Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18954944 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) DRIVEN TAXONOMY FRAMEWORK GENERATION | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18408646 | System and Method of Classification of Traffic Flows in a Communication Network | January 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18460038 | CONTINUOUS IDENTITY | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352983 | SMART AND OPTIMIZED DATA LOADER | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18335658 | GENERATING NETWORK FLOW PROFILES FOR COMPUTING ENTITIES | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18329619 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329599 | Ansible IntelScan | June 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328612 | Framework for Automatically Establishing Secure Connections for Streaming Audio and Video Data Between Devices Based on Device State Criteria | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING MALICIOUS ENTITIES | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18200311 | Load Balancing System for the Execution of Applications on Reconfigurable Processors | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310461 | DYNAMICALLY ROUTING CODE FOR EXECUTING | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18140687 | ENABLING A SECURING OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18032819 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AUDIO ADVERSARIAL ATTACK WITH RESPECT TO A VOICE INPUT PROCESSED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136043 | DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING EVENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132859 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE PIPELINING COMPOSITION FOR MACHINE LEARNING (ML) | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130125 | Adaptable On-Deployment Learning Platform for Driver Analysis Output Generation | April 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18122301 | CHATBOT UTTERANCE ROUTING IN A PROVIDER NETWORK | March 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18115491 | PROCESS FOR PERSONALIZING AN ELECTRONIC GREETING WITH A VOICE MESSAGE | February 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113722 | COGNITIVE NETWORKS | February 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18110927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODEC FOR COMBINING DISPARATE CONTENT | February 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18019600 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR VISUALIZING ROUTE AND BEHAVIOR OF USER BY LINKING SECURITY THREAT AND SECURITY KERNEL OF SERVER-TERMINAL CONNECTION NETWORK | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103821 | Cloud intelligence data model and framework | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18103088 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING TRUSTED URLs | January 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102080 | FILE INTEGRITY MONITORING | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156914 | NETWORK DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | January 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099133 | System and Method for Automatic Short Message Generation | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151372 | DEBUGGING CORRECTNESS ISSUES IN TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18012681 | POLICY PROVISIONING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18068697 | GENERATING SECURITY RESPONSE RECOMMENDATIONS | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18074418 | DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING EVENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18071661 | Dynamic Command Protection Method and Dynamic Command Protection System by Using Time-Vary Salt Data | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059302 | MACHINE LEARNING IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS | November 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999656 | FIELD DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE QUALITY OF A NETWORK CONNECTION | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990896 | PROTECTIVELY DISPLAYING SPECIFIC FIELDS IN SPECIFIC VIEWS OF A SECURE INTERFACE | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056364 | DYNAMICALLY HARMONIZING A MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18055887 | SECURE SERVICE OPERATION AUTHORIZATION | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17923441 | Estimating Accuracy of Privacy-Preserving Data Analyses | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17985871 | ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054084 | NETWORK AGENT FOR REPORTING TO A NETWORK POLICY SYSTEM | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17973946 | Using a Traffic Monitoring Service to Detect Traffic Pattern Shifts | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045574 | PROCESS DATA CHANGE NOTIFICATION FROM A UNIFIED DATA REPOSITORY | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17963079 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING AND CONTROLLING A PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK USING CROSS NETWORK LEARNING | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936624 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955793 | METHODS FOR MITIGATING DDoS ATTACK USING HARDWARE DEVICE AND DEVICES THEREOF | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948374 | Dynamically Optimizing Routing within a Decentralized Network | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17902497 | SESSION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17929480 | EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LOCAL AND REMOTE TASK DISTRIBUTION CONTROL | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17900676 | MACHINE LEARNING TO ENHANCE SATELLITE TERMINAL PERFORMANCE | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801691 | IMPARTING DEVICE, IMPARTING METHOD, AND IMPARTING PROGRAM | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17800198 | USER AUTHENTICATION AT ACCESS CONTROL SERVER USING MOBILE DEVICE | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17876742 | DATA ANALYTICS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | July 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794455 | Method for Guiding Smart Device to Connect to Network, Medium, Control Terminal, and System | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810736 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING PERSONALIZED PAYMENT SCREEN ARCHITECTURE | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785319 | MANAGING RESOURCE UTILIZATION BY MULTIPLE NETWORK SLICES | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836943 | VIDEO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828959 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION IN SUPPORT OF INTENSE NETWORK-WISE HEALTH ASSESSMENT | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17779770 | A Method of Capturing Packets from a Container in a Cluster | May 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17752716 | Dynamic Subscription and Message Routing on a Topic Between Publishing Nodes and Subscribing Nodes | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749783 | ULTRA-WIDE BAND DEVICE FINGERPRINTING | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749647 | PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17746479 | INVESTIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND INVESTIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING IMAGE DATA AND OTHER DATA TYPES INTO ONE DATA FORMAT AND DECODING OF SAME | May 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720860 | HEURISTIC MODEL TO SELF-MANAGE AND AUTO-UPDATE CONTAINERIZED SERVICES | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17712277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE PROTOCOL FOR IDENTIFYING AND REVERSING IMMUNE DISEASE | April 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707737 | ETHERNET CABLE OPEN CIRCUIT CHECKING | March 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17701572 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR VERIFYING AN IMMUNIZATION STATUS | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17698514 | ADAPTIVE REAL-TIME STREAMING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | March 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694585 | DYNAMICALLY ROUTING CODE FOR EXECUTING | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING BEHAVIOR OF INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES | February 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 17635235 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIA RELATING TO MACHINE-LEARNING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17635332 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIA RELATING TO MACHINE-LEARNING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17650176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRINGING INANIMATE CHARACTERS TO LIFE | February 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17630483 | USER DATA MANAGEMENT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17617931 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17454128 | MITIGATION OF BRUTE FORCE ATTACK TO DEVICE PIN | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17452936 | GENERATING NETWORK FLOW PROFILES FOR COMPUTING ENTITIES | October 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17452703 | SOFTWARE PATH PREDICTION VIA MACHINE LEARNING | October 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17507766 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REAL-TIME MICROSEISM MONITORING NODE | October 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17451738 | NWDAF NETWORK ELEMENT SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17450757 | SOFTWARE PATH PREDICTION VIA MACHINE LEARNING | October 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17487124 | Cloud least identity privilege and data access framework | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17449181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433371 | QUALITY MEASURING DEVICE, QUALITY MEASURING METHOD, AND QUALITY MEASURING PROGRAM | August 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17310554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING NETWORK | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17387323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | July 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17357904 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION | June 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17335356 | COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING SAAS APPLICATION SESSION STATE MIGRATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS | June 2021 | June 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17328029 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MACHINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS | May 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17326733 | Personalized Translation of Content Identifiers | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17245811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THROTTLING SERVICE REQUESTS HAVING NON-UNIFORM WORKLOADS | April 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17227016 | EMULATING PACKET FLOWS TO ASSESS NETWORK LINKS FOR SD-WAN | April 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17149563 | PROCESSING HIGH VOLUME NETWORK DATA | January 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17136215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE PROTOCOL FOR IDENTIFYING AND REVERSING IMMUNE DISEASE | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17107593 | ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM | November 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17077976 | EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM WITH LOCAL AND REMOTE TASK DISTRIBUTION CONTROL | October 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17077128 | Judication Engine | October 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17075986 | INTELLIGENT CHAT CHANNEL PROCESSOR | October 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17045329 | SELECTING A NETWORK CONNECTION BASED ON A MEDIA TYPE | October 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17062445 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PROCESSING AND ENTERPRISE AI APPLICATIONS | October 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17027639 | QUICK RELAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD MESSAGING | September 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZHANG, SHIRLEY X.
With a 15.8% 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.
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, 31.2% 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.
⚠ 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 ZHANG, SHIRLEY X works in Art Unit 2442 and has examined 403 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner ZHANG, SHIRLEY X's allowance rate of 70.2% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ZHANG, SHIRLEY X receive 2.48 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZHANG, SHIRLEY X is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 43% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHANG, SHIRLEY X. This interview benefit is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 72% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 57.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 34.6% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 30.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 18% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 54% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 58% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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