USPTO Examiner FIELDS COURTNEY D - Art Unit 2436

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19272214CRYPTOGRAPHIC INTEGRITY VERIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT EXTRACTOR SYSTEM FOR WORKFLOW AUTOMATION IN VARIOUS DOMAINSJuly 2025September 2025Allow200YesNo
19208115SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREDICTING DEVICE TYPES FOR SCANNED DEVICES ON A NETWORKMay 2025June 2025Allow100YesNo
18869189TECHNIQUES FOR ANONYMIZING USER ACTIVITYNovember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18818320SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREDICTING DEVICE TYPES FOR SCANNED DEVICES ON A NETWORKAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18667871SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK-BASED UE SERVICE AUTHORIZATIONMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18440780OPENROAMING AUGMENTATION METHOD FOR EAP FAILURESFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18403339Pure Differentially Private Algorithms for Summation in the Shuffled ModelJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18401500APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-AUTHORIZED SECURE AND TIME-LIMITED ACCESS TO PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS UTILIZING KEY ENCRYPTIONDecember 2023August 2024Allow700YesNo
18381975ENCRYPTED END-TO-END MESSAGING USING NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) TAGSOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18553926METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE FILE SHARING BASED ON DOMESTIC CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMOctober 2023September 2025Allow2400YesNo
18476749DOUBLE BLIND PRIVATE WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKINGSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810YesNo
18467329SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEDGER-BASED COOKIE MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410YesNo
18448235Security Negotiation Method and ApparatusAugust 2023December 2025Allow2820YesNo
18361811HOST - LEVEL TICKET FORGERY DETECTION AND EXTENSION TO NETWORK ENDPOINTSJuly 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18358345MINIMIZING TRAFFIC DROP WHEN REKEYING IN A DISTRIBUTED SECURITY GROUPJuly 2023August 2024Allow1200YesNo
18357194REMOVING INTERACTIONS FROM A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410YesNo
18225199METHOD AND DEVICE TO ESTABLISH A WIRELESS SECURE LINK WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY AGAINST TRACKINGJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18324496Identity on a NetworkMay 2023October 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18137459Enhanced Security with Multiple Factor Authentication at Devices Using PartitionsApril 2023May 2025Allow2510YesNo
18193007SECURE COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023January 2026Abandon3420NoNo
18122814SECURITY SOLUTION FOR SWITCHING ON AND OFF SECURITY FOR UP DATA BETWEEN UE AND RAN IN 5GMarch 2023January 2024Allow1000YesNo
18180341SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE CONNECTION OF HEADLESS BLUETOOTH DEVICEMarch 2023May 2025Allow2610YesNo
18110190MULTI-OBJECTIVE COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY PRIORITIZATIONFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3220YesNo
18167848ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUESTIONNAIRE / SECURITY POLICY CROSS-CORRELATION AND COMPLIANCE LEVEL ESTIMATION FOR CYBER RISK ASSESSMENTSFebruary 2023June 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18101837TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING PRIVACY AND PROTECTION IN METAVERSESJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18099565SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ACCESS PERMISSIONS TO SECURE DATA RESOURCES IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320NoNo
18155486MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MALICIOUS ATTACHMENT DETECTORJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010YesNo
18097311METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION KEYS USING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD)January 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18154501SELECTIVITY IN PRIVACY AND VERIFICATION WITH APPLICATIONSJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310NoNo
18092690METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE USER PLANE SECURITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18087189AIOPS GUIDED, QUANTUM-SAFE ZERO TRUST DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN-MOTION WITH SEGMENTED, DATA TRANSFER ACROSS AN OVERLAY NETWORKDecember 2022October 2024Allow2200YesNo
18086116DYNAMIC CROSS-STANDARD COMPLIANCE COVERAGEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020YesNo
18079396SECURITY POLICY COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION AS A SERVICE LEVERAGING SYSTEMS PROVIDING ACCESS MANAGEMENT AS A SERVICEDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100YesNo
18061195PHISHING DATA ITEM CLUSTERING AND ANALYSISDecember 2022September 2023Allow1000YesNo
17989269SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CRYPTOGRAPHIC ATTESTATION CHAINS USING BONDED ORACLESNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17988184Identity power scoring system for cloud environmentsNovember 2022January 2026Allow3830NoNo
17987425MACHINE LEARNING-ENABLED CHARACTER BASED ENCRYPTION SYSTEMNovember 2022August 2024Allow2100NoNo
17974422CONTINUOUS ENCRYPTION FUNCTIONS FOR SECURITY OVER NETWORKSOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18049007INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2820YesNo
17971285MULTI-LAYERED SECURE EQUIPMENT ACCESSOctober 2022September 2025Allow3520YesNo
17966226METHOD FOR SECURING PRIVATE STRUCTURED DATABASES WITHIN A PUBLIC BLOCKCHAINOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17918550ID CARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, ID CARD ISSUING DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND FACE AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEMOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17900263SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF PRIVACY EXPOSURE AND COMPUTING RISK INDEX FOR ONLINE SERVICEAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17799898METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS IN A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP AND SYSTEM-ON-CHIP THEREOFAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17873080SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GROUP SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT WITH CONSENSUSJuly 2022February 2024Allow1910YesNo
17869641PROCESSING AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS FOR UNIFIED ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSJuly 2022July 2024Allow2400NoNo
17793880CYPHER SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION METHOD, DECRYPTION METHOD AND PROGRAMJuly 2022September 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17740608USER-AUTHORIZED ONBOARDING USING A PUBLIC AUTHORIZATION SERVICEMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17731232MANAGED FORWARDING ELEMENT DETECTING INVALID PACKET ADDRESSESApril 2022January 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17708250APPLYING DEVICE POLICIES USING A MANAGEMENT TOKENMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810YesNo
17657106MESSAGE VERIFICATION OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17642647MULTI-MESSAGE MULTI-USER SIGNATURE AGGREGATIONMarch 2022June 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17673841CONTEXT-AWARE SERVICE QUERY FILTERINGFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17673310CLIENT-DRIVEN RANDOMIZED AND CHANGING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS (RCM) MECHANISMFebruary 2022August 2024Allow2930YesNo
17669202DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING VIA SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION AND ENSEMBLE LEARNINGFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1910YesNo
17666801DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING VIA SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION AND ENSEMBLE LEARNINGFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1810YesNo
17591116SECURE REPORTING OF PLATFORM STATE INFORMATION TO A REMOTE SERVERFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1500YesNo
17580152BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENTJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17575267SECURE COMMUNICATION IN ACCESSING A NETWORKJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2420YesNo
17549313WEB THREAT INVESTIGATION USING ADVANCED WEB CRAWLINGDecember 2021June 2025Allow4250YesNo
17643246FORWARDING NETWORK TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH A SECURITY CLASSIFICATION VIA A ROUTING PATH ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONDecember 2021December 2023Allow2410YesNo
17457642CLOUD-BASED SECURITY SERVICE FOR IMPROVED COMPLIANCE OF MAINFRAME WORKLOADSDecember 2021November 2023Allow2310YesNo
17607069USER PLANE INTEGRITY PROTECTION IN 4G SYSTEMOctober 2021February 2024Allow2710NoNo
17507735EXPEDITED AUTHORIZATION AND CONNECTIVITY OF CLIENT DEVICESOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310YesNo
17501686DOCKING METHOD AND A SYSTEM THEREOF TO AVOID SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKSOctober 2021April 2024Allow3000YesNo
17492051SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UE-INITIATED NSSAA PROCEDURESOctober 2021July 2024Allow3430NoNo
17449564ONE-OF-A-KIND TO OPEN EDITION NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN DYNAMICSSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3930NoNo
17490137CONTAINER NETWORK INTERFACE FOR APPLYING SECURITY POLICIES TO NETWORK TRAFFIC OF CONTAINERSSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3810NoNo
17474033SELECTIVE NETWORK ACCESS BASED ON TRUST LEVELSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020YesNo
17446860SIM SWAP FRAUD PREVENTIONSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2520YesNo
17409648MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MALICIOUS ATTACHMENT DETECTORAugust 2021October 2024Allow3810YesNo
17403213IoT MALWARE CLASSIFICATION AT A NETWORK DEVICEAugust 2021July 2024Allow3520YesNo
17428663METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACCESS DEVICE AND AN ACCESS SYSTEMAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4530NoNo
17389708SECURE FRAME ENCRYPTION AS A SERVICEJuly 2021March 2024Allow3230YesNo
17388267OPENROAMING AUGMENTATION METHOD FOR EAP FAILURESJuly 2021November 2023Allow2810YesNo
17386325METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUISITION OF RELIABLE TIME IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJuly 2021September 2024Allow3730YesNo
17381461TRANSACTION SECURITY TECHNIQUESJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110YesNo
17370142HANDS-FREE GESTURES FOR ACCOUNT AUTHENTICATIONJuly 2021August 2024Allow3720YesYes
17366215Sending Secure Communications Using a Local Ephemeral Key PoolJuly 2021July 2023Allow2510YesNo
17363615DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING VIA SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION AND ENSEMBLE LEARNINGJune 2021January 2022Allow610YesNo
17340319SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION USAGE METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2021February 2024Allow3220NoNo
17328160NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEMay 2021March 2025Allow4640YesNo
17233984STATELESS SERVICE-MEDIATED SECURITY MODULEApril 2021September 2023Allow2910YesNo
17211444PROTECTED SESSIONLESS WIFI SENSINGMarch 2021June 2024Allow3911NoNo
17209394SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE COMMUNICATION LINK IN AN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMMarch 2021October 2023Allow3020YesNo
17268595USER PLANE SECURITYFebruary 2021August 2023Abandon3030YesNo
17169422UE WITH INTEGRATED SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES BY RESOURCE SHARINGFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3010NoNo
17168746SECURE COMMUNICATIONS WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2920YesNo
17159346ENHANCED HOP BY HOP SECURITYJanuary 2021May 2025Allow5220YesYes
17134704VERIFICATION OF BITSTREAMSDecember 2020October 2022Allow2110NoNo
17133711TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEMORY AND I/O EFFICIENT OPERATIONS ON HOMOMORPHICALLY ENCRYPTED DATADecember 2020February 2025Allow4930YesNo
17122638Pure Differentially Private Algorithms for Summation in the Shuffled ModelDecember 2020September 2023Allow3310NoNo
17115746METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AUTOMATIC KEY MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) REPOSITORY FUNCTION (NRF) ACCESS TOKEN PUBLIC KEYS FOR 5G CORE (5GC) AUTHORIZATION TO MITIGATE SECURITY ATTACKSDecember 2020December 2023Allow3620YesNo
17113471AI PRIVACY INTERACTION METHODS FOR SMART GLASSESDecember 2020July 2024Allow4340YesNo
16951450ACCESS CONTROL FOR NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONSNovember 2020March 2024Allow4040YesNo
17097540System and method for securing electronic messageNovember 2020March 2024Allow4020YesNo
17080718SECURITY VERIFICATION OF COMMUNICATIONS TO TENANTS OF A SHARED SYSTEMOctober 2020January 2023Allow2710NoNo
17071966Apparatus, System and Method for Patient-Authorized Secure and Time-limited Access to Patient Medical Records Utilizing Key EncryptionOctober 2020September 2023Allow3520YesNo
16948633SELECTIVITY IN PRIVACY AND VERIFICATION WITH APPLICATIONSSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2300YesNo
17003398PHISHING DATA ITEM CLUSTERING AND ANALYSISAugust 2020September 2022Allow2500YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FIELDS, COURTNEY D.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
5
(71.4%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(28.6%)
Reversal Percentile
44.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.6% 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
25
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(32.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(68.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
49.3%
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, 32.0% 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

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 FIELDS, COURTNEY D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FIELDS, COURTNEY D works in Art Unit 2436 and has examined 248 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FIELDS, COURTNEY D's allowance rate of 87.9% 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 FIELDS, COURTNEY D receive 2.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% 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 FIELDS, COURTNEY D is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FIELDS, COURTNEY D. This interview benefit is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% 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 30.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 44% 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, 35.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 34% 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 72.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.9% 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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:

  • 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.

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