USPTO Examiner RIZK SAMIR WADIE - Art Unit 2112

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17133781TEST SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING BUILT-IN SELF-TEST IN DEPLOYMENT FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONSDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17128595CONFIGURABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) WITH CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK (CRC) ARBITRATIONDecember 2020August 2022Allow1910NoNo
17109297MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020October 2021Allow1000NoNo
17105821METHOD FOR ACCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY MODULENovember 2020June 2022Allow1920YesNo
17099389METHODS AND SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC ECC VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCYNovember 2020March 2022Allow1610NoNo
17093702SCAN CHAIN SELF-TESTING OF LOCKSTEP CORES ON RESETNovember 2020September 2022Allow2220NoNo
17081056Concatenating Data Objects in a Vast Data Storage NetworkOctober 2020December 2020Allow210NoNo
17080238ERROR CORRECTION IN ROW HAMMER MITIGATION AND TARGET ROW REFRESHOctober 2020November 2021Allow1310NoNo
17047243INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROFILING AND ANOMALY DETECTIONOctober 2020April 2023Allow3010NoNo
17068515CONTROLLER THAT RECEIVES A CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK (CRC) CODE FOR BOTH READ AND WRITE DATA TRANSMITTED VIA BIDIRECTIONAL DATA LINKOctober 2020February 2022Allow1610NoNo
17029488INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMISSION APPARATUSSeptember 2020February 2021Allow510NoNo
16651303PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUASI-CYCLIC LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODINGSeptember 2020January 2022Allow2110NoNo
17024191System and Method for Transferring Data and a Data Check FieldSeptember 2020April 2021Allow710YesNo
17021025PARITY PUNCTURING DEVICE FOR FIXED-LENGTH SIGNALING INFORMATION ENCODING, AND PARITY PUNCTURING METHOD USING SAMESeptember 2020December 2021Allow1510NoNo
17018494SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICESeptember 2020July 2022Allow2310YesNo
17016479ZERO PADDING APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VARIABLE-LENGTH SIGNALING INFORMATION AND ZERO PADDING METHOD USING SAMESeptember 2020December 2021Allow1510NoNo
17013411BIT ERROR CORRECTION FOR WIRELESS RETRANSMISSION COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMSSeptember 2020November 2021Allow1410NoNo
17004136REDUCED PARITY DATA MANAGEMENTAugust 2020December 2021Allow1610YesNo
16976186Optical Transceiver Apparatus and MethodAugust 2020November 2021Allow1500NoNo
16999754TRANSMISSION OF PULSE POWER AND DATA IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKAugust 2020May 2022Allow2110NoNo
16998290DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BLOCK PUNCTURED POLAR CODESAugust 2020September 2021Allow1300NoNo
16993266ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICESAugust 2020June 2021Allow1000NoNo
16993956ERROR CACHING TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED ERROR CORRECTION IN A MEMORY DEVICEAugust 2020May 2022Allow2110NoNo
16988926APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING CHANNEL IN COMMUNICATION OR BROADCASTING SYSTEMAugust 2020December 2021Allow1710NoNo
16988247Concatenating Data Objects For Storage In A Vast Data Storage NetworkAugust 2020October 2020Allow210NoNo
16986300PROCESSING OF DATA READ FROM A MEMORYAugust 2020January 2022Allow1820YesNo
16986599Verifying System Registry Files in a Storage NetworkAugust 2020April 2022Allow2010NoNo
16984699SECURITY MODULE FOR A SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEAugust 2020April 2022Abandon2010NoNo
16984383MULTI-CHIP PACKAGEAugust 2020September 2021Allow1400NoNo
16967008EFFICIENT TRIANGULAR INTERLEAVER/DEINTERLEAVER FOR POLAR CODESAugust 2020January 2022Allow1700NoNo
16945302BLOCKCHAIN DATA STORAGE BASED ON SHARED NODES AND ERROR CORRECTION CODEJuly 2020December 2020Allow410NoNo
16941022DETECTING SPECIAL HANDLING METADATA USING ADDRESS VERIFICATIONJuly 2020February 2022Allow1910YesNo
16947311HYBRID ITERATIVE ERROR CORRECTING AND REDUNDANCY DECODING OPERATIONS FOR MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMSJuly 2020November 2021Allow1510NoNo
16938842MULTICHIP PACKAGE LINK ERROR DETECTIONJuly 2020December 2021Allow1710NoNo
16931787TRANSACTION METADATAJuly 2020October 2021Allow1510NoNo
16929477ENCODING AND DECODING SOURCE INFORMATION USING A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL ENCODER AND DECODERJuly 2020April 2022Allow2110NoNo
16921451Transmitting Synchronized Data Streams In A Distributed Storage NetworkJuly 2020January 2022Allow1810NoNo
16917961BIT-FLIPPING METHOD FOR DECODING LDPC CODE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAMEJuly 2020July 2021Allow1310NoNo
16917870DECODER FOR IRREGULAR ERROR CORRECTING CODESJune 2020July 2021Allow1310YesNo
16914775Encoding And Decoding Method And TerminalJune 2020December 2021Allow1810NoNo
16910774MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEMJune 2020February 2022Allow2010YesNo
16907669HARD AND SOFT BIT DATA FROM SINGLE READJune 2020October 2021Allow1610YesNo
16906712Managing Open Blocks in Memory SystemsJune 2020March 2022Allow2110YesNo
16905200Techniques For Link Partner Error ReportingJune 2020August 2021Allow1400NoNo
16903066GROWN BAD BLOCK MANAGEMENT IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMJune 2020February 2022Allow2010YesNo
16901934DESIGN OF BASE PARITY-CHECK MATRICES FOR LDPC CODES THAT HAVE SUBSETS OF ORTHOGONAL ROWSJune 2020December 2021Allow1820YesNo
16897814LDPC CODING WITH DIFFERENTIATED PROTECTIONJune 2020April 2021Allow1000NoNo
16890559MEMORY DEVICES HAVING VARIABLE REPAIR UNITS THEREIN AND METHODS OF REPAIRING SAMEJune 2020August 2022Allow2610NoNo
16874380System and Method to Dynamically Increase Memory Channel Robustness at High Transfer RatesMay 2020June 2021Allow1300NoNo
16872106Efficient Implementation of a Threshold Modified Min-Sum Algorithm for Low-Density Parity-Check DecodersMay 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16870988MAGIC STATE DISTILLATION USING INNER AND OUTER ERROR CORRECTING CODESMay 2020March 2022Allow2310NoNo
16866108ITERATIVE QUANTUM AMPLITUDE ESTIMATIONMay 2020January 2023Allow3210YesNo
16863368OPTIMAL READ BIAS TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2020February 2022Allow2210NoNo
16860883Resolving Write Conflicts In A Dispersed Storage NetworkApril 2020December 2021Allow1910NoNo
16855524APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING OF LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2020July 2021Allow1510NoNo
16855000OPERATION METHODS OF MEMORY SYSTEM AND HOST, AND COMPUTING SYSTEMApril 2020July 2021Allow1510YesNo
16854204ETHERNET COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING ERROR OF END NODE AND SWITCH IN VEHICLEApril 2020August 2021Allow1610NoNo
16854497DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHODApril 2020January 2022Allow2110NoNo
16851434STORAGE DEVICE SELECTIVELY GENERATING PARITY BITS ACCORDING TO ENDURANCE OF MEMORY CELL, AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2020March 2021Allow1110NoNo
16756837DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DATA REFRESH CYCLES IN REPROGRAMMABLE NON-VOLATILE MEMORIESApril 2020February 2021Allow1000NoNo
16756417SYSTEMATIC AND XOR-BASED CODING TECHNIQUE FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMSApril 2020July 2021Allow1500NoNo
16754861Simple Parity-Check Bit Computation for Polar CodesApril 2020June 2022Allow2611NoNo
16834624Shift Values for Quasi-Cyclic LDPC CodesMarch 2020April 2022Allow2420NoNo
16834198ERROR CORRECTION USING HIERARCHICAL DECODERSMarch 2020September 2021Allow1810YesNo
16830968METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLAR CODE CODINGMarch 2020May 2022Allow2530NoNo
16826595MEMORY SYSTEMMarch 2020April 2021Allow1300NoNo
16826998METHODS FOR ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR THE SAMEMarch 2020March 2022Allow2410NoNo
16647188DEVICE-TAILORED MODEL-FREE ERROR CORRECTION IN QUANTUM PROCESSORSMarch 2020January 2023Allow3410NoNo
16815559HOST SYSTEM AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE HOST SYSTEMMarch 2020August 2021Allow1710NoNo
16814230Wireless Transport Framework with Uncoded Transport TunnelingMarch 2020September 2021Allow1810NoNo
16645776QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTIONMarch 2020May 2022Allow2610NoNo
16807114METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENCE DETERMINATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020November 2021Allow2010NoNo
16798451PREVENTING READ DISTURBANCE ACCUMULATION IN A CACHE MEMORYFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1920NoNo
16795657MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NON-VOLATILE MEMORYFebruary 2020November 2020Allow900NoNo
16792820MEMORY DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE ERROR CORRECTION MODESFebruary 2020May 2021Allow1510NoNo
16791860DETERMINING SOFT DATAFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1710YesNo
16787045INTERLEAVING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1910NoNo
16782919Hyper-Graph Network Decoders for Algebraic Block CodesFebruary 2020March 2023Abandon3710NoNo
16781284CONFIGURATION SCHEME FOR LINK ESTABLISHMENTFebruary 2020June 2023Allow4120YesNo
16781913BIT-FLIPPING DECODER ARCHITECTURE FOR IRREGULAR QUASI-CYCLIC LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODESFebruary 2020August 2021Allow1910NoNo
16636128NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DECODINGFebruary 2020August 2022Allow3110NoNo
16779391MULTICHIP PACKAGE LINK ERROR DETECTIONJanuary 2020March 2021Allow1300NoNo
16774300DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTROL METHODJanuary 2020January 2022Allow2410NoNo
16741008LOW LATENCY AVAILABILITY IN DEGRADED REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT MEMORYJanuary 2020August 2021Allow1910NoNo
16741199GENERALIZED LOW-DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODES (GLDPC)January 2020March 2021Allow1400NoNo
16733815TIME VARYING DATA PERMUTATION APPARATUS AND METHODSJanuary 2020November 2020Allow1110NoNo
16733098HYBRID PHY WITH INTERLEAVED AND NON-INTERLEAVED RS-FEC AND FEC MODE DETERMINATION DURING ADAPTIVE LINK TRAINING PROTOCOLJanuary 2020February 2023Allow3700NoNo
16628209EFFICIENT INTERLEAVER DESIGNS FOR POLAR CODESJanuary 2020January 2022Allow2520YesNo
16628002METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT DATA DECODINGDecember 2019June 2021Abandon1710NoNo
16730962METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING WITH STRUCTURED LDPC CODESDecember 2019February 2021Allow1410NoNo
16728594Polar Code Encoding Method and ApparatusDecember 2019May 2021Allow1600NoNo
16728952METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DECODING QUANTUM STATESDecember 2019October 2021Allow2200NoNo
16626284ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2019March 2021Allow1510NoNo
16719274SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESDecember 2019May 2022Allow2910NoNo
16719529INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICEDecember 2019April 2021Allow1600NoNo
16717230SEPARATING PARITY DATA FROM HOST DATA IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMDecember 2019April 2021Allow1610YesNo
16717888STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION USING DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2019November 2022Allow3510NoNo
16715183CONFIGURABLE DATA PATH FOR MEMORY MODULESDecember 2019March 2022Allow2710NoNo
16711557SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES HAVING ENHANCED ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUITS THEREINDecember 2019June 2022Allow3010YesNo
16712727BLOCKCHAIN DATA STORAGE BASED ON SHARED NODES AND ERROR CORRECTION CODEDecember 2019May 2020Allow510YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RIZK, SAMIR WADIE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
15
Examiner Affirmed
9
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
6
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.5%
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
34
Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(47.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
18
(52.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
75.7%
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, 47.1% 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 RIZK, SAMIR WADIE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RIZK, SAMIR WADIE works in Art Unit 2112 and has examined 1,381 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RIZK, SAMIR WADIE's allowance rate of 91.1% places them in the 76% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RIZK, SAMIR WADIE receive 1.33 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RIZK, SAMIR WADIE is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 80% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RIZK, SAMIR WADIE. This interview benefit is in the 30% 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, 42.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 94% 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 56.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 64.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 47.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% 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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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 62% 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:

  • 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.
  • 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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