2022Allow600NoNo
17710738System and Method to Facilitate an Account Protection Check for Sets of CredentialsMarch 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17762671METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ROLLBACK OF FIRMWARE OF DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICEMarch 2022April 2023Allow1210YesNo
17696621Network Anomaly ControlMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3611NoNo
17696290SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STATE OF DATA MANAGEMENTMarch 2022November 2023Abandon2010NoNo
17692215SHARING ENTERPRISE RESOURCES WITH TEMPORARY USERSMarch 2022July 2024Allow2920NoNo
17654326Preventing Illicit Data Transfer and StorageMarch 2022February 2025Allow3621YesNo
17639860COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND SYSTEMMarch 2022July 2024Allow2820YesNo
17676598PHYSICAL HARDWARE CONTROLLER FOR PROVISIONING SECURITY SERVICES ON PROCESSING DEVICESFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3620YesNo
17674806SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PRIVATE USER INFORMATIONFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4090YesYes
17587623INFUSING CUSTOM QUALITIES INTO AN ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ENTITYJanuary 2022August 2022Allow720YesNo
17565427IDENTITY NETWORK REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE SUBSCRIBER IN A DIGITAL DOMAINDecember 2021March 2024Allow2610NoNo
17558950SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT RANDOM NUMBER GENERATIONDecember 2021January 2024Allow2520YesNo
17620438Scalable and Differentially Private Distributed AggregationDecember 2021November 2024Allow3521YesNo
17643763SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING SCREENSHOTS AND SCREEN RECORDINGS OF PREMIUM USER-GENERATED CONTENTDecember 2021May 2023Allow1700NoNo
17547544Session Security Splitting and Application ProfilerDecember 2021January 2024Allow2520NoNo
17547990Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Supporting Two-Factor AuthenticationDecember 2021October 2023Allow2210YesNo
17544018HEALTH BASED ACCESS CONTROLDecember 2021December 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17540981SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING NETWORK AND APPLICATION PERMISSIONS TO A NETWORK DEVICE BASED ON USER ATTRIBUTESDecember 2021July 2024Allow3220YesNo
17540825NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN CUSTODY CHAIN FOR MULTI-COMPONENT HARDWARE DEVICESDecember 2021February 2024Allow2710NoNo
17541193EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF COMPRESSED CERTIFICATES IN A LOW BANDWIDTH MESH ENVIRONMENTDecember 2021September 2024Allow3420YesNo
17540867SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC AIDED NETWORK ACCESS CONTROLDecember 2021December 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17541243DETECTING DATA ORIENTED ATTACKS USING HARDWARE-BASED DATA FLOW ANOMALY DETECTIONDecember 2021December 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17532490FIRST FACTOR CONTACTLESS CARD AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2021December 2023Allow2421YesNo
17612911SOFTWARE LICENSING MANAGEMENT AND AUTHENTICATIONNovember 2021April 2024Allow2921YesNo
17607809DATA CONSENT STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2021May 2025Allow4231YesNo
17508972Man-in-the-middle (MITM) checkpoint in a cloud database service environmentOctober 2021October 2023Allow2430YesNo
17603453SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURITY IN INTERNET-OF-THINGS AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2021January 2024Allow2700YesNo
17594231PROVISIONING DATA ON A DEVICEOctober 2021December 2024Abandon3811NoNo
17440831INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2810YesNo
17466181INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2320NoNo
17461740IDENTITY DATA BASED ON AGGREGATING INPUT DATAAugust 2021June 2024Abandon3440YesNo
17460991Network Coding-Based Post-Quantum CryptographyAugust 2021November 2024Allow3940YesNo
17409167Layered-Infrastructure Blockchain-Based System for Software License DistributionAugust 2021February 2023Allow1800YesNo
17403634DATA RISK OF AN INSTANCEAugust 2021May 2025Allow4540YesNo
17445048ADAPTIVE LEAKAGE IMPACT REGION DETECTION AND MODELING FOR COUNTERFEIT CHIPS DETECTIONAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510NoNo
17391989RETRIEVING PUBLIC DATA FOR BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS USING HIGHLY AVAILABLE TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2021December 2021Allow500YesNo
17390960AGGREGATION PLATFORM FILTERJuly 2021June 2023Abandon2230YesNo
17388001SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY IN RECOGNIZING AND NEUTRALIZING INJECTION ATTACKS IN COMPUTER SERVICESJuly 2021February 2024Allow3121YesNo
17386865INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021April 2024Allow3210NoNo
17386052NETWORK MODEL UTILIZING PROPERTY SETSJuly 2021April 2025Allow4540NoNo
17381456COMMUNICATION PATH OBFUSCATION SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2021July 2024Allow3720YesNo
17381187METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTI-SYSTEM LOG ACCESS MANAGEMENT, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM ON CHIP INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2021October 2024Allow3920NoNo
17423817Data Leakage PreventionJuly 2021January 2024Allow3010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HO, DAO Q.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
7
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(28.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(71.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.1%
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, 28.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner HO, DAO Q - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HO, DAO Q works in Art Unit 2432 and has examined 349 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HO, DAO Q's allowance rate of 88.5% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HO, DAO Q receive 1.82 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 HO, DAO Q is 28 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 +27.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HO, DAO Q. This interview benefit is in the 79% 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, 37.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 24.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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, 150.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 89% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% 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, 17.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 9% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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 15% 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:

  • 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.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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.

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.