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
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
18679623Storing Encoded Data Slices in Primary Storage SlotsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668593HYBRID MEMORY SYSTEM WITH INCREASED BANDWIDTHMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18667923Multi-Resource-Unit AggregationMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18643668Reducing Unitary Error in a Quantum Computation SystemApril 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18613935HIGH SPEED INTERCONNECT SYMBOL STREAM FORWARD ERROR-CORRECTIONMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18594495READ RECOVERY FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT NAND STRIPESMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18435452SECURED SCAN ACCESS FOR A DEVICE INCLUDING A SCAN CHAINFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18431232APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STORING MEMORY METADATAFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18427263METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION INVOLVING AN ETHERNET DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18405553METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ERROR-DETECTING DURING ITERATIVE DECODINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18396580VIDEO CODEC AWARE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION CODINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18532404Channel Circuit with Zero Force EqualizerDecember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18525354APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO PERFORM DQ SWAPPING ON MEMORYNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18502320Access Anomaly Notification in a Storage NetworkNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18499319Sending Encoded Data Slices Via Multiple Routing PathsNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18490051BIT-FLIPPING DECODER AND DECODING METHOD BASED ON SUPER NODEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
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
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
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
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
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
18302034SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES THAT SUPPORT ENHANCED DATA RECOVERY OPERATIONSApril 2023February 2025Allow2211YesNo
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
18154160BIT ERROR INDICATION METHOD FOR SERVICE STREAM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510YesNo
18153518Managing Copy Revisions in a Distributed Storage SystemJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1920YesNo
18151848STRIPE MANAGEMENT METHOD, STORAGE SYSTEM, STRIPE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO IMPROVE DATA STORAGE RELIABILITYJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810NoNo
18151432ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHODJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18149363Processing Access Anomalies in a Storage NetworkJanuary 2023July 2023Allow710NoNo
18067259SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION DECODING USING A GUESSING RANDOM ADDITIVE NOISE DECODING ALGORITHMDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18009712COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD INCLUDING DROPPING OF REPETITION TRANSMISSION IN SEARCH SPACE AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18059462BUILT-IN SELF-TEST CIRCUITS FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE CHANNELSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
17992452WEAR LEVELLING FOR DIFFERING MEMORY TYPESNovember 2022February 2025Allow2720NoNo
17990588ADJUSTING A VARIABLE PARAMETER TO INCREASE RELIABILITY OF STORED DATANovember 2022December 2024Allow2520NoNo
18056587NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICENovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
17925587ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK DECODING, AND METHOD THEREFORNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810NoNo
18054992Selecting Routing Paths for Sending Encoded Data SlicesNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17998669INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD TO INCREASE FREQUENCY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCYNovember 2022October 2024Allow2310NoNo
17985313CHANNEL CODING METHOD OF VARIABLE LENGTH INFORMATION USING BLOCK CODENovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17967125HIGH SPEED INTERCONNECT SYMBOL STREAM FORWARD ERROR-CORRECTIONOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17961083PROCESSOR AND SYSTEMOctober 2022December 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17937365Tiered Storage of Data in a Storage NetworkSeptember 2022March 2023Allow510NoNo
17956399POLAR CODING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17951294SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNITSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17951488SECURED SCAN ACCESS FOR A DEVICE INCLUDING A SCAN CHAINSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1300NoNo
17951018Using Data Mirroring Across Multiple Regions to Reduce the Likelihood of Losing Objects Maintained in Cloud Object StorageSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17944791SERVER-SIDE REMEDIATION FOR INCOMING SENSOR DATASeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17898248ENCODER SELECTION FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CODINGAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17887813READ RECOVERY INCLUDING LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK DECODINGAugust 2022November 2023Allow1500NoNo
17887687NVMe Boot Partition Error Correction Code EnhancementAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210YesNo
17797756METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION USING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL CANDIDATESAugust 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17607395FAILURE ANALYSIS METHOD, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022November 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17880220DETECTING DATA BUS DRIVE FAULTSAugust 2022June 2024Allow2301NoNo
17870413Communication Method and Communication Apparatus for Spatially Coupled CodingJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310NoNo
17868286CONTROLLERS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING MEMORY DEVICES VIA MULTIPLE MODESJuly 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo
17863283MULTIPLE INCREMENTAL REDUNDANCY SCHEME USING LINEAR RATELESS CODESJuly 2022July 2024Allow2411NoNo
17857403ERROR CORRECTION ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BITS TO BE PROTECTED BY SOFT DECISION ERROR CORRECTIONJuly 2022August 2023Allow1410NoNo
17810832CAPACITY ACHIEVING MULTICARRIER MODULATION AND CODING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2022August 2023Allow1320NoNo
17790493ENCODING FOR DATA RECOVERY IN STORAGE SYSTEMSJune 2022August 2023Allow1310YesNo
17855412MEMORY ADDRESS PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEJune 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17850027Transmitting Fragments of Ethernet Frame with Indicating Error Occurring in EthernetJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17842380Systems and Methods of Convergent Multi-Bit FeedbackJune 2022December 2022Allow610NoNo
17834141A MULTICARRIER TRANSCEIVER THAT INCLUDES A RETRANSMISSION FUNCTION AND AN INTERLEAVING FUNCTIONJune 2022April 2024Allow2330NoNo
17831086MANAGING DATA INTEGRITY USING A CHANGE IN A NUMBER OF DATA ERRORS AND AN AMOUNT OF TIME IN WHICH THE CHANGE OCCURREDJune 2022March 2024Allow2210YesNo
17831357ITERATIVE ERROR CORRECTION WITH ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS AFTER A THRESHOLD NUMBER OF ITERATIONSJune 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17825352MEMORY ADDRESS PROTECTIONMay 2022March 2023Allow1000NoNo
17752848Method and Related Apparatus for Signaling Anomaly DetectionMay 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17750477INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2022March 2023Allow910YesNo
17741940MULTI-PAGE PARITY PROTECTION WITH POWER LOSS HANDLINGMay 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17737689DATA STORAGE DEVICE STORING ASSOCIATED DATA IN TWO AREASMay 2022February 2024Allow2120NoNo

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
60.4%
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
87.5%
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 680 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KNAPP, JUSTIN R's allowance rate of 84.9% places them in the 55% 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 1.64 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 25 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KNAPP, JUSTIN R. This interview benefit is in the 32% 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, 29.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 61% 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 38% 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 52% 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, 42.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% 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 54% 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 8.0% of allowed cases (in the 85% 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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