USPTO Examiner HENNING MATTHEW T - Art Unit 2491

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19270726SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-PARTY VERIFICATION OF GENERATIVE ARITIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMSJuly 2025December 2025Allow510NoNo
18641585AUTHENTICATION OF A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A NETWORKApril 2024July 2025Allow1520YesNo
18612164SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PREPROCESSING AND SEGMENTATION FOR VISUAL DATA PRIVACYMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810NoNo
18605680SCALABLE ASSURED DELETE WITH AONTMarch 2024August 2025Allow1700NoNo
18600739ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING, DETECTING, AND PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEMSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18439655SYSTEM FOR SECURE CHANNEL SELECTION FOR MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION USING NON-FUNGIBLE ELECTRONIC RESOURCESFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18423905Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including Configuration For Customer Sensitive DataJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2220YesNo
18403402METHOD TO IMPROVE ANTI-MALWARE SCAN RESPONSIVENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS USING USER SYMPTOMS FEEDBACKJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18535646STORAGE DEVICE AND COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610YesNo
18533592SECURE REMOTE CONTROLS PACKAGE FOR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18499133POINTER BASED DATA ENCRYPTIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18370214ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ENCRYPTING BIO-SIGNALS USING SAMESeptember 2023December 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18454480SYSTEM AND METHOD OF QUANTUM-RESISTANT PASSWORDLESS AUTHENTICATIONAugust 2023August 2025Allow2410NoNo
18448862MEMORY DEVICE WITH CRYPTOGRAPHIC KILL SWITCHAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820NoNo
18362122APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BINDING A SYSTEM ON CHIP AND A MEMORY DEVICE WITH A KEYJuly 2023December 2025Allow2920NoNo
18227368MANAGING INFORMATION FOR MODEL TRAINING USING DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN LEDGERJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18359407CACHE ACCESS REJECTION FOR UNAUTHORIZED SECURE CACHE ID FROM KNOWN MASTERJuly 2023November 2025Allow2820NoNo
18356897Certificate Validation Using a Multiple-Key-Pair Root Certificate AuthorityJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18356295STORAGE DEVICE DELETING ENCRYPTION KEY, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18352504RELAY-ATTACK RESISTANT COMMUNICATIONSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18337795PROCESSOR TO ACCELERATE AND SECURE HASH-BASED SIGNATURE COMPUTATIONSJune 2023July 2025Allow2411NoNo
18333406APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL ENCRYPTION IN HIGH BANDWIDTH MEMORYJune 2023November 2025Allow2940NoNo
18266248DELIVERING HASH VALUESJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18207292ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT ADAPTED TO INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDING METHODJune 2023July 2025Allow2610NoNo
18205839METHOD FOR MANAGING INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITJune 2023June 2025Allow2420NoNo
18325977SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION EXPOSUREMay 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18317338Privacy Preserving Document AnalysisMay 2023December 2024Allow1921YesNo
18308237SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF COMPROMISE EVENTS AND RESPONSEApril 2023January 2026Allow3220NoNo
18189412STORAGE DEVICE HAVING AN RPMB RESET FUNCTION AND RPMB MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18173268SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A DATA MIGRATION BASED ON A SECURITY STATUS OF THE SOURCE STORAGE DEVICEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18013782Method, System and Device for Dynamically Preventing Traffic Attacks, and Storage MediumDecember 2022August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18075043CLOUD SERVICE USAGE RISK ASSESSMENTDecember 2022February 2024Allow1420NoNo
18057334CORRECTIVE ACTION ON MALWARE INTRUSION DETECTION USING FILE INTROSPECTIONNovember 2022November 2024Abandon2440YesNo
17957325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL AUTHENTICATORSeptember 2022October 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17958208RUNTIME CONFIGURATION OF AUTHENTICATION JOURNEYSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17952957REVERSE LOOKUP OF A USER ID TO A DOMAIN ID ACROSS SHARDSSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17949571SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FILE SYSTEMS OF DATA SOURCES INCOMPATIBLE WITH ANTI-VIRUS SCANNERSSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17944897METHOD FOR ACCESSING SECURED DATA STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION (EID) CARD USING MATCH-ON-CARD AND MACHINE-READABLE ZONE TECHNOLOGIES, SMART CARD ADAPTED FOR THE METHOD, AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE METHODSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17942997MANAGING INFORMATION FOR MODEL TRAINING USING DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN LEDGERSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17880777INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022March 2024Abandon2010NoNo
17864480Data Collection ManagementJuly 2022June 2025Allow3511NoNo
17864490SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY THROUGH PROCESS DIVERSITYJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17864312MALICIOUS DOMAIN GENERATION ALGORITHM (DGA) DETECTION IN MEMORY OF A DATA PROCESSING UNIT USING MACHINE LEARNING DETECTION MODELSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2610YesNo
17832368SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS AND CORRESPONDING DIGITAL ASSETSJune 2022September 2024Allow2710YesNo
17746049ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2022October 2025Allow4110YesNo
17714596MEMORY ENCRYPTIONApril 2022October 2025Allow4220NoNo
17684798ENCRYPTED ANALYTICAL VAULT FOR TRUSTED ACCESSMarch 2022September 2025Allow4320YesNo
17681638Subject Level Privacy Attack Analysis for Federated LearningFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2800NoNo
17681579SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITIES ACCESS BREACH DETECTION AND INFORMATION PROTECTIONFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3520NoNo
17591440Fork Processing Method And Blockchain NodeFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4620NoNo
17588421SYSTEM FOR SECURE CHANNEL SELECTION FOR MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION USING NON-FUNGIBLE ELECTRONIC RESOURCESJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2400NoNo
17572687STORAGE ENCRYPTION FOR A TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2100NoNo
17572968METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDACTING AND RETRIEVING DATA IN A VIDEOJanuary 2022January 2026Allow4920YesNo
17571891AUTHENTICATING ANONYMOUS INFORMATIONJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3830YesNo
17647395TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL THROUGH A SECURE ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17647026VALIDATING AND SECURING NON-VOLATILE MEMORYJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1800NoNo
17558171SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING COMPUTER CODE USING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED DIGITAL SIGNATURESDecember 2021December 2024Allow3620YesNo
17532666RESOURCE PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (RPKI) VALIDATION SYSTEMNovember 2021February 2024Allow2710NoNo
17512546USE OF DATA ENTANGLEMENT FOR IMPROVING THE SECURITY OF SEARCH INDEXES WHILE USING NATIVE ENTERPRISE SEARCH ENGINES AND FOR PROTECTING COMPUTER SYSTEMS AGAINST MALWARE INCLUDING RANSOMWAREOctober 2021January 2025Allow3921YesNo
17452336INFRASTRUCTURE-ENABLED SECURE LEDGEROctober 2021April 2024Abandon3010YesNo
17606420METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATIONOctober 2021August 2025Allow4640NoNo
17451526SECURE SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2021February 2024Allow2820YesNo
17451214STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICEOctober 2021June 2025Allow4420YesNo
17600781APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE INTEGRITY OF SENSOR-DATA STREAMSOctober 2021July 2024Allow3420YesNo
17489975SYSTEM COMPRISING A MAIN DEVICE, A SECONDARY DEVICE AND A GARMENT AS WELL AS AN OPERATING METHODSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3910YesNo
17485231Track Activities of Endpoints having Secure Memory Devices for Security Operations during Identity ValidationSeptember 2021February 2026Allow5240NoNo
17482529ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING, DETECTING, AND PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEMSSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17448103MULTI-USER ACCESS CONTROLS IN ELECTRONIC SIMULTANEOUSLY EDITABLE DOCUMENT EDITORSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3130YesNo
17593267Authentication of a Radio Communication Device to a NetworkSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2720NoNo
17437645METHOD AND NODES FOR HANDLING SYSTEM INFORMATIONSeptember 2021December 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17467718PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED TRANSLATED ACCESS USING ADDRESS SIGNINGSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2710NoNo
17468557SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLICY MANAGEMENTSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3620NoNo
17462865RULE-BASED ANONYMIZATION OF DATASETSAugust 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17461563HARDWARE ENFORCEMENT OF BOUNDARIES ON THE CONTROL, SPACE, TIME, MODULARITY, REFERENCE, INITIALIZATION, AND MUTABILITY ASPECTS OF SOFTWAREAugust 2021March 2025Allow4321NoNo
17411457INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2021April 2024Abandon3130YesNo
17379451DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA TRANSMITTER, DATA RECEIVER, AND SYSTEMJuly 2021January 2022Allow510NoNo
17423701SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METADATA CLASSIFICATIONJuly 2021April 2025Allow4521YesNo
17370164MULTIMEDIA NETWORK SYSTEM WITH CONTENT IMPORTATION, CONTENT EXPORTATION, AND INTEGRATED CONTENT MANAGEMENTJuly 2021August 2023Abandon2610NoNo
17363817RECOGNIZING AND MITIGATING SUCCESSFUL CYBERATTACKSJune 2021December 2024Allow4230NoNo
17305136SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATIONJune 2021January 2024Allow3010YesNo
17347653SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURING A UNIFIED THREAT MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR JOINT CONTENT AND USER THREAT DETECTIONJune 2021February 2022Allow811YesNo
17311578OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD USING MULTIVARIATE PACKINGJune 2021May 2024Allow3620YesNo
17338329Register File ProtectionJune 2021August 2024Allow3920YesNo
17338589METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A TRANSACTION AND FOR PERFORMING A VERIFICATION OF LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO, OR USE OF DIGITAL DATAJune 2021February 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17322474DETERMINISTIC POWER AND RATE CONTROLMay 2021March 2024Allow3410YesNo
17321089PREEMPTION OF A CONTAINER IN A SECURE COMPUTATION ENVIRONMENTMay 2021March 2024Allow3420NoNo
17241364Peer Device ProtectionApril 2021May 2024Allow3620YesNo
17231869Storage Controller, And File Processing Method, Apparatus, And SystemApril 2021March 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17283628PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION AT A MEMORY DEVICEApril 2021August 2023Allow2800NoNo
17278370PAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021May 2025Allow5040NoNo
17192763METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A TRANSACTION AND FOR PERFORMING A VERIFICATION OF LEGITIMATE ACCESS TO, OR USE OF DIGITAL DATAMarch 2021February 2025Abandon4720YesNo
17181917DETECTING AND ISOLATING AN ATTACK DIRECTED AT AN IP ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL CERTIFICATE BOUND WITH MULTIPLE DOMAINSFebruary 2021October 2022Allow2000NoNo
17177306SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTION OF GEOGRAPHIC INCONSISTENCY IN ITEM PROPERTIESFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2410NoNo
17154597Adaptive Method For Biometrically Certified CommunicationJanuary 2021September 2024Allow4440YesNo
17146537IMAGE FORMING DEVICE DETERMINING WHETHER AUTHENTICATION SKIPPING CONDITION IS SATISFIEDJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2700NoNo
17141800SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR TRAINING MODELS ON MIXED SENSITIVITY DATASETSJanuary 2021April 2023Allow2710YesNo
17140351METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE INCLUDING ANONYMOUS ENTRIESJanuary 2021January 2023Allow2510NoNo
17136775SECURE KEY UPDATE FOR REPLAY PROTECTED MEMORY BLOCKSDecember 2020June 2024Allow4220NoNo
17130419SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTIONS TO COUNTER A CYBER ATTACK ON COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON ATTACK VECTORSDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17124374CONVERTING A BOOLEAN MASKED VALUE TO AN ARITHMETICALLY MASKED VALUE FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONSDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HENNING, MATTHEW T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
26
Examiner Affirmed
23
(88.5%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(11.5%)
Reversal Percentile
24.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 11.5% 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
40
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(12.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
35
(87.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
15.4%
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 HENNING, MATTHEW T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HENNING, MATTHEW T works in Art Unit 2491 and has examined 516 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HENNING, MATTHEW T's allowance rate of 75.8% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HENNING, MATTHEW T receive 2.28 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 HENNING, MATTHEW T is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 43% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HENNING, MATTHEW T. This interview benefit is in the 51% 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, 26.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% 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 20.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 26% 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 9% 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 38.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 18.8% 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, 39.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% 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:

    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

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