USPTO Examiner SWEARINGEN JEFFREY R - Art Unit 2445

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19066045CDN NETWORK REQUEST SCHEDULING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
18897858SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT RETRIEVAL FROM REMOTE NETWORK REGIONSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18829051MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACE DNS QUERY ROUTINGSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18816183SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A HIGH SPEED LINK BETWEEN A MOBILE CACHE AND AN EDGE CACHEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18778619FEDERATED DATA QUERY METHODS AND APPARATUSES BASED ON PRIVACY PRESERVINGJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18775852AUTO-GROUPING AND ROUTING PLATFORMJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18766015State Management and Storage With Policy Enforcement in a Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18739450Localization For Domain Name ResolutionJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18735655PREDICTIVE DOMAIN NAME REQUEST CATEGORIZATION AND PREFETCHJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18675289SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND REMEDIATING DDOS ATTACKS BASED ON ENERGY CONSUMPTIONMay 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18668515METHOD FOR APPLICATION CONTEXT TRANSFER BETWEEN EDGE SERVERS IN 5G NETWORKSMay 2024July 2025Allow1430NoNo
18669303MEDIA TRANSFER FOR REMOTE DEVICE INFRASTRUCTUREMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18661422MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ASSOCIATING ASSETS RELATED TO EVENTS WITH ADDRESSABLE COMPUTER NETWORK ASSETSMay 2024September 2024Allow400YesNo
18658717MONITORING AND POLICY CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED DATA AND CONTROL PLANES FOR VIRTUAL NODESMay 2024February 2025Allow900YesNo
18647769OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING SAMEApril 2024December 2025Allow2010YesNo
18644639DYNAMIC EXPERIENTIAL SNAPSHOTSApril 2024March 2026Allow2320NoNo
18642980Obscuring Participants in a VideoconferenceApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18643807ENHANCEMENT OF CONTROL PLANE AND DATA PLANE LEARNS FOR ROAMING HOSTSApril 2024January 2026Allow2100NoNo
18642403CHAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18635485SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS OF ANOMALIES IN A SHARED DATA PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTApril 2024January 2026Allow2210NoNo
18634877MULTITENANCY SSD ACCESS CONTROLApril 2024February 2026Allow2210YesNo
18699538Method, Vehicle Component, and Computer Program for Granting Authorization to Run a Computer Program by Means of a Vehicle Component of a VehicleApril 2024November 2025Allow1910NoNo
18616103PERFORMING OPERATIONS BASED UPON ACTIVITY PATTERNSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18611825System and Methods for Click-Jacking and Content Redressing ProtectionMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410NoNo
18608385POLICY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT IN A GREEN ELASTIC NETWORKMarch 2024December 2025Allow2120YesNo
18604805AUTOMATIC NETWORK ERROR ROUTING FOR DOWNSTREAM NETWORK HOP ERRORSMarch 2024December 2025Allow2100YesNo
18595212INTERFACE FOR DIGITAL OPERATOR PLATFORM INCLUDING ASYNCHRONOUS CONNECTION COMPATIBILITYMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18591324PROGRAMMABLE CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18592218BUM Traffic Handling for EVPN E-Tree via Network ConvergenceFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2011YesNo
18438109SEAMLESS AND SECURE CLOUD TO COMPUTER POINTER RELAYFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2420YesNo
18437866Privacy-Preserving Recommendation GenerationFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2410YesNo
18421280Method for Optimizing Cloud Services Usage and Routing Among Cloud Provider SystemsJanuary 2024August 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18419227CLIQUE GRAPH MINING FOR HOST NAVIGATION SAFETYJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2611YesNo
18579615Publisher Permissioned Activation in Cookieless Authentication EnvironmentJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910YesNo
18579676Distributed Network Edge Security ArchitectureJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1800NoNo
18571709DISCOVERY OF INTERNET OF THINGS NETWORKDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18518701PREDICTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN AN EDGE COMPUTING NETWORK UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18503172WEBSITE ACCESS MANAGEMENT DEVICE THROUGH CATALOGED WEB ADDRESSNovember 2023November 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18499533Utilizing X.509 certificates for access to location tracking, physical location, or digital contentNovember 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18490950MULTI-TENANT CLOUD MIGRATION ORCHESTRATIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1100YesNo
18489107Portable Access Point for Secure User Information Using a Blockchain Backed CredentialOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18379466SECURITY REGISTRATION AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING OPENID SECURITY STANDARDS FOR REGISTRATION OF OPENID CLIENT DEVICES FOR PASSKEY AUTHENTICATIONOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18379202VALIDATION OF CLOUD PROVIDER APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) PRIVILEGESOctober 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18482480SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CROSS-DOMAIN APPLICATIONS IN WEB ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1100YesNo
18480988SUPPORTING QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR MEDIA COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18475721Systems and methods for removing sensitive data from a cloud-based systemSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18474351SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURED ACCESS OF ANONYMIZED PATIENT DATASETSeptember 2023November 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18472066Natural language interface for querying cloud security logsSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18370516DISABLING FUNCTIONALITY OF AN AUTO-CHECKOUT CLIENT APPLICATION BASED ON ANOMALOUS USER BEHAVIORSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2300NoNo
18282405NETWORK SYSTEMS, CONTROL METHODS, DATABASES, CONTROLLERS, AND PROGRAMSSeptember 2023November 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18244758METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SUPPLEMENTARY PARAMETERS OF ELECTRONIC CONTENTSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510YesNo
18464155CUSTOMIZED BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURESeptember 2023January 2026Allow2820YesNo
18240022SYSTEMS & METHODS FOR SMART CONTENT STREAMINGAugust 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18237061APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SESSION INITIATED PROTOCOL (SIP) REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR ACCESS NETWORK BITRATE RECOMMENDATION (ANBR) CAPABILITY SIGNALINGAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18259596A METHOD FOR PROTECTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AGAINST EAVESDROPPING ATTACKSJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18212931SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DATA SORTING IN AN ELECTRONIC NETWORKJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18338117SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREMENTAL QUERY-SPECIFIC USER-PROVIDED PERMISSIONSJune 2023April 2025Allow2200NoNo
18327518MONITORING AND POLICY CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED DATA AND CONTROL PLANES FOR VIRTUAL NODESJune 2023February 2024Allow801YesNo
18325591Localization For Domain Name ResolutionMay 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18318967SENSITIVE DATA RECLASSIFICATION ENGINE IN A SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMay 2023January 2026Allow3220YesNo
18318764System and Method for Evaluating Integrity of Isolated Digital AssetsMay 2023September 2025Allow2810NoNo
18315365PACKET PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023November 2024Allow1830YesNo
18307445DATA STORAGE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ANONYMIZATION AWARE DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18307271SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTIONApril 2023September 2023Allow500NoNo
18304894System and Method to Perform Lossless Data Packet TransmissionsApril 2023September 2023Allow400NoNo
18137953MANAGEMENT, BY AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE, OF THE QUALITY OF TRANSMISSION OF A DATA STREAM TO A MOBILE TERMINALApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18136776MEDIA TRANSFER FOR REMOTE DEVICE INFRASTRUCTUREApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18133048Simple Integration of an On-Demand Compute EnvironmentApril 2023March 2025Abandon2430NoNo
18297097CONTENT SEGMENT DETECTION AND REPLACEMENTApril 2023July 2025Allow2770YesNo
18190589MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ASSOCIATING ASSETS RELATED TO EVENTS WITH ADDRESSABLE COMPUTER NETWORK ASSETSMarch 2023January 2024Allow1000NoNo
18123314POLICY-BASED FORWARDING TO A LOAD BALANCER OF A LOAD BALANCING CLUSTERMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610YesNo
18121136METHOD OF OPERATING SNIFFING-BASED STATUS DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDED THEREINMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910YesNo
18119663NETWORK-BASED MEDIA PROCESSING (NBMP) WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT THROUGH 5G FRAMEWORK FOR LIVE UPLINK STREAMING (FLUS) CONTROLMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18043986SECURE IDENTIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2023February 2026Allow3620NoNo
18115658DEPLOYING SHADOW BUFFER IN CONTEXT OF CLOCK-SYNCHRONIZED EDGE-BASED NETWORK FUNCTIONSFebruary 2023August 2023Allow500NoNo
18174083INTELLIGENT MULTI-CARRIER NETWORK EDGE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2220YesNo
18165067Securing user interfaces of a computing clusterFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2500NoNo
18164579MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACE DNS QUERY ROUTINGFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500YesNo
18164056Analyzing messages for malicious content using a cloud computing systemFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2720NoNo
18160360METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A NETWORKED STORAGE ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2020YesNo
18160464METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE CONTAINER PRIORITIES IN VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2023August 2023Allow700NoNo
18099392Method to Securely Update Over-the-Air FirmwareJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1930YesNo
18157272POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2430NoNo
18099024METHOD OF GENERATING RANDOMNESS BY PUBLIC PARTICIPATIONJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3120NoNo
18153734System and method for processing a content stream in a peer-to-peer video conferencing systemJanuary 2023March 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18152045AUDIOVISUAL COLLABORATION METHOD WITH LATENCY MANAGEMENT FOR WIDE-AREA BROADCASTJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1410NoNo
18091426CROSS NETWORK SHARING SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2024Allow1620NoNo
18089772SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-RESPONSE ASSET AUTHORIZATION AND PAIRINGDecember 2022August 2023Allow800YesNo
18087450DYNAMIC RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOL RESOURCE HANDLING AND DEADLOCK AVOIDANCEDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120YesNo
18083488Logging configuration system and methodDecember 2022February 2025Allow2600NoNo
18082728Managed Activation of Licensed SoftwareDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18066919HYBRID SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKING ROUTING IN MESH NETWORKSDecember 2022February 2025Allow2650NoNo
18066580EGRESS RATE CONTROL IN AN EVENT BUS SERVICEDecember 2022October 2023Allow1001NoNo
18063289CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION FRAMEWORK AWARE PORT SCANNINGDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510YesNo
18077940REDUNDANT MANAGEMENT NETWORK ACCESSDecember 2022August 2024Allow2020YesNo
18077588PROGRAMMABLE DELIVERY NETWORKDecember 2022October 2023Allow1020YesNo
18076330WAN OPTIMIZATION FOR ENCRYPTED DATA TRAFFIC USING FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTIONDecember 2022February 2025Allow2600NoNo
18076051METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING NETWORK TRANSMISSION IN MEMORY-DISAGGREGATED ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022September 2023Allow900NoNo
18076171LOGICAL NODE DISTRIBUTED SIGNATURE DECISION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18074047METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE MEETING NOTESDecember 2022June 2023Allow700NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
52
Examiner Affirmed
35
(67.3%)
Examiner Reversed
17
(32.7%)
Reversal Percentile
48.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 32.7% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage 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
123
Allowed After Appeal Filing
39
(31.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
84
(68.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
48.8%
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, 31.7% 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 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 SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R works in Art Unit 2445 and has examined 651 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R's allowance rate of 78.0% places them in the 46% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R. This interview benefit is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 32% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 24.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 33% 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, 54.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 55.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 30.3% 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, 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 4.8% of allowed cases (in the 85% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 65% 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:

  • 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.

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.