USPTO Examiner KEEHN RICHARD G - Art Unit 2444

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18846611CONSOLIDATED INDICATORS FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18759616HUMAN OR BOT ACTIVITY DETECTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1120NoNo
18752203MOBILITY NETWORK SLICE SELECTIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18677426METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RESOURCE OPERATIONMay 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18650922Cloud Interface for Use of Cloud ServicesApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18630665OPTIONS TEMPLATE TRANSPORT FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORKSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18608514SYNCHRONIZING NODES IN A NETWORKMarch 2024September 2024Allow600YesNo
18587223SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC STITCHING OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN LIVE STREAM CONTENTFebruary 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18583463BUSINESS POLICY MANAGEMENT FOR SELF-DRIVING NETWORKFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18426017EVENT NOTIFICATION IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMSJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1210NoNo
18540045TRANSMITTER, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18530060AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED WIDE AREA NETWORK HAVING CONTROL PLANE AND ORDER MANAGEMENT ON A BLOCKCHAINDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18521543METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CREATE A VIRTUALIZED REPLICA OF A COMPUTER NETWORKNovember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18560875EQUIPMENT ACCESS METHOD, DATA EXCHANGE METHOD, NETWORKED DEVICE AND SERVERNovember 2023August 2024Allow901NoNo
18505514LOCAL CACHE MAINTENANCE FOR MEDIA CONTENTNovember 2023May 2024Allow600NoNo
18504073PRIMARY ENTITY REQUESTING FROM ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDER (OSP) TO PRODUCE A RESOURCE AND TO PREPARE A DIGITAL EXHIBIT THAT REPORTS THE RESOURCE, RECEIVING FROM THE OSP AN ACCESS INDICATOR THAT LEADS TO THE DIGITAL EXHIBIT, AND SENDING THE ACCESS INDICATOR TO SECONDARY ENTITYNovember 2023June 2024Allow710NoNo
18480267METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ANALYTICS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023July 2024Allow1000NoNo
18371833CUSTOMIZATION OF ALERTS USING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18468165UPF SERVICE-BASED PACKET DELAY STATUS EVENT EXPOSURE SERVICE METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2023January 2025Allow1620NoNo
18463139CONFIGURATION HASH COMPARISONSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18236476STATELESS TRIGGERING AND EXECUTION OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTING KERNELSAugust 2023January 2024Allow500NoNo
18449692SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTED DEVICESAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18446854Allocated Execution Time Adjustment For Secure Device ProvisioningAugust 2023January 2024Allow500NoNo
18366163SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND PROVIDING ZONE-SPECIFIC MEDIAAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18230589DEVICE NETWORK SYSTEMAugust 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18227886NETWORK ADDRESS COMPRESSION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICESJuly 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18352779SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO UTILIZE EDGE COMPUTING TO RESPOND TO LATENCY IN CONNECTED VEHICLESJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520YesNo
18213068PREDICTIVE LOCATION SELECTION SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18330933ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INTENT-BASED NETWORKINGJune 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18204906Method and Apparatus for Detecting Security Event, and Computer-Readable Storage MediumJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18039892Detecting a TCP Session Hijacking AttackJune 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18204126MANAGING NETWORK CONFIGURATIONSMay 2023January 2024Allow810YesNo
18204022METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMBEDDING CONTENT IN EDITING AREAMay 2023May 2024Allow1120NoNo
18201510CLOUD COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINES WITH RUN TRIGGERSMay 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18320621HUB DEVICE OF IOT ENVIRONMENT, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING EVENT BASED ON LOCAL NETWORKMay 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18198765SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CONNECTION PROTOCOLS IN A SERVER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18198764SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTER ABSTRACTION IN A SERVER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18317529TEMPLATE BASED EDGE CLOUD CORE DEPLOYMENTMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18195978CONFIGURING DISCONNECTED DEVICES USING PREDEFINED NETWORK CONFIGURATIONMay 2023May 2025Allow2510YesNo
18144755VIDEO GENERATION SYSTEM TO RENDER FRAMES ON DEMAND USING A FLEET OF SERVERSMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18305668DYNAMIC CONTENT DELIVERY BASED ON VEHICLE NAVIGATIONAL ATTRIBUTESApril 2023June 2024Allow1420YesNo
18136597PROGRAMMING/DATA SETS VIA A DATA-COMMUNICATIONS SERVERApril 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18302527FAULT MONITORING IN A UTILITY SUPPLY NETWORKApril 2023October 2024Allow1840NoNo
18302523FAULT MONITORING IN A UTILITY SUPPLY NETWORKApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18134465EVENT NOTIFICATION IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMSApril 2023April 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18133555Certificate-Based Connections Reflecting a Network ArchitectureApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18299016BUSINESS POLICY MANAGEMENT FOR SELF-DRIVING NETWORKApril 2023December 2023Allow800YesNo
18132951CYBER THREAT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CYBER THREAT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CYBER THREAT INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMApril 2023May 2025Allow2610NoNo
18130384SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MULTI-CHANNEL NOTIFICATION SERVICEApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18126990IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING ANOMALIES IN A SELF-HEALING NETWORKMarch 2023February 2024Allow1100NoNo
18125926PREEMPTIVE NETWORK REMEDIATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK ISSUES WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREVENT USER SWITCHES TO WIRED NETWORKSMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820NoNo
18124927SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND PROVIDING ZONE-SPECIFIC MEDIAMarch 2023May 2023Allow200NoNo
18124940SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND PROVIDING ZONE-SPECIFIC MEDIAMarch 2023June 2023Allow310YesNo
18120734SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING TELEMATICS DATA FROM TELEMATICS DEVICESMarch 2023May 2023Allow200NoNo
18182112Network Configuration Method and DeviceMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18119109SYSTEM FOR CONTAINERIZATION-BASED COUNTERMEASURES TO CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIESMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18177830FRAMEWORK FREE INTEGRATIONMarch 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18175594SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORCHESTRATION OF NETWORK FUNCTIONSFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1900NoNo
18043130CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18173014PRIMARY ENTITY REQUESTING FROM ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDER (OSP) TO PRODUCE A RESOURCE AND TO PREPARE A DIGITAL EXHIBIT THAT REPORTS THE RESOURCE, RECEIVING FROM THE OSP AN ACCESS INDICATOR THAT LEADS TO THE DIGITAL EXHIBIT, AND SENDING THE ACCESS INDICATOR TO SECONDARY ENTITYFebruary 2023August 2023Allow600NoNo
18111836SECURE VOTING IN A COLLABORATIVE ONLINE DOCUMENT EDITORFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2500NoNo
18164906MOBILITY NETWORK SLICE SELECTIONFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18165027PROXY SELECTION BY MONITORING QUALITY AND AVAILABLE CAPACITYFebruary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18153758BATCH PROCESSING OF KEY GENERATION REQUESTSJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2100NoNo
18095627LOCAL CACHE MAINTENANCE FOR MEDIA CONTENTJanuary 2023August 2023Allow800NoNo
18152013SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ON-BOARD RESOURCES OF INDIVIDUAL VEHICLES IN A FLEET OF VEHICLES AS A DISTRIBUTED DATA CENTERJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18094914Pruning a Distributed Database for an Ad-Hoc Peer-to-Peer (P2P) NetworkJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1100NoNo
18094380PROVIDING EXPLANATION OF NETWORK INCIDENT ROOT CAUSESJanuary 2023May 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18069215SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OMNICHANNEL TEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION UTILIZING ADAPTIVE INSTRUCTIONSDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020YesNo
18082068INTELLIGENT MULTI-PATH CALL HOMEDecember 2022July 2023Allow700NoNo
18079761SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC STITCHING OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN LIVE STREAM CONTENTDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18063755SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO UTILIZE EDGE COMPUTING TO RESPOND TO LATENCY IN CONNECTED VEHICLESDecember 2022July 2023Allow720YesNo
18077262Method of Designing of Multi-Party System in QAP-Based Homomorphic EncryptionDecember 2022November 2024Allow2410NoNo
18001135ONBOARD APPARATUS, ONBOARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210YesNo
18076523DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE HARDWARE SIGNATURES FROM A SINGLE PUF CIRCUIT SOURCE AND RELATED METHODS AND APPLICATIONSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700YesNo
18000327SECURE BOOT UP OF COMPUTING DEVICESNovember 2022September 2024Allow2100NoNo
18060464PAY-PER-USE METERING SERVICE FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION WORKLOADS IN THE CLOUDNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810YesNo
18070569DATA CENTER SELECTION FOR CLOUD APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTNovember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
17992597Tournament Type Selection Operations on Encrypted DataNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17926021SERVICE REQUEST HANDLINGNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710NoNo
17988559SECURE REUSE OF CLOUD AT CUSTOMER HARDWARENovember 2022June 2025Allow3120YesNo
18055737CONFIGURATION HASH COMPARISONNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17986393AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTED WIDE AREA NETWORK HAVING CONTROL PLANE AND ORDER MANAGEMENT ON A BLOCKCHAINNovember 2022August 2023Allow911YesNo
18055218COMPUTING INTERFACE NETWORK CONFIGURATION GRAPHS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SECURING COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS THEREWITHNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810NoNo
17981438SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND PROVIDING ZONE-SPECIFIC MEDIANovember 2022June 2023Allow711NoNo
18051644COORDINATED SECURE WORKSPACE SERVICINGNovember 2022September 2023Allow1000YesNo
17977063SHIFTING LEFT GRC AND SECURITY COMPLIANCE LEVERAGING TRANSIENT CLOUD RESOURCESOctober 2022July 2023Allow800NoNo
17977320ENCRYPTION DETERMINING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022August 2024Allow2100NoNo
17976453CREATING A BUDGET-BASED TIME SERIESOctober 2022July 2023Allow910YesNo
17973193OPTIONS TEMPLATE TRANSPORT FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORKSOctober 2022February 2024Allow1510YesNo
17972416HARDWARE DRIFT DETERMINATION AND REMEDIATIONOctober 2022October 2023Allow1220NoNo
17968989DATA TRANSFER ENCRYPTION MECHANISMOctober 2022January 2025Allow2720YesNo
17963789EVENT NOTIFICATION MECHANISM FOR MIGRATING MANAGEMENT NETWORK OF A CLUSTER NODE OF A HYPER CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE (HCI) APPLIANCEOctober 2022June 2023Allow800NoNo
17961759Method for Testing Networks Using Test Data FlowsOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17961755Collaborative Testing of Devices or Subsections Within a NetworkOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17958547METHOD FOR MANAGING FILESYSTEM ELEMENTS, METHOD FOR SETTING UP USER ACCESS TO A STORAGE SYSTEM, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17936746SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK BASED SERVICESSeptember 2022July 2023Allow910YesNo
17954577VENDOR AGNOSTIC NETWORK DEVICE CONFIGURATION AUDIT PLATFORMSeptember 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17954228EVENT NOTIFICATION IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMSSeptember 2022July 2023Abandon1010NoNo
17953065EXTENSIBLE NETWORK TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PLATFORM FOR INCREASING NETWORK RESILIENCY IN CLOUD APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KEEHN, RICHARD G.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
7
(58.3%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(41.7%)
Reversal Percentile
63.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 41.7% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
49.4%
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, 33.3% 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 KEEHN, RICHARD G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KEEHN, RICHARD G works in Art Unit 2444 and has examined 306 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 16 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KEEHN, RICHARD G's allowance rate of 97.1% places them in the 91% 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 KEEHN, RICHARD G receive 1.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 29% 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 KEEHN, RICHARD G is 16 months. This places the examiner in the 97% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KEEHN, RICHARD G. This interview benefit is in the 13% 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, 30.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 53.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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 47.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 24.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 15% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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 0.0% 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.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.