USPTO Examiner PARSONS THEODORE C - Art Unit 2494

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18674083CLAIMING DELAYED LIVE REFERENCE STREAMSMay 2024September 2024Allow400YesNo
18439516QUERY PROCESSING USING MULTIPLE INDICESFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010YesNo
18418524MULTI-LEGGED NETWORK ATTRIBUTION USING TRACKING TOKENS AND ATTRIBUTION STACKJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18543118MALWARE MITIGATION BASED ON RUNTIME MEMORY ALLOCATIONDecember 2023September 2024Allow900YesNo
18540978SECURE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ISOLATED NETWORKSDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18386483Vector-Based Anomaly DetectionNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18489686SYSTEM ON CHIP AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18376442ANTI-PHISHING SYSTEMOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18472999AGGREGATION AND MANAGEMENT AMONG A PLURALITY OF STORAGE PROVIDERSSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900YesNo
18463870TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESENTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMAGESSeptember 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18238079SECURE PROCESSOR FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING EXPLOITS OF SOFTWARE VULNERABILITYAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18234224SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ACCESS TO LOGSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18205039MULTI-LEGGED NETWORK ATTRIBUTION USING TRACKING TOKENS AND ATTRIBUTION STACKJune 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
18309673ACCESS CONTROL BY CHANGING A TICKETING INTERFACEApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18305057ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORApril 2023June 2025Allow2610YesNo
18124174SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE LOCAL SPONSORED CONTENTMarch 2023March 2024Allow1210YesNo
18116913Provisioning Secure Boot Data to a Remote Execution EnvironmentMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18117274SECURE PROCESSOR PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18174519MECHANISM FOR MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION BASED ON DATAFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18160683PROVIDING DYNAMIC NETWORK SECURITY BASED ON IMPORTANCE OF PROPRIETARY CONTENTJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18006454DATA INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT IN A COMPUTER NETWORK, INCLUDING SYSTEM THAT ENABLES ROBUST POINT-IN TIME DIGITAL EVIDENCE GENERATIONJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18098211System And Methods For Waking And Locking An Information Handling System In A Multi-User EnvironmentJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2920YesNo
18152698VIDEO MASKING OF SENSITIVE INFORMATIONJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18094636MALWARE MITIGATION BASED ON RUNTIME MEMORY ALLOCATIONJanuary 2023September 2023Allow800YesNo
18092587Computerized System for Complying with Certain Critical Infrastructure Protection RequirementsJanuary 2023June 2023Allow600YesNo
18003502AUTHORIZATION OF A USER TERMINAL USING AN AUDIO SIGNALDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720NoNo
18086716SYSTEM FOR BLOCKING A RANSOMWARE ATTACKDecember 2022December 2023Abandon1210NoNo
18083767SENSITIVE DATA LEAK-DETECTION ENGINE IN A SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010YesNo
18078268LOW-LATENCY DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR MAP-BASED GUIDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120YesNo
18062219TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESENTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMAGESDecember 2022June 2023Allow610NoNo
17980028FLAGGING PORTIONS OF A CONTENT STREAM THAT MATCH INDEXED CONTENTNovember 2022February 2024Allow1620YesNo
17916613AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17949573CROSS-DOMAIN DATA ACCESSSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17946377METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DATA IN AN OPEN SOFTWARE STACKSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17940527MANAGING AUTHORIZATION CODES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCESSeptember 2022November 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17878322CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMPUTING USING ENCRYPTED BASE ADDRESSES AND USED IN MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800YesNo
17867584DISTRIBUTED SMART WALLET COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17811853Artifact Origination and Content TokenizationJuly 2022September 2024Allow2610YesNo
17838973APPARATUS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY MALWARE WITH EXPLAINABILITY WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSJune 2022June 2024Allow2510YesNo
17838328SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPAM MESSAGE DETECTIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3630YesNo
17781550COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, STATUS SWITCHOVER SUPPORT APPARATUS, STATUS SWITCHOVER SUPPORT METHOD AND PROGRAMJune 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17664584WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE SECURE ACCESS BADGEMay 2022January 2024Allow2020YesNo
17747086THREAT MITIGATION SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2022November 2024Allow3040NoNo
17743797METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION OF DEVICE PROTECTED BY A PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION GENERATORMay 2022September 2024Allow2820YesNo
17711850METHOD, PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SOFTWARE REPRESENTATION THAT EMBODIES NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND POLICY DATA OF A COMPUTER NETWORK FOR USE IN SECURITY MANAGEMENTApril 2022March 2025Allow3520NoNo
17701084DATA PROTECTION AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17698774METHOD FOR ACCESSING APPLICATION AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3300NoNo
17682034Running a Trusted Application Using a Dynamic LibraryFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17681297IDENTITY SECURITY GATEWAY AGENTFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2420NoNo
17674247Controller Area Network Fuzzing Apparatus for Vehicle and Method ThereofFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3710NoNo
17674553SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PIN AUTHENTICATION ISSUANCE FROM MFP QR CODEFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3020NoNo
17674524METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING NETWORK SECURITY USING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2024Abandon3420NoNo
17673193DYNAMIC SECURITY POLICY FOR SHARING CONTENT IN COLLABORATIVE APPLICATIONSFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17670590COMPLEX USER AUTHENTICATION FACTOR INTEGRATING A SEQUENCE OF FINGERPRINTS AND A PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17670529Method and System for Anonymous Sending of Physical Items with Possibility of RespondingFebruary 2022October 2022Allow820YesNo
17586538CYBER RISK ANALYSIS AND REMEDIATION USING NETWORK MONITORED SENSORS AND METHODS OF USEJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3510YesNo
17647233SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING AN ACCESS CONTROL ENTITY TO MITIGATE ATTACK TRAFFICJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17559944Cryptography Key Generation Method for Encryption and DecryptionDecember 2021August 2022Allow810NoNo
17556673NETWORK INTRUSION COUNTER-INTELLIGENCEDecember 2021April 2023Allow1610YesNo
17553435METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECRYPTION OF ENCRYPTED SSL DATA FROM PACKET TRACESDecember 2021March 2024Abandon2720NoNo
17643952Vector-Based Anomaly DetectionDecember 2021August 2023Allow2020NoNo
17548170CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMPUTING WITH LEGACY PERIPHERAL DEVICESDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310NoNo
17544935METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL INTERNET TRUST SHARINGDecember 2021December 2024Allow3610NoNo
17457569Preventing a Processor from Re-Executing InstructionsDecember 2021March 2024Allow2810NoNo
17536146APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK AND SEARCHING FOR A SUBSTITUTE DEVICENovember 2021February 2024Allow2710NoNo
17521981SECURE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ISOLATED NETWORKSNovember 2021September 2023Allow2300NoNo
17518142SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS REQUEST USING BIOMETRIC DATA MATCHINGNovember 2021August 2024Allow3420NoNo
17517923MULTIMEDIA PIRACY DETECTION WITH MULTI-PHASE SAMPLING AND TRANSFORMATIONNovember 2021March 2024Allow2910YesNo
17501500SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SECURE AUTHENTICATION DATA FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES IN A DISTRIBUTED MANNEROctober 2021June 2025Allow4410NoNo
17499697DYNAMICALLY THROTTLING SNAPSHOT CAPTURE RATESOctober 2021May 2024Allow3220YesNo
17481221SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ACCESS TO LOGSSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1800YesNo
17593558AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERSARIAL ATTACKSSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3620NoNo
17593547MONITORING OF ABNORMAL HOSTSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3610NoNo
17432012AUTOMATED ACCESS DEVICE INTERACTION PROCESSINGAugust 2021June 2024Allow3430YesNo
17391371SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT AGENTS FOR DECISION SUPPORT IN NETWORK IDENTITY GRAPH BASED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMSAugust 2021January 2023Allow1700YesNo
17388708SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE LOCAL SPONSORED CONTENTJuly 2021November 2022Allow1500NoNo
17378189QUERY PROCESSING USING MULTIPLE INDICESJuly 2021September 2023Allow2600YesNo
17367719Securely Backing Up and Restoring a Computer System Using a Trusted OSJuly 2021June 2024Allow3511NoNo
17366505Computerized System for Complying with Certain Critical Infrastructure Protection RequirementsJuly 2021September 2022Allow1500YesNo
17359846TRANSACTION SECURITY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR USING A TRUSTED APPLICATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AUDIO FILEJune 2021February 2024Allow3220NoNo
17295116GENERATING MODEL FOR CONTROLLING ACTUATORS BASED ON TIME-SERIES SENSOR DATAMay 2021March 2024Allow3410NoNo
17308323DETECTION OF IMPERSONATED WEB PAGES AND OTHER IMPERSONATION METHODS FOR WEB-BASED CYBER THREATSMay 2021March 2025Allow4630YesNo
17291090COLLABORATIVE RISK AWARE AUTHENTICATIONMay 2021September 2023Allow2810YesNo
17287884MONITORING A SECURE COMMUNICATION PARTNERApril 2021January 2024Allow3220NoNo
17228428ENHANCED TASK SCHEDULING FOR DATA ACCESS CONTROL USING QUEUE PROTOCOLS CHANGING A PERSONALITY OF A TICKETING INTERFACEApril 2021January 2023Allow2210NoNo
17282051CONTROLLING ACCESS TO INPUT DEVICES USING SECURITY PROCESSORApril 2021August 2023Allow2910NoNo
17271485PORTABLE REPUTATION BROKERING USING LINKED BLOCKCHAINS AND SHARED EVENTSFebruary 2021November 2024Allow4411YesNo
17151163CODE DOMAIN ISOLATIONJanuary 2021February 2024Abandon3740NoYes
17146738Method and Control System for Technical Installations with Certificate ManagementJanuary 2021November 2024Allow4640YesNo
17145479SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZATION SCOPE EXTENSION FOR SECURITY PROTOCOL AND DATA MODEL CAPABLE DEVICESJanuary 2021November 2023Allow3410NoNo
17140945AUDIO VERIFICATIONJanuary 2021September 2022Allow2100NoNo
17123814SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-PROTECTING AND SELF-REFRESHING WORKSPACESDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510YesNo
16952751AGGREGATION AND MANAGEMENT AMONG A PLURALITY OF STORAGE PROVIDERSNovember 2020March 2023Allow2810YesNo
17053225CRYPTOGRAPHY MODULE FOR CONTROLLING DEVICENovember 2020June 2025Allow5540NoNo
17077817BLOCKING ACCESS TO FIRMWARE BY UNITS OF SYSTEM ON CHIPOctober 2020July 2023Allow3310NoNo
17038424SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS AND CONNECTED MICROSERVICESSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3620YesNo
17015027ABNORMAL TRAFFIC DETECTION METHOD AND ABNORMAL TRAFFIC DETECTION DEVICESeptember 2020October 2023Allow3720NoNo
17009547METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DATA IN AN OPEN SOFTWARE STACKSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2100NoNo
16987877USING CREDENTIALS STORED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTORIES TO ACCESS A COMMON ENDPOINTAugust 2020February 2023Allow3110YesNo
16984545MECHANISM FOR MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION BASED ON DATAAugust 2020December 2022Allow2910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PARSONS, THEODORE C.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
8
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
51.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
31
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(29.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
22
(71.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
40.7%
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, 29.0% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner PARSONS, THEODORE C - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PARSONS, THEODORE C works in Art Unit 2494 and has examined 489 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PARSONS, THEODORE C's allowance rate of 79.8% places them in the 42% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PARSONS, THEODORE C receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 75% 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 PARSONS, THEODORE C is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PARSONS, THEODORE C. This interview benefit is in the 68% 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, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 35% 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 34.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% 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, 37.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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 61.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 47.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 32.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 20% 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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