Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920941 | FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND FLASH MEMORY ACCESS METHOD | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18886878 | DATA INTEGRITY VERIFICATION FOR NETWORK FILE SYSTEMS | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18882713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA ACCESS CONTROL OF MEMORY DEVICE | September 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18830204 | DEVICE DATA PATH MONITOR | September 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18789454 | STORING STATUS INFORMATION USING REDUNDANT COLUMNS | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18788635 | MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED SYSTEM HEALTH MONITORING OF A MEMORY DEVICE | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18787949 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND PROVIDING DATA PROTECTION FOR AUXILIARY DATA | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18787270 | DEEP NEURAL NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION FOR SOFT DECODING OF BCH CODE | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18775804 | LOCKED RAID MEMORY DEVICES | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18729195 | MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST WITH ADDRESS SKIPPING TRIM SEARCH | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18774464 | PAGE-BY-PAGE LEVEL SHAPING | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772604 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON-ASIC ERROR CONTROL ENCODING | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18771829 | VALLEY SEARCH IN READ ERROR RECOVERY FOR A MEMORY DEVICE USING LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK SYNDROME WEIGHT AND AUTO-READ CALIBRATION | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770975 | MULTI-PORT MEDIA ACCESS CHANNEL (MAC) WITH FLEXIBLE DATA-PATH WIDTH | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18761045 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLC COPYBACK OPERATIONS | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18758583 | NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE OFFLOADING IN A MULTI-DATA NODE ENVIRONMENT | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18758495 | NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE OFFLOADING | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753410 | MEMORY CONTROLLER MANAGING READ LEVEL INFORMATION, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY CONTROLLER | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18749984 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A DATA BLOCK, STORED IN A MEMORY UNIT OF A COMPUTING UNIT, OF A NUMBER OF DATA BLOCKS | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18747676 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ALTERNATE MEMORY DIE METADATA STORAGE | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18743554 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735483 | Data Error Correction Method and Apparatus, Memory Controller, and System | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18734663 | ADAPTIVE GENERALIZED CONCATENATED CODES FOR LOW POWER ECC WITH VARYING OVERHEAD | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18678360 | ENFORCED CHECKSUMS FOR HUMAN READABLE PRIME NUMBER COMPRESSION (HRPNC) | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18670167 | Read Data Path | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18663156 | PASSIVELY PROTECTED QUANTUM MEMORY AND OPERATING A PASSIVELY PROTECTED QUANTUM MEMORY IN TWO DIMENSIONS | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660954 | MEMORY BANK PROTECTION | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653742 | MEMORY DEVICE THAT CHANGES TYPE OF CODEWORD STORED IN MEMORY AREA AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18652398 | TEMPORAL LOCKSTEP | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652274 | Storage Network for Storage of Data Object Sets with a Common Trait | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652714 | METHODS FOR ERROR COUNT REPORTING WITH SCALED ERROR COUNT INFORMATION, AND MEMORY DEVICES EMPLOYING THE SAME | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18651185 | Data Processing Method and Device | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18649379 | CODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641544 | LEVEL TWO FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT TRANSMISSION | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18638563 | FAIL CLASSIFICATION DEVICE FOR PLURALITY OF MEMORY CELLS AND METHOD THEREOF | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18636706 | ERROR DETECTORS AND MEMORY DEVICES HAVING ERROR DETECTORS THEREIN, AND METHODS OF PERFORMING ERROR DETECTION | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18699834 | ECC POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION IN MEMORIES | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624970 | DATA ENCODING METHOD FOR 3D NAND FLASH MEMORY | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624125 | DECODING PARAMETER UPDATING METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623038 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623768 | Quantum Error-Correction in Microwave Integrated Quantum Circuits | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18621069 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND ASSOCIATED FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618965 | ON-SSD ERASURE CODING WITH UNI-DIRECTIONAL COMMANDS | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617114 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615592 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE | March 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18614954 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING A DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) OF MEMORY DEVICE | March 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18610279 | MEMORY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING READ RECLAIM | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18604227 | ERROR CORRECTION MEMORY DEVICE WITH FAST DATA ACCESS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18595177 | System and Method for Protecting Data | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18592287 | SELF-FUNCTIONAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR TAP CONTROLLER AND METHOD THEREOF | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590217 | MEMORY SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585370 | SPATIAL-TEMPORAL MEMORY UNCORRECTABLE ERROR PREDICTION SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18584385 | MEMORY DIE FAULT DETECTION USING A CALIBRATION PIN | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582214 | GENERATING A PROTECTED AND BALANCED CODEWORD | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18442555 | MEMORY INCLUDING ERROR CORRECTION CODE ENGINE | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18441830 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STORING AND ACCESSING MEMORY METADATA AND ERROR CORRECTION CODE DATA | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18440701 | INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING ERROR PROTECTION OF FIELDS IN TRANSFERRED INFORMATION AND FIELD-BASED ERROR SIGNALS AND RELATED METHODS | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438993 | TEST SYSTEM | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18435652 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF ERROR MANAGEMENT AND SIGNALING | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431279 | REDUCING READ ERROR HANDLING OPERATIONS DURING POWER UP OF A MEMORY DEVICE | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18430259 | EEPROM EMULATION METHOD | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18428471 | Configurable Testing and Repair System for Non-Volatile Memory | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425637 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IMAGE SIGNALS AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18420888 | DETERMINING LOCATIONS IN NAND MEMORY FOR BOOT-UP CODE | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18420486 | INFRASTRUCTURE BACKUP AND RECOVERY | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416967 | DATA RECOVERY USING ORDERED DATA REQUESTS | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415632 | BURST CORRECTION REED SOLOMON DECODING FOR MEMORY APPLICATIONS | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415634 | DECODER FOR BURST CORRECTION REED-SOLOMON DECODING FOR MEMORY APPLICATIONS | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18414475 | STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410939 | MIN-SUM DECODING FOR IRREGULAR LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES IN MEMORY DEVICES | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397399 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING MEMORY EXCEPTION HANDLING | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION STORAGE OF BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION DATA BASED ON ERASURE CODE | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18572500 | DATA ENCODING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544555 | MEMORY CHIPS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543737 | MEMORY SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18537401 | MEMORY DEVICE PPR FAILURE HANDLING SYSTEM | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18533655 | MINIMIZING REDUNDANCY FOR STUCK BIT CODING | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530955 | System and Method for Protecting Data Using Cyclic Properties of Error Correcting Code | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18565276 | ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE MEASUREMENT METHOD, TRANSMITTER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18512613 | OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18513246 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH CACHED MEMORY MODULE OPERATIONS | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506184 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386641 | Error Checking For Systolic Array Computation | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498196 | BUTTERFLY NETWORK ON LOAD DATA RETURN | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497131 | LDPC CODE MATRICES | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489308 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFERRING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379057 | COORDINATED ERROR CORRECTION | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481944 | HANDOFF SEQUENCE FOR CITY NODES | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIVE DATA IN A RECEIVE DATA PATH INCLUDING PARALLEL FEC DECODING | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481796 | QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475850 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373219 | MEMORY MODULE WITH DEDICATED REPAIR DEVICES | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18473972 | ERROR CORRECTION METHOD, MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROLLER | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472682 | ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATING FOR CLOCK MARGIN AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472751 | STORAGE DEVICE EXECUTING READ RETRY OPERATION BASED ON READ RETRY SEQUENCE KEY AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE STORAGE DEVICE | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471307 | CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471123 | LABELING FOR HIGHER ORDER MODULATION POLAR CODES | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18369540 | TARGETED COMMAND/ADDRESS PARITY LOW LIFT | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18467782 | ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MCMAHON, DANIEL F.
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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner MCMAHON, DANIEL F works in Art Unit 2111 and has examined 431 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner MCMAHON, DANIEL F's allowance rate of 96.5% places them in the 87% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by MCMAHON, DANIEL F receive 1.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 12% 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 MCMAHON, DANIEL F is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCMAHON, DANIEL F. This interview benefit is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 43.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 53.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% 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 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 46% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 9% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically 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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