USPTO Examiner TO BAOTRAN N - Art Unit 2435

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19296653AUTOMATED THREAT HUNTINGAugust 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19268166COLLUSION-RESISTANT IDENTITY-BASED AND QUANTUM-RESILIENT SECURE CORRELATION SCHEMESJuly 2025December 2025Allow500NoNo
19192958SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING QUANTUM-RESISTANT ENCRYPTION OF DATAApril 2025September 2025Allow501NoNo
18794343QUANTUM CHANNEL SELECTION BASED ON NOISE MODELSAugust 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18766326DETECTING CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION ATTACKS WITH PSEUDO-RANDOMIZATION OF FRAMES IN THE PROTECTED WINDOWJuly 2024September 2025Allow1410NoNo
18762097INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, KEY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18751229NETWORK CYBER SECURITY PLATFORMJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18737353Scalable, Secure, And Broad-Spectrum Mechanism For Enforcement Of Protocols Over Multi-Agent SystemsJune 2024January 2025Allow820NoNo
18668421METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF A QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) PROTOCOLMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18648198PLATFORM ACCESS REQUEST MANAGEMENTApril 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18643724GENERATING A DATA PIPELINE IN AN INTERACTIVE PIPELINE SESSION UTILIZING A DEDICATED COMPUTING CLUSTER TO ACCESS SECURE DATAApril 2024December 2025Allow1900NoNo
18642966RECEIVER, CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECEIVER, AND CONTROL PROGRAMApril 2024December 2025Allow2010NoNo
18619952SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPORARY ACCESS WITH ADAPTIVE TRUST LEVELS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18608457USER IDENTIFICATION PROOFING USING A COMBINATION OF USER RESPONSES TO SYSTEM TURING TESTS USING BIOMETRIC METHODSMarch 2024June 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18607193AUTOMATED ID PROOFING USING A RANDOM MULTITUDE OF REAL-TIME BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC SAMPLINGSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18692524METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING SECURITY OF QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18691856METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN ATTACK ON OR DEGRADATION OF AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810NoNo
18597138AUTOMATED TRANSPARENT LOGIN WITHOUT SAVED CREDENTIALS OR PASSWORDSMarch 2024July 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18595317PERSISTENT SOURCE VALUES FOR ASSUMED ALTERNATIVE IDENTITIESMarch 2024October 2025Allow1911YesNo
18688429QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMMarch 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18587664GENERATING STATISTICALLY COHERENT GARBAGE VALUE DISTRIBUTIONSFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1620NoNo
18442212QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SWITCHES BETWEEN QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) PROTOCOLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18435717VULNERABILITY DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SMART CONTRACT, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024June 2024Allow410NoNo
18428768AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, A QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING AN OPTICAL TRANSMITTERJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18428468ARCHITECTURE FOR NUMBER THEORETIC TRANSFORM AND INVERSE NUMBER THEORETIC TRANSFORMJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2000NoNo
18291257FAST POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC SORTITIONJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18417419SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF POST-QUANTUM SECURITY MANAGEMENTJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18579796SPATIAL QKD USING MULTIPLE QUANTUM CHANNELSJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18411413IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION FOR QKD PROTOCOLSJanuary 2024August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18408491A Method of Operation for a Configurable Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) Butterfly Circuit For Homomorphic EncryptionJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18400647QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION ENABLED INTRA-DATACENTER NETWORKDecember 2023February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18393032SYMMETRIC-KEY INFRASTRUCTUREDecember 2023August 2025Allow2020NoNo
18543656SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXFILTRATING AN INDICATION OF A QUERY RELATED TO A COMPUTING RESOURCEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18522533MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR QUANTUM KEY, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD QUANTUM KEYNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18521023Detecting Possible Security Violations In An Integrated CircuitNovember 2023March 2025Allow1511YesNo
18387770Method And System For Establishing Wireless Communication ServicesNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18500773SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILTERING CONSUMER DATANovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18555583QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL NODE THEREOFOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18370672DETERMINING CRYPTOGRAPHIC QUANTUM-SAFETY FOR NETWORK ASSETSSeptember 2023February 2024Allow510YesNo
18550161MODULAR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE MODULATION MODULE AND DEMODULATION MODULESeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410NoNo
18244498METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY BASED ON HARDWARE EVENTSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18243683FAULT-INJECTION PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR PROTECTING AGAINST LASER FAULT INJECTIONSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18280960QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION TRANSMITTERSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18461540Dynamic Power-Supply Attack Detection CircuitSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2700NoNo
18232810PROCESSOR EXTENSIONS TO PROTECT STACKS DURING RING TRANSITIONSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447822System and Method for Quantum Key DistributionAugust 2023August 2025Allow2510NoNo
18230610ACCESS-CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF CONTENT TO NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGEAugust 2023December 2024Allow1620YesNo
18274288PHOTON DETECTION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING QUANTUM SIGNALJuly 2023August 2025Allow2410NoNo
18359494TRUST MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2100NoNo
18274029RECEPTION DEVICE, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING QUANTUM SIGNALJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18352845QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18221150NETWORK CYBER-SECURITY PLATFORMJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18216450QUANTUM FREQUENCY PROCESSOR FOR PROVABLE CYBERSECURITYJune 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18342679System and Method of Verification, Authentication, and/or Certification using Entangled PhotonsJune 2023January 2024Allow710NoNo
18340739SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR-BASED LAYER VARIATION ON MOBILE DEVICESJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18268717AUTO COMPENSATED QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2023August 2025Allow2510NoNo
18266799METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USING AUXILIARY INFORMATION BEING TRANSMITTED FROM FORWARD DIRECTION OF BIDIRECTIONAL QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18331770Attribute-Based Access Control Using Scoped Roles and Conditioned Permissions Dynamic PoliciesJune 2023April 2025Allow2200NoNo
18206530SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM-SECURED, PRIVATE-PRESERVING COMPUTATIONSJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18327198EAVESDROPPER IDENTIFICATION AND CONTAINER IMAGE LAYER INVALIDATIONJune 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18039890DATA-GATING BASED MASKINGJune 2023January 2026Allow3101NoNo
18326955PERFORMING A SECURITY ACTION WITH REGARD TO AN ACCESS TOKEN BASED ON CLUSTERING OF ACCESS REQUESTSMay 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18324301INTENT-BASED IDENTITY ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18199791DEVICE HANDOFF IDENTIFICATION PROOFING USING BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICSMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18320855SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAINS WITH SERIAL PROOF OF WORKMay 2023August 2024Allow1520NoNo
18320631SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPATIVE METHOD FOR AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES DRIVING IN CONVOY FORM OR PLANTOONINGMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18036543PERMISSIONS-BASED COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2023June 2025Allow2510YesNo
18195453SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN EDGE CLUSTERS AND CLUSTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMay 2023February 2026Allow3300NoNo
18195293SECURITY PLATFORM ARCHITECTUREMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18127501Multi-Modal Models for Detecting Malicious EmailsMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18175434SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING COMPONENTS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18112100Detecting device masquerading in application programming interface (API) transactionsFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18166617MANAGING GROUP AUTHORITY AND ACCESS TO A SECURED FILE SYSTEM IN A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2023September 2023Allow700NoNo
18106007AUTOMATED ID PROOFING USING A RANDOM MULTITUDE OF REAL-TIME BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC SAMPLINGSFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18164842SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USING A MULTI-PROVIDER PLATFORMFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910YesNo
18150096SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED OPTIMIZATION OF PULSE SEQUENCES FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIONJanuary 2023June 2023Allow610NoNo
18148222NETWORK DEVICE AUTHENTICATIONDecember 2022June 2023Allow510NoNo
18146638DETECTING AND REMOVING INACTIVE ENCRYPTION KEYS DURING ENCRYPTION KEY ROLLOVER EVENTSDecember 2022February 2025Allow2510YesNo
18088620EFFICIENTLY PERFORMING INTRUSION DETECTIONDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18008884METHOD FOR PROCESSING ENCRYPTED DATADecember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
18075281SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGER BASED SYNCHRONIZED UPDATES IN A DISTRIBUTED RECORDS ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
17953224Method of Operation for a Configurable Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) Butterfly Circuit For Homomorphic EncryptionSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17934039SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF DEVICESSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010NoNo
17931521EVENT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2030YesNo
17939120THREAT-EVALUATED CYBER DEFENSESeptember 2022October 2024Allow2510YesNo
17900458SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING WINDOWS DISCRETIONARY ACCESS CONTROLAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17891521METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STREAMLINING VOTING PROCESSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17819676ACCESS CONTROL FOR OBJECT INSTANCESAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17817828CONTEXT-AWARE NETWORK-BASED MALICIOUS ACTIVITY WARNING SYSTEMSAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17882401SYMMETRIC-KEY INFRASTRUCTUREAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17817794SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR GENERATING A THREAT INDICATOR OF AN AGENTLESS THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONAugust 2022August 2025Allow3610NoNo
17877989COMPLIANT DATA TRANSFERSJuly 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17759683AN IMPROVED QKD METHODJuly 2022January 2023Allow600NoNo
17795299Measurement Reporting ConfigurationJuly 2022July 2025Allow3521YesNo
17873364SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE STARTUP OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17862661RISK MODELING FOR CYBERSPACE CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION DEFICIENCIESJuly 2022October 2024Allow2700YesNo
17862623MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MALWARE DETECTION IN PROCESS MEMORYJuly 2022July 2024Allow2400NoNo
17863308MANAGING GROUP AUTHORITY AND ACCESS TO A SECURED FILE SYSTEM IN A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022October 2022Allow310NoNo
17858708Establishing Trust With Network DeviceJuly 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17851769QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SWITCHES BETWEEN QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) PROTOCOLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODSJune 2022October 2023Allow1620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TO, BAOTRAN N.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
16
Examiner Affirmed
12
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% 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
50
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(16.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
42
(84.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.7%
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, 16.0% 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 TO, BAOTRAN N - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TO, BAOTRAN N works in Art Unit 2435 and has examined 709 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TO, BAOTRAN N's allowance rate of 83.9% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by TO, BAOTRAN N receive 1.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% 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 TO, BAOTRAN N is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TO, BAOTRAN N. This interview benefit is in the 48% 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, 31.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 34.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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, 63.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 51% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.2% 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, 33.0% 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 5.6% of allowed cases (in the 87% 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 8.7% of allowed cases (in the 87% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • 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.

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.