USPTO Examiner WAHLIN MATTHEW W - Art Unit 2111

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18402549Multi-Mode Memory Subsystem Including Control and Data Modules for Buffering and TestingJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18522228INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2023January 2026Allow2620NoNo
18512754Low-Overhead, Bidirectional Error Checking for a Serial Peripheral InterfaceNovember 2023October 2024Allow1100NoNo
18511705METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME OUTLIER DETECTION AND PRODUCT RE-BINNINGNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18451969MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110YesNo
18355368APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-STEP READ OF RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORYJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18348110IN SYSTEM TEST OF CHIPS IN FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMSJuly 2023April 2024Allow1000YesNo
18335137STORAGE DEVICE FOR SETTING OPERATION PARAMETERS FOR RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY UPON POWER-ON AND OPERATIONJune 2023August 2025Allow2610YesNo
18198636FAST EFFICIENT DECODER FOR LOW DISTANCE RS AND BCH CODESMay 2023March 2026Allow3420YesYes
18310978MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLERMay 2023March 2025Allow2300NoNo
18026654Memory DeviceMarch 2023September 2025Allow3020NoNo
18184679MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEMMarch 2023February 2025Allow2310YesNo
18158380READ SOFT BITS THROUGH BOOSTED MODULATION FOLLOWING READING HARD BITSJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3230YesNo
18005673ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2820NoNo
18147521SECURE ERROR CORRECTING CODE (ECC) TRUST EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT (TEE) CONFIGURATION METADATA ENCODINGDecember 2022March 2024Allow1500YesNo
18089947SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED ERROR CORRECTING AND VIDEO TRANSCRIBING CODE SELECTIONDecember 2022December 2024Allow2420NoNo
18089541DIE-TO-DIE CONNECTIVITY MONITORING USING A CLOCKED RECEIVERDecember 2022September 2023Allow810YesNo
18070006TECHNIQUES FOR DATA SCRAMBLING ON A MEMORY INTERFACENovember 2022January 2025Allow2620NoNo
17961193OPTIMIZED SEASONING TRIM VALUES BASED ON FORM FACTORS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM MANUFACTURINGOctober 2022March 2023Allow600YesNo
17937411TREATING CIRCUIT-LEVEL NOISE USING A LOCAL AND GLOBAL DECODING SCHEMESeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810YesNo
17943617NAND FAST CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECKSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3120YesNo
17908377TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONAugust 2022June 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17886136MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING FOR A MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2022March 2023Allow700YesNo
17883199IN-SYSTEM TEST OF CHIPS IN FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMSAugust 2022March 2023Allow700YesNo
17796235STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2022June 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17874138PROACTIVE INTEGRITY CHECKSJuly 2022October 2024Allow2620YesNo
17813082DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING FOR QUBIT RESETJuly 2022June 2024Allow2310YesNo
17863261METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME OUTLIER DETECTION AND PRODUCT RE-BINNINGJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310YesNo
17851830DECISION FOR EXECUTING FULL-MEMORY REFRESH DURING MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM POWER-ON STAGEJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17840153SERIALIZING AND DESERIALIZING STAGE TESTINGJune 2022August 2023Allow1410YesNo
17828480APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING DATA IN A MEMORY SYSTEMMay 2022June 2023Allow1300NoNo
17738600ERROR CHECK FUNCTIONALITY VERIFICATION USING KNOWN ERRORSMay 2022June 2024Allow2510YesNo
17660690DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH INLINE ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) SUPPORTApril 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo
17725170ADAPTIVE MEMORY ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTIONApril 2022June 2023Allow1400NoNo
17707636INTEGRATED ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) AND PARITY PROTECTION IN MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUITS FOR INCREASED MEMORY UTILIZATIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow3020YesNo
17703856APPARATUS FOR ON DEMAND ACCESS AND CACHE ENCODING OF REPAIR DATAMarch 2022September 2024Allow2920NoNo
17690821TRANSISTION FAULT TESTING OF FUNTIONALLY ASYNCHRONOUS PATHS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUITMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17688148STORAGE DEVICE USING BUFFER MEMORY IN READ RECLAIM OPERATIONMarch 2022December 2022Allow1010NoNo
17683367TEST PLATFORM AND REDUNDANCY FUSE LATCH ANALYSIS METHOD THEREOFMarch 2022March 2023Allow1200NoNo
17682362MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1900YesNo
17648665REDUNDANT CIRCUIT ASSIGNING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2510YesNo
17568948REDUNDANT CIRCUIT ASSIGNING METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS AND MEDIUMJanuary 2022August 2023Allow2000NoNo
17560310INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010YesNo
17542906Low-Overhead, Bidirectional Error Checking for a Serial Peripheral InterfaceDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110YesNo
17457507AUTONOMOUS DETECTION OF STATUS OF LINK BETWEEN INITIATOR DEVICE AND TARGET DEVICE IN UFS SYSTEMDecember 2021April 2024Allow2910YesNo
17615566TESTING METHOD FOR PACKAGED CHIP, TESTING SYSTEM FOR PACKAGED CHIP, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17528788CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE CONTROLLERNovember 2021March 2024Allow2820YesNo
17511222MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING TARGET REFRESHOctober 2021June 2023Allow2010NoNo
17510135MANAGING INFORMATION PROTECTION SCHEMES IN MEMORY SYSTEMSOctober 2021June 2023Allow2010NoNo
17499418SOLID-STATE MEMORY WITH INTELLIGENT CELL CALIBRATIONOctober 2021June 2023Allow2110NoNo
17477715TESTING BIT WRITE OPERATION TO A MEMORY ARRAY IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITSSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1710NoNo
17470835SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING BUILT-IN SELF-TEST OF MEMORY MACROSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17436002SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AND ANALYZING MEMORY FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMSSeptember 2021June 2023Allow2100NoNo
17465020OPTIMIZED SEASONING TRIM VALUES BASED ON FORM FACTORS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM MANUFACTURINGSeptember 2021June 2022Allow1000NoNo
17388103LOGIC BUILT-IN SELF-TEST OF AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITJuly 2021October 2022Allow1400NoNo
17387189METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORYJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17443746SELF-ADAPTIVE READ VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT USING BOUNDARY ERROR STATISTICS FOR MEMORIES WITH TIME-VARYING ERROR RATESJuly 2021February 2023Allow1910NoNo
17383425Test Data Verification for an Ordered Event Stream Storage SystemJuly 2021January 2023Allow1810YesNo
17373112MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJuly 2021January 2023Allow1810NoNo
17421483SELECTIVE MARGIN TESTING TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO SIGNAL TRAIN A MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2021September 2023Allow2710YesNo
17339285DECODING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCAL REINFORCEMENTJune 2021November 2022Allow1810NoNo
17331095SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING REDUNDANCY FOR TILE-BASED INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING COMPUTING ARCHITECTUREMay 2021June 2022Allow1300YesNo
17321193NON-SEQUENTIAL PAGE CONTINUOUS READMay 2021January 2023Allow2010YesNo
17318394METHOD FOR THE SECURED STORING OF A DATA ELEMENT OF A PREDEFINED DATA TYPE TO BE STORED BY A COMPUTER PROGRAM IN AN EXTERNAL MEMORYMay 2021March 2023Allow2230NoYes
17317006MEMORY DEGRADATION DETECTION AND MANAGEMENTMay 2021December 2022Allow1910NoNo
17222119TESTING OF COMPARATORS WITHIN A MEMORY SAFETY LOGIC CIRCUIT USING A FAULT ENABLE GENERATION CIRCUIT WITHIN THE MEMORYApril 2021April 2023Allow2500YesNo
17211602DYNAMIC READ THRESHOLD CALIBRATIONMarch 2021November 2022Allow2010YesNo
17205046MEMORY CONTROLLER PHYSICAL INTERFACE WITH DIFFERENTIAL LOOPBACK TESTINGMarch 2021October 2022Allow1910YesNo
17204334SCAN CHANNEL SLICING FOR COMPRESSION-MODE TESTING OF SCAN CHAINSMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210YesNo
17196309METHOD FOR TESTING STORAGE SYSTEMS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTMarch 2021April 2022Allow1310YesNo
17193818DEVICE INTERFACE BOARD SUPPORTING DEVICES WITH MULITPLE DIFFERENT STANDARDS TO INERFACE WITH THE SAME SOCKETMarch 2021August 2023Allow2910YesNo
17183784USAGE OF DATA MASK IN DRAM WRITEFebruary 2021March 2022Allow1310YesNo
17170041ERROR RATE MEASURING APPARATUS AND ERROR COUNTING METHODFebruary 2021July 2022Allow1810YesNo
17167254REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT NAND FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY ARRAYFebruary 2021June 2023Allow2810NoNo
17157108POLAR BIT ALLOCATION FOR PARTIAL CONTENT EXTRACTIONJanuary 2021June 2023Allow2910NoNo
17155641HIGH-RELIABILITY NON-VOLATILE MEMORY USING A VOTING MECHANISMJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2520YesNo
17250427DECODING CIRCUITJanuary 2021December 2022Allow2310YesNo
17137699MEMORY DEVICE AND TEST OPERATION THEREOFDecember 2020October 2022Allow2110NoNo
16973142SERIALIZING AND DESERIALIZING STAGE TESTINGDecember 2020March 2022Allow1510NoNo
16973029METHODS FOR DATA RECOVERY OF A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFDecember 2020September 2022Allow2220YesNo
17109144FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS METHOD FOR MEMORY DEVICEDecember 2020July 2022Allow1910NoNo
17033043ENDURANCE AND SERVICEABILITY IN SOLID STATE DRIVESSeptember 2020August 2024Allow4620YesNo
17031066EFFICIENT ENCODING FOR NON-BINARY ERROR CORRECTION CODESSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2120NoNo
17013089SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF MEMORYSeptember 2020October 2022Allow2610YesNo
17005808MITIGATING SINGLE-EVENT UPSETS USING CONTAINERIZATIONAugust 2020February 2022Allow1710YesNo
16985509STORAGE CIRCUIT WITH HARDWARE READ ACCESSAugust 2020July 2023Allow3620YesNo
16924620Memory device test circuit and memory device test methodJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310NoNo
16960639TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION DEVICEJuly 2020August 2022Allow2511YesNo
16919019DETECTING AND REMEDIATING UNAUTHORIZED DEBUG SESSIONSJuly 2020June 2023Allow3520NoNo
16869492READ SOFT BITS THROUGH BOOSTED MODULATION FOLLOWING READING HARD BITSMay 2020September 2022Allow2810NoNo
16757945TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION METHODApril 2020June 2022Allow2621YesNo
16803295EFFICIENT RESOURCE SHARINGFebruary 2020March 2022Allow2410NoNo
16795119UNDO AND REDO OF SOFT POST PACKAGE REPAIRFebruary 2020September 2023Allow4310YesNo
16742292CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR AT SPEED DETECTION OF A WORD LINE FAULT CONDITION IN A MEMORY CIRCUITJanuary 2020August 2022Allow3120NoNo
16741017REFRESH-HIDING MEMORY SYSTEM STAGGERED REFRESHJanuary 2020September 2022Allow3230YesNo
16732603RANDOM NOISE GENERATIONJanuary 2020September 2022Allow3210YesNo
16721887Data Storage Devices, Access Device and Data Processing MethodsDecember 2019March 2022Allow2710NoNo
16705038BUILT-IN SELF-TESTING AND FAILURE CORRECTION CIRCUITRYDecember 2019August 2021Allow2000NoNo
16682925METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME OUTLIER DETECTION AND PRODUCT RE-BINNINGNovember 2019March 2022Allow2810YesNo
16681587MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING FOR A MEMORY DEVICENovember 2019April 2022Allow2920NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WAHLIN, MATTHEW W.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
96.1%
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, 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner WAHLIN, MATTHEW W - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WAHLIN, MATTHEW W works in Art Unit 2111 and has examined 115 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WAHLIN, MATTHEW W's allowance rate of 89.6% 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 WAHLIN, MATTHEW W receive 1.61 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WAHLIN, MATTHEW W is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WAHLIN, MATTHEW W. This interview benefit is in the 35% 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, 40.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% 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 51.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 77% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and 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, 33.3% 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, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 1% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • 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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.