USPTO Examiner KHAN SHER A - Art Unit 2497

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18812030ENHANCED RAW DATA SECURITYAugust 2024February 2026Allow1700YesNo
18766474SECURING ATTESTATION USING A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKJuly 2024November 2024Allow400YesNo
18761652MONITORING IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2024December 2025Allow1700YesNo
18755542SECURE DIGITAL SIGNATURE SCHEMESJune 2024February 2026Allow2000YesNo
18750627FEDERATED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR DATA REPOSITORIESJune 2024March 2026Allow2120NoNo
18739052Consumer-Authorized Controlled Distribution of Trusted Source DataJune 2024September 2025Allow1510YesNo
18556148CREATION OF A CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE ELECTRONIC IDENTITYMay 2024January 2026Allow2700YesNo
18652801KEY SHARD VERIFICATION FOR KEY STORAGE DEVICESMay 2024December 2025Allow1900YesNo
18635726CYBER SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING INTELLIGENT AGENTSApril 2024February 2025Allow1000YesNo
18622335HARDWARE-INTEGRATED CRYPTOGRAPHIC SIGNING AND ENCRYPTION FOR HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE ACTIONSMarch 2024December 2025Allow2110NoNo
18541627RECEIVING INFORMATION THROUGH A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKDecember 2023April 2024Allow400YesNo
18528360DATA TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL EXECUTION METHODS AND APPARATUSESDecember 2023February 2026Allow2701YesNo
18507547ENHANCED TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY ENCRYPTION CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300YesNo
18475827SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER USING AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICESeptember 2023August 2025Allow2200YesNo
18371701METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS OF EXTERNAL DEVICES TO IN-VEHICLE NETWORK AND GATEWAY THEREFORSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18283025INFORMATION INTERMEDIARY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTERMEDIARY METHODSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18369639DATA VERIFICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100YesNo
18467905NON-REPUDIATION-FREE PUBLIC KEY AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLSSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18279957SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATION USING ANTENNA ARRAY GEOMETRIESSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2710NoNo
18359043CLIENT AUTHENTICATION AND ACCESS TOKEN OWNERSHIP VALIDATIONJuly 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18262823ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023August 2025Allow2510NoNo
18259292IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, CHIP, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAMJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18339993LINKING DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL NON-FUNGIBLE ITEMSJune 2023October 2025Allow2811YesNo
18328243PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION SERVICEJune 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18296245SELECTIVE DELETION OF SENSITIVE DATAApril 2023October 2025Allow3010YesNo
18178860SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING TAMPERING OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500YesNo
18159417Method for Changing an Existing Access Key in a Field Device in Automation TechnologyJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18158891LINKING DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL NON-FUNGIBLE ITEMSJanuary 2023April 2023Allow300YesNo
18094329CODE-SIGN WHITE LISTING (CSWL)January 2023March 2025Allow2600YesNo
18056068TOKEN-BASED ZERO-TOUCH ENROLLMENT FOR PROVISIONING EDGE COMPUTING APPLICATIONSNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800YesNo
17982484COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME RELEASE ENCRYPTION OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17978616METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERALIZED PROVENANCE SOLUTION FOR BLOCKCHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATIONSNovember 2022January 2025Allow2700YesNo
17962242SECURE DIGITAL MEDIA AUTHENTICATION AND ANALYSISOctober 2022April 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17884277SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND UTILIZING A COMMITTEE OF VALIDATOR NODES IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410YesNo
17865089SECURITY CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT AND MISBEHAVIOR VEHICLE REPORTING IN VEHICLE- TO-EVERYTHING (V2X) COMMUNICATIONJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17862187SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING ACCESS RIGHTS TO RESOURCES USING CRYPTOGRAPHY AND THE BLOCKCHAINJuly 2022August 2024Allow2500YesNo
17810952DEVICE IDENTIFIER COMPOSITION ENGINE 3-LAYER ARCHITECTUREJuly 2022July 2025Allow3611NoNo
17808446SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING VERIFIED PERSONAL CREDENTIALSJune 2022March 2025Allow3310YesNo
17831308Systems and Methods for Countering Co-Existence AttackJune 2022February 2025Allow3310YesNo
17744055PROVISIONING TRANSFERABLE ACCESS TOKENSMay 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17737675PRIVACY KEY AND MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION CODEMay 2022August 2024Allow2800YesNo
17697435UNLOCK AND RECOVERY FOR ENCRYPTED DEVICESMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920YesNo
17641746LOW FOOTPRINT HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR KYBER-KEMMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110YesNo
17682020SQL EXTENSION TO KEY TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH AUTHENTICITY, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND INTEGRITYFebruary 2022August 2025Abandon4240YesNo
17547520PASSIVE DISTRIBUTION OF ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA STORESDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710NoNo
17546692METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALIZING SECURE SIGNATUREDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17540056Techniques For Secure Blockchain ManagementDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17530399UNMANNED VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2021April 2024Allow2900YesNo
17517577CRYPTOGRAPHIC VERIFICATION OF DATABASE TRANSACTIONSNovember 2021July 2025Allow4430YesNo
17506186SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2021October 2024Allow3610NoNo
17496314FEDERATED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FOR DATA REPOSITORIESOctober 2021March 2024Allow3000YesNo
17483914SQL EXTENSION TO KEY TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH AUTHENTICITY, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND INTEGRITYSeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4340YesNo
17479550SECURE DEVICE COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510YesNo
17480127SECURE MULTIWAY CALLINGSeptember 2021October 2024Allow3711NoNo
17475281METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOMIZED ENCRYPTION, WITH AN ASSOCIATED RANDOMIZED DECRYPTIONSeptember 2021August 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17463961RECEIVING INFORMATION THROUGH A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2500YesNo
17411201SECURING ATTESTATION USING A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKAugust 2021February 2024Allow3000YesNo
17408293SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED VERIFICATION OF ONLINE IDENTITYAugust 2021July 2024Allow3510NoNo
17403396Identity Authentication Using CredentialsAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410YesNo
17395123SECURELY COMMUNICATING SERVICE STATUS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENTAugust 2021December 2023Allow2800YesNo
17392497SYSTEM ON CHIP FIREWALL MEMORY ARCHITECTUREAugust 2021May 2024Allow3310NoNo
17444040Consumer-Authorized Controlled Distribution of Trusted Source DataJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210YesNo
17375730Hardware Security Module that Enforces Signature RequirementsJuly 2021August 2024Allow3710YesNo
17364705RECURSIVE TOKEN BINDING FOR CASCADED SERVICE CALLSJune 2021December 2023Allow3010YesNo
17355930SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF DEVICE KEY SETS OVER A NETWORKJune 2021January 2023Allow1900YesNo
17346908MEMORY DATA SECURITYJune 2021November 2023Allow2900YesNo
17334699METHOD, SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER FOR AUTHENTICATING A TRANSMITTERMay 2021March 2023Allow2210YesNo
17333184SECURING ATTESTATION USING A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKMay 2021December 2023Allow3010YesNo
17334650CLIENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF DYNAMICALLY ROUTING AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS TO A BACKUP AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMMay 2021April 2024Allow3410YesNo
17333302RECEIVING INFORMATION THROUGH A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKMay 2021October 2023Allow2910YesNo
17332415OPTICAL AUTHENTICATION OF IMAGESMay 2021December 2022Allow1900YesNo
17328510APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PERSONAL INFORMATIONMay 2021July 2023Allow2600YesNo
17326718METHOD OF PERFORMING KEY EXCHANGE FOR SECURITY OPERATION IN STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTHORITY TRANSFER IN STORAGE DEVICE USING THE SAMEMay 2021August 2023Allow2700NoNo
17325646BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK IDENTIFIER CLAIMING USING REGISTRATION STATUS REQUESTSMay 2021June 2024Allow3720YesNo
17320762KEY PROTECTION FOR COMPUTING PLATFORMMay 2021May 2023Allow2410NoNo
17291088Hardware Security ModuleMay 2021April 2024Allow3510YesNo
17222983METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF A SECURE AND PRIVATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AUTOMATION PLATFORMApril 2021September 2023Allow2901YesNo
17219499VERIFICATION OF MESSAGES USING HASH CHAININGMarch 2021May 2023Allow2610YesNo
17202033HOME CONTEXT-AWARE AUTHENTICATIONMarch 2021January 2025Allow4630YesNo
17202176Cyber Security System and Method Using Intelligent AgentsMarch 2021December 2023Allow3320YesNo
17196132IN-MEMORY SIGNING OF MESSAGES WITH A PERSONAL IDENTIFIERMarch 2021June 2023Allow2720NoNo
17182224USER AUTHENTICATION WITH SELF-SIGNED CERTIFICATE AND IDENTITY VERIFICATION AND MIGRATIONFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2400YesNo
17177793CLIENT AUTHENTICATION AND ACCESS TOKEN OWNERSHIP VALIDATIONFebruary 2021April 2023Allow2611YesNo
17176538METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERALIZED PROVENANCE SOLUTION FOR BLOCKCHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATIONSFebruary 2021July 2022Allow1700NoNo
17175718Efficient Data Item AuthenticationFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2910YesNo
17158819VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEMJanuary 2021September 2022Allow2000NoNo
17150470SECURE ONLINE ISSUANCE OF CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC CERTIFICATES WITH OFFLINE KEY GENERATIONJanuary 2021December 2022Allow2300YesNo
17259990METHOD FOR LICENSE AUTHENTICATION, AND NODE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THE SAMEJanuary 2021June 2023Allow2900YesNo
17255470Online Service Providing System, IC Chip, and Application ProgramDecember 2020October 2023Allow3420YesNo
17093037BLOCKCHAIN BASED VERIFIABILITY OF USER STATUSNovember 2020February 2024Allow3920NoNo
17088079MONITORING IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMNovember 2020March 2024Allow4010YesNo
17085539Data Input Method And Apparatus And User EquipmentOctober 2020October 2022Allow2410NoNo
17077163BATCH REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER (REST) APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)October 2020June 2022Allow2000YesNo
17062348TOKEN-BASED ZERO-TOUCH ENROLLMENT FOR PROVISIONING EDGE COMPUTING APPLICATIONSOctober 2020September 2022Allow2400YesNo
17039639METHOD FOR SECURE TRANSFERRING OF INFORMATION THROUGH A NETWORK BETWEEN AN ORIGIN VIRTUAL ASSET SERVICE PROVIDER AND A DESTINATION VIRTUAL ASSET SERVICE PROVIDERSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2010YesNo
17039348PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION SERVICESeptember 2020January 2023Allow2810NoNo
17031448WEB APPLICATION EXECUTION WITH SECURE ELEMENTSSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2200YesNo
17030079SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING ACCESS RIGHTS TO RESOURCES USING CRYPTOGRAPHY AND THE BLOCKCHAINSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1700YesNo
17009884SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPROMISE RESILIENT AND COMPACT AUTHENTICATION FOR DIGITAL FORENSICSSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2400YesNo
17006301SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER USING AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICEAugust 2020May 2023Allow3320YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KHAN, SHER A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
7.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(53.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(46.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
85.4%
Higher 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, 53.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner KHAN, SHER A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KHAN, SHER A works in Art Unit 2497 and has examined 435 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KHAN, SHER A's allowance rate of 89.7% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KHAN, SHER A receive 1.25 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KHAN, SHER A 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 +21.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KHAN, SHER A. This interview benefit is in the 66% 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, 37.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 87% 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 38.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% 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, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 40% 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 93.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 53.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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 23% 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.

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