USPTO Examiner NGANKAM PATRICK F - Art Unit 2454

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18603229ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OBTAINING IPV6 ADDRESSESMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18416563SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A RADIO AND A VIRTUAL BASEBAND UNIT WHICH ARE INCOMPATIBLEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18406884Dynamic Resource Allocation Of Cloud Instances And Enterprise Application Migration To Cloud ArchitectureJanuary 2024September 2024Allow910NoNo
18533047LOCALLY PREDICTING STATE USING A COMPONENTIZED ENTITY SIMULATIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1720NoNo
18487803Analysis Tool for Secure Zero Touch Provisioning ArtifactsOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620YesNo
18485959Secure Network Device Provisioning with Removable Storage DeviceOctober 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18461403METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING DYNAMIC RETRY OF RESOURCE SERVICESeptember 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18231407IMMUTABLE LEDGER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENTAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18231065HARDWARE BASED COLLECTIVE OPERATIONS PROFILINGAugust 2023March 2025Allow1920YesNo
18357355USING PROXY SERVICES FOR DEPENDENCIES IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSJuly 2023February 2025Allow1920YesNo
18356302AGENT FOR AGGREGATION OF TELEMETRY FLOW DATAJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18209149Internet Disruption DetectionJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18266874Simple Hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS) MarkingJune 2023May 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18032621Identification of Session Boundaries in Encrypted Video StreamsApril 2023October 2024Allow1820NoNo
18298010APPLICATION-LAYER CONNECTION REDISTRIBUTION AMONG SERVICE INSTANCESApril 2023September 2024Allow1700NoNo
18119842WORKLOAD IDENTIFICATION FOR IP ADDRESSES IN NETWORK TRAFFIC FLOWMarch 2023December 2024Abandon2110NoNo
18178750PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMMarch 2023April 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18114170DYNAMIC ONE-STEP/TWO-STEP TIMESTAMPING PER PACKET IN NETWORK DEVICESFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410YesNo
18114171TIMESTAMPING OVER MEDIA INDEPENDENT INTERFACESFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410YesNo
18101551CONFIGURING DIFFERENT INTER- AND INTRA- COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR COMPONENTS IN A RAN SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18006400BOUND SERVICE REQUEST HANDLINGJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18156013Dynamic Resource Allocation Of Cloud Instances And Enterprise Application Migration To Cloud ArchitectureJanuary 2023September 2023Allow810NoNo
18098253MANAGEMENT DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHODJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2530YesNo
18059792Identity-based Risk Evaluation TechniquesNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710YesNo
17976658DYNAMIC ONE-STEP/TWO-STEP TIMESTAMPING PER PACKET IN NETWORK DEVICESOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810YesNo
18046693SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EPOCH LAST IN FIRST OUT (LIFO) ADMISSION CONTROLOctober 2022September 2024Allow2420NoNo
17962078MACHINE LEARNING FOR IDENTIFYING IDLE SESSIONSOctober 2022November 2024Allow2520YesNo
17901970CENTRALIZED HOST INACTIVITY TRACKINGSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1930YesNo
17820122SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONAugust 2022March 2024Allow1920YesNo
17760380COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17882414METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOMAIN NAME DATA NETWORKINGAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17871142IDENTIFYING TRAFFIC SENSITIVE INTERFACES AND TRIGGERING CONFIGURATION CHANGESJuly 2022July 2024Allow2330YesNo
17868642IMMUTABLE LEDGER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENTJuly 2022April 2023Allow820NoNo
17812841COMPONENT-BASED RISK EVALUATION TECHNIQUES USING PROCESSING FLOW SIGNATURESJuly 2022January 2024Allow1810YesNo
17865352AUTOMATED TESTING OF A DATA SERVICEJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110NoNo
17791803TIMESTAMP CORRECTION APPARATUS, TIME STAMP CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310YesNo
17833295Resiliency Control Engine for Network Service Mesh SystemsJune 2022February 2023Allow810NoNo
17756907IMPROVING SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING CONTROLLER AVAILABILITY USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUESJune 2022July 2024Allow2530NoNo
17828814ALARM MANAGEMENT MODULE FOR INTERNET-OF-THINGS (IoT) NETWORKMay 2022October 2023Allow1720YesNo
17662933METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION BASED ON TIME SERIESMay 2022February 2024Allow2230YesNo
17661191METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING DYNAMIC RETRY OF RESOURCE SERVICEApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17716334SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CACHING SHORTCODES AND DATABASE QUERIESApril 2022July 2024Allow2720NoNo
17700167MAPPING ENTITIES TO ACCOUNTSMarch 2022November 2022Allow810NoNo
17653876SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICEMarch 2022December 2023Allow2120YesNo
17686722NETWORK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMarch 2022June 2024Allow2720YesNo
17589684KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR MONITORING, PREDICTING AND ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2022October 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17586065FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR INLINE NETWORK ANALYSISJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2620YesNo
17578584Forming Root Cause Groups Of Incidents In Clustered Distributed System Through Horizontal And Vertical AggregationJanuary 2022August 2022Allow700NoNo
17569734Routing ConfigurationJanuary 2022October 2022Allow900NoNo
17647094ADJUSTING IDLE TIMEOUT FOR A SESSIONJanuary 2022May 2023Allow1620NoNo
17557600Network Functions Virtualization in Ad-Hoc GroupsDecember 2021December 2022Allow1110NoNo
17457977CORRECTION OF NETWORK ERRORS USING ALGORITHMSDecember 2021May 2023Allow1720NoNo
17539151DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF CLOUD INSTANCES AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATION MIGRATION TO CLOUD ARCHITECTURENovember 2021October 2022Allow1010NoNo
17456105AGENT FOR AGGREGATION OF TELEMETRY FLOW DATANovember 2021April 2023Allow1720YesNo
17484417SERVICE REQUEST PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSSeptember 2021December 2022Allow1420YesNo
17468018USER RESPONSIVENESS TO EVENTS INDICATED BY NOTIFICATIONSSeptember 2021June 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17407445TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTI-USER INTERACTIVE MEDIA STREAMINGAugust 2021February 2023Allow1810NoNo
17393307Systems and Methods for Governing VPN Access Using a Remote Device in Proximity to a VPN EndpointAugust 2021June 2023Allow2220NoNo
17390001SECURITY BROKER WITH CONSUMER PROXYING FOR TEE-PROTECTED SERVICESJuly 2021August 2023Allow2420YesNo
17426429FAILURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, FAILURE NOTIFICATION METHOD, FAILURE NOTIFICATION DEVICE, AND FAILURE NOTIFICATION PROGRAMJuly 2021January 2023Allow1820YesNo
17353781IN-NETWORK FAILURE INDICATION AND RECOVERYJune 2021July 2024Allow3740YesNo
17325146LOCALLY PREDICTING STATE USING A COMPONENTIZED ENTITY SIMULATIONMay 2021September 2023Allow2720NoNo
17324986DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN NETWORK TRANSPORT PROTOCOLSMay 2021June 2022Allow1310YesNo
17321592SIGNALING OPTIMIZATION DURING SHORT MESSAGING FOR INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES IN A MOBILITY NETWORKMay 2021August 2022Allow1510NoNo
17292855METHOD FOR MANAGING THE FREQUENCY OF MESSAGE TRANSMISSION ON A COMMUNICATION LINKMay 2021November 2022Allow1820YesNo
17207985INTERNET DISRUPTION DETECTIONMarch 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17156194METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONGESTION DETECTION AND VALIDATION IN A NETWORKJanuary 2021February 2024Allow3740YesNo
17154612APPLICATION TOPOLOGY VISUALIZATIONJanuary 2021June 2023Allow2840NoNo
17145341Direct Memory Access (DMA) Engine for Diagnostic DataJanuary 2021February 2023Allow2520YesNo
17127624METHODS, SYSTEMS AND MEDIA FOR DE-ANONYMIZING ANONYMOUS ONLINE ACTIVITIESDecember 2020November 2021Allow1100NoNo
17122419DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF CLOUD INSTANCES AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATION MIGRATION TO CLOUD ARCHITECTUREDecember 2020September 2021Allow900NoNo
17121415System for Simultaneous Viewing and Editing of Multiple Network Device ConfigurationsDecember 2020February 2022Allow1410NoNo
17251610Communication DeviceDecember 2020February 2024Abandon3860YesNo
17118030SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFERRING NETWORK APPLICATION SESSIONSDecember 2020September 2023Allow3430YesNo
17112187Systems and Methods for Processing Data StreamsDecember 2020August 2024Allow4550NoNo
15734401AUTOMATED NETWORK MONITORING AND CONTROLDecember 2020January 2022Allow1410NoNo
17059225METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING NETWORK RESOURCE FAILURES USING PASSIVE SHARED RISK RESOURCE GROUPSNovember 2020June 2022Allow1920YesNo
17100614METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A FEDERATED WIDE AREA MOTION IMAGERY COLLECTION SERVICENovember 2020November 2021Allow1100NoNo
17070648EVENT-TRIGGERED ADAPTIVENESS TO TOGGLE TIMERS/MODES IN FAST-DETECTION OAM PROTOCOLSOctober 2020September 2022Allow2320YesNo
17060505SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A RADIO AND A VIRTUAL BASEBAND UNIT WHICH ARE INCOMPATIBLEOctober 2020October 2023Allow3630NoYes
17039198TRANSFORMATION DEVICE, TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1720YesNo
17034079FORMING ROOT CAUSE GROUPS OF INCIDENTS IN CLUSTERED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM THROUGH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AGGREGATIONSeptember 2020October 2021Allow1210YesNo
17019039MULTIPLE PROTOCOL LAYER CONVERSIONSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1800NoNo
17013308METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EMAIL VERIFICATIONSeptember 2020April 2023Abandon3140YesNo
17011207Service Processing Method and System and DeviceSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
16996316DISTRIBUTED MONITORING AGENT DEPLOYED AT REMOTE SITEAugust 2020February 2022Allow1820YesNo
16927542REMEDIATING FALSE POSITIVES OF INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS WITH GUEST INTROSPECTIONJuly 2020April 2022Allow2130YesNo
16917732SELECTING CONTENT AND IDENTIFYING USERS FOR IDENTIFICATION TO ADDITIONAL USERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM BASED ON USER ATTRIBUTES OR CONTENT ITEM CHARACTERISTICSJune 2020March 2023Allow3330YesNo
16869576AUTOMATED COMPLIANCE FOR SECURITY BENCHMARK ASSURANCEMay 2020December 2022Allow3120NoNo
16867382System and Method for Validating Correctness of Changes to Network Device ConfigurationsMay 2020March 2021Allow1000NoNo
16863342MICRO-CACHE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT WITH VARIABLE CONNECTIVITYApril 2020March 2022Allow2510NoNo
16863373METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRIORITIZE AND SCHEDULE THE DISTRIBUTION OF LEARNED CONTENTApril 2020February 2022Allow2210NoNo
16863390APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANS-BORDER MOVEMENT OF STREAMING MEDIA CONTENTApril 2020December 2021Allow2010NoNo
16863516LEVERAGING MOBILE ENVIRONMENT TO DISTRIBUTE CACHE DATAApril 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16863411IMMUTABLE LEDGER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENTApril 2020March 2022Allow2310YesNo
16842627DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF CLOUD INSTANCES AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATION MIGRATION TO CLOUD ARCHITECTUREApril 2020September 2020Allow500NoNo
16822386MANAGING DRAFTS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACROSS CLIENT DEVICESMarch 2020July 2021Allow1620YesNo
16647147OBTAINING LOCAL AREA NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTSMarch 2020January 2022Allow2310NoNo
16747841TRAFFIC-CONTROLLED PROCESSING OF APPLICATION REQUESTSJanuary 2020April 2022Allow2720YesNo
16748145Resiliency Control Engine for Network Service Mesh SystemsJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NGANKAM, PATRICK F.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
5
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
6.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% 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
16
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(12.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(87.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.9%
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, 12.5% 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 NGANKAM, PATRICK F - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner NGANKAM, PATRICK F works in Art Unit 2454 and has examined 254 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner NGANKAM, PATRICK F's allowance rate of 76.4% places them in the 35% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by NGANKAM, PATRICK F receive 2.41 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 82% 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 NGANKAM, PATRICK F is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGANKAM, PATRICK F. This interview benefit is in the 60% 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, 28.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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 22.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 57.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 46% 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 73.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 58% 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, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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:

  • 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.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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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