Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18675320 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECKING AND CONFIRMING THE PURCHASE OF MERCHANDISE ITEMS | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18640311 | INTEGRATION OF TRANSACTION STATUS INDICATIONS | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628864 | CONTROLLING PROCESSOR'S ACCESS TO INTERFACE DEVICE | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18627303 | USER INTERFACE COMPONENT GENERATION USING SERVICE AND/OR DURATION INFORMATION | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612587 | RFID-ENABLED PAYMENT AUTHENTICATION | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18607938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING ATM TO RETAILER TRANSACTION TO PRESERVE ANONYMITY | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MERGING RETAIL PRODUCTS BETWEEN CONTAINERS TO OPTIMIZE STORING CAPACITY OF RETAIL STORAGE FACILITIES | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18542225 | PIEZOELECTRIC BIOMETRIC CARD SECURITY | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18540208 | OFFLOADING A SIGNING OPERATION ON A USER DEVICE | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536651 | DYNAMIC RFID PORTAL MODULATION | December 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534644 | IMAGING USED TO RECONCILE CART WEIGHT DISCREPANCY | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529740 | CORRECTIVE NOTIFICATION TO ACCOUNT FOR DELAY OR ERROR IN UPDATING DIGITAL RULES APPLIED TO PRODUCE RESOURCES | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18526382 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DUAL-TO-SINGLE MESSAGE CONVERSION IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18526716 | System and Method of Anomaly Detection using Machine Learning and a Local Outlier Factor | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519708 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING TAX COMPLIANCE | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18389092 | AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING SPLIT PAYMENTS IN POS DEVICE | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500412 | Method and System for Routing Payment Transactions of a Payment Account | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497267 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Transaction Data Between Mobile Devices | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18382352 | TRANSACTION CARD WITH INTEGRATED USB DEVICE | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT REPLACEMENT | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18242837 | MOVEMENT FEEDBACK BASED ON READER INTERFACE | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18233623 | ARTICLE DEDUCTION APPARATUS, ARTICLE DEDUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231583 | ARTICLE DEDUCTION APPARATUS, ARTICLE DEDUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231605 | ARTICLE DEDUCTION APPARATUS, ARTICLE DEDUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18267634 | DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18257055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVENTORYING ITEMS, ROBOT CONTROL APPARATUS AND ROBOT | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18330583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPEND MEMORY RECORD | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204200 | DETECTION AND REMEDIATION OF IMPROPER VALUE MODIFICATION USING MACHINE LEARNING | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252725 | Interactive Payment Card Processing System with Application Services | May 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT USING QUANTUM COMPUTING | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18131875 | BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED SECURE INFORMATION PAYLOAD PACKET (SIPP) TECHNOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME MULTI-TIER DATA SHARING WITHIN MULTI-PARTY SYSTEMS | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073732 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND MEDIUM MANAGEMENT METHOD IN THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17831390 | DETERMINING ITEMS TO PICK IN A STORAGE FACILITY | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17689551 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | March 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17627262 | COMMODITY MARKING METHOD, COMMODITY EXHIBITING METHOD, SERVER, TERMINAL, AND COMMODITY EXHIBITING SYSTEM | January 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563322 | Selecting Items for Presentation on Electronic Visual Displays in Retail Stores Based on Availability of Products | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17557936 | SCAN AVOIDANCE PREVENTION SYSTEM | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457985 | TERRITORY SET DETERMINATION BASED ON HISTORICAL SERVICE EVENT DATA | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17528179 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FOOD WASTE | November 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512954 | CRYOGENIC STORAGE TRANSPORTATION TRACKING SYSTEM | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17606469 | AN INVENTORY VERIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM | October 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17511426 | FINANCIAL INFORMATION ENRICHMENT FOR INTELLIGENT CREDIT DECISION MAKING | October 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17502119 | SERVICE PARTS DYNAMIC POOLING | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17284067 | Systems and Methods for Using a Machine-Readable Code in Relation to a Cannabis Product | April 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17208017 | DATA-DRIVEN VALUABLE MEDIA BALANCE OPTIMIZATION PROCESSING | March 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17015441 | FACILITATING PAYMENT WITH SMARTPHONE, AT POINT OF SALE, OF AMOUNT OWED PLUS AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATED GRATUITY | September 2020 | May 2025 | Abandon | 56 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16772316 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING AND OPTIMIZING LOADING OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM | June 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16651925 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | March 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 55 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16429820 | Method, System and Apparatus for Detecting Product Facings | June 2019 | June 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16003135 | KIOSK CLUSTER | June 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15352357 | INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION BASED ON LEFTOVER DEMAND DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION | November 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15115755 | POS TERMINAL, POS SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A POS TERMINAL | August 2016 | September 2019 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WALKER, MICHAEL JARED.
With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner WALKER, MICHAEL JARED works in Art Unit 3627 and has examined 45 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner WALKER, MICHAEL JARED's allowance rate of 77.8% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by WALKER, MICHAEL JARED receive 1.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 22% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WALKER, MICHAEL JARED is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WALKER, MICHAEL JARED. This interview benefit is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 29% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 0.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 1% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 4% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 32% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 32% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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