USPTO Examiner MCBETH WILLIAM C - Art Unit 2449

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18740286ANALYZING WEBSITE PERFORMANCEJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18738954UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TEXT THREADS WITH PERSONALIZED DIGITAL TEXT REPLY OPTIONSJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18641196SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME, INTELLIGENT, AND COORDINATED MESSAGING FOR INTER-APPLICATION COMMUNICATIONS USING THESE DYNAMIC REQUESTSApril 2024September 2025Allow1700YesNo
18636291Application-Agnostic Puncturing of Network Address Translation (NAT) ServicesApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18632219METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC ALARM THROTTLING AND ROUTINGApril 2024May 2025Allow1400YesNo
18606184REDUNDANCY CONTROL DEVICE, REDUNDANCY CONTROL METHOD, AND REDUNDANCY CONTROL PROGRAMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18589025INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF HOSTED CONTENTFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010YesNo
18444153FORK AND RETURN POINT SELECTION FOR SIDEBAR COMMUNICATION THREADSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18441459OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010YesNo
18436883CONTAINER IMAGE STREAMING AMONG PEERS IN A DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE P2P CLUSTERFebruary 2024December 2025Abandon2210YesNo
18432247AUTOMATED GENERATION OF PATTERN-MATCHING RULES IN A RULE-BASED ANALYSIS SERVICEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18424137GENERATION SYSTEM AND GENERATION PROGRAMJanuary 2024October 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18579840Method and Apparatus for DBNG-UP RedundancyJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2520YesNo
18394605MULTI-TENANT FEED AND INSIGHTS PLATFORMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1500YesNo
18534159Data Sending Method and Communication ApparatusDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700YesNo
18525709METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING NETWORK CONFIGURATION FILENovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18507707FAIRNESS AND CONGESTION CONTROL CONVERGENCENovember 2023June 2025Allow1920YesNo
18555050METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SERVEROctober 2023March 2026Allow2911YesNo
18478124SERVICE LEVEL VERIFICATION IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM USING DATA PACKAGE INJECTIONSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200YesNo
18478294MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK SERVICES THROUGH PRE-POPULATION OF MANAGEMENT PLANE FROM SYSTEM LEVEL VIEWSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2630NoNo
18478640METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL MODELSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310YesNo
18284537COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, RECEIVING SIDE DEVICE, AND SENDING SIDE DEVICESeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2110NoNo
18475091WEB BROWSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINALSeptember 2023February 2026Abandon2840YesNo
18473107INTEGRITY VERIFICATION FOR MANAGING NETWORK CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010YesNo
18282010NETWORK APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2025Abandon1620NoNo
18549644METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING SERVER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2320YesNo
18279587DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM QUERY HANDLING FOR AN EDGE APPLICATION SERVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2940NoNo
18236294ANALYZING WEBSITE PERFORMANCEAugust 2023February 2024Allow600YesNo
18452707REACTIVE VIRAL SPAM DETECTIONAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010YesNo
18546640INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, RELATED APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023August 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18363130NETWORK DEVICE INTERFACE FOR SUPPORTING CENTRALIZED ADDRESS POOL MANAGEMENTAugust 2023January 2024Allow600YesNo
18362141SERVICE IDENTIFIER ALLOCATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS IN COMPUTING-AWARE NETWORKJuly 2023August 2025Allow2421YesNo
18338080SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE CRITICALITY AND PRIORITIZE LIVE EVENTS TO IMPROVE PROACTIVE CUSTOMER SERVICEJune 2023March 2026Allow3240YesNo
18258005METHOD FOR ADDRESS CONFIGURATION FOR A MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEMJune 2023August 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18206884Subnetwork SelectionJune 2023September 2024Allow1610YesNo
18315115VIRTUAL POSITION BASED MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATION SESSIONSMay 2023October 2024Abandon1820YesNo
18305105NETWORK THAT HANDLES CONFLICTING LOCALLY ADMINISTERED ADDRESSESApril 2023April 2024Allow1221YesNo
18132752SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATIONApril 2023December 2024Abandon2020NoNo
18297791ENHANCED MECHANISMS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN AN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTApril 2023August 2024Allow1720NoNo
18296077SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENUM SERVICE ACTIVATIONSApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18193873SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CAPACITY THRESHOLDS IN A NETWORKMarch 2023March 2025Allow2320YesNo
18183069ONLINE MEETING POSITIONINGSMarch 2023December 2024Abandon2121YesNo
18177331MONITORING DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF MONITORING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF NETWORK DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2023October 2024Allow2011YesNo
18113762INTERNET-FACING DEVICE IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2023June 2024Abandon1620YesNo
18169009UTILIZING MONITORING SERVICE EXPLORATION TO IMPROVE SERVICE INCIDENT MITIGATION AND LOCALIZATIONFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2930YesNo
18098308SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY FINGERPRINTING AND ENUMERATING INTERNET OF THING (IOT) DEVICES BASED ON NATED IPFIX AND DNS TRAFFICJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2911YesNo
18152287SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENUM SERVICE ACTIVATIONSJanuary 2023January 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18148529RESOURCE ANOMALY DETECTIONDecember 2022July 2025Abandon3130YesNo
18012455SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TWO-STAGE EVENT NOTIFICATIONDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18066407PROGRAMMABLE DIAGNOSIS MODEL FOR CORRELATION OF NETWORK EVENTSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010YesNo
18065521Personalized Dynamic Video Overlay in an Online Media PlayerDecember 2022June 2024Allow1901YesNo
18060980APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING MESSAGES AND MESSAGING CONTENTDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120NoNo
17993171METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND NODE IMPLEMENTING SAID CONFIGURATION METHODNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
17988967SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HUB, SPOKE AND EDGE RENDERING IN A PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS)November 2022July 2025Allow3240YesNo
17986315ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROCESSING RECEIVED DATA PACKETNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710YesNo
17907407NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USINGSeptember 2022February 2026Abandon4040YesNo
17930086DYNAMIC PREFIX APPORTIONMENT FOR ADDRESS POOL MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1410YesNo
17812839INTELLIGENT NOTIFICATION ROUTERJuly 2022September 2023Abandon1410NoNo
17809765UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TEXT THREADS WITH PERSONALIZED DIGITAL TEXT REPLY OPTIONSJune 2022January 2024Allow1910YesNo
17836586FORK AND RETURN POINT SELECTION FOR SIDEBAR COMMUNICATION THREADSJune 2022October 2023Allow1700YesNo
17830752APPLICATION SERVICE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT USING REQUEST CONTEXTJune 2022June 2024Allow2411YesNo
17829220CONTROLLING SPEAKER QUEUE POSITIONING DURING CONFERENCE CALLSMay 2022September 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17747902ANALYZING WEBSITE PERFORMANCEMay 2022May 2023Allow1210YesNo
17745993SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLOADING FILESMay 2022March 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17732368METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING BUNDLED NOTIFICATION REQUEST MESSAGESApril 2022December 2023Allow2000YesNo
17703844MANAGING IP ADDRESSES FOR DPDK ENABLED NETWORK INTERFACES FOR CLOUD NATIVE PODSMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3330NoNo
17692275NETWORK MANAGEMENTMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17673591SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK RESOURCESFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1810NoNo
17666833ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3031YesNo
17592902INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2022May 2024Abandon2740YesNo
17629781SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MASS OUTAGE AND METHOD OF USINGJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3330YesNo
17648645DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ADDRESS DISCOVERY IN NON-UNIFORM NETWORKSJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2110YesNo
17569762ACR-BASED RADIO METADATA IN THE CLOUDJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17566947COLLABORATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITDecember 2021February 2024Allow2520YesNo
17456775ACCESSING WEB-BASED FRAGMENTS FOR DISPLAYNovember 2021July 2024Allow3231YesNo
17520806DYNAMIC QUALITY OF SERVICE TRAFFIC STEERING IN A MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2021August 2024Allow3340YesNo
17453712PREDICT NEW SYSTEM STATUS BASED ON STATUS CHANGESNovember 2021June 2024Allow3220NoNo
17449320NETWORK DEVICE INTERFACE FOR SUPPORTING CENTRALIZED ADDRESS POOL MANAGEMENTSeptember 2021April 2023Allow1910YesNo
17488845MULTI-SOURCE EVENT FEEDS WITH ACTIONABLE INPUTSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3031YesNo
17476058BATCH ASSIGNMENT OF IP ADDRESSES IN A BUILDING CONTROL NETWORKSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2550YesNo
17464873PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2021December 2023Abandon2720NoNo
17387652SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET NUMBERS ASSET MANAGEMENTJuly 2021June 2023Allow2320YesNo
17385350VIRTUAL POSITION BASED MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATION SESSIONSJuly 2021February 2023Allow1920YesNo
17381042INTEGRITY VERIFICATION FOR MANAGING NETWORK CONFIGURATIONSJuly 2021June 2023Allow2310YesNo
17373025DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEMJuly 2021June 2022Allow1101YesNo
17359521MORPHING COMPUTER VISION PIPELINEJune 2021September 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17416000METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DHCP SERVERSJune 2021April 2023Allow2220YesNo
17306430SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATIONMay 2021May 2023Abandon2420NoNo
17241963MULTI-TENANT SUPPORT ON VIRTUAL MACHINES IN CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORKSApril 2021October 2022Allow1810NoNo
17239102System and Method for Boosting Up Performance of NVMe-TCP TransportApril 2021November 2022Allow1920YesNo
17238316SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING AUTOMATED REMEDIATION INTO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCIDENT SOLUTIONSApril 2021January 2023Allow2140YesNo
17222456INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 4 ADDRESS LEAF BLOCK IDENTIFICATIONApril 2021February 2023Allow2310YesNo
17214014AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF A COMPUTING DEVICE WITH OPERATING SYSTEM AND NETWORK PROCESSING FUNCTIONSMarch 2021May 2023Allow2630YesNo
17207786RE-ASSEMBLY MIDDLEWARE IN FPGA FOR PROCESSING TCP SEGMENTS INTO APPLICATION LAYER MESSAGESMarch 2021January 2023Allow2220YesNo
17194343SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING NETWORK HINTS TO CONFIGURE THE OPERATION OF MODERN WORKSPACESMarch 2021October 2022Allow1910YesNo
17190661TEMPLATE BASED AGENTLESS SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENTMarch 2021September 2024Abandon4340YesNo
17189684SYNCHRONIZED CONSOLE DATA AND USER INTERFACE PLAYBACKMarch 2021October 2022Allow2010YesNo
17271168Communication Apparatus and Method for Sending a Courtesy MessageFebruary 2021November 2022Abandon2030YesNo
17176654MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE ASSURANCE IN NETWORK TRAFFICFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3130YesNo
17268131Method for Configuring, Method for Providing Topology Information, Name Service Server, Device, Computer Program and Computer-Readable MediumFebruary 2021October 2022Allow2011YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MCBETH, WILLIAM C.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
7
(87.5%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(12.5%)
Reversal Percentile
24.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 12.5% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(8.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(91.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.7%
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, 8.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 MCBETH, WILLIAM C - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MCBETH, WILLIAM C works in Art Unit 2449 and has examined 245 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 67.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MCBETH, WILLIAM C's allowance rate of 67.8% places them in the 29% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MCBETH, WILLIAM C receive 2.53 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 74% 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 MCBETH, WILLIAM C is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +59.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCBETH, WILLIAM C. This interview benefit is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 8% 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 42.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 46.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 40% 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 15% 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 19% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

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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