USPTO Examiner BLAIR DOUGLAS B - Art Unit 2442

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18431166IN-LINE, IN-CALL AI VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FOR TELECONFERENCINGFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18417403COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CAPTURE AND SHARINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1320YesNo
18519768NONCONFORMING NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTOR (NAV) DETECTION AND MITIGATIONNovember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18239694TRANSACTION BASED REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESSAugust 2023May 2025Allow2020YesNo
18223176SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DATA ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK VIA DATA THROUGHPUT ANALYSISJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18352629NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2023November 2024Allow1620NoNo
18216161System and Method of Collaboratively Processing Occurrences of EventsJune 2023April 2025Abandon2111NoNo
18338683MANAGING CLOUD ACQUISITIONS USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSJune 2023October 2024Allow1630YesNo
18144074COMPROMISED NETWORK NODE DETECTION SYSTEMMay 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18312356FLEXIBLE MODEL TO PROVISION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES DIRECTLY TO NETWORK FUNCTION OR NETWORK SUPPORT SYSTEMMay 2023January 2025Abandon2020NoYes
18305102INITIALIZING NETWORK DEVICE AND SERVER CONFIGURATIONS IN A DATA CENTERApril 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18304699Collaboration Method and Intelligent Device GroupApril 2023April 2025Abandon2440NoNo
18247140Device Anomaly Monitoring Method and DeviceMarch 2023July 2024Abandon1620YesNo
18178651COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODMarch 2023April 2024Allow1421NoNo
18117125IN-LINE, IN-CALL AI VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FOR TELECONFERENCINGMarch 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18169591DUAL-STACK NETWORK ADDRESSING IN CLOUD PROVIDER NETWORK EDGE LOCATIONSFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18162480REASSIGNING DATA GROUPS BASED ON ACTIVATION OF A PROCESSING NODEJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2620YesNo
18162273DEACTIVATING A PROCESSING NODE BASED ON ASSIGNMENT OF A DATA GROUP ASSIGNED TO THE PROCESSING NODEJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810YesNo
18162483DISTRIBUTED SERVERLESS RULE CONSEQUENCE EVALUATION FOR A CONTAINERIZED RULES ENGINEJanuary 2023December 2024Abandon2340YesNo
18162242DATA LINKAGE SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023June 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18157499DETECTING CONFIGURATION COLLISIONS BETWEEN MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION CLIENTSJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1111YesNo
18154769AUTOMATED LOCAL SCALING OF COMPUTE INSTANCESJanuary 2023October 2023Allow900NoNo
18084467COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCAL DELIVERY SERVICEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2840YesNo
18081358TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION INFRASTRUCTUREDecember 2022August 2024Abandon2020NoNo
18071484SELECTIVE TRAFFIC PROCESSING IN A DISTRIBUTED CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORKNovember 2022October 2023Allow1000NoNo
18070133SUBSCRIPTION-NOTIFICATION MECHANISMS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF DISTRIBUTED STATESNovember 2022May 2024Allow1720YesNo
17981312COLLABORATIVE VIDEO CAPTURE AND SHARINGNovember 2022December 2023Allow1411NoNo
17938221PREDICTIVE SCALING OF COMPUTING RESOURCESOctober 2022March 2024Abandon1720YesNo
17935178SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME FREQUENCY BAND MONITORING IN A WIRELESS NETWORKSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3220YesNo
17951559METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVISIONING AN APPLICATION ON A NETWORK NODE ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND APPLICATION PARAMETERS FOR MOBILE DEVICESSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1911NoNo
17818268OFF-PLATFORM MESSAGING SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2024Allow2330YesNo
17814895DIRECTING QUERIES TO NODES OF A CLUSTER OF A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A HOST SYSTEM AND A HARDWARE ACCELERATOR OF THE HOST SYSTEMJuly 2022September 2023Allow1420YesNo
17871601ENABLING EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS IN A MESH NETWORKJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3220YesNo
17870802ENABLING EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS IN A MESH NETWORKJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3220YesNo
17811989COMPUTER RESOURCE-BASED API TRANSACTION METHOD AND SYSTEMJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410YesNo
17811628INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DEPLOYING A SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION ON A CONTAINER PLATFORMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3131NoNo
17825833CONTAINER SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022July 2024Allow2630YesNo
17736748ENDPOINT SECURITY MECHANISM TO DETECT IP THEFT ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE MOBILITY IN SWITCH FABRICMay 2022April 2023Allow1200YesNo
17723651NETWORK-EFFICIENT ISOLATION ENVIRONMENT REDISTRIBUTIONApril 2022August 2023Allow1620NoNo
17659479Email Sender and Reply-To Authentication to Prevent Interception of Email RepliesApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17721043CONFIGURATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICEApril 2022September 2023Allow1720NoNo
17711764PRIVACY FRIENDLY SYSTEM FOR VIEWING USER PRESENCE IN AN END-TO-END ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION PLATFORMApril 2022October 2023Abandon1820YesNo
17709531NETWORK COMPONENT NAMING SYSTEM, METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022August 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17697186SHARED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOWSMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17692043SERVER-MANAGED NOTIFICATIONS FOR MAINTAINING REGISTERED STATEMarch 2022February 2024Allow2340NoNo
17684199COMPROMISED NETWORK NODE DETECTION SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110NoNo
17679683MESSAGING SYSTEMFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1550NoNo
17676383SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MAPPING AND CONFIGURATION DETECTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICESFebruary 2022January 2024Abandon2230NoNo
17592851MANAGING CLOUD ACQUISITIONS USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1310YesNo
17586855METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR ENFORCING FUNCTIONAL FILTERING RULES IN A POD INFRASTRUCTUREJanuary 2022January 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17582998MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORK FOR HARDWAREJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1510NoNo
17648518GENERATING A STITCHED DATA STREAMJanuary 2022October 2022Allow900NoNo
17570697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMICALLY COMPOSED MANAGEMENT ENTITIESJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1510NoNo
17561861IN-LINE, IN-CALL AI VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FOR TELECONFERENCINGDecember 2021January 2023Allow1310NoNo
17620634INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LEGITIMATE COMMUNICATION DETERMINATION METHODDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17539877SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES STORED IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKDecember 2021October 2023Abandon2330YesNo
17523543NETWORK SERVICE FUNCTIONS APINovember 2021August 2023Allow2130YesNo
17517906MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUMSTANCE CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORKNovember 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17515648DISAGGREGATED DATA CENTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2021April 2024Abandon2930NoNo
17485946MONITORING A COMMUNICATION NETWORKSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2411NoNo
17482949FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKSSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4101NoNo
17483528OCCUPANCY GRID MAP COMPUTATION, V2X COMPLEMENTARY SENSING, AND COORDINATION OF COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS NETWORKSSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4220NoNo
17479035SMART RETRY POLICY FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING OF ONLINE RESOURCESSeptember 2021February 2024Abandon2850YesNo
17477404SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) BASED INTERNET PROTOCOL PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE (PBX) ALLOWING THE SEAMLESS CREATION OF A SECONDARY AUDIO PATH(SSeptember 2021June 2023Abandon2111NoNo
17477281Per-Subscriber Virtual Segmentation of an Active Ethernet Network on Multi-Tenant PropertiesSeptember 2021March 2023Abandon1830NoNo
17410569SUBSCRIPTION-NOTIFICATION MECHANISMS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF DISTRIBUTED STATESAugust 2021July 2022Allow1100NoNo
17403608INITIALIZING NETWORK DEVICE AND SERVER CONFIGURATIONS IN A DATA CENTERAugust 2021August 2022Allow1200NoNo
17387138METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVISIONING AN APPLICATION ON A NETWORK NODE ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND APPLICATION PARAMETERS FOR MOBILE DEVICESJuly 2021June 2022Allow1100NoNo
17370554Abstraction Layer to Cloud ServicesJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17368015CLOUD ACCESS METHOD FOR IOT DEVICES, AND DEVICES PERFORMING THE SAMEJuly 2021October 2022Allow1510NoNo
17368162SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING HOSTED VIRTUAL DESKTOP RESOURCES TO REMOTE USERSJuly 2021May 2022Allow1010NoNo
17361309DYNAMIC AND CUSTOMIZABLE VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONSJune 2021May 2025Allow4670YesNo
17360965Content Storage and IdentificationJune 2021August 2024Abandon3760YesNo
17244934VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION UPGRADE TOOLApril 2021March 2023Abandon2310YesNo
17244523Collaboration Method and Intelligent Device GroupApril 2021July 2023Abandon2641YesNo
17230920Fast Provisioning in Cloud Computing EnvironmentsApril 2021May 2022Allow1520YesNo
17222160DIRECTING QUERIES TO NODES OF A CLUSTER OF A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A HOST SYSTEM AND A HARDWARE ACCELERATOR OF THE HOST SYSTEMApril 2021April 2022Allow1200NoNo
17219026COMPUTER RESOURCE-BASED API TRANSACTION METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2021June 2022Allow1410YesNo
17216322PARAMETER SERVER AND METHOD FOR SHARING DISTRIBUTED DEEP LEARNING PARAMETER USING THE SAMEMarch 2021July 2022Allow1511NoNo
17203707CIRCUITRY APPLIED IN NETWORK DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHODMarch 2021April 2023Abandon2530YesNo
17151096ACCOUNT REGISTRATION METHOD IN DECT NETWORK CLUSTER SYSTEMJanuary 2021January 2023Allow2401NoNo
17126766MULTI-CHANNEL SESSION CONNECTION MANAGEMENT MECHANISMDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4860YesNo
17123411DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHODDecember 2020January 2023Abandon2540NoNo
17112707CONTAINER SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2020February 2022Allow1401NoNo
17112714DUAL-STACK NETWORK ADDRESSING IN CLOUD PROVIDER NETWORK EDGE LOCATIONSDecember 2020October 2022Allow2300NoNo
17103745SETTING CHANGE METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING SETTING CHANGE PROGRAMNovember 2020April 2023Allow2840NoNo
17096200TRANSCRIPTION BOT FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2020October 2021Allow1100NoNo
17090763Smart Computing Device Implementing Network Security and Data ArbitrationNovember 2020April 2024Abandon4131YesYes
17089277FRAME TRANSFER METHOD AND SECURE STAR COUPLERNovember 2020July 2023Allow3230NoNo
17078886CLOUD COMPUTING WITH DYNAMIC CLOUDOctober 2020December 2024Abandon5071NoYes
17074526INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DEPLOYING A SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION ON A CONTAINER PLATFORMOctober 2020March 2022Allow1711YesNo
17025955Email Sender and Reply-To Authentication to Prevent Interception of Email RepliesSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
17015280PREDICTIVE SCALING OF COMPUTING RESOURCESSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2121YesNo
17003715MESSAGE SENTIMENT ANALYZER AND FEEDBACKAugust 2020July 2022Allow2300NoNo
16994873SIMULATED AUDITORY SPACE FOR ONLINE MEETINGSAugust 2020July 2022Allow2311NoNo
16987777QOS POLICY PROVISIONING ON RESOURCE CONSTRAINED NETWORK DEVICESAugust 2020February 2023Allow3010YesNo
16983092ENTERPRISE IOT SYSTEM FOR ONBOARDING AND MAINTAINING PERIPHERAL DEVICESAugust 2020June 2022Allow2200NoNo
16984032MANAGING PLURAL SCANNING DEVICES IN A HIGH-THROUGHPUT LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTAugust 2020December 2021Allow1710NoNo
16935724ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS AND ESTABLISHING DYNAMIC CONTEXT-BASED CROSS-NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS FOR RESOURCE TRANSFER ACTIVITIESJuly 2020October 2023Abandon3830YesNo
16923242MANAGING A FLEET OF WORKFLOW DEVICES AND STANDBY DEVICES IN A DEVICE NETWORKJuly 2020July 2022Allow2400NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BLAIR, DOUGLAS B.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
23
Examiner Affirmed
15
(65.2%)
Examiner Reversed
8
(34.8%)
Reversal Percentile
56.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 34.8% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
62
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(22.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
48
(77.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
30.4%
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, 22.6% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner BLAIR, DOUGLAS B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BLAIR, DOUGLAS B works in Art Unit 2442 and has examined 477 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BLAIR, DOUGLAS B's allowance rate of 69.0% places them in the 31% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BLAIR, DOUGLAS B receive 2.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BLAIR, DOUGLAS B is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 29% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BLAIR, DOUGLAS B. This interview benefit is in the 35% 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, 18.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 23.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 30% 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, 48.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 42% 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 55.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 24.1% 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, 60.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% 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 5.2% of allowed cases (in the 86% 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 1.8% of allowed cases (in the 67% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • 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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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.