USPTO Examiner CUFF MICHAEL A - Art Unit 3715

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19018074Reactive Game PlayJanuary 2025July 2025Allow600YesNo
18935203Reactive Game PlayNovember 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18633237SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOSTING AND MANAGING A LIVE GAMEApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18631632ATTRIBUTE VALUE RESTORATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18626157ONLINE SOFTWARE VIDEO CAPTURE AND REPLAY SYSTEMApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18617184SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18612466HOLD AND SPIN FEATURE GAME WITH MYSTERY SYMBOLSMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18596218SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO FUNDSMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18436840GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REPLAYING REELSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18426342Game System, Information Processing Program and Information Processing MethodJanuary 2024December 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18396608SHOOTING GAME CONTROL METHOD AND GAME SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18537630SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PRIZES OR AWARDS BASED ON A PLATFORMDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18537120THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRACKING USING COMBINATION OF RADAR DATA AND TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATADecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18533445CONTROLLER FOR A GAMES CONSOLEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18529877GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AWARDS BASED ON PLAYER SELECTED PERSISTENT GAME ELEMENTSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18528151SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR BACK-BETTING PROGRESSIVE PRIZE POOLS IN A GAMING SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18527641AGGREGATE TAX LIABILITY IN WAGERINGDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18528109SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR BACK-BETTING PROGRESSIVE PRIZE POOLS IN A GAMING SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18484369INTERNET OF THINGS BASED VIDEO GAME PLAYOctober 2023February 2025Allow1710YesNo
18378519COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CENTRALLY MANAGING SKILL-BASED COMPETITIONSOctober 2023December 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18367951INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200NoNo
18465467GAME MANAGEMENT DEVICE, GAME MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18281099INSPECTION SYSTEMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18243494Golf Ball With Electrical ComponentsSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18548492IN-GAME INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18548389System and Method for Efficient Matching of Players in Virtual GamesAugust 2023November 2025Allow2710NoNo
18237698Universal Mobile Game ControllerAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18547122CLUSTERING METHOD OF GAME PLAYERSAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18450770DATA MATCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910YesNo
18363399DETECTING COLLUSION IN ONLINE GAMESAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18363354INFORMATION SYSTEM, SERVICE SERVER, MANAGEMENT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18227834ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAMING OR AMUSEMENT CREDIT PURCHASESJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18225540SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NETWORK-BASED VIDEO GAME APPLICATIONJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18218201MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18206025DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL SCENE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18323707METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAME MATCHING, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18198926GENERAL GAMING ENGINEMay 2023September 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18195666ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO FUNDS OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT FUND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH A FINANCIAL ACCOUNTMay 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18144051VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION CREATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18312509Advanced Gaming and Virtual Reality Control Using RadarMay 2023June 2024Allow1320YesNo
18140091ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEApril 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18140044METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CREATING TEAM IN VIRTUAL SCENE AND JOINING TEAM IN VIRTUAL SCENEApril 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18139355DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18250698DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18250364METHOD FOR TRANSLATING GAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18138150IMPLEMENTING AN HTML5-BASED MOTION SENSING GAMEApril 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18305829SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING GAMES AND INCENTIVIZATION IN METAVERSESApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18303695INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18137029METHOD OF DISPLAYING SHOOTING FOR VIRTUAL FIREARM, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023June 2025Allow2600YesNo
18137152GOLF TEACHING METHOD AND GOLF TEACHING SYSTEMApril 2023October 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18136509Universal Mobile Game ControllerApril 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18303232SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT GAMING NETWORK TRAFFIC ROUTING AND OPTIMIZATIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2400NoNo
18132856EXCHANGING POSITIONS OF VIRTUAL PROPS DISPLAYED WITH A VIRTUAL SCENEApril 2023March 2025Allow2300NoNo
18297917TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM USING EMOTIONAL STATES OF USERApril 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18030562INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND REPORT CREATION SUPPORT METHODApril 2023September 2025Allow3010YesNo
18248050Coordinating a Multi-Player GameApril 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18193158AUTOMATED PERSONALIZED VIDEO GAME GUIDANCE SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3010YesNo
18191473PROGRAM, METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR GAME INVOLVING MULTI-BATTLEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18190301WORD GAME SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18027972SERVER DEVICE AND EVENT DATA PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810YesNo
18028074SERVER APPARATUS, SKILL VALUE DERIVATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18187266SOFTWARE APPLICATION STREAMING SYSTEMMarch 2023September 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18182239ENABLING A USER TO PLAY A MULTIPLAYER VIDEOGAME VIA A SINGLE-CLICK SELECTION OF A LINK PRESENTED IN A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2500NoNo
18043584METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROLE IN MULTI-PLAYER COMPETITION GAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18170821SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STAKING DIGITAL ARTICLES TO UPGRADE PLAYER TYPE IN AN ONLINE GAME SUPPORTING DIFFERENT PLAYER TYPESFebruary 2023September 2024Abandon1910NoNo
18168370ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AWARD BASED UPON A PRIZE CATEGORY AND A PRIZE SUB-CATEGORYFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18018998INFORMATION SYSTEM, SERVICE SERVER, MANAGEMENT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2023Allow501NoNo
18162065CROSS-CHANNEL BLOCKCHAIN AND NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED IN A GAMING SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3201YesNo
18103002Travel of Virtual CharactersJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1410YesNo
18097508INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1710YesNo
18016519GAMING SYSTEM ACCOMPANIED BY VIDEO CHAT AND METHOD OF PERFORMING GAMING SESSIONJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18154131TRANSFERRING AWARDS VIA OPTICAL MACHINE READABLE DATA REPRESENTATION IMAGESJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1710NoNo
18094915SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALGORITHMICALLY ARRANGING CONTESTS IN A LOBBY INTERFACEJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1610YesNo
18089526METHOD FOR SHARING A PORTION OF GAMEPLAY OF A VIDEO GAMEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18069784ADJUSTING INDIVIDUALIZED CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE TO USERS OF AN ONLINE GAME BASED ON USER GAMEPLAY INFORMATIONDecember 2022March 2024Allow1410NoNo
18083771SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOSTING AND MANAGING A LIVE GAMEDecember 2022December 2023Allow1200NoNo
18083750Gaming Machines Having Portable Device Docking StationDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
17993451ATTRIBUTE VALUE RESTORATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022January 2024Allow1310YesNo
17993233METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING REWARDING INDIVIDUALS BASED ON FITNESS CHALLENGESNovember 2022September 2025Abandon4501NoNo
17992618Simulation System and MethodNovember 2022March 2025Allow3900YesNo
17990455COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CENTRALLY MANAGING SKILL-BASED COMPETITIONSNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
17990465Games Awarding Prizes Displayed in Winning Symbol PositionsNovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
17983322DISTRIBUTION MODELING FOR ELECTRONIC SPORTS BETTINGNovember 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18052372SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCE WITH ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENT FEATURESNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800YesNo
17979692THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRACKING USING COMBINATION OF RADAR DATA AND TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATANovember 2022September 2023Allow1100NoNo
18048337GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR REPLAYING REELSOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
18047728KENO EMPLOYING INITIALLY UNMATCHED DRAWN SPOTS VIA TRIGGER SPOTSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17962465VIRTUAL OBJECT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810YesNo
17959176AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION AND REPORTING OF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN ONLINE APPLICATIONSOctober 2022June 2024Allow2120YesNo
17958117ELECTRONIC ACCOUNT TRANSFERS IN CASINO ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17955078ADDITIONAL AWARDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUARANTEED SYMBOL GENERATIONSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2900YesNo
17945541SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN DIGITAL ADVERTISINGSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17940634SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPORARILY CEDING CONTROL OVER UNIQUE DIGITAL ARTICLES FOR PLAYER-SPECIFIED TASKSSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3700NoNo
17820209SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ELECTRONIC GAMING INCLUDING AN UPGRADEABLE GAME OBJECTAugust 2022September 2024Allow2530YesNo
17819090SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC DYNAMIC AWARD ASSEMBLYAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310YesNo
17817823System and Method of Generating and Providing Interactive Annotation Items Based on Triggering Events in a Video GameAugust 2022February 2024Allow1910NoNo
17878503COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR CENTRALLY MANAGING SKILL-BASED COMPETITIONSAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17876896SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DELIVERING A MULTIPLAYER GAMING EXPERIENCE IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMJuly 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17874119REPORTING AND CROWD-SOURCED REVIEW WHETHER GAME ACTIVITY IS APPROPRIATE FOR USERJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17867577METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DURATION OF MULTI-PLAYER GAME SESSIONJuly 2022September 2025Allow3820YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
19.0%
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
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(22.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(77.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
29.8%
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, 22.2% 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 CUFF, MICHAEL A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CUFF, MICHAEL A works in Art Unit 3715 and has examined 296 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CUFF, MICHAEL A's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CUFF, MICHAEL A receive 1.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 CUFF, MICHAEL A is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 90% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CUFF, MICHAEL A. This interview benefit is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 37.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 58% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 45% 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 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 38.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 42% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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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