USPTO Examiner GUNDRY STEPHEN T - Art Unit 2435

Examiner Information

Name: GUNDRY, STEPHEN T
Art Unit: 2435
Total Cases: 456
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19340698INTEGRATED AGENT-DRIVEN DATA FRAMEWORKSeptember 2025March 2026Allow510YesNo
19204523Data Processing Orchestrator Utilizing Semantic Type Inference and Privacy PreservationMay 2025August 2025Allow400NoNo
19065161LIVE MASKINGFebruary 2025August 2025Allow510NoNo
18981911PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SCRUBBER WITH LANGUAGE MODELSDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18975533FINE-GRAINED ACCESS TO SYSTEM COMMANDS RUN VIA AN INSTALLED AGENT APPLICATIONDecember 2024July 2025Allow710YesNo
18945370Detection of Machine Learning Model Attacks Obfuscated in UnicodeNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18933896METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF FACILITATING AUTHENTICATION FOR ACCESSING A SERVICEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18900430GENERATIVE CYBERSECURITY EXPLOIT DISCOVERY AND EVALUATIONSeptember 2024March 2025Allow600NoNo
18900216GENERATIVE CYBERSECURITY EXPLOIT DISCOVERY AND EVALUATIONSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18888967TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL CYBERSECURITY RISK IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18822570SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS EVENT-BASED API CALLBACKSeptember 2024November 2025Allow1410YesNo
18821924SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR VERACITY OF PROFILES OF THIRD-PARTY, ONLINE PLATFORMSAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18819405WEB SERVICE-BASED MONITORING AND DETECTION OF FRAUDULENT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CALLING SERVICEAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18802307METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE PASSWORD MIGRATION BETWEEN AUTHENTICATION SERVERSAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18795484SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMPLEX DATA ENCRYPTIONAugust 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18794264METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SNAPSHOT MANAGEMENTAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18795134Detecting and mitigating application security threats based on threat change patternsAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18792523GENERATIVE CYBERSECURITY EXPLOIT SYNTHESIS AND MITIGATIONAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18779132ANONYMITY ALGORITHM-BASED DATA SHARING PRIVACY PROTECTION METHODJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18767089KEY RECOVERY BASED ON CONTACTLESS CARD AUTHENTICATIONJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18765121Real-Time Precision Care Plan Support During Remote Care ManagementJuly 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18762244DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18750331System and Method for Securing Software Application Based Microservices ArchitecturesJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18744908ENTITY IP MAPPINGJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18741712SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLICY DRIVEN DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE MITIGATION CHAININGJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18739111END-TO-END MEASUREMENT, GRADING AND EVALUATION OF PRETRAINED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS VIA A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18679532ESTABLISHING A TOKENIZED LICENSE OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OBJECTMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18677587TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF A WEB BROWSER RELATIVE TO USER PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONSMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18664884EFFICIENT SUBORDINATE REQUEST WEB PAGE LOGGINGMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18649532CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TECHNIQUES UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEApril 2024July 2024Allow310NoNo
18647876TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL CYBERSECURITY RISK IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18635879SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF THE LAST OBFUSCATED SECRET USING A SEEDApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18627890SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTION MODELINGApril 2024November 2024Allow710YesNo
18617916LOCATION-BASED NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2024October 2025Allow1800NoNo
18613790ANONYMIZING DATA IN DATABASE ON A SERVERMarch 2024March 2026Allow2420YesNo
18612690PRIVACY PRESERVING LOCATION TRACKINGMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320YesYes
18612766CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18693750CONSEQUENCE EXECUTIONMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010YesNo
18607141GENERATING PREDICTED END-TO-END CYBER-SECURITY ATTACK CHARACTERISTICS VIA BIFURCATED MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PROCESSING OF MULTI-MODAL DATA SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2210NoNo
18601624SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED IMAGE-BASED PRIVACY PRESERVATION AND PROTECTIONMarch 2024September 2025Allow1800NoNo
18599864CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18594134CONTROLLING INFORMATION PRIVACY IN A SHARED DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18591907DYNAMIC TIME SLICE AUTOENCODER NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTIONFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18588646SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING, DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO CYBER ATTACKS IN PHYSICALLY CONTROLLED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18587702NAME TRANSLATION MONITORINGFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18584659TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL CYBERSECURITY RISK IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2024April 2024Allow210NoNo
18584466SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN MULTIPLE INTERNET OF THINGS ENTITIESFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18436002USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT MALICIOUS UPLOAD ACTIVITYFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320YesNo
18428794CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TECHNIQUES UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18426623SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING SENSITIVE DATA MASKING USING GENERATIVE AIJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18425764Risk-Based Vulnerability Remediation Timeframe RecommendationsJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18424469ORGANIZATION-LEVEL ACCOUNT ON DATA PLATFORMJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18417460SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PENETRATION TESTINGJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520NoNo
18412742ANONYMIZATION OF DATAJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18411919SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR SECURE INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATIONJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18408767ANONYMIZATION APPARATUSJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18409507ORGANIZATION-LEVEL ACCOUNT ON DATA PLATFORMJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18407604Automated learning and detection of web bot transactions using deep learningJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2020NoNo
18575820ANONYMIZATION APPARATUS, ANONYMIZATION METHOD AND PROGRAMDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18399422Providing User-Induced Variable Identification of End-To-End Computing System Security Impact Information Systems and MethodsDecember 2023June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18396124CHARACTERIZATION OF HTTP FLOOD DDoS ATTACKSDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18543050PRIVACY-PRESERVING MOBILITY AS A SERVICE SUPPORTED BY BLOCKCHAINDecember 2023June 2025Allow1830YesNo
18542831SECURITY-LINKED TELEMETRY IN A ZERO-TRUST COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18539660Method And System For Data Flow Monitoring To Identify Application Security Vulnerabilities And To Detect And Prevent AttacksDecember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18535371METHODS FOR DETECTING ICMP FLOOD ATTACKSDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110NoNo
18528295Run-Time Configurable Cybersecurity SystemDecember 2023March 2025Allow1520YesNo
18521565VOLUMETRIC DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK MITIGATIONNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18563346ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18514399METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WI-FI CONNECTION USING WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN PORTABLE TERMINALNovember 2023February 2025Allow1520NoNo
18511538THREAT INDICATOR ALERT GENERATION BASED ON PRIORITIZATION MODELSNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18507384Entitlement-based identity power scoring system for cloud environmentsNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18505865CYBERATTACK COUNTERMEASURE CIRCUITS AND METHODSNovember 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18491949SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION, FIXING, AND MONITORING VULNERABILITIES IN JAVA LIBRARIESOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18492226NETWORK PROTOCOL SECURITY FRAMEWORK TO PREVENT CYBERATTACK ON A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTOctober 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18492155System For Improving Data Security When Storing DataOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18488428COMPACTED OBJECT EXPRESSION FOR USER PERMISSIONSOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18486636METHOD FOR MANAGING IMAGE BASED ON DE-IDENTIFICATION, APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOFOctober 2023November 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18379711COGNITIVE INFORMATION SECURITY USING A BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEMOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18482601ANONYMIZING PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN ASSESSING FRAUD RISKOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18479840DATA PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18372575SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECTIVE QUANTIFICATION AND MITIGATION OF PRIVACY RISKSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1420NoNo
18469490COMPARATIVE REAL-TIME END-TO-END SECURITY VULNERABILITIES DETERMINATION AND VISUALIZATIONSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18466882CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TECHNIQUES UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCESeptember 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18465028TRAFFIC-SHAPING HTTP PROXY FOR DENIAL-OF-SERVICE PROTECTIONSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710NoNo
18463682CYBERSECURITY THREAT INTELLIGENCE AND REMEDIATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2111NoNo
18280800Data Cooperation System, Data Cooperation Method, Trust System, and Data Publicizing MethodSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18548937METHOD FOR DETECTING SLOW HTTP DOS IN BACKBONE NETWORKSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18241580WEB SERVICE-BASED MONITORING AND DETECTION OF FRAUDULENT OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CALLING SERVICESeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18456082STRUCTURING DATA FOR PRIVACY RISKS ASSESSMENTSAugust 2023March 2024Allow710YesNo
18277210METHOD FOR PRIVACY MANAGEMENT OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENTAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18360765DETERMINING PLATFORM-SPECIFIC END-TO-END SECURITY VULNERABILITIES FOR A SOFTWARE APPLICATION VIA A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2023November 2023Allow410NoNo
18226509EXPRESSION ANALYSIS FOR PREVENTING CYBERATTACKSJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18352059ORGANIZATION-LEVEL ACCOUNT ON DATA PLATFORMJuly 2023December 2023Allow510NoNo
18348287DETECTING USE OF COMPROMISED SECURITY CREDENTIALS IN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE NETWORKSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18214047CENTRAL AND EDGE PROCESSING NODE IDENTIFICATIONJune 2023February 2026Allow3211NoNo
18328546SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK RESILIENCYJune 2023November 2025Allow3010YesNo
18327040PROVIDING USER-INDUCED VARIABLE IDENTIFICATION OF END-TO-END COMPUTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPACT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2023November 2023Allow610YesNo
18325284TIERED REMEDIATION OF OUTLIER DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM REQUESTSMay 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18309670ENTITY IP MAPPINGApril 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18307986FILE ANONYMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GUNDRY, STEPHEN T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
6.2%
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
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
52.2%
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, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

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 GUNDRY, STEPHEN T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GUNDRY, STEPHEN T works in Art Unit 2435 and has examined 456 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GUNDRY, STEPHEN T's allowance rate of 91.9% places them in the 77% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GUNDRY, STEPHEN T receive 1.37 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 GUNDRY, STEPHEN T 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 +7.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GUNDRY, STEPHEN T. This interview benefit is in the 36% 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, 40.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% 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 68.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 91% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 62.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% 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 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:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.