Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18622730 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSCRIBER USER INTERFACES | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18545666 | EXTENDED W3C MEDIA EXTENSIONS FOR PROCESSING DASH AND CMAF INBAND EVENTS | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18492481 | SYNCHRONICITY FOR VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTIVE SESSIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332396 | DISCOVERING AND PUBLISHING API INFORMATION | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18298071 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT DELIVERY USING SERVER PUSH | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108536 | RATE LIMITER STATE CACHING | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045108 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSCRIBER USER INTERFACES | October 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17953842 | SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORK | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17854606 | NATIVE ACTIVITY TRACKING USING CREDENTIAL AND AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT IN SCALABLE DATA NETWORKS | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17747421 | LAYER 4 LOAD AWARE LOAD BALANCING | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17741315 | PHYSIOLOGICAL TEST CREDIT METHOD | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17582654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17454884 | DYNAMIC TRAFFIC THROTTLING | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17501048 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JUST-IN-TIME CONTENT PREPARATION IN 5G NETWORKS | October 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17498477 | AUTOMATIC POLICY ENGINE SELECTION | October 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17495299 | EXTENDED W3C MEDIA EXTENSIONS FOR PROCESSING DASH AND CMAF INBAND EVENTS | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17389718 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHODS AND DEVICES | July 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17196537 | PATH CONGESTION NOTIFICATION | March 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17249673 | SYNCHRONICITY FOR VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTIVE SESSIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17163366 | METHOD FOR SECURE ENROLLMENT OF DEVICES IN THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS | January 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16996746 | MULTI-THREADED SCANNING OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS | August 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16708106 | LOAD BALANCING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN EDGE COMPUTING NETWORK | December 2019 | September 2023 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16580499 | PROXIMITY BASED AUDIO COLLABORATION | September 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16570153 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING (MEC) SERVICE CONTRACT FORMATION AND WORKLOAD EXECUTION | September 2019 | October 2023 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16479513 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITORING DEVICE FOR A DATA NETWORK OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MONITORING DEVICE, CONTROL UNIT AND MOTOR VEHICLE | July 2019 | December 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16477340 | TERMINAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE | July 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16422836 | MULTI-THREADED SCANNING OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS | May 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16158213 | CONFIGURATION FOR IoT DEVICE SETUP | October 2018 | June 2022 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16158169 | NATIVE ACTIVITY TRACKING USING CREDENTIAL AND AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT IN SCALABLE DATA NETWORKS | October 2018 | May 2022 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16090828 | User-Device Based E-Commerce Server | October 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16150203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORCHESTRATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN APPLICATION SERVICES THROUGH A UNIFIED CONNECTOR PLATFORM | October 2018 | January 2023 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16149437 | CONTROLLING CAN COMMUNICATION IN A VEHICLE USING SHIFTING CAN MESSAGE REFERENCE | October 2018 | September 2022 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15884023 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING ACCESS OF USER DEVICES TO THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES | January 2018 | October 2022 | Allow | 56 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15748294 | DISCOVERING AND PUBLISHING API INFORMATION | January 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 40 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15882553 | NETWORK ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION SERVICE BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | January 2018 | June 2022 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15747748 | NETWORK RESOURCE HANDLING | January 2018 | February 2022 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15746745 | METHODS, DEVICE, SERVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PUSHING DATA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING CACHE SERVERS | January 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15814171 | METHOD FOR SECURE ENROLLMENT OF DEVICES IN THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS | November 2017 | November 2021 | Abandon | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15810486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING DEVICE IDs FOR VIRTUALIZED APPLICATIONS | November 2017 | January 2023 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15491605 | INTERNET OF THINGS PUB-SUB DATA PUBLISHER | April 2017 | January 2022 | Allow | 57 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 15491662 | Methods And Systems For Content Delivery Using Server Push | April 2017 | January 2023 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15399290 | Network Routing Tool | January 2017 | July 2021 | Allow | 54 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15360926 | CODING FOR REAL-TIME STREAMING UNDER PACKET ERASURES | November 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15341849 | MULTI-THREADED SCANNING OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS | November 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15338992 | MANAGING STORAGE RESOURCES IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK | October 2016 | July 2021 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15338470 | CLUSTER SERVER MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2016 | August 2021 | Abandon | 58 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15338451 | UNIFIED MONITORING FLOW MAP | October 2016 | June 2021 | Abandon | 55 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15338179 | MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS RELATED TO COLLABORATIVELY EDITED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS BASED ON USER ROLES | October 2016 | December 2020 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15282886 | LINKING CONTENT ITEMS AND COLLABORATION CONTENT ITEMS | September 2016 | July 2021 | Allow | 57 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 15221771 | Device-To-Device Communication | July 2016 | January 2020 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15187055 | Controlling Content Distribution | June 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15162730 | System for Digital Yearbook | May 2016 | April 2019 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14990683 | DETECTING TIME ZONES USING HISTORICAL DATE SAMPLING | January 2016 | April 2016 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14977913 | SHARING OF PORTABLE INITIALIZED OBJECTS BETWEEN COMPUTING PLATFORMS | December 2015 | February 2016 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14948439 | NETWORK STABILIZING TOOL | November 2015 | June 2021 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14948466 | TRANSACTIONAL AUTOSAVE WITH LOCAL AND REMOTE LIFECYCLES | November 2015 | July 2021 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14840605 | Data Delivery Optimization | August 2015 | May 2019 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14794057 | Remote Generation and Distribution of Command Programs for Programmable Devices | July 2015 | December 2017 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14793807 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION | July 2015 | April 2016 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14749072 | Methods to Manage Services over a Service Gateway | June 2015 | January 2018 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14688318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING/RECEIVING SERVICE OF PLURALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS | April 2015 | October 2015 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14587654 | PERFORMANCE OF HADOOP DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM OPERATIONS IN A NON-NATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM | December 2014 | January 2019 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14527343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVERS USING A MULTICAST MESSAGE IN A HOME NETWORK | October 2014 | June 2017 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14525072 | REDUNDANT DATA REQUESTS WITH CANCELLATION | October 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14502656 | PREDICTIVE, MULTI-LAYER CACHING ARCHITECTURES | September 2014 | June 2017 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14499697 | USE OF INFORMATION CHANNELS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | September 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14467557 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN UNICAST AND MULTICAST DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | August 2014 | March 2019 | Allow | 55 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14328279 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ENHANCED ADVERTIZEMENTS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH | July 2014 | May 2018 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14309410 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE (IPTV) PROVIDER AND IPTV SERVICE BY USING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL | June 2014 | June 2015 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14122456 | METHOD OF CONDITIONING COMMUNICATION NETWORK DATA RELATING TO A DISTRIBUTION OF NETWORK ENTITIES ACROSS A SPACE | March 2014 | April 2019 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 14194560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-BASED NETWORK DATA ANALYSIS AND MONITORING | February 2014 | September 2020 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14080331 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2013 | May 2016 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14080518 | SHARING OF PORTABLE INITIALIZED OBJECTS BETWEEN COMPUTING PLATFORMS | November 2013 | July 2017 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 14080686 | CODING FOR REAL-TIME STREAMING UNDER PACKET ERASURES | November 2013 | June 2016 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14080094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINES TO COMMUNICATE OVER THE INTERNET | November 2013 | November 2018 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14080459 | BUS System, Method of Operating a BUS System, and Fluidic System with a BUS System | November 2013 | October 2018 | Allow | 59 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14080569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE-BASED ROUTING | November 2013 | March 2018 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14066306 | SYSTEM, STREAMING MEDIA OPTIMIZER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH | October 2013 | March 2019 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14060778 | System for Digital Yearbook with Advertising | October 2013 | February 2016 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13941327 | Remote Generation and Distribution of Command Programs for Programmable Devices | July 2013 | July 2015 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13908132 | ERASURE CODED STORAGE AGGREGATION IN DATA CENTERS | June 2013 | August 2014 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13889688 | Content Pre-Fetching And CDN Assist Methods In A Wireless Mobile Network | May 2013 | January 2016 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13888822 | TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT OF BUNDLED LINKS | May 2013 | June 2015 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13852796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING QUALITY OF A MEDIA SESSION | March 2013 | June 2016 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13852927 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING MEDIA TRAFFIC BASED ON NETWORK CONDITIONS | March 2013 | November 2019 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 13723846 | SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL YEARBOOK WITH ADVERTISING | December 2012 | July 2013 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13659763 | TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT OF BUNDLED LINKS | October 2012 | January 2013 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13631218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POSTMORTEM SOCIAL FAREWELL | September 2012 | May 2016 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13631366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA SERVICE DELIVERY | September 2012 | January 2019 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 13631044 | SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS IN THE PACKET SWITCHED DOMAIN | September 2012 | February 2016 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13630943 | DETECTING TIME ZONES USING HISTORICAL DATE SAMPLING | September 2012 | October 2015 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13578930 | Apparatus for Intermediating Network Operators and Developers | August 2012 | May 2014 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13572527 | USER-PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE THROUGH BROWSER HINTS | August 2012 | April 2017 | Allow | 56 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13572424 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSCRIBER USER INTERFACES | August 2012 | June 2022 | Allow | 60 | 10 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 13572321 | Systems and Methods for Providing Hot Spare Nodes | August 2012 | November 2020 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 13520310 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MACHINE-TYPE-COMMUNICATION AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF | July 2012 | April 2017 | Allow | 57 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13537599 | SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL YEARBOOK WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING | June 2012 | September 2012 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13511166 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION | June 2012 | March 2015 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13526074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN UPnP BASED DEVICES | June 2012 | May 2015 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13525154 | REDUNDANT DATA REQUESTS WITH CANCELLATION | June 2012 | June 2014 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SHAW, ROBERT A.
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.
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.
⚠ 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 SHAW, ROBERT A works in Art Unit 2455 and has examined 201 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.
Examiner SHAW, ROBERT A's allowance rate of 72.1% places them in the 27% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SHAW, ROBERT A receive 2.28 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHAW, ROBERT A is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 6% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +37.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHAW, ROBERT A. This interview benefit is in the 87% 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.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.8% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 38% 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.
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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 22.2% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 38.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 36% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 10.0% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 17% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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