USPTO Examiner LANE GREGORY A - Art Unit 2438

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19270337Adversarial Attack Detection Based on SimilarityJuly 2025February 2026Allow720NoNo
18694829COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED VALIDATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2024January 2026Abandon2230NoNo
18443197BLOCKCHAIN MIDDLEWARE METHODS AND SYSTEMS BASED ON ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFFebruary 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18439613AD-HOC AUTHENTICATED GROUP DISCOVERYFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1910YesNo
18379770Optimized IoT Data Processing for Real-time Decision Support SystemsOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18376007MULTI-TENANT RATE LIMITING SERVICE FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSOctober 2023March 2026Abandon2910NoNo
18460075CONDITIONAL AUTHENTICATION ACCESS CONTROL METHODSeptember 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18347176OVER-THE-AIR DEVICE, OVER-THE-AIR METHOD AND OVER-THE-AIR SYSTEMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18217488DETECTING DATA TRAFFIC ANOMALIES IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES WITH UNSUPERVISED ISOLATION FOREST (IFOREST) MODELJune 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18202078DECENTRALIZED INTEROPERABLE CROSS SUBNET ARCHITECTUREMay 2023December 2024Abandon1920NoNo
18045413System and Method for Memetic Authentication and IdentificationOctober 2022August 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17873672AUTHENTICATION SERVER FUNCTION SELECTION IN AUTHENTICATION AND KEY MANAGEMENTJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610NoNo
17867304SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ZERO-KNOWLEDGE RANGE PROOFSJuly 2022November 2025Allow4010NoNo
17860853METHODS TO COMPRESS, ENCRYPT AND RETRIEVE GENOMIC ALIGNMENT DATAJuly 2022June 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17749074DETECTING OPERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ON AN UNTRUSTED NETWORKMay 2022January 2026Allow4420YesNo
17774149COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONMay 2022March 2025Abandon3510YesNo
17734364TRANSACTION AGENTS AND SYSTEMSMay 2022March 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17733632PROTECTING REAL-TIME AUDIO/VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS END-TO-ENDApril 2022October 2025Abandon4220YesNo
17755305GENERATION DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION DEVICEApril 2022July 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17730047SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF VESSELSApril 2022August 2025Allow4020YesNo
17722054COMMUNICATION SECURITY BASED ON PARAMETER CHANGEApril 2022March 2025Allow3520NoNo
17716751METHOD FOR VALIDATING TRUSTWORTHY DATA IN A COMPUTER SYSTEMApril 2022September 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17707139WIRELESS NETWORK PROVISIONING USING A PRE-SHARED KEYMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17704149SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF AN ICS NETWORK BY AN HMI SERVER THEREINMarch 2022December 2022Allow810YesNo
17656062INTERFACES FOR SPECIFYING INPUT DATASETS, COMPUTATIONAL STEPS, AND OUTPUTS OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022December 2025Allow4440NoNo
17656057PROVIDING A COMPUTATIONAL SCRIPT INTO AN INPUT SLOT OF A COMPUTATIONAL STEP OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022July 2025Allow4040YesNo
17656051PROVIDING AN INPUT DATASET INTO AN INPUT SLOT OF A COMPUTATIONAL STEP OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022June 2025Allow3940YesNo
17656082VIEWING, SELECTING, AND TRIGGERING A DATA PIPELINE TO DERIVE A COLLABORATIVE DATASETMarch 2022September 2025Allow4230YesNo
17656066SPECIFYING A NEW COMPUTATIONAL STEP OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022September 2025Allow4230YesNo
17656073SPECIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OUTPUT DATASET OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022July 2025Allow4040YesNo
17656079SPECIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERMISSIBLE QUERY ON AN OUTPUT OF A DATA PIPELINEMarch 2022August 2025Allow4140YesNo
17700082Compression in Lattice-Based CryptographyMarch 2022December 2024Allow3320YesNo
17682928FIRMWARE AUTHENTICITY CHECKFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3630YesNo
17651291BLOCKCHAIN BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENTFebruary 2022February 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17673168SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARCHIVE AM SCANNINGFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1730YesNo
17650861METHOD FOR EXECUTING A COMPUTER PROGRAM BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUSFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2710YesNo
17650258COOPERATIVE SESSION ORCHESTRATIONFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510YesNo
17580142METHOD TO ANONYMIZE THE SOURCE OF DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONSJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3130NoYes
17568508DETECTION OF ON-PREMISES SYSTEMSJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3420YesNo
17624375SECURE CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE AND SECURITY METHODJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4120YesNo
17562679AUTOMATED GENERATION OF A SANDBOX CONFIGURATION FOR MALWARE DETECTIONDecember 2021December 2024Allow3620YesNo
17555959System and Method for Maintaining Real Estate Data in a Secure MannerDecember 2021May 2025Allow4140YesNo
17548905SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A COMPUTING DEVICEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3020NoNo
17457630CLOUD-BASED MAINFRAME SERVICEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3120YesNo
17528754LINE-POINT ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF SYSTEMNovember 2021March 2024Allow2810NoNo
17527480APPLICATION INTERFACE AND DISPLAY CONTROL IN AN ANALYTE MONITORING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2021May 2025Allow4280NoNo
17525267SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR REGISTER-TRANSFER LEVEL LOCKING AGAINST AN UNTRUSTED FOUNDRYNovember 2021August 2025Allow4540YesYes
17452740CONTROL OF ACCESS TO COMPUTING RESOURCES IMPLEMENTED IN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2021January 2024Allow2720YesNo
17452226METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF DETECTED ERROR CONDITIONS IN A NETWORKOctober 2021December 2023Abandon2610NoNo
17485642SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE WHICH HAS MULTIPLE PROFILES AND WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR AN AUTHENTICATION COMMANDSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2000YesNo
17484806TECHNIQUES FOR MISBEHAVIOR DETECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4040YesNo
17477495FILE SYSTEM SUPPORTING REMOTE ATTESTATION-BASED SECRETSSeptember 2021November 2025Abandon5040NoNo
17459320ENCRYPTION DEVICE, DECRYPTION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION METHOD, DECRYPTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTSAugust 2021April 2024Allow3220NoNo
17399244ODOMETER FRAUD DETECTION VIA DATA STORAGE ON COMPONENTSAugust 2021May 2025Allow4530YesNo
17395053ATTESTATION OF A SECURE GUESTAugust 2021April 2025Allow4540YesNo
17388737MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURELY MANAGING DEVICE COMMUNICATIONJuly 2021August 2023Allow2410YesNo
17361173DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A PERSON AND A METHOD THEREOFJune 2021June 2025Allow4830NoNo
17304476AD-HOC AUTHENTICATED GROUP DISCOVERYJune 2021September 2023Allow2730YesNo
17341961Method and Apparatus for Secure Interaction Between TerminalsJune 2021January 2024Allow3220YesNo
17341535Machine learning to determine command and control sitesJune 2021February 2026Allow5720NoNo
17340340SECURE END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2021January 2026Allow5550NoNo
17324876Indicating Network-Based Consent Contracts using Packet-Level DataMay 2021January 2025Allow4420YesNo
17322802Scope-Delimited Sharing of Encoded Sensitive DataMay 2021September 2024Allow4040YesNo
17289630AUTHENTICATION SERVER FUNCTION SELECTION IN AUTHENTICATION AND KEY MANAGEMENTApril 2021March 2022Allow1120NoNo
17283474Reporting Integrity Protection Failure during Connection Resume or Re-EstablishmentApril 2021May 2024Allow3750NoNo
17219341TRANSPORT SECURITY IN BUSINESS APPLICATIONSMarch 2021April 2024Allow3620NoNo
17204844ULTRA-WIDEBAND-BASED DEVICE USE RESTRICTIONSMarch 2021June 2025Allow5150YesYes
17183825Centralized Consent Vendors for Managing Network-Based Consent ContractsFebruary 2021January 2025Allow4650YesNo
17169978IN-VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEM, FRAUD-DETECTION ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT, AND FRAUD-DETECTION METHODFebruary 2021November 2022Allow2100YesNo
17163411DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTION OF UNIFIED POLICIES IN A CLOUD-BASED POLICY ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2021July 2023Allow3050YesNo
17162783SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATED PEER-TO-PEER DATA TRANSFER USING RESOURCE LOCATORSJanuary 2021April 2022Allow1530YesNo
17261881METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVOKING AUTHORIZATION OF API INVOKERJanuary 2021March 2024Abandon3840NoNo
17146176Near-Field Communication Security for Medical Device and SheathJanuary 2021March 2024Allow3811NoNo
17131506DUAL-FACTOR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ADAPTIVE ENROLLMENTDecember 2020October 2023Allow3420YesNo
17127245SECURE DATA LEAKAGE CONTROL IN A THIRD PARTY CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2020October 2023Allow3320YesNo
17103247THREAT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NETWORK SYSTEMNovember 2020November 2022Allow2400NoNo
17092471SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION AGAINST SIDE CHANNEL ATTACKSNovember 2020June 2023Abandon3110NoNo
17093187SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE TELEMATICS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2020March 2023Allow2910YesNo
17089507AUTOMATED GENERATION OF A SANDBOX CONFIGURATION FOR MALWARE DETECTIONNovember 2020September 2021Allow1020YesNo
17085522MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASEOctober 2020March 2025Allow5240YesNo
17082825INCREASING CONFIDENCE SCORES VIA DCF EQUATION MAPPING AND AUTOMATED STREAM INSPECTIONOctober 2020August 2024Allow4540NoNo
17028305MISBEHAVIOR DETECTION FOR VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING MESSAGESSeptember 2020July 2022Allow2210YesNo
17028401WIRELESS NETWORK PROVISIONING USING A PRE-SHARED KEYSeptember 2020December 2021Allow1530YesNo
17020572CONTROLLED ACCESS TO DATA STORED IN A SECURE PARTITIONSeptember 2020August 2024Allow4750YesNo
17007231ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2020February 2023Allow2910NoNo
16945089ROUTE AND PACKET FLOW EVALUATION ON A CLOUD EXCHANGEJuly 2020May 2024Allow4630YesNo
16938131CUSTOMER-CONTROLLED DYNAMIC ATTESTATION-POLICY-BASED REMOTE ATTESTATION OF COMPUTE RESOURCESJuly 2020July 2023Allow3510YesNo
16937958REPLICATING DATA TO A STORAGE SYSTEM THAT HAS AN INFERRED TRUST RELATIONSHIP WITH A CLIENTJuly 2020May 2024Allow4640YesNo
16917719REMOTE ATTESTATION BASED ON RUNTIME CONFIGURATIONJune 2020July 2022Allow2510YesNo
16889885Phishing detection of uncategorized URLs using heuristics and scanningJune 2020October 2025Allow6070YesNo
15930770Malicious Event Detection in Computing EnvironmentsMay 2020February 2022Abandon2120YesYes
15929497DEVICE CONNECTIVITY POWER CONTROLMay 2020June 2024Allow4940NoNo
16865042COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF REPLACING A DATA STRINGMay 2020August 2024Allow5130YesNo
16827058AGGREGATION OF WIRELESS CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES OF MULTI-TENANT STRUCTURESMarch 2020August 2024Allow5330NoNo
16814909COLLECTING ALGORITHMICALLY GENERATED DOMAINSMarch 2020February 2021Allow1110YesNo
16811653SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR ENSURING DATA PRIVACYMarch 2020June 2023Allow3920NoNo
16809232DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE-BASED DATA ENCRYPTION WITH COMPLEMENTARY RESISTIVE SWITCHESMarch 2020December 2022Abandon3310NoNo
16736399MULTI-PARTICIPANT AND CROSS-ENVIRONMENT PIPELINESJanuary 2020September 2021Allow2010YesNo
16623311Oblivious Access with Differential PrivacyDecember 2019March 2023Allow3920YesNo
16621389ON-VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, ON-VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHODDecember 2019December 2022Allow3610YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LANE, GREGORY A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
11
Examiner Affirmed
8
(72.7%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(27.3%)
Reversal Percentile
43.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.3% 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
56
Allowed After Appeal Filing
31
(55.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
25
(44.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
86.6%
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, 55.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 LANE, GREGORY A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LANE, GREGORY A works in Art Unit 2438 and has examined 572 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LANE, GREGORY A's allowance rate of 76.2% places them in the 42% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LANE, GREGORY A receive 2.42 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% 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 LANE, GREGORY A is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 33% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LANE, GREGORY A. 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, 28.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 52% 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 32.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 88.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 66% 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 80.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 43.5% 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, 50.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 50% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.8% of allowed cases (in the 82% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% 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:

  • 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.

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