USPTO Examiner ALSHACK OSMAN M - Art Unit 2112

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18748097STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18680900MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHODMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18616160SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICE ASSISTED LOW-BANDWIDTH DATA REPAIRMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18608820PARITY PROTECTED MEMORY BLOCKS MERGED WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) PROTECTED BLOCKS IN A CODEWORD FOR INCREASED MEMORY UTILIZATIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18520751DETERMINING DYNAMIC QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION SCHEMESNovember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18489333METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING BLOCKCHAIN DATA BASED ON ERROR CORRECTION CODEOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18480506DATA CORRECTING DEVICE AND DATA CORRECTING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18478141TECHNIQUES FOR STEREO ON PERIPHERAL DEVICESSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18471277CODE BLOCK GROUPING AND FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORT EFFICIENT RETRANSMISSIONSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18282986METHOD FOR DETERMINING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATIONSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18467935Methods for Reliable Low Latency Data Delivery Using Erasure Codes and FeedbackSeptember 2023December 2024Abandon1520NoNo
18459130DETERMINATION DEVICE, TEST SYSTEM, AND GENERATION DEVICEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18236409FLASH MEMORY MODULE TESTING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2023May 2025Allow2120NoNo
18450043INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE FOR SCAN TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP, OPERATING METHOD OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITAugust 2023May 2025Allow2110YesNo
18449491EARLY DETECTION OF ROOM TEMPERATURE DATA RETENTION PHENOMENAAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18357763CODING CIRCUIT AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18219579APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18216626SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ECC ARCHITECTURE WITH MEMORY MAPPINGJune 2023May 2024Allow1110YesNo
18216628SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ECC ARCHITECTURE WITH MEMORY MAPPINGJune 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18258967DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND PROGRAMJune 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18207233APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK (LDPC) CODEJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18206772SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORY DEVICEJune 2023February 2025Allow2020YesNo
18253244METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING BIAS ERROR-BASED QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION CODEMay 2023November 2024Allow1820NoNo
18312834MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHODMay 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18140930EMULATION OF JTAG/SCAN TEST INTERFACE PROTOCOLS USING SPI COMMUNICATION DEVICEApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18301842MEMORY TEST DRIVEApril 2023April 2025Allow2410YesNo
18298467Use of Configurable Phase Range to Detect DDR Read and Write BurstsApril 2023January 2025Allow2120YesNo
18031014COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODSApril 2023April 2025Allow2430NoNo
18132686Bit Efficient Memory Error Correcting Coding And Decoding SchemeApril 2023February 2025Allow2330YesNo
18130156HIERARCHICAL DEEP CHANNEL CODINGApril 2023August 2024Allow1620YesNo
18192488IN-CIRCUIT EMULATOR DEVICEMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18120086HOST CONTROLLED MEDIA TESTING OF MEMORYMarch 2023June 2025Allow2720NoNo
18179593HIGH THROUGHPUT SORTMarch 2023February 2025Allow2310NoNo
18042333INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710NoNo
18170960COORDINATED EDGE-ASSISTED RELIABILITY MECHANISM FOR REAL-TIME MEDIA SERVICESFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2120YesNo
18165490ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SELF-TESTING PERIOD OF CLOCK SIGNAL AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18161887Full Adaptive Target BLER LTE FeatureJanuary 2023August 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18102187MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING DATA-WIDTH AWARE ENCODER AND DATA-WIDTH AWARE DECODER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2820YesNo
18101586Reliable electronic fuse based storage using error correction codingJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310NoNo
18089912SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK BIT-FLIPPING DECODERDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
18087929METHOD FOR SCANNING BAD BLOCK OF MEMORY AND CIRCUIT SYSTEM THEREOFDecember 2022April 2025Allow2820NoNo
18085236ERROR CORRECTION CODE CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ERROR CORRECTION CODE CIRCUITDecember 2022June 2024Allow1810YesNo
18085026TRANSMITTING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM USING THE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHODDecember 2022February 2025Allow2620YesNo
18068112METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING NON-BINARY ERROR CORRECTING CODE WORDSDecember 2022December 2024Allow2420YesNo
18080202DATA DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION AND BROADCAST SYSTEMDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710YesNo
18078810Signal Transmission Method and Communications ApparatusDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18064093DIMM Slot Test System Without Series Connection Of Test Board Through JTAG And Method ThereofDecember 2022December 2023Allow1200NoNo
17989117SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE COPIES OF DATA FOR TRANSMISSION OVER MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHANNELSNovember 2022June 2024Allow1920YesYes
17982538COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BETWEEN DIES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022December 2024Allow2620NoNo
17974977MANAGEMENT OF REDUNDANT LINKSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2110YesNo
17969736ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICEOctober 2022July 2024Allow2020YesNo
17918735METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVED VOICE COVERAGEOctober 2022June 2024Allow2020YesNo
17964742MEMORY PROFILER FOR EMULATIONOctober 2022December 2024Allow2620YesNo
17957597MANAGING ERROR CORRECTION CODING IN MEMORY SYSTEMSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17945846Set And Removed Server Device Detection System And Method ThereofSeptember 2022January 2025Abandon2820NoNo
17941439MEMORY TESTER AND TEST METHOD THAT USES MEMORY TESTERSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17909896ACCELERATING BIT ERROR CORRECTION IN A RECEIVERSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110NoNo
17891891Methods for Reliable Low Latency Data Delivery Using Erasure Codes and FeedbackAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17880155CLASSIFICATION-BASED ERROR RECOVERY WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGAugust 2022August 2024Allow2520YesNo
17877572HIGH ACCURACY TIMESTAMPING OF TRANSMISSIONS AT PHYSICAL LAYER OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2520YesNo
17808282METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING AI CHIP COMPUTING PERFORMANCE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022April 2024Allow2210YesNo
17843897MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE MEMORY IN-FIELD SELF-REPAIR OPTIONSJune 2022January 2024Allow1920NoNo
17840722THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED MEMORY DEVICE AND METHODJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17840785SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND TEST METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2022January 2024Allow1910NoNo
17838889PLANE SPANNING DATA REDUNDANCY IN SOLID STATE STORAGE DEVICESJune 2022February 2024Abandon2020NoNo
17747485METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DECODE PACKETS TO COMPUTE LOG LIKELIHOOD RATIO IN WIRELESS NETWORKMay 2022February 2024Allow2110YesNo
17746627TECHNIQUES FOR STORING DATA TO ENHANCE RECOVERY AND DETECTION OF DATA CORRUPTION ERRORSMay 2022August 2023Allow1520YesNo
17742854SELECTIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKSMay 2022September 2023Allow1610NoNo
17775499METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING SIDELINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACKMay 2022February 2024Allow2110NoNo
17722430RANDOM INSTRUCTION-SIDE STRESSING IN POST-SILICON VALIDATIONApril 2022May 2025Allow3610YesNo
17769267CODEWORD-SETTING TECHNIQUE FOR HARQ OPERATIONApril 2022March 2024Allow2310NoNo
17659281DEVICE WITH MULTI-CHANNEL BONDINGApril 2022March 2024Allow2310NoNo
17717159DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND STORAGE APPARATUSApril 2022November 2023Allow1910NoNo
17707660PARITY PROTECTED MEMORY BLOCKS MERGED WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE (ECC) PROTECTED BLOCKS IN A CODEWORD FOR INCREASED MEMORY UTILIZATIONMarch 2022November 2023Allow1920YesNo
17700514Memory controller, test device and link identification methodMarch 2022July 2023Allow1600NoNo
17655599PERFORMANCE OF A DATA CHANNEL USING POLAR CODES FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2023Allow1310YesNo
17698051Preprocessing for Correlated Topological Quantum Error CorrectionMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310NoNo
17684198RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310YesNo
17674167TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM WITH END-TO-END RELIABILITY AND ORDERING PROTOCOLSFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17669538POST PACKAGE REPAIRING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2022May 2024Abandon2720NoNo
17634842IMPROVED RELIABILITY OF MULTI-CONNECTIVITYFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2210NoNo
17666728PACKET RETRANSMISSION AND MEMORY SHARINGFebruary 2022June 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17588832Systems and Methods for Providing End-to-End Data ProtectionJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1700NoNo
17583272STORAGE ERROR IDENTIFICATION/REDUCTION SYSTEMJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2310NoNo
17573542FORMAL VERIFICATION TOOL TO VERIFY HARDWARE DESIGN OF MEMORY UNITJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2220NoYes
17647254SELF-DECODABLE DATA PORTION FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK REPETITIONJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3230YesNo
17565965BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION METHODDecember 2021April 2023Allow1510YesNo
17562729METHOD FOR ERROR HANDLING OF AN INTERCONNECTION PROTOCOL, CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICEDecember 2021November 2023Allow2220YesNo
17555642SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ECC ARCHITECTURE WITH MEMORY MAPPINGDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17555635SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ECC ARCHITECTURE WITH MEMORY MAPPINGDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510YesNo
17542987COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSDecember 2021November 2023Allow2310NoNo
17531158TRAINING AND USING A MEMORY FAILURE PREDICTION MODELNovember 2021April 2025Allow4110NoNo
17454017CODE BLOCK GROUPING AND FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORT EFFICIENT RETRANSMISSIONSNovember 2021June 2023Allow1920NoNo
17509570TRANSMITTER AND PARITY PERMUTATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2021May 2023Allow1910NoNo
17500848BIT INTERLEAVER FOR LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODEWORD HAVING LENGTH OF 16200 AND CODE RATE OF 3/15 AND 64-SYMBOL MAPPING, AND BIT INTERLEAVING METHOD USING SAMEOctober 2021February 2023Allow1610NoNo
17491080Phased Parameterized Combinatoric Testing for a Data Storage SystemSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2410YesNo
17486675GLOBAL TIME COUNTER BASED DEBUGSeptember 2021June 2023Allow2110NoNo
17475552MARKOV ENCODER-DECODER OPTIMIZED FOR CYCLO-STATIONARY COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL OR STORAGE MEDIASeptember 2021November 2023Allow2620YesYes
17474386DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING NORMAL BOOT OPERATION OF DATA STORAGE DEVICESeptember 2021June 2023Allow2110NoNo
17471591QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2000NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ALSHACK, OSMAN M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
3
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
70.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
33
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(51.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(48.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
83.0%
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, 51.5% 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

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 ALSHACK, OSMAN M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALSHACK, OSMAN M works in Art Unit 2112 and has examined 493 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALSHACK, OSMAN M's allowance rate of 87.6% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ALSHACK, OSMAN M receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% 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 ALSHACK, OSMAN M is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALSHACK, OSMAN M. This interview benefit is in the 54% 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, 31.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% 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 44.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 173.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 91% 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 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 73.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 83.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 50% 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 8% 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:

  • 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.

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.