USPTO Examiner AHMED ENAM - Art Unit 2112

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18680470EVALUATION OF MEMORY DEVICE HEALTH MONITORING LOGICMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18390349RATE MATCHING METHODS FOR LDPC CODESDecember 2023June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18545772Constructing Quantum Processes for Quantum ProcessorsDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18482517METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODESOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18355157MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18354177Electrostatic Discharge Detection and Data Storage Device ReactionJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18350509SCAN CHAINS WITH MULTI-BIT CELLS AND METHODS FOR TESTING THE SAMEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18332647METHOD OF PERFORMING A MULTIPLICATION AND ACCUMULATION (MAC) OPERATION IN A PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) DEVICEJune 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18308275SELF-ADAPTABLE ACCELERATORS HAVING ALTERNATING PRODUCTION/OPTIMIZING MODESApril 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18024468DIGITAL RADIO RECEIVERSMarch 2023February 2025Allow2400NoNo
18174648MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORYFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1010YesNo
18169185CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING CALIBRATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CALIBRATIONFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18167992EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF FAILED MEMORY BLOCKS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMSFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810YesNo
18164618FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DETECTION METHOD FOR MEMORYFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18103438RATE MATCHING METHODS FOR LDPC CODESJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18097629ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING IN MEMORYJanuary 2023October 2023Allow810YesNo
18075275MANAGING DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE THROTTLING THRESHOLDS IN A MEMORY SUBSYSTEMDecember 2022December 2023Allow1310YesNo
18059321DYNAMIC FAIL-SAFE REDUNDANCY IN AGGREGATED AND VIRTUALIZED SOLID STATE DRIVESNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
17977599EMBEDDED MEMORY TRANSPARENT IN-SYSTEM BUILT-IN SELF-TESTOctober 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17971346PARTITIONED MEMORY HAVING ERROR DETECTION CAPABILITYOctober 2022February 2024Allow1620YesNo
17915008NETWORK NODE AND METHOD PERFORMED THEREIN FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17944744HEADER DECODING MECHANISM FOR TAPE STORAGESeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610YesNo
17900876TEST DEVICE AND TEST METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1710YesNo
17821252SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SYNDROME GENERATORAugust 2022March 2024Allow1910NoNo
17883027MEMORY DEVICE PROTECTIONAugust 2022November 2023Allow1520YesNo
17810093SECURE NON-VOLATILE MEMORYJune 2022March 2024Allow2000NoNo
17848004DEVICE MODIFICATION ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKJune 2022December 2023Allow1810NoNo
17847837MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAMEJune 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17807303MEMORY SECTION SELECTION FOR A MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TESTJune 2022September 2023Allow1510YesNo
17698179TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND MAPPING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17694321CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERIZATION OF READ PARAMETERS AFTER A DECODING FAILURE FOR SOLID STATE STORAGE DEVICESMarch 2022April 2023Allow1310NoNo
17688348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODESMarch 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17677593ASSOCIATIVE COMPUTING FOR ERROR CORRECTIONFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2420YesNo
17587418MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1410NoNo
17580888READ-DISTURB-BASED READ TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2320NoNo
17580359READ-DISTURB-BASED READ TEMPERATURE TIME-BASED ATTENUATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2520YesNo
17647700HOST-CONFIGURABLE ERROR PROTECTIONJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17645972Randomized Transforms in a Dispersed Data Storage SystemDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17555957PARITY DATA FOR NON-VOLATILE STORAGEDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110YesNo
17556550Handling Memory Errors Identified by MicroprocessorsDecember 2021March 2023Allow1410YesNo
17551767Hardware Memory Error Tolerant Software SystemDecember 2021November 2023Allow2320YesYes
17548190INCREASING OF CACHE RELIABILITY LIFETIME THROUGH DYNAMIC INVALIDATION AND DEACTIVATION OF PROBLEMATIC CACHE LINESDecember 2021March 2023Allow1610YesNo
17544085ADAPTIVE DEVICE DATA CORRECTION WITH INCREASED MEMORY FAILURE HANDLINGDecember 2021May 2025Allow4110NoNo
17456821STORAGE DEVICE WITH DATA DEDUPLICATION, OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE SERVERNovember 2021August 2023Allow2010YesNo
17529925ERROR TYPE INDICATIONNovember 2021May 2025Allow4210YesNo
17528346DETERMINING READ VOLTAGES FOR MEMORY SYSTEMSNovember 2021March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17455245ADDRESS FAULT DETECTION SYSTEMNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17517624MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2021March 2023Allow1610NoNo
17507543METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO ACK/NACK FEEDBACK WITH MULTI-TRP TRANSMISSIONSOctober 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17450716DUAL REDUNDANT MEMORY RADIATION HARDENINGOctober 2021December 2022Allow1410YesNo
17483628METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR AT-SPEED TESTING OF MULTICYCLE PATH CIRCUITSSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2510NoNo
17480661ENHANCED CHECKSUM SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2420YesNo
17479763BIT INTERLEAVER FOR LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODEWORD HAVING LENGTH OF 64800 AND CODE RATE OF 4/15 AND 4096-SYMBOL MAPPING, AND BIT INTERLEAVING METHOD USING SAMESeptember 2021January 2023Allow1500YesNo
17412289FAILURE BIT COUNT CIRCUIT FOR MEMORY AND METHOD THEREOFAugust 2021September 2022Allow1310YesNo
17409950INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE, AND HOSTAugust 2021January 2023Allow1710YesNo
17391991BIT INTERLEAVER FOR LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODEWORD HAVING LENGTH OF 64800 AND CODE RATE OF 2/15 AND 4096-SYMBOL MAPPING, AND BIT INTERLEAVING METHOD USING SAMEAugust 2021February 2023Allow1810YesNo
17385678BIT INTERLEAVER FOR LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODEWORD HAVING LENGTH OF 64800 AND CODE RATE OF 4/15 AND 1024-SYMBOL MAPPING, AND BIT INTERLEAVING METHOD USING SAMEJuly 2021August 2022Allow1300YesNo
17376194CROSSING FRAMES ENCODING MANAGEMENT METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE APPARATUS AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITJuly 2021March 2023Allow2020NoNo
17375622PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) DEVICESJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210NoNo
17373678ERROR CONTAINMENT FOR ENABLING LOCAL CHECKPOINT AND RECOVERYJuly 2021February 2023Allow1910YesNo
17372973MULTIPLE BLOCK ERROR CORRECTION IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMJuly 2021March 2023Allow2110YesNo
17367161EARLY TERMINATION IN CONVOLUTIONAL LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK DECODINGJuly 2021April 2023Allow2110NoNo
17365095TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT OF MEMORY ELEMENTS OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMJuly 2021December 2022Allow1710YesNo
17347457SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING DEGRADATION IN ANALOG COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY (ACIM) MODULESJune 2021June 2023Allow2420YesNo
17340355SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE ERROR-CORRECTION CODINGJune 2021April 2023Abandon2210NoNo
17333365APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AN INCOMING COMMUNICATION DATA FRAMEMay 2021February 2023Allow2120YesNo
17331357REDUCE SYSTEM ACTIVE POWER BASED ON MEMORY USAGE PATTERNSMay 2021November 2022Allow1710NoNo
17330845CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEMay 2021September 2022Allow1610YesNo
17329681MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORYMay 2021March 2023Allow2110YesNo
17327356METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENTMay 2021October 2022Allow1610NoNo
17317448METHOD FOR THE SECURED STORING OF A DATA ELEMENT TO BE STORED BY A COMPUTER PROGRAM IN AN EXTERNAL MEMORYMay 2021September 2022Allow1710YesNo
17314226METHODS AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR UNCODED BIT PROTECTION IN 10GBASE-T ETHERNETMay 2021November 2021Allow600YesNo
17308177CUBIC LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODE ENCODERMay 2021October 2023Allow2910YesNo
17306345MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEMay 2021November 2021Allow600YesNo
17306698STOPPING CRITERIA FOR LAYERED ITERATIVE ERROR CORRECTIONMay 2021March 2022Allow1110YesNo
17233336MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM INCLUDING AN IN-PACKAGE SEQUENCER TO PERFORM ERROR CORRECTION AND MEMORY TESTING OPERATIONSApril 2021August 2023Allow2840YesNo
17229162METHOD OF ENCODING DATAApril 2021February 2022Allow1010YesNo
17225818UNIVERSAL GUESSING RANDOM ADDITIVE NOISE DECODING (GRAND) DECODERApril 2021August 2023Allow2810NoNo
17222660FIXED WEIGHT CODEWORDS FOR TERNARY MEMORY CELLSApril 2021June 2023Allow2710YesNo
17218535ERROR CHECKING DATA USED IN OFFLOADED OPERATIONSMarch 2021October 2022Allow1810YesNo
17211601GENERATING DIE BLOCK MAPPING AFTER DETECTED FAILUREMarch 2021December 2022Allow2110NoNo
17193668Multiple Name Space Test Systems and MethodsMarch 2021January 2023Allow2220YesNo
17173852READ REFRESH TO IMPROVE POWER ON DATA RETENTION FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORYFebruary 2021March 2022Allow1310YesNo
17158874MEMORY DEVICE PROTECTIONJanuary 2021March 2022Allow1420YesNo
17152677ENHANCED ERROR PROTECTION OF PAYLOAD USING DOUBLE CRCJanuary 2021January 2023Allow2420YesNo
17147110PROTECTED DATA STREAMING BETWEEN MEMORIESJanuary 2021February 2023Allow2510YesNo
17129725METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING SPARSE CODE AND ORTHOGONAL SPARSE SUPERPOSITION CODEDecember 2020March 2023Allow2710YesNo
17118455MEMORY HEALTH STATUS REPORTINGDecember 2020May 2023Allow2920YesNo
17115940CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERIZATION OF READ PARAMETERS AFTER A DECODING FAILURE FOR SOLID STATE STORAGE DEVICESDecember 2020December 2021Allow1210NoNo
17112347REDUCING PROBABILISTIC DATA INTEGRITY SCAN COLLISIONSDecember 2020June 2022Allow1810YesNo
17103984SOLID-STATE DISK AND READING AND WRITING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2020August 2022Allow2120YesNo
17100027SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CHANGE OF READ THRESHOLD VOLTAGENovember 2020March 2022Allow1610YesNo
17088608MEMORY TEST CIRCUITNovember 2020March 2022Allow1710YesNo
17088900SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICESNovember 2020February 2022Allow1610NoNo
17039911METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DATA USING CONCATENATED POLARIZATION ADJUSTED CONVOLUTIONAL CODESSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2810NoNo
16947975EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF FAILED MEMORY BLOCKS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMSAugust 2020September 2022Allow2530YesNo
17002341PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) DEVICESAugust 2020March 2023Allow3110YesNo
16995359PARTITIONED MEMORY HAVING ERROR DETECTION CAPABILITYAugust 2020June 2022Allow2220YesNo
16910886METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING UBER RATE FOR STORAGE DEVICESJune 2020September 2022Allow2630YesNo
16904656LDPC Decoder Apparatus, Device, System, Method and Computer ProgramJune 2020May 2022Abandon2320YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AHMED, ENAM.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
2
(40.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(60.0%)
Reversal Percentile
83.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.0% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
59
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(28.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
42
(71.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
40.3%
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, 28.8% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner AHMED, ENAM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AHMED, ENAM works in Art Unit 2112 and has examined 709 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AHMED, ENAM's allowance rate of 85.0% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AHMED, ENAM receive 2.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by AHMED, ENAM is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AHMED, ENAM. This interview benefit is in the 60% 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, 33.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 43.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% 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, 107.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 77% 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 88.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.0% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 52.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 6.1% of allowed cases (in the 91% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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:

  • 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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.

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