USPTO Examiner SIMITOSKI MICHAEL J - Art Unit 2493

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18903315IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ATTACK COUTERMEASURE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18722813CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY SHARING SYSTEMJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18747589SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING EXECUTION FLOWS FOR AUTOMATED MALWARE DETECTIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18744428HARDWARE SPECIFIC CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18743220LEVERAGING QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT FOR REPLICATING DATA IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND TWIN TAGGING THE DATAJune 2024October 2025Allow1600YesNo
18680143INTERNET PACKET PROVENANCE TO VERIFY PACKET VALIDITY AND CONTROL PACKET USAGEMay 2024October 2025Allow1700YesNo
18674804ATTRIBUTE-BASED CREDENTIALS FOR RESOURCE ACCESSMay 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18640903SECURING LEGACY ADAPTERS WITH A SECURE MICROCONTROLLER UNIT AND LEGACY ADAPTER RECOVERYApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18634857Recovering from Ransomware AttacksApril 2024August 2025Allow1700YesNo
18699722Stateful Hash-Based Signing with a Single Public Key and Multiple Independent SignersApril 2024January 2026Allow2210YesNo
18603289SECURE GROUP CREATION IN PROXIMITY BASED SERVICE COMMUNICATIONMarch 2024August 2025Allow1710NoNo
18514220MICROCONTROLLER UNIT (MCU) SECURE BOOTNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610YesNo
18512231ENFORCEMENT OF FACTORY-PROVISIONED RESTRICTIONS ON MODIFICATIONS TO IHS HARDWARENovember 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18495419DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PREVENTING SYSTEM TIME FROM BEING TAMPERED IN OFF-LINE STATUSOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18554800SCADA WEB HMI CLIENT DEVICE AND SCADA WEB HMI SYSTEMOctober 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18553021INTERIM ROOT-OF-TRUST ENROLMENT AND DEVICE-BOUND PUBLIC KEY REGISTRATIONSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910YesNo
18373160TIME RECOVERY FROM ATTACKS ON DELAYED AUTHENTICATIONSeptember 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18472220MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND MEASUREMENT PROGRAMSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18363913SECURITY CONTEXT AWARE TELEMETRYAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510YesNo
18353549Wireless Gateway Supporting Public and Private NetworksJuly 2023November 2024Allow1600YesNo
18220782SECURITY MEASURES FOR EXTENDED SESSIONS USING MULTI-DOMAIN DATAJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18348985INTERNET PACKET PROVENANCE TO VERIFY PACKET VALIDITY AND CONTROL PACKET USAGEJuly 2023April 2024Allow920NoNo
18344240Computer System, Trusted Function Component, and Running MethodJune 2023August 2025Allow2510YesNo
18215462NON-CACHED DATA TRANSFERJune 2023January 2026Allow3020YesNo
18205546SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMJune 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18325019Automatic authentication for user-dependent functionalityMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18320731NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH ACCESS CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SECURE BOOT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2023August 2025Allow2710YesNo
18320577COMPUTER OR MICROCHIP WITH A SECURE SYSTEM BIOS HAVING A SEPARATE PRIVATE NETWORK CONNECTION TO A SEPARATE PRIVATE NETWORKMay 2023March 2025Allow6000YesNo
18195699METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTUM-RESISTANT NETWORK COMMUNICATIONMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18141629SINGLE SIGN-ON THROUGH CUSTOMER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMSMay 2023November 2025Allow3120YesNo
18132340APPLYING DIFFUSION MODELS IN ADVERSARIAL PURIFICATION AND ADVERSARIAL SAMPLE GENERATION IN CYBERSECURITYApril 2023July 2025Allow2710YesNo
18297371SECURE UPDATE OF DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION IN CONTAINERIZED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTApril 2023July 2025Allow2710YesNo
18130082CLOUD SECURITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR CUSTOM WEB APPLICATIONSApril 2023December 2025Allow3240NoNo
18029315IDENTIFIER CHANGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IDENTIFIER CHANGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND IDENTIFIER CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMarch 2023February 2025Allow2200YesNo
18191748MICROCONTROLLER UNIT (MCU) SECURE BOOTMarch 2023July 2023Allow400YesNo
18185578DETECTING CYBER THREATS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120YesNo
18026582TRUSTED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, MAINBOARD, MICRO BOARD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18184252SURVEY KEY VERIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS CHARGING, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023July 2025Allow2820NoNo
18180620METHOD FOR MANAGING PASSWORDS FOR BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM AND BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18112935STORING ENCRYPTED DATA FOR ACCESS BY A TRUSTED DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18109889AUTHENTICATION VIA A DYNAMIC PASSPHRASEFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1120YesNo
18167509ELECTRONIC MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18166336QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023November 2024Abandon2120NoNo
18153427SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMITTING ACCESS TO A HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE IN A VEHICLEJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2510YesNo
18095676Portal Control of Web Site Credentials Using Asymmetric Public/Private Key Encryption Without User Selection or User Password ManagementJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2830YesNo
18150849SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING MALICIOUS SCRIPT EXECUTION BASED ON GENERALIZED RULESJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2910YesNo
18066467SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY TRANSFERRING ACCOUNT INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICESDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420YesNo
18065993METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SECURE ACCESS CONTROL TO A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND FOR DATA ARCHIVINGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18065142Apparatus and Method for Generating Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) Based Challenge Response PairDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18065311VIRTUAL AUTHENTICATION REALM SPECIFIED BY WILDCARD ELEMENTSDecember 2022September 2025Allow3320NoNo
18065225NETWORK SECURITY TOOLDecember 2022June 2025Allow3040YesNo
18055673DOCUMENT SIGNING AND STORAGE USING DATA MODELS AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
18053651INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17952603METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANONYMOUS USER DATA STORAGE AND CONTROLLED DATA ACCESSSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17907020SECURE SEMICONDUCTOR AND SYSTEM DESIGNSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2710NoNo
17899802INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSAugust 2022October 2025Allow3730YesNo
17883356HOSTED DEVICE PROVISIONING PROTOCOL WITH SERVERS AND A NETWORKED INITIATORAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910YesNo
17817577METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEEP LEARNING BASED API TRAFFIC SECURITYAugust 2022August 2023Allow1310YesNo
17875613DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MTC GROUP KEY MANAGEMENTJuly 2022February 2025Abandon3120NoNo
17796115MONITORING AND CONTROL METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND DEVICE FOR ON-BOARD TRUSTED PLATFORMJuly 2022June 2025Allow3430YesNo
17864648SECURELY DISTRIBUTING MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONSJuly 2022May 2024Allow2220YesNo
17862789SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DIGITAL DOCUMENT COMMUNICATIONJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010YesNo
17863095METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SECURELY BLOCKING ACCESS TO SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND DATAJuly 2022March 2025Allow3220YesNo
17861456DELIVERY VEHICLEJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17855761SEQUENCE-BASED AUTHENTICATION USING RHYTHM AND/OR POSESJune 2022September 2025Abandon3921YesNo
17847768SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRANTING ROLE-BASED ACCESS TO A DIGITAL ARTIFACTJune 2022June 2024Allow2410NoNo
17847758SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEALING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PHYSICAL MAIL PACKAGEJune 2022May 2024Allow2310YesNo
17844137PROTECTING A VEHICLE BUS USING TIMING-BASED RULESJune 2022January 2023Allow720NoNo
17830197APPARATUSES AND METHODS WITH SECURE CONFIGURATION UPDATEJune 2022December 2024Allow3000YesNo
17752320SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLOWSPEC MITIGATIONSMay 2022September 2024Allow2810YesNo
17662767METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO APPLIANCESMay 2022October 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17772330SECURE AND FLEXIBLE BOOT FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR DEVICES WITH A PRIMARY PLATFORMApril 2022March 2024Allow2300NoNo
17727431SECURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN INTERMEDIARY DEVICE AND A NETWORKApril 2022June 2024Allow2610YesNo
17724880CONTROL-PLANE PROTOCOL FOR ISOLATED OR DISCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMApril 2022August 2025Allow4040YesNo
17755012DATA MANAGEMENT WITH A TRUSTED DISKLESS BOOT IMAGEApril 2022December 2024Abandon3240YesNo
17724419AUTOMATIC THREAT DETECTION OF EXECUTABLE FILES BASED ON STATIC DATA ANALYSISApril 2022May 2025Allow3750YesNo
17720759SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER DEVICES USING HDCP KSV KEYSApril 2022February 2024Allow2200YesNo
17657773INTERMEDIARY HANDLING OF IDENTITY SERVICES TO GUARD AGAINST CLIENT SIDE ATTACK VECTORSApril 2022February 2023Allow1100YesNo
17712407FLOWSPEC MESSAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17703210SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AGAINST DATA STORAGE ATTACKSMarch 2022February 2024Allow2200NoNo
17699579DETECTING AND MITIGATING MULTI-STAGE EMAIL THREATSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17696303System and Method for Automatic Identification of Unauthorized Updates to Internet of Things DevicesMarch 2022September 2024Allow3020NoNo
17695817ROLLBACK OF PROCESSOR MICROCODE UPDATES IN RUNTIME WITHOUT SYSTEM REBOOTMarch 2022September 2025Allow4210NoNo
17567823PERFORMING FIREWALL OPERATIONS BY SHARING METADATA BETWEEN FIREWALL PROCESSESJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2210YesNo
17565489SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING CONVENTIONAL QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLSDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17561124METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION BY USING QR CODEDecember 2021January 2024Allow2500NoNo
17550093SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING ZERO-DAY ATTACKSDecember 2021March 2024Allow2700YesNo
17543427PASSIVE DECRYPTION OF ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC TO GENERATE MORE ACCURATE MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING DATADecember 2021September 2024Abandon3340YesNo
17539852METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AND MONITORING PERMISSIONS FOR APPLICATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021February 2023Allow1400YesNo
17539831SECURE COMPLIANCE PROTOCOLSDecember 2021June 2023Allow1910NoNo
17538839DIGITAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2021October 2023Allow2310NoNo
17534714DYNAMIC DATA COMPLIANCE CONTROLS AT THE HIGHEST DIRECTIVES AND STANDARDS APPLICABLE WITH A NET-SUM FORMULA AS A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF COMPLIANCE VALIDATION KEYNovember 2021July 2024Allow3230YesNo
17455588DETERMINING THE TECHNICAL MATURITY OF A SYSTEM USER TO USE AS A RISK INDICATOR WHEN AUDITING SYSTEM ACTIVITYNovember 2021August 2024Allow3320NoNo
17526803Wireless Gateway Supporting Public and Private NetworksNovember 2021April 2023Allow1710NoNo
17454469Systems and Methods for Automating Processes for Remote WorkNovember 2021October 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17454466Systems and Methods for Automating Processes for Remote WorkNovember 2021June 2024Abandon3120YesNo
17610100ANONYMOUS SIGNATURE SYSTEM, SIGNATURE GENERATION APPARATUS, ANONYMOUS SIGNATURE GENERATION APPARATUS, VERIFICATION APPARATUS, ANONYMOUS SIGNATURE METHOD AND PROGRAMNovember 2021December 2023Allow2520YesNo
17518811SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DEVICE SECURITY DURING STARTUPNovember 2021January 2024Allow2610YesNo
17453531METHOD FOR CHECKING A MESSAGE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2021September 2024Allow3530YesNo
17453463SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF A SOFTWARE INSTALLATION IMAGENovember 2021March 2024Allow2910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
19
Examiner Affirmed
15
(78.9%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(21.1%)
Reversal Percentile
34.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 21.1% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
34
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(26.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
25
(73.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
38.4%
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, 26.5% 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.

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 SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J works in Art Unit 2493 and has examined 566 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J's allowance rate of 82.2% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J. This interview benefit is in the 73% 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, 23.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 33% 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 27.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 39% 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, 22.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 28% 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 47.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 11.8% 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, 51.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 51% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

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 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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