USPTO Examiner ROBINSON CHRISTOPHER B - Art Unit 2443

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18915880IP CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18757655DYNAMIC BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) HOST ROUTE GENERATION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) RESOLUTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18754746SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BROWSERS AND CONTACT CENTERSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18720002CLIENT NETWORK CONFIGURATIONJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18678126Tailored MessagingMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18671429CELL-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR AN EXTENSIBILITY PLATFORMMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18641866LIGHTWEIGHT IOT INFORMATION MODELApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18633775APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A SET OF SERVERS MONITORING DATA COMMUNICATION ENDPOINTS TO ASSESS POSSIBLE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMSApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18590402TECHNIQUES FOR SUPERVISING COMMUNICATIONS FROM MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION MODALITIESFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18438000MICROSERVICES APPLICATION NETWORK CONTROL PLANEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18423158CONVERGENCE FOR TIME SENSITIVE CLOUD APPLICATIONSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18574038SENSING FUNCTION CONTROL NODE FOR INTERNET OF THINGSDecember 2023February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18522744OFFLINE TEST MODE SDN VALIDATIONNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18520915DETECTING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE OF IOT DEVICES USING NOVELTY DETECTION BASED BEHAVIOR TRAFFIC MODELINGNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18513214RESOLVING BLOCKCHAIN DOMAINSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18371703METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CLIENT PERSISTENCE IN MULTI-SITE GSLB DEPLOYMENTSSeptember 2023May 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18281761DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DETERMINATION PROGRAMSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18244594DYNAMIC BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) HOST ROUTE GENERATION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) RESOLUTIONSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18237667SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING SYSTEM FIRMWAREAugust 2023May 2025Allow2000YesNo
18362600SECURELY DELIVER DECRYPTED DATA OF MIRRORED VPN TRAFFICJuly 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18357990SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BROWSERS AND CONTACT CENTERSJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18356095NAVIGATION USING PROXIMITY INFORMATIONJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18223975APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A SET OF SERVERS MONITORING DATA COMMUNICATION ENDPOINTS TO ASSESS POSSIBLE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMSJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18223666IoT Licensing Platform and ArchitectureJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18354841MICROSERVICES APPLICATION NETWORK CONTROL PLANEJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010YesNo
18351835VIRTUAL IP FOR A CONTAINER PODJuly 2023January 2025Allow1920NoNo
18220793Method and System of Network Configuration for Domestic Appliances, Electronic Device, and Computer Storage MediumJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18271380SECURITY DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIAJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18338580DESIRED STATE MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTERJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18328838SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT MONITORING AND REPROGRAMMINGJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18328743SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EMISSIONS CONTROL UNIT MONITORING AND REPROGRAMMINGJune 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18323120BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023May 2025Allow2410YesNo
18314902Tailored MessagingMay 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18310563LIGHTWEIGHT IOT INFORMATION MODELMay 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18307950METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EASDF SECURE SERVICEApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18133332ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD AND LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023July 2024Allow1520NoNo
18129448CELL-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR AN EXTENSIBILITY PLATFORMMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010YesNo
18129244SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING MISSING MULTICAST OR BROADCAST MEDIA SEGMENTS USING D2D COMMUNICATIONMarch 2023July 2024Allow1620NoNo
18129371DYNAMIC BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) HOST ROUTE GENERATION BASED ON DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) RESOLUTIONMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18129372CASE VOLUME SEVERITY LEVEL LISTSMarch 2023December 2024Abandon2020NoNo
18191333Hierarchical-Context Area Network As A Virtual Private Network Infrastructure SystemMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18191178SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK LIFECYCLE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENTMarch 2023January 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18124232Signaling Intent to Establish Connections Between Autonomous SystemsMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510YesNo
18177611SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DATA MOVEMENT IN AN ORCHESTRATED DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONMarch 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18173678METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PACKET SENDINGFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1420NoNo
18170073SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATIONFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18170402MICROSERVICES APPLICATION NETWORK CONTROL PLANEFebruary 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18166828ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TOKEN PRUNING IN FREQUENCY DOMAIN AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAMEFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18166765INTENT-DRIVEN CLOUD BRANCHESFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18040694Systems, Methods, and Media for Distributed Network Monitoring Using Local Monitoring DevicesFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18157259SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USE OF STORAGE IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18157160SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WORKSPACE CAPABILITIESJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2100NoNo
18156555MANAGING DEPLOYMENT OF CLOUD-NATIVE NETWORK FUNCTIONS (CNFS)January 2023July 2024Allow1820NoNo
18156183ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT PROVISIONING IN SERVICE MESH-BASED MICROSERVICES SYSTEMSJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1100NoNo
18096041CONTROLLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SECURITY SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18153405INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1720NoNo
18094550ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD AND LOCATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810NoNo
18004232AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR MANAGING A VIDEO CALLJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2830NoNo
18148164COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMSDecember 2022December 2023Allow1220NoNo
18068336NOTIFICATION ROUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING DISRUPTIONSDecember 2022July 2024Allow1920NoNo
18083311MANAGEMENT OF BLACKLISTS AND DUPLICATE ADDRESSES IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKSDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18066527GENERATING SERVICE-TO-SERVICE DEPENDENCY MAP FROM DNS AND FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LOGSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1000NoNo
18080213SERVER CONFIGURATION ANOMALY DETECTIONDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
18063314LOCATOR LOOKUP-BASED, LOW-LATENCY, MULTI-ACCESS IP MOBILITYDecember 2022October 2023Allow1000NoNo
17994594SYSTEM ON CHIP, SECURITY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTHENTICATIONNovember 2022June 2025Allow3011YesNo
17993366DIFFERENTIATED AUTHORIZATION FOR DOMAINS OF A MULTI-DOMAIN APPLICATIONNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17993428SECURITY ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM, SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTING DEVICENovember 2022October 2024Allow2300NoNo
17992253WEARABLE COMPUTER WITH FITNESS MACHINE CONNECTIVITY FOR IMPROVED ACTIVITY MONITORINGNovember 2022September 2024Allow2230YesNo
17927201IP ADDRESS ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKNovember 2022October 2024Allow2330NoNo
17991498RESOLVING BLOCKCHAIN DOMAINSNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
18057646METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CREDIT USAGE OF MOBILE DEVICESNovember 2022April 2024Allow1720NoNo
18055971RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY IP PREFIX RENEWAL AFTER RE-REGISTRATIONNovember 2022June 2024Allow1930YesNo
17987222DATA SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOUD DATA BASED UPON NETWORK CONNECTIONSNovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17985090ALLOCATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES BASED ON A LOCATION OF A VISITED NETWORKNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
17982561SCALABLE AND ON-DEMAND MULTI-TENANT AND MULTI REGION SECURE NETWORKNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
18053500INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022June 2024Allow1930YesNo
17982225Packet Processing Method, Related Device, and Computer Storage MediumNovember 2022August 2023Allow920YesNo
18052254PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT MULTICAST (PIM) DESIGNATED ROUTER (DR) ELECTIONNovember 2022January 2024Allow1420YesNo
18050938VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING APPLICATION MESSAGINGOctober 2022March 2023Allow510NoNo
18050622RANSOMWARE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS LEVERAGING SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLERSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17973450LINK HEALTH DETERMINATIONOctober 2022November 2023Allow1310YesNo
17973357GENERATING INFRASTRUCTURE TEMPLATES FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSMISSION OF USER DATA INTO A DATA INTAKE AND QUERY SYSTEMOctober 2022June 2023Allow710YesNo
17969267ASPIRATING DETECTOR DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY LICENSINGOctober 2022January 2025Allow2710NoNo
18047971LOGGING IN TO MODERN WORKSPACES USING DIFFERENT CLOUD IDENTITY PROVIDERS AND SINGLE SIGN-ONOctober 2022January 2025Allow2710NoNo
17966922STATELESS ADDRESS AUTO-CONFIGURATION WITH MULTIPLE SUBNET SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17966537Discovering And Clustering IPv6 Addresses by Hardware IdentifiersOctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17964152CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING ASSISTANT VIA MULTI-AGENT AIOctober 2022January 2024Abandon1520NoNo
17963856EVENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR SERVICEABILITY VIA BIDIRECTIONAL PROXYOctober 2022September 2023Allow1100NoNo
18045606DETERMINING DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM FORWARDING RULES IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022September 2023Allow1120NoNo
17938263MICROSERVICES APPLICATION NETWORK CONTROL PLANEOctober 2022May 2023Allow710YesNo
17938279MICROSERVICES APPLICATION NETWORK CONTROL PLANEOctober 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17960782OPTIMIZING COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK DURING BLOCKING OF AN EXIT INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17936113EXECUTION OF HOMOMORPHICALLY ENCRYPTED CODE USING DYNAMICALLY SELECTED BLOCKSSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17953980Monitoring Internet Protocol Address Utilization to Apply Unified Network PolicySeptember 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17935831PRIVACY-PRESERVING AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTIONSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17913657METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING IP ADDRESS TO DU IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL SYSTEMSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1830YesNo
17942855SECURE ONE-TIME PROGRAMMING UNDO SYSTEMSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2300NoNo
17941048METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATCHING WEBSITES RUNNING IN A .NET FRAMEWORK ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2510NoNo
17929683COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020NoNo
17900940SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK LIFECYCLE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(62.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(37.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
89.5%
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, 62.5% 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 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B works in Art Unit 2443 and has examined 266 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B's allowance rate of 94.4% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B receive 1.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B is 18 months. This places the examiner in the 94% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B. This interview benefit is in the 26% 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, 36.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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 60.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 77.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% 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, 44.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 48% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% 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 16% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.

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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.