USPTO Examiner KNAPP JUSTIN R - Art Unit 2112

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19004551WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING FORWARD TRANSMISSION RATEDecember 2024August 2025Allow710NoNo
18942784DECODING METHOD AND DECODER DEVICE USED IN FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF REDUCING DESIGN COMPLEXITY AND CIRCUIT COSTSNovember 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18904612DETECTING DATA BUS DRIVE FAULTSOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18888084MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) TO PHYSICAL CODING SUBLAYER (PCS) DATA RATE SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUITRYSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500YesNo
18819016SERVER-SIDE REMEDIATION FOR INCOMING SENSOR DATAAugust 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18807802MEMORY SYSTEM AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF COMPRESSING DATA FROM A MEMORY PLANE AND OUTPUTTING DATA IN PARALLELAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18786141JOINT POLAR ENCODING OF MULTIPLE PAYLOADS WITH UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTIONJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18775300METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE READ-MODIFY-WRITE SUPPORT IN A VICTIM CACHEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18775927METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION INVOLVING AN ETHERNET DEVICEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18754892POLAR-BCH COMBINED GENERALIZED CONCATENATED CODESJune 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18755592MANAGING DATA INTEGRITY USING A CHANGE IN A NUMBER OF DATA ERRORS AND AN AMOUNT OF TIME IN WHICH THE CHANGE OCCURREDJune 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18722894TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING MULTIMODE GRID STATES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18747635APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR READ/MODIFY/WRITE SINGLE-PASS METADATA ACCESS OPERATIONSJune 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18747831HASHING BASED METHOD FOR NAND DATA INVERSIONJune 2024November 2025Allow1710NoNo
18740578METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA ACCESS CONTROL FOR HOST DEVICEJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18740416CAPACITY ACHIEVING MULTICARRIER MODULATION AND CODING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2024July 2025Allow1320NoNo
18715918CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK FOR STAIRCASE DECODING PROCEDURESJune 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18679623Storing Encoded Data Slices in Primary Storage SlotsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668593HYBRID MEMORY SYSTEM WITH INCREASED BANDWIDTHMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18667923Multi-Resource-Unit AggregationMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18667472Parallel Matching for Quantum Error CorrectionMay 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18710084METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST DECODING OF POLAR CODESMay 2024November 2025Allow1810YesNo
18651925ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE AND ERROR CORRECTION METHODMay 2024March 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18648918INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CHANNEL ENCODING BETWEEN DEVICESApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18643668Reducing Unitary Error in a Quantum Computation SystemApril 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18703018LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODING AND DECODING METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18632385METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION USING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL CANDIDATESApril 2024September 2025Allow1820NoNo
18622194APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PIPELINING MEMORY OPERATIONS WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODINGMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720NoNo
18621261Transmission Methods Of Probabilistic Shaping Modulation In Wireless CommunicationsMarch 2024September 2025Allow1711NoNo
18613935HIGH SPEED INTERCONNECT SYMBOL STREAM FORWARD ERROR-CORRECTIONMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18611018DYNAMIC FROZEN POLAR CODES FOR PROBABILISTIC SHAPINGMarch 2024July 2025Allow1610NoNo
18606504METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA ENCODING OR DATA DECODING ON DIFFERENT LANES OF DATA STREAMSMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18603256PUNCTURING OF POLAR CODES WITH COMPLEMENTARY SEQUENCESMarch 2024January 2026Allow2220NoNo
18596006MODULATION SCHEMES FOR NONBINARY POLAR CODINGMarch 2024August 2025Allow1710NoNo
18594495READ RECOVERY FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT NAND STRIPESMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18436134NONBINARY POLAR CODING WITH PARTIALLY FROZEN SYMBOLSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18435273POLAR CHANNEL SUBBLOCK ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS OMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18435452SECURED SCAN ACCESS FOR A DEVICE INCLUDING A SCAN CHAINFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18294963COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR ENCODING/DECODING MODELS IN DISTRIBUTED UNIT BASE STATIONSFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2520NoNo
18431232APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STORING MEMORY METADATAFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18431306APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STORING MEMORY METADATA IN A GLOBAL COLUMN REDUNDANCY PLANEFebruary 2024November 2025Allow2211NoNo
18427263METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION INVOLVING AN ETHERNET DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18424342APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR BOUNDED FAULT COMPLIANT METADATA STORAGEJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010NoNo
18405553METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ERROR-DETECTING DURING ITERATIVE DECODINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18397889TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED DATA TRANSFERDecember 2023March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18396580VIDEO CODEC AWARE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION CODINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18541298SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING WITH FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION MECHANISMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600YesNo
18532404Channel Circuit with Zero Force EqualizerDecember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18568057COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR REALIZING HIGH FREQUENCY UTILISATION EFFICIENCYDecember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18525354APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO PERFORM DQ SWAPPING ON MEMORYNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18520697METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA STORED IN A PAGE WITHIN A MEMORY ELEMENTNovember 2023August 2025Allow2020NoNo
18502320Access Anomaly Notification in a Storage NetworkNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18499319Sending Encoded Data Slices Via Multiple Routing PathsNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18385259POWER SAVING IN A NETWORK DEVICEOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18385263REPLACEMENT OF NEURAL NETWORK GRADIENT VALUES IN TRANSMISSION DATAOctober 2023January 2026Allow2720YesNo
18494427CODEWORD SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, RECEIVER, NETWORK DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEMOctober 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18490051BIT-FLIPPING DECODER AND DECODING METHOD BASED ON SUPER NODEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18490478APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY DATA INTEGRITY WITHIN DIE ARCHITECTURESOctober 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18381320DATA INTEGRITY VERIFICATION IN DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (DMA) TRANSFEROctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18488517NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF STRINGSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18377984METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LATTICE-BASED SIGNAL MODULATION USING A GENERALIZATION OF POLAR CODESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2001NoNo
18377441Efficient Parity Determination in Zoned Solid-State Drives of a Storage SystemOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18480992MEMORY CONTROLLER WHICH IMPLEMENTS PARTIAL WRITES WITH ERROR SIGNALINGOctober 2023January 2025Allow1500NoNo
18373268COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTING METHOD FOR COMPUTING PACKET TRANSMISSION TIMESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1710NoNo
18458945POLAR CODE-BASED DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2023August 2025Allow2420NoNo
18456619FULLY PIPELINED READ-MODIFY-WRITE SUPPORTAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18453598ERROR CORRECTING CODES FOR MULTI-MASTER MEMORY CONTROLLERAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18276450DEEP LEARNING-BASED MLCC STACKED ALIGNMENT INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18262270DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON DYNAMIC REDUNDANCY HETEROGENEOUS ENCODING, AND DEVICEJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18224030VARIABLE NODE DATA MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRITY CHECK IN MEMORY SYSTEMSJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18355222MEMORY ADDRESS PROTECTION CIRCUIT INCLUDING AN ERROR DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18353120INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HALF DUPLEX FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEXINGJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18261435CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING A FAULT, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18271959METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FEEDBACK OF DATA FRAMESJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18350635RECEIVING METHOD WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODING WITH GENERATED DUMMY DATAJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18215965SELF HEALING SCRIPTS FOR SCANNING DEVICEJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18270184END TO END CHECK CODE PROTECTION IN STORAGE ENGINEJune 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18338222Systems and Methods for Anomaly Detection in Multi-Modal Data StreamsJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18335721Method and System for Fast Column Processing for Highly Irregular LDPC CodesJune 2023October 2024Allow1610NoNo
18335425CROP DETECTION SYSTEMJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18331499ENHANCED TEARING SAVE ENCODINGJune 2023July 2024Allow1300NoNo
18329886ERROR CORRECTION WITH SYNDROME COMPUTATION IN A MEMORY DEVICEJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18329429SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECODING TRANSITION ENCODED DATA WITH PROTECTED KEYJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18205657REDUCING EFFECT OF MOTION ON NMR MEASUREMENTSJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18317701STORAGE DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING FRAME SEQUENCE NUMBER AND CREDIT INFORMATION FASTER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18313243TRACKING AND MITIGATION OF QUASIPARTICLE POISONING ERRORS IN MAJORANA QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMSMay 2023February 2025Allow2100NoNo
18309893METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE READ-MODIFY-WRITE SUPPORT IN A VICTIM CACHEMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18141757DIGITAL SIGNAL SYMBOL DECISION GENERATION WITH CORRESPONDING FORNEY-BASED CONFIDENCE LEVELMay 2023March 2025Allow2201NoNo
18141451Mapping Storage Slots to a Set of Storage UnitsApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18139262SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL TESTING OF MULTIPLE NAMESPACES LOCATED IN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES UNDER TESTApril 2023September 2024Allow1710NoNo
18138040VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SAMPLE INTRODUCTION DEVICE DEDICATED TO GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR PRECISELY MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS CONTAINED IN A TEDLAR BAGApril 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18302034SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES THAT SUPPORT ENHANCED DATA RECOVERY OPERATIONSApril 2023February 2025Allow2211YesNo
18248712OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE PROCESSORSApril 2023March 2026Allow3520NoNo
18133459METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ERROR-DETECTING DURING ITERATIVE DECODINGApril 2023March 2025Allow2310YesNo
18298270Multi-Resource-Unit AggregationApril 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18188883AUDIO TRANSMITTER PROCESSOR, AUDIO RECEIVER PROCESSOR AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR PROCESSING AN ERROR PROTECTED FRAMEMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18027502METHOD FOR CALCULATING INDEX OF STRIPE WHERE STRIP IS LOCATED FOR DISK, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18182838MIN-SUM DECODER FOR ROW-IRREGULAR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODESMarch 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18170763POLARIZATION ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710YesNo
18110737EFFICIENT STORAGE OF ERROR CORRECTING CODE INFORMATIONFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KNAPP, JUSTIN R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(60.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(40.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
88.6%
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, 60.0% 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

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 KNAPP, JUSTIN R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KNAPP, JUSTIN R works in Art Unit 2112 and has examined 578 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KNAPP, JUSTIN R's allowance rate of 82.7% 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 KNAPP, JUSTIN R receive 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% 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 KNAPP, JUSTIN R is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KNAPP, JUSTIN R. This interview benefit is in the 33% 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, 29.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 42.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% 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, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 40% 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 70.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% 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 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, 47.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 42% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 5.9% of allowed cases (in the 82% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

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

    Important Disclaimer

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