USPTO Examiner ZHAO DON GORDON - Art Unit 2493

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18956015DI CHIP, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHODNovember 2024January 2026Allow1410NoNo
18791249SELECTIVE AUTHORIZATION CONTROL IN MULTI-TENANT APPLICATIONSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18778532CONNECTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND COMMON APIJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18759433ON DEMAND TOKENIZATION PROCESSINGJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18749880ADVANCED MULTI-LAYER ACCESS CONTROL POLICY ENFORCEMENT IN A MULTI-TENANT CLOUD ENVIRONMENTJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18748591STREAMLINED INSTALLATION AND MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE COMPUTING APPLICATIONSJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18733780AUTHENTICATION FRAMEWORKJune 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18670201TECHNIQUES FOR TOKEN PROXIMITY TRANSACTIONSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18655740Continuous User Authentication Criteria for Access to Encrypted FilesMay 2024January 2025Abandon910NoNo
18646617KUBERNETES SECURITY ISOLATION BASED ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND RISK LEVELSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18646095LIMITING DISCOVERY OF A PROTECTED RESOURCE IN A ZERO TRUST ACCESS MODELApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18702638SECURE ASSET MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENFORCING ACCESS CONTROL POLICIESApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18628625AMPLIFICATION OF FORMAL METHOD AND FUZZ TESTING TO ENABLE SCALABLE ASSURANCE FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2024February 2026Allow2311NoNo
18622022MALWARE DETECTION TECHNIQUESMarch 2024January 2026Allow2210YesNo
18611189FRAUD OR DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE (DDOS) PROTECTION FOR SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP)-BASED COMMUNICATIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18425366DISTRIBUTED WORK DATA MANAGEMENTJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18423818AUTOMATED RECOMMENDATION OF MOST VALUABLE SOLUTION TO NON-COMPLIANT CYBERSECURITY NETWORK PATTERNSJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110YesNo
18543555METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING COMMAND CONTROL SERVER OF MALICIOUS APPLICATIONDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18543916FILTERING PASSWORDS BASED ON A PLURALITY OF CRITERIADecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18536107METHOD OF LIVE EVENT TICKETING WITH PRIORITIZED LINK FOR SEATING REARRANGEMENTDecember 2023January 2026Allow2540YesNo
18521834RISK SCORING OF CLOUD PERMISSION ASSIGNMENTS USING SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2023February 2026Allow2720YesNo
18515761METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING INTERACTION SECURITY OF TCP/IP LAYERED NETWORK MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18516882System and Method for Prioritizing Distributed System Risk RemediationsNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310YesNo
18511648GENERATING TREND DATA FOR A CYBERSECURITY RISK SCORENovember 2023March 2025Allow1620NoNo
18510312SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS TO COMPUTER RESOURCESNovember 2023February 2025Allow1520YesNo
18502618ASSIGNING PRIVACY RATINGS TO TRACKING DOMAINS IN ORDER TO INCREASE USER AWARENESS OF ONLINE PRIVACY VIOLATIONSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18497468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING NFTs BASED ON USER INTERACTIONOctober 2023December 2025Allow2520NoNo
18495956SECURED HOME NETWORKOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18384107Automated Mapping and Analyzing of Service Account Chains in a Connected Computing SystemOctober 2023March 2026Abandon2801NoNo
18488133Cloud Based Automated Secrets RotationOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18380644BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420YesNo
18487799Secret Management Infrastructure With Audits and Credential UpgradesOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410YesNo
18371673Method and System for Multifactor Mutual AuthenticationSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18471938DEVICE VULNERABILITY RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2720YesNo
18471831CONTINUOUS AUTHENTICATION IN SECURE AND ISOLATED NETWORK ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310YesNo
18470884DYNAMIC PRIORITIZATION OF ATTACK PATHS IN CLOUD NATIVE APPLICATIONSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18368006DI CHIP, SMARTPHONE, SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHODSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1211NoNo
18465852CYBER RESILIENT TRADE-OFF EVALUATION SYSTEMS FOR OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIASeptember 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18462809PROTECTING AGAINST MALICIOUS APPLICATION ENCOUNTERS ON MOBILE DEVICESSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310YesNo
18460899CIPHER ACCELERATOR AND METHOD FOR TAMPER PROTECTION IN CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18449069COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR SYMMETRIC CRYPTOGRAPHYAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18233014Securing Videoconferencing MeetingsAugust 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18448030Security Systems and Methods for Encoding and Decoding ContentAugust 2023September 2025Allow2621YesNo
18231028APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF CYBER SECURITY RISK DATAAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510YesNo
18227637THIRD-PARTY APPLICATION RISK ASSESSMENT IN AN AUTHORIZATION SERVICEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18227099SELF-HEALING CONTENT SECURITY POLICIESJuly 2023August 2025Allow2410YesNo
18352244Security Systems and Methods for Social NetworkingJuly 2023February 2025Allow1920NoNo
18221218TECHNIQUES FOR PEER ENTITY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410YesNo
18348962Device Risk Level Based on Device Metadata ComparisonJuly 2023August 2024Allow1410YesNo
18344733GENERATING AND DEPLOYING PHISHING TEMPLATESJune 2023December 2025Allow3011YesNo
18342668Enhanced Account Security MonitoringJune 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18341965UTILIZATION OF THE LEAST CODE PRINCIPLE TO STRUCTURE WORKFLOWSJune 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18341738SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF RESOURCE OBJECTS AT A PUBLIC PORTALJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18212505PROJECT FAILURE REDUCTION THROUGH GENERATION, STRUCTURING, AND/OR ASSESSMENT OF A CRITICAL EVENT OBJECTTJune 2023August 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18335298METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED ENDPOINT IDENTITY VALIDATION IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONSJune 2023May 2024Allow1110YesNo
18330096LIVE EXPLOITATION FEED ON PENETRATION TESTING PORTALJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18203256CLOUD INTEGRATED NETWORK SECURITYMay 2023February 2025Allow2100NoNo
18202676METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEVERAGING TRANSACTIONS TO DYNAMICALLY AUTHENTICATE A USERMay 2023October 2025Allow2850NoNo
18200318UTILIZING TWO-TERMINAL RESISTIVE SWITCHING MEMORY TO STORE VALIDATION DATA OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICEMay 2023October 2025Allow2811NoNo
18320698SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING AND SHARING TRANSACTIONAL DATA USING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMSMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18317760METHODS FOR MANAGING USER ACCESS TO COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON EVALUATION OF AUTHENTICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF USER CONTROLMay 2023March 2024Allow1020NoNo
18316908DISTRIBUTED EVALUATION OF NETWORKING SECURITY RULESMay 2023October 2024Allow1700NoNo
18315497ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE NETWORK OF ANOTHER ORGANIZATIONMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18313748AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMMay 2023July 2025Allow2610NoNo
18144658SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCOUNT SYNCHRONIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION IN MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATIONSMay 2023October 2023Allow610YesNo
18139735USING DE-IDENTIFIED HEALTHCARE DATA TO EVALUATE POST-HEALTHCARE FACILITY ENCOUNTER TREATMENT OUTCOMESApril 2023May 2024Allow1310YesNo
18305576METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING AN ENTITY BASED ON NETWORK FEATURESApril 2023September 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18302274SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEM VULNERABILITIESApril 2023April 2025Allow2400NoNo
18131151DECLARING NETWORK POLICIES USING NATURAL LANGUAGEApril 2023July 2023Allow310NoNo
18129514METHOD TO REDUCE USERS FROM FALLING VICTIM OF RANSOMWAREMarch 2023November 2025Allow3111YesNo
18129455AUTOMATED FIREWALL FEEDBACK FROM NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSISMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310YesNo
18129309PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING A LOGIN INFORMATION LENGTHMarch 2023December 2025Allow3320YesNo
18247195Method for Operating a NetworkMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910YesNo
18127681DATA SECURITYMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18188832FINE-GRAINED SEGMENTATION AND TRAFFIC ISOLATION IN DATA CONFIDENCE FABRIC NETWORKSMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18181774METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CYBER SECURITY RISKSMarch 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18117987DYNAMICALLY PLACING TASKS INTO EDGE NODES BASED ON REPUTATION SCORESMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810YesNo
18174234SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS TO COMPUTER RESOURCESFebruary 2023August 2023Allow610YesNo
18172729ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF PRIVILEGE ESCALATION DETECTION IN A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER NETWORKFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18171793SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL SCORING ACCURACYFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2511NoNo
18112300METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A SERVICE THAT SIMPLIFIES NETWORK CYBER DEFENSE CAPABILITIESFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3630NoNo
18108479ANALYZING CLIENT APPLICATION BEHAVIOR TO DETECT ANOMALIES AND PREVENT ACCESSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18041287METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING ORPHAN BLOCKS FOR A BLOCKCHAINFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18020549Establishment of Secure CommunicationFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18166686MASKING CIPHERTEXTS USING RANDOM ELEMENTS FOR SECURE DECRYPTIONFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810YesNo
18107004MANAGING FIRMWARE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES WITHIN A SECURE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1521YesNo
18106600CONSTRAINT-BASED TRAINING DATA GENERATIONFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710YesNo
18106300PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2023July 2025Allow3011YesNo
18161171COMPACTING TRAFFIC SEPARATION POLICIES IN CAMPUS NETWORKSJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18160984USER PRESENCE FOR AUTHENTICATIONJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1130YesNo
18017673Method for Secure Privacy-Preserving Device-Free Biometric Signing with Multi-Party Computation and Cancelable Biometric TemplateJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18098809SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING CYBERSECURITY RISK OF COMPUTER NETWORKJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110YesNo
18097223SMART MILITARY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2200NoNo
18090851OPTIMIZED KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DATA SIGNING SYSTEMSDecember 2022April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18068672THREAT PREVENTION BY SELECTIVE FEATURE DEPRIVATIONDecember 2022November 2024Abandon2320YesNo
18068292INTELLIGENT DATA PROTECTIONDecember 2022January 2024Allow1320YesNo
18080414Automatically Inputting an Authentication Code for an Authentication ProcessDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
18077222ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VENDOR SIMILARITY COLLATIONDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
17993568SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON PAPER DOCUMENTSNovember 2022June 2024Allow1920YesNo
18058125DISTRIBUTED LEDGER-BASED DIGITAL CONTENT TRACINGNovember 2022May 2024Abandon1820NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZHAO, DON GORDON.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
4
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
32.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% 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
24
Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(29.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(70.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
43.8%
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, 29.2% 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 ZHAO, DON GORDON - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ZHAO, DON GORDON works in Art Unit 2493 and has examined 672 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ZHAO, DON GORDON's allowance rate of 86.5% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ZHAO, DON GORDON receive 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZHAO, DON GORDON is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHAO, DON GORDON. This interview benefit is in the 57% 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, 37.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 42.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 66% 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, 114.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 80% 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 79.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 78.9% 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, 47.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.