USPTO Examiner ZARKA DAVID PETER - Art Unit 2449

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18911336TARGET NODE SELECTION TO WAKE-UP WITH REQUESTING NODEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18883646PROVIDING CONTEXTUALIZED LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL RECOMMENDATIONSSeptember 2024June 2025Allow911YesNo
18773038WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) TO WTRU RELAY MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ACCESS CONFLICT SUPPORTJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18771387PERFORMING SAST ON SECOND VERSION OF SOURCE CODE AFTER SAST HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON FIRST VERSIONJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18671380VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTION FREE FROM VIDEO STREAMINGMay 2024August 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18666968MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND DETECTING COMPROMISED COMMUNICATIONS USING QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18665802COMMUNICATION SEQUENCE CONTROL BETWEEN VEHICLE AND POWER FACILITYMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18662728SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING VULNERABILITY RELATED TO NETWORK BLAST RADIUS OF A NETWORK ASSETMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18639321SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SHARED ACCESS TO PHYSICAL ASSETS USING BIOMETRICSApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18702240WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING FOR AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18608083AUTOMATED CROSS-SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS FOR LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERSMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820YesNo
18589931IMPLEMENTING USER-SPECIFIC LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUESFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2310YesNo
18582283ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18437988STREAM ALLOCATION USING STREAM CREDITSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1820YesNo
18436058Reconfigurable streaming processor for security computationsFebruary 2024November 2025Allow2110NoNo
18425896BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010NoNo
18419453BYZANTINE FAULT PREVENTION IN MESH NETWORKSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1220NoNo
18412772MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING A FUNCTION FOR ASSIGNMENT OF EDITING AUTHORITY ON SETTING INFORMATION IN A MODALITY, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM USED THEREINJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110NoNo
18576523APPARATUS FOR SECURED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONTROL DEVICES IN A VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC PROCESSING UNIT, AND VEHICLEJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2620NoNo
17801301SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND SUPPRESSION OF ROOT CAUSES OF PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT FAILURE IN A NETWORKDecember 2023October 2025Allow3820NoNo
18391756METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING COMPLEX MULTI-STEP ATTACK IN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18390501RELAY DEVICE INSERTING APPARATUS POSITION INFORMATION IN PACKETDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18537968OBSERVABILITY PLATFORM SERVICE FOR OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTDecember 2023October 2025Allow2230YesNo
18534900Action Recommendations For Operational IssuesDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18528837NETWORK ATTACK PREDICTION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110NoNo
18514261MULTI-ROLE DEVICES FOR AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18499752MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE FOR A MEDICAL ACCESSORY DEVICENovember 2023February 2026Abandon2820YesNo
18491903DIGITAL TWINS FOR MONITORING SERVER ATTACKS IN FEDERATED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18485281PRECISE EVENT SCHEDULING WITH HIGH-LATENCY SIGNALING SERVEROctober 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18378635SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CHANNEL TUNNELINGOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18478973TECHNIQUES FOR VISUALIZING NETWORK ATTACK PATHSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18370340COMMUNICATION VOLUME REDUCTION DURING BLOCK CONSENSUSSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18367074One On OneSeptember 2023October 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18238976COMMUNICATION OF SENSOR DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORKAugust 2023May 2025Allow2030NoNo
18236483INTELLIGENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CLIENT-SPECIFIC SERVERS AND DATA-CENTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVERSAugust 2023July 2025Allow2300NoNo
18453934ROUTING PACKET TO TCP TUNNEL CLIENT PROGRAMAugust 2023December 2025Allow2720NoNo
18452465CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES FOR CONNECTING A SERVICE PROVIDER PRIVATE NETWORK TO A CUSTOMER PRIVATE NETWORKAugust 2023December 2024Allow1600NoNo
18362716GLOBAL TOPICS IN A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TO SHARE TRUST PROVIDER INFORMATIONJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18227862BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM FOR MINING TRANSACTION USING PARALLEL BLOCKS TO IMPROVE SCALABILITY AND A METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18359389INCREMENTAL CAUSAL GRAPH LEARNING FOR ATTACK FORENSICS IN COMPUTER SYSTEMSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18357134MANAGING FINGERPRINT-ON-DISPLAY (FOD) LOCATION ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE FOD SENSORS WHILE THE DEVICE IS IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN POSITIONJuly 2023December 2025Allow2920NoNo
18259989NEURAL NETWORK CONFIGURATION PARAMETER TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COPING WITH DEVICE MISMATCHJune 2023July 2025Allow2500YesNo
18343158System and Methods for Age Verification Using a Unique Identifier of a User DeviceJune 2023September 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18211552TWO TIER DNSJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18334109Updating an Application at a Second Device Based on Received User Input at a First DeviceJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18313839TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES FOR A CLOUD SHELLMay 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
18312561SERVICE TO SERVICE COMMUNICATION AND AUTHENTICATION VIA A CENTRAL NETWORK MESHMay 2023February 2025Allow2200NoNo
18311355LOAD MANAGEMENT FOR SERVERS IN SHARED ADDRESS NETWORK ARCHITECTUREMay 2023December 2024Allow1920YesNo
18307771GENERATING AND UTILIZING PROVISIONING TEMPLATES TO PROVISION VOICE, VIDEO, AND DATA COMMUNICATION SERVICESApril 2023February 2025Allow2220YesNo
18303359APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SECURITYApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18300605PATH DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM USING A KNOWLEDGE GRAPHApril 2023August 2024Abandon1620NoNo
18300670NON-DISRUPTIVE SESSION TIMEOUTApril 2023July 2025Allow2741NoNo
18299492PREVENTING THE INTRODUCTION OF MALICIOUS-EDGE-GATEWAY THE EDGE MANAGEMENT'S FLEET VIA NETWORK INTERCEPTOR AND IDENTITY VALIDATIONApril 2023November 2025Allow3230NoNo
18297048SECURITY FOR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLSApril 2023September 2025Allow3050NoNo
18184096PROVIDING PERSISTENT EXTERNAL INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS FOR EXTRA-CLUSTER SERVICESMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18178862EFFICIENT DETECTION OF DHCPV4 SERVICE UNAVAILABILITY IN A NETWORK GATEWAY ROUTERMarch 2023September 2024Allow1920NoNo
18178314Automated Remedial Actions for Service Level Objective ThresholdsMarch 2023October 2024Allow2020YesNo
18172958Smart Device ProvisioningFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1420YesNo
18172225SYNCHRONIZING DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL SNOOP INFORMATIONFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1440YesNo
18157707PACKET LOSS DETECTION IN REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3321NoNo
18005761DPOD: DIFFERENTIALLY PRIVATE OUTSOURCING OF ANOMALY DETECTIONJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710NoNo
18091981VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTION FREE FROM VIDEO STREAMINGDecember 2022May 2024Allow1630YesNo
18013741HIGH AVAILABILITY OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND FAULT MANAGEMENT MICROSERVICESDecember 2022September 2025Allow3220NoNo
18002944GENERATING AND SAVING CORRELATION IDENTIFIERS IN CONTEXT OF SERVICESDecember 2022January 2025Allow2530YesNo
18067046METHOD FOR CREATING AN APP-CAPABLE BASIC SYSTEM AND A MATCHING APPDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920NoNo
18081818P2P NETWORK INFORMATION AND NETWORK QUALITY INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2022November 2024Abandon2340NoNo
18076332WAN OPTIMIZATION FOR ENCRYPTED DATA TRAFFIC USING FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTIONDecember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
18061607Customized Token Rules Generation SystemDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18061013KEY-BASED AGGREGATION SERVICEDecember 2022October 2024Allow2310YesNo
18071046GRAPH EMBEDDING-BASED VIRTUAL NETWORK MAPPING METHODNovember 2022May 2024Allow1720YesNo
17928233SIGNATURE VERIFICATION SYSTEM, SIGNATURE APPARATUS, SIGNATURE VERIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17927413REVERSE ADDRESS RESOLUTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022March 2024Allow1630NoNo
17927425METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING PICTURES AFTER THUMBNAIL SELECTIONSNovember 2022February 2024Allow1520NoNo
18058204ENHANCED ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION OF NETWORK PERFORMANCENovember 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17992259SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FALLBACK COMMUNICATIONS USING COMPOSITE AND CONCURRENT STATE MACHINESNovember 2022February 2024Allow1520YesNo
17999462METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE PDNS BETWEEN INDOOR UNIT AND OUTDOOR UNIT, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022November 2023Allow1211NoNo
17988028METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION FOR IOT DEVICES USING MANUFACTURER USAGE DESCRIPTION FILESNovember 2022September 2025Abandon3470NoNo
18054849REQUESTING AN IP ADDRESS USING A NON-TEXTUAL GRAPHICAL RESOURCE IDENTIFIERNovember 2022January 2025Allow2620YesNo
18049362DRIFT DETECTION IN EDGE DEVICES VIA MULTI-ALGORITHMIC DELTASOctober 2022March 2024Allow1720YesNo
18047629CONTINUITY OF VIDEO CALLS USING ARTIFICIAL FRAMES BASED ON DECODED FRAMES AND AN AUDIO FEEDOctober 2022November 2023Allow1320NoNo
18046783SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PERMISSIONS IN BLOCKCHAINSOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17956369SOFTWARE-ENABLED ACCESS POINT (SOFTAP) BASED BRIDGING OF DEVICES IN TWO WIRELESS NETWORKSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17943365APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A DS-LITE TUNNELSeptember 2022May 2023Allow800NoNo
17942653SERVICE CONTINUITY FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN IPV6 NETWORKSSeptember 2022June 2023Allow910YesNo
17940846METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SECURING DISPLAY OF CONFIDENTIAL CONTENTSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3430YesNo
17903986INVOKING DEVICE SERVICES IN PRESET SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2631NoNo
17909069APPARATUS HAVING A NETWORK COMPONENT, CONNECTED BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO NETWORKS, WITH RECORDING FUNCTIONALITY FOR RECORDING COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIPS PRESENT DURING THE PASSAGE OF DATA TRAFFIC, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK COMPONENTSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3930NoNo
17902677HIGHLY-AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT) ARCHITECTURE WITH FAILOVER SOLUTIONSSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010YesNo
17901184COMPUTING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING MEASUREMENT OF BOOT COMPONENTS, SUCH AS PRIOR TO TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE (TPM) AVAILABILITY, FOR ENHANCED BOOT SECURITY, AND RELATED METHODSSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3221NoNo
17901253ONLINE AUTHENTICATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICESSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3421YesNo
17823869SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING NETWORK ALARMS IN A COMPUTER NETWORKAugust 2022August 2023Allow1120YesNo
17905155METHODS FOR UPDATING ROUTE, ACCESS DEVICE, AND CONVERGENCE DEVICEAugust 2022February 2024Allow1811NoNo
17894195SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINING IN STATEFUL NETWORKAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17821782MESSAGE NOTIFICATION DELAYAugust 2022January 2025Allow2940YesYes
17888125SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING, AUTHENTICATING, AND GENERATING RESOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS TO TRUSTED ENTITIES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENTAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410YesNo
17888050METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DIGITAL IDENTITY CLAIMS VERIFICATION USING NFC-ENABLED AND HCE-ENABLED SMART DEVICESAugust 2022September 2024Allow2501NoNo
17883196GENERATING AGGREGATED MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS FOR A GROUP OF USERS IN AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGING APPLICATIONAugust 2022September 2024Abandon2540NoNo
17817891ESTABLISHING UNTRUSTED NON-3GPP SESSIONS WITHOUT COMPROMISING SECURITYAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17797335AUTHENTICATION RESPONSE VERIFICATION USING QUBITS AND QUANTUM CHANNELAugust 2022February 2026Allow4241YesNo
17760046METHODS AND IP CORES FOR REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO HARDWARE ATTACKS AND/OR IMPROVING PROCESSOR PERFORMANCEAugust 2022October 2025Allow3931YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZARKA, DAVID PETER.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.8%
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
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.6%
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, 66.7% 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 ZARKA, DAVID PETER - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ZARKA, DAVID PETER works in Art Unit 2449 and has examined 161 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ZARKA, DAVID PETER's allowance rate of 88.2% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ZARKA, DAVID PETER receive 2.66 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 78% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZARKA, DAVID PETER is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZARKA, DAVID PETER. This interview benefit is in the 44% 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, 26.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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 37% 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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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.

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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.