USPTO Examiner STEINLE ANDREW J - Art Unit 2497

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19322866METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE OF SIGNATURE DATASeptember 2025December 2025Allow310NoNo
19196463USING A TREE STRUCTURE TO SEGMENT AND DISTRIBUTE RECORDS ACROSS ONE OR MORE DECENTRALIZED, ACYCLIC GRAPHS OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH POINTERSMay 2025September 2025Allow510NoNo
18888556SECURE ENFORCEMENT OF DIGITAL RIGHTS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18885556DYNAMIC ENFORCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT RULES ASSOCIATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PIPELINE MODEL ROUTINGSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18829919TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING SNAPSHOTS AND PERFORMING RECOVERY OF A HARDWARE SECURITY MODULESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18824762KEY VAULTS WITH ACTIVE REGISTER BANKSSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18824751VERIFIABLE POLYNOMIAL FUNCTION SECRET SHARINGSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18817556Component Authentication Method and ApparatusAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18811906Dynamic Creation of Contextual Protective Shield to Protect Cards Using Neuromorphic Tiny AI Module and Dynamic Short Code HashingAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18810532Social Networking Content Supplemented Web Page LinkerAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18833272AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION MODULE, AND AUTHENTICATION PROGRAMJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18730151Method and System for Binding a User Account to a Digital Vehicle KeyJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810YesNo
18770585CONSENT DATA PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATIONJuly 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18756274SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENABLING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMSJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18754147System and Method for Direct, Structured, and Versioned Data Storage and Retrieval on a Blockchain NetworkJune 2024November 2025Allow1601YesNo
18752842SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USER IDENTITYJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18669432MEASURED BOOT AND ATTESTATION FOR DISTRIBUTED EDGE DEVICES IN AIR-GAPPED ENVIRONMENTSMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18667910SYSTEM FOR SECURING VERIFICATION KEY FROM ALTERATION AND VERIFYING VALIDITY OF A PROOF OF CORRECTNESSMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18661270PRODUCT AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAMEMay 2024March 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18658487COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY WITH DIGITAL TWINSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18648914FLEXIBLE FORMAT ENCRYPTIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18705174PROGRAM EXECUTION SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM EXECUTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2024September 2025Allow1600YesNo
18646601Server-Mediated Management of Accessory Device SharingApril 2024March 2026Allow2211YesNo
18643482MAC HEADER PROTECTION WITH PREEXISTING KEYSApril 2024January 2026Allow2110YesNo
18641447ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024January 2026Allow2110YesNo
18641224SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING ENCRYPTED DATAApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18638766AUTHENTICATION BYPASS INFRASTRUCTUREApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18701920GENERATING AND MANAGING ENCRYPTED NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENIZED ASSETSApril 2024March 2026Allow2310YesNo
18636993PLATFORM FOR MONETIZING USER DATA BASED ON SMART CONTRACTApril 2024July 2025Allow1520NoNo
18634964CONTROLLED RELEASE OF INFORMATION IN DATA EXPORTApril 2024August 2025Allow1600NoNo
18629899SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMING WHETHER STREAMING DEVICES UNDER AN IDENTICAL USER ACCOUNT ARE CO-LOCATEDApril 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18625390Method And System For Improving Enriching ExperiencesApril 2024August 2025Allow1630NoNo
18626043COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING SHARES OF DIGITALLY SIGNED DATAApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18624440PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTApril 2024November 2025Allow1910YesNo
18623136CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECRET GENERATION AND PROVISIONINGApril 2024November 2025Allow2020YesNo
18622874TECHNOLOGY FOR PHISHING AWARENESS AND PHISHING DETECTIONMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18697415DATA STREAM PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE CONTROL NODE, AND NONVOLATILE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024August 2025Allow1700YesNo
18585847VERIFICATION OF QUANTUM RANDOMNESS USING CLASSICAL HARDWARE WITH ONE ROUND OF COMMUNICATIONFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1700NoNo
18583677METHOD FOR COMPILING FROM A HIGH-LEVEL SCRIPTING LANGUAGE TO A BLOCKCHAIN NATIVE SCRIPTING LANGUAGEFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18442763SECURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A SOURCE TO MULTIPLE TARGETSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1800NoNo
18683290POWER STORAGE PACK, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROGRAMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18428339Generate Blockchain-Based User Secrets to Authenticate Users to Decentralized ServicesJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18428770SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING A PUBLIC DEVICE TO A PRIVATE DEVICE WITH PRE-INSTALLED CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18426007Message Service with Distributed Key Caching for Server-Side EncryptionJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2210NoNo
18423035PROXY ATTESTATION SERVICE FOR MULTI-CLOUD TEE HARDWAREJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1800NoNo
18420088SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVIEWING GROUNDING MATERIALJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110YesNo
18411698METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF NETWORKED DATA TRANSACTIONSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18403295Method And System For Improving Coupling And Cohesion Of At Least One Educational ProgramJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18542845TRUST-CHAIN BASED ADAPTABLE TELEMETRYDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18536736Automated Identification of Malware Families Based on Shared EvidencesDecember 2023August 2024Allow800YesNo
18530132END-TO-END ENCRYPTION WITH PER-HOP PATH-SELECTION BASED ON UNIQUE EDGE IDENTITIES FOR SD-WAN AND MULTI-HOP NETWORKSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18521981RAPID DISTRIBUTED CONSENSUS ON BLOCKCHAINNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18521004COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-LINK SECURED RETRANSMISSIONSNovember 2023August 2024Allow800YesNo
18521868COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-LINK SECURED RETRANSMISSIONSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1220NoNo
18508857STRUCTURED ENCRYPTION RULES ENGINENovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18389030PROCESSING A CONTINGENT ACTION TOKEN SECURELYNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18506542CONTEXT PROFILING FOR MALWARE DETECTIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18388486Hash Based Cryptography AcceleratorNovember 2023July 2025Allow2000NoNo
18290127METHOD FOR SECURING THE USE OF SOFTWARENovember 2023May 2025Allow1900YesNo
18499681SECURE DIGITAL FINGERPRINT KEY OBJECT DATABASENovember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18496315PLAINTEXT INTEGRITY PROTECTION MECHANISMOctober 2023January 2025Allow1530YesNo
18492618AUTHENTICATION TRANSLATIONOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18382951PROCESSING A CONTINGENT ACTION TOKEN SECURELYOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18382749PROCESSING A CONTINGENT ACTION TOKEN SECURELYOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18490824COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RECEIVING DEVICEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18381260Device, System, and Method for Protecting Machine Learning (ML) Units, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Units, Large Language Model (LLM) Units, and Deep Learning (DL) UnitsOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18488292STEGANOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENCODING OF BIOMETRIC TEMPLATE INFORMATION ON A CARDOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18380780Real Time Channel Affinity DerivationOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18380645COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A DECENTRALISED PROTOCOL FOR THE RECOVERY OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSETSOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420YesNo
18379112PROCESSING A CONTINGENT ACTION TOKEN SECURELYOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18483318MANAGING PRIVILEGE DELEGATION ON A COMPUTER DEVICEOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18482687SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING SHARED TRUST BETWEEN A PRIMARY CLIENT USER AND RECIPIENT AGENT USEROctober 2023March 2026Allow2920YesNo
18479493System and method for validating an interaction using an agreement keyOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18478977DATABASE ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18373516System and Method of Controlling Access to a Document FileSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1200YesNo
18283658MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS RIGHTS TO DIGITAL FILES WITH POSSIBLE DELEGATION OF THE RIGHTSSeptember 2023January 2026Abandon2810NoNo
18369563METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF NETWORKED DATA TRANSACTIONSSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2301YesNo
18367386SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING USER IDENTITYSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800YesNo
18244705DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DATA DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA DISTRIBUTION METHODSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18239891DYNAMIC LENGTH SECURITY IN THE PHYSICAL LAYERAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18446886SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENABLING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMSAugust 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18361736COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC USER PROFILEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1520NoNo
18360254DATA OBFUSCATION AND PROTECTION IN A WEB3 ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18359443SECRET MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3020YesNo
18224346METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING AND MANAGING USER CONFIGURABLE OBJECTS AND FUNCTIONS ON DISTRIBUTED LEDGER NETWORKSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18223956PRACTICAL ITEMIZED ENCRYPTION FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC ERASURE (PIECE)July 2023February 2025Allow1900NoNo
18222951SECURE INITIALIZATION VECTOR GENERATIONJuly 2023March 2024Allow800YesNo
18220494SAS SOLUTION TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL DATA FOOTPRINTJuly 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18348872General-Purpose Lightweight Hash Processing Method and System and Storable MediumJuly 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18344911METHOD FOR SIGNING A NEW BLOCK IN A DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN CONSENSUS NETWORKJune 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18216246ENCRYPTED SEARCHJune 2023March 2024Allow900YesNo
18344331DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BLOCKCHAIN DID-BASED MULTI CLOUD SERVICE AND ITS OPERATING METHODJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18215236Fingerprint Based Graph Adversarial DefenseJune 2023August 2025Allow2510NoNo
18259518ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, TERMINAL AND BLOCKCHAIN NODEJune 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18215010DYNAMIC AND CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE AUGMENTATION OF PARTICIPANTS IN PROGRAMMATICALLY ESTABLISHED CHATBOT SESSIONSJune 2023October 2025Allow2720YesNo
18213242COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY WITH DIGITAL TWINSJune 2023February 2024Allow700YesNo
18208796USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND UNMANNED DELIVERY SYSTEM BASED ON USER AUTHENTICATIONJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18206205METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE AN OPTIMAL SET OF ATOM CENTERED SYMMETRY FUNCTIONS (ACSFs)June 2023February 2026Allow3300NoNo
18328994RESHAPING DATA STRUCTURES FOR HOMOMORPHIC COMPUTATIONS USING MULTIPLICATION BY IDENTITY ELEMENTSJune 2023June 2025Allow2510YesNo
18328579Computer and Network Interface Controller Securely Offloading Encryption Keys and Underlay IPsec Encryption Processing to the Network Interface ControllerJune 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
4
(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
16
Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(75.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(25.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
94.0%
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, 75.0% 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 STEINLE, ANDREW J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STEINLE, ANDREW J works in Art Unit 2497 and has examined 598 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STEINLE, ANDREW J's allowance rate of 89.8% 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 STEINLE, ANDREW J receive 1.31 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 STEINLE, ANDREW J is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STEINLE, ANDREW J. This interview benefit is in the 56% 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, 40.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 33.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 76.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.2% 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, 37.7% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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.

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

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