Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907308 | MULTI-FACTOR DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SCREENING | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18897790 | Secure Modular Machine Learning Platform | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18884765 | METHOD OF SECURE DATA STORAGE AND TRANSFER | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18845824 | THRESHOLD SEARCHABLE SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18770596 | INFERRING TRUST IN COMPUTER NETWORKS | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18761508 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE-LENGTH ENCODING AND DECODING FOR ENHANCING COMPUTER SYSTEMS | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18756165 | SECURING SENSITIVE DATA IN EDGE DEVICES USING STEGANOGRAPHY | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18753250 | ANONYMIZATION IN A LOW POWER PHYSICAL ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18752000 | ROLLING ENCRYPTION AND AUTHENTICATION IN A LOW POWER PHYSICAL ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM | June 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661092 | CLOUD PACKET TAP | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661176 | Neuro-symbolic Artificial Intelligence-based Assessment System | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18655961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING DUAL DOMAIN VULNERABILITIES USING FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE AND QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18653342 | SELF-AUTHENTICATING CHIPS | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652747 | Gambling Application Different from but Associated with a Program Wrapper on a Smart Phone with Adaptive Location Checking Frequency | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18704941 | BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK SECURITY COMMUNICATION METHOD BASED ON QUANTUM KEY | April 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INGESTION OF ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED ACROSS CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORKS | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18640846 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18625948 | SECURE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SERVERS IN A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18612554 | MULTI-INDEPENDENT LEVEL SECURITY FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS | March 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18691649 | COMMUNICATION LINK | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18597654 | PARALLEL NETWORK-BASED VULNERABILITY SCANNING | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18595756 | System and Method for AI-Based Digital Identity Verification Field of Disclosure | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18687293 | NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-PRODUCT | February 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18582193 | Intrusion Prevention Using Reconfiguration Multi-Link Elements in WiFi 7 | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18443380 | AUTOMATIC PRIVACY-AWARE MACHINE LEARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18441400 | FLOW-LEVEL DEDUPLICATION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC IN A NETWORK TRAFFIC VISIBILITY SYSTEM | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18435546 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING SECURE UTILIZATION OF TENANT KEYS | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18428894 | System and Method to Dynamically Encrypt Data | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425019 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PASSWORD MANAGERS | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18393174 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERING WITH MALWARE USING DISPLACED DISPLAY ELEMENTS | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536028 | CONTROLLED TOKEN DISTRIBUTION TO PROTECT AGAINST MALICIOUS DATA AND RESOURCE ACCESS | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535884 | PATTERNLESS OBFUSCATION OF DATA WITH LOW-COST DATA RECOVERY | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525908 | USER DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525360 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTED BINARY OBJECTS | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18520409 | SDP-BASED INFORMATION PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IOT CLOUD SECURITY | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18517475 | DIGITAL LICENSE PLATE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18511997 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387051 | SECURING NETWORK ACCESS WITH LEGACY COMPUTERS | November 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18500732 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO DYNAMICALLY ENHANCE A SPAM PREVENTION FUNCTIONALITY ON A COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385607 | INDUSTRIAL NETWORK SECURITY POLICY MAPPING AND TRANSLATION | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18288955 | SECURE KEY MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE MESH DEPLOYMENTS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497339 | PRIVATE AND SECURE DATA PORTAL | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18491073 | SECURE ENCRYPTION USING TOKENIZED DATA | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18485786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED CRYPTOGRAPHY AS A SERVICE KEY LOADING | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18484436 | Efficient Methods for Trusted Remote Program Execution | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18374866 | Using Signed Tokens to Verify Short Message Service (SMS) Message Bodies | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18477103 | LOCATION BASED ACCESS CONTROL | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18374308 | NETWORK ENCRYPTION BASED ON TRAFFIC BETWEEN SOURCE AND DESTINATION | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18471758 | ANONYMOUS PROXYING | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18470678 | FRAUDULENT HOST DEVICE CONNECTION DETECTION | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470079 | IPCON MCDATA SESSION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18242929 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456657 | ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC OBFUSCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450988 | RULES-BASED DATA ACCESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18264170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD ENABLING NETWORKED SYSTEMS TO SAFELY USE DIGITAL CONTENT E.G. CODE | August 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225200 | VERIFYING HUMAN INTERACTION THROUGH AN ENCRYPTED CHANNEL | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18356715 | ATTESTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE HOPS | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353701 | Encrypted and Untraceable Digital Communication | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18272194 | TRAINING AND PREDICTION OF HYBRID GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK MODEL | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18220136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE EVENT AND LOG MANAGEMENT | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213896 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND DATA COMMUNICATION PROGRAM | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18208082 | PREGENERATION OF ONE-TIME PADS FOR END-TO-END ENCRYPTION | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18330952 | System and Method for Secure Case Management Across at Least One Communication Network | June 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328516 | Computer and Network Interface Controller Offloading Encryption Processing to the Network Interface Controller and Using Derived Encryption Keys | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18039627 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING PROGRAM | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18326283 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201221 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Cryptography Via Employing Dual Independent Random Coding Between Sender And Receiver | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18318146 | Persisting Encrypted Remote Browser Data At a Local Browser for Use in a Remote Browser | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18315231 | SATELLITE OPERATIONS WITH SECURE ENCLAVE FOR SECURE HOSTED PAYLOAD OPERATIONS | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18195081 | VERIFICATION OF IN-SITU NETWORK TELEMETRY DATA IN A PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18034884 | INTERFACE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141873 | BLOCKCHAIN AUDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141879 | BLOCKCHAIN AUDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18307491 | PIN-LEVEL ENCRYPTION FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18138197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN A NETWORK | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18306112 | SECURE NETWORK ROUTING AS A SERVICE | April 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250210 | File Encryption and Transmission Method and Apparatus | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18249840 | Methods and devices for protecting a stream of packets | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18128820 | IMPLEMENTING RESILIENT DETERMINISTIC ENCRYPTION | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18127197 | COLLABORATIVE USER INTERFACES TO CONFIGURE PARAMETERS OF API ENDPOINTS | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245333 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA | March 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181021 | SECURED STORAGE AND PLAYBACK OF RECORDED COLLABORATION SESSION VIDEOS | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECENTRALIZED PRIVACY PRESERVING AUDIT BASED ON ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF PROTOCOL | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18176666 | ANONYMOUS PROXYING | March 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165810 | ACCESS CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP TRANSFER OF DIGITAL CONTENT USING A DECENTRALIZED CONTENT FABRIC AND LEDGER | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18104996 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160820 | DETECTING DOMAIN FRONTING THROUGH CORRELATED CONNECTIONS | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE DATA | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POISONED TRAINING DATA BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS OF UPDATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085107 | TAMPER-PROOFING ELECTRONIC SEAL | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001937 | METHOD AND CORRESPONDING TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR SECURE DATA TRANSMISSIONS BASED ON GRAPH DATABASE | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078687 | AI BASED PATCH MANAGEMENT | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18070280 | CONTROLLED TOKEN DISTRIBUTION TO PROTECT AGAINST MALICIOUS DATA AND RESOURCE ACCESS | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17994115 | ENCRYPTION COMPUTING SYSTEM AND ENCRYPTION METHOD | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17927386 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND NETWORK OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18057796 | SELECTIVE TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY ENCRYPTION | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17990544 | Cryptographic Communication Binding System and Method | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056295 | FIRMWARE-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL AUTHORIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMS | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17986653 | IMMUTABLE AND SECURE OFF-CHAIN STORAGE FOR BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS | November 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977621 | Capturing Importance In A Network Using Graph Theory | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TABOR, AMARE F.
With a 32.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
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, 30.2% 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.
⚠ 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 TABOR, AMARE F works in Art Unit 2434 and has examined 819 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner TABOR, AMARE F's allowance rate of 85.2% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by TABOR, AMARE F receive 1.84 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 43% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TABOR, AMARE F is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 63% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +24.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TABOR, AMARE F. This interview benefit is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 76% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 38.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 58% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 78.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 62% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 61.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.3% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 48.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 77% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 53% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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