USPTO Examiner GOLDSCHMIDT CRAIG S - Art Unit 2132

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18649352MANAGING DATA STORAGE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON A DETERMINED WRITE ABORT PROBABILITYApril 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18444215MEMORY DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE SETS OF LATENCIES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAMEFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510YesNo
18421594STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLERJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1300YesNo
18421263RESPONSE TIME ESTIMATION USING SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18410476UNIVERSAL STORAGE HANDLERJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1300YesNo
18401645Logical Back-End Device Entry-Based Slice Write DestageJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18393118Maintaining Control Information for Storage DevicesDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18542998DATA FLOW CONTROL AND ROUTING USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2023August 2024Allow810YesNo
18531432METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED VIRTUAL MEMORY TO MANAGE DATA COHERENCY IN A HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18526533MANAGING WEAR LEVELS OF STORAGE DEVICESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1200YesNo
18516966DATA ACCESS INTERFACE UNIT AND THE METHOD FOR PROCESSING I/O REQUESTSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1400YesNo
18478016Methods for Enhanced Memory Context RestoreSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18475359INPUT OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICESeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18448116Devices, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media to Back-up Parity InformationAugust 2023June 2025Allow2320YesNo
18360133RESEEDING A MEDIATOR OF A CROSS-SITE STORAGE SOLUTIONJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18226385Data Storage Device and Method for Predictable Low-Latency in a Time-Sensitive EnvironmentJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810YesNo
18356814FAST SELF-REFERENCED READ OF PROGRAMMABLE RESISTANCE MEMORY CELLSJuly 2023February 2025Allow1900NoNo
18221623MEMORY CONTROLLER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLERJuly 2023January 2025Allow1910YesNo
18348297DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING A PROTOCOL-INDEPENDENT INTERFACE SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF DATA PROTOCOLS, AND METHODS RELATED THERETOJuly 2023September 2024Allow1400NoNo
18216421DYNAMIC VOLUME ADJUSTMENTJune 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18213833DATA RECALL INFORMATIONJune 2023September 2024Allow1500YesNo
18210216DEEP CAUSAL LEARNING FOR DATA STORAGE AND PROCESSING POWER MANAGEMENTJune 2023January 2024Allow700YesNo
18332304METHODS FOR HANDLING STORAGE DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT ZONE SIZES AND DEVICES THEREOFJune 2023December 2023Allow600YesNo
18200453MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROLLERMay 2023January 2024Allow700YesNo
18296612Selecting Storage Resources Based On Data CharacteristicsApril 2023March 2025Allow2300YesNo
18194182Memory Block Reclamation Method and ApparatusMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18109269BRIDGE CONTROL CHIP AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18168419DATA PROTECTION USING DISTRIBUTED INTRA-DEVICE PARITY AND INTER-DEVICE PARITYFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1220YesNo
18099324APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18085986ERASE OPERATION WITH ELECTRON INJECTION FOR REDUCTION OF CELL-TO-CELL INTERFERENCE IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100NoNo
17993802DATA PROCESSING ON MEMORY CONTROLLERNovember 2022April 2023Allow500YesNo
18050547REUSING MEMORY ARRAYS FOR PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION (PUF) GENERATIONOctober 2022January 2024Allow1500NoNo
17971437INTEGRATED HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGEMENTOctober 2022October 2023Allow1120YesNo
17965149Domain-Specific Initial Configuration of High-Speed MemoryOctober 2022December 2023Allow1400NoNo
17939949SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BIAS MODE SWITCHINGSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2820YesNo
17903905MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHODSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2620YesNo
17893129MEMORY PROTOCOL WITH PROGRAMMABLE BUFFER AND CACHE SIZEAugust 2022November 2023Abandon1520NoNo
17797933DEEP CAUSAL LEARNING FOR DATA STORAGE AND PROCESSING POWER MANAGEMENTAugust 2022March 2023Allow700NoNo
17878788MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROLLERAugust 2022February 2023Allow700YesNo
17875424CREDIT AWARE CENTRAL ARBITRATION FOR MULTI-ENDPOINT, MULTI-CORE SYSTEMJuly 2022March 2025Allow3160NoNo
17873647TECHNIQUES FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENTJuly 2022July 2023Allow1110YesNo
17814438SYSTEM, METHOD AND/DEVICE FOR MANAGING MEMORY DEVICESJuly 2022February 2025Allow3020YesNo
17864900SECURE COMMAND MEMORY BUFFER TRANSFERS IN A LOW TRUST ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022December 2024Allow2900YesNo
17853896RESTORE TO FACTORY SETTINGS OF A MOBILE DATA STORAGE DEVICEJune 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17852927COMPRESSION RATIO-AWARE DATA DEDUPLICATIONJune 2022December 2023Allow1720YesNo
17808968COMPOSITE OPERATIONS USING MULTIPLE HIERARCHICAL DATA SPACESJune 2022April 2023Allow910NoNo
17845501DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2022December 2024Allow3010YesNo
17830838Multi-Mode Memory Module and Memory ComponentJune 2022December 2023Allow1820YesNo
17740229ERROR IDENTIFICATION IN MEMORY AND DISK ALLOCATION LAYOUTSMay 2022November 2023Allow1830NoNo
17738270METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING COMPUTING SYSTEM BASED ON CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTUREMay 2022March 2024Allow2220YesNo
17728064METHOD FOR SETTING UP AND EXPANDING STORAGE CAPACITY OF CLOUD WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF CLOUD SERVICES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING METHODApril 2022April 2024Abandon2420NoNo
17726008STORAGE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISCOVERY WITH LIMITED NUMBER OF PERSISTENT HOST DISCOVERY CONNECTIONSApril 2022October 2024Allow3000YesNo
17724182MEMORY INTERFACEApril 2022May 2025Allow3720NoNo
17659610SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETAINING DRAM DATA WHEN REPROGRAMMING RECONFIGUREABLE DEVICES WITH DRAM MEMORY CONTROLLERS INCORPORATING A DATA MAINTENANCE BLOCKApril 2022September 2023Abandon1710YesNo
17714362OPTIMIZATION FOR DIRECT WRITES TO RAID STRIPESApril 2022May 2023Allow1400NoNo
17636916DATA COLLECTOR IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17586417METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTER-STACK COMMUNICATION FOR LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGEMENTJanuary 2022July 2024Allow2920YesNo
17576539DATA FLOW CONTROL AND ROUTING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2200NoNo
17560945STORAGE CLASS MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A NETWORKDecember 2021June 2025Allow4200NoNo
17561598PERFECT ROW HAMMER TRACKING WITH MULTIPLE COUNT INCREMENTSDecember 2021June 2025Allow4210NoNo
17550967Management of Storage Space in Solid State Drives to Support Proof of Space ActivitiesDecember 2021November 2023Allow2300NoNo
17614989SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DEVICE MEDIA DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ROBOT DEVICENovember 2021December 2023Allow2420NoNo
17519799METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM A MULTIPLE BIT COLUMN READ USING A SINGLE BIT PER COLUMN MEMORY ACCESSIBLE BY ROW AND/OR BY COLUMNNovember 2021January 2025Allow3800NoNo
17608259DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RECOVERY INFORMATION OF AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICENovember 2021September 2024Allow3430YesNo
17453047Read Level Tracking By Random Threshold Movement With Short Feedback LoopNovember 2021November 2023Allow2410YesNo
17506857System and Method for Enabling Smart Network Interface Card (SmartNIC) Access to Local Storage ResourcesOctober 2021September 2023Allow2340YesNo
17495941STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHODOctober 2021December 2024Allow3820NoNo
17489195Alert Tracking In StorageSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2300YesNo
17474562DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHODSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1810NoNo
17474337DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHODSeptember 2021August 2023Abandon2320NoNo
17468892INCREASING PROVISIONED STORAGE CAPACITY BY MEANS OF GROWING UNDERLYING DISKS WITHIN A VIRTUAL STORAGE APPLIANCESeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310YesNo
17411506System and Method for Accelerated I/O Access Using Storage Array Driver in Off-The-Shelf ServerAugust 2021June 2023Allow2200YesNo
17392085MEMORY DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE SETS OF LATENCIES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2021October 2023Allow2730NoNo
17386305SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NVMe OVER FABRIC (NVMe-oF) NAMESPACE-BASED ZONINGJuly 2021June 2024Allow3520YesNo
17372737READ STREAM IDENTIFICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2021June 2023Allow2330NoNo
17366020SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE NEAR STORAGE COMPUTATIONJuly 2021January 2025Abandon4260YesNo
17348406INTEGRATED HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGEMENTJune 2021June 2022Allow1200YesNo
17348558DATA PROCESSING ON MEMORY CONTROLLERJune 2021July 2022Allow1300YesNo
17239860RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2021October 2023Abandon2940YesNo
17238757IMPLEMENTING A READ SETUP BURST COMMAND IN 3D NAND FLASH MEMORY TO REDUCE VOLTAGE THRESHOLD DEVIATION OVER TIMEApril 2021August 2023Allow2810YesNo
17225420TECHNIQUES FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENTApril 2021April 2022Allow1200YesNo
17219740RESEEDING A MEDIATOR OF A CROSS-SITE STORAGE SOLUTIONMarch 2021March 2023Allow2300YesNo
17201092MEMORY SYSTEMMarch 2021April 2023Allow2520NoNo
17198742MEMORY SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND STORAGE DEVICE USING THE SAMEMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810YesNo
17191812VIRTUAL STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2021July 2023Allow2910NoNo
17190671METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED VIRTUAL MEMORY TO MANAGE DATA COHERENCY IN A HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2021November 2023Allow3230YesNo
17249463HIERARCHICAL WORKLOAD ALLOCATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2021April 2023Allow2520NoNo
17187340Cluster Rebalance Using User Defined RulesFebruary 2021March 2023Allow2530YesNo
17185779Dynamic Volume Storage AdjustmentFebruary 2021April 2023Allow2510YesNo
17180672RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A STORAGE SYSTEMFebruary 2021September 2023Abandon3130NoNo
17157609ADAPTIVE SRAM MEMORY CONTROLJanuary 2021April 2025Allow5120NoYes
17144999DATA MIGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2021October 2023Allow3340YesNo
17140785UFS BASED IDLE TIME GARBAGE COLLECTION MANAGEMENTJanuary 2021June 2023Allow3030YesNo
17107597Supervised Learning With Closed Loop Feedback To Improve Input Output Consistency Of Solid State DrivesNovember 2020February 2023Allow2710YesNo
17075449DATA PROTECTION USING INTRA-DEVICE PARITY AND INTER-DEVICE PARITYOctober 2020October 2022Allow2420YesNo
17036275Apparatus and Method for Fast-Path Memory OperationsSeptember 2020May 2023Abandon3240NoNo
16988326MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROLLERAugust 2020April 2022Allow2100YesNo
16944316METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF STORAGEJuly 2020July 2022Allow2300NoNo
16942380Multi-Mode Memory Module and Memory ComponentJuly 2020March 2022Allow1900YesNo
16936578STORING A DATA BLOCK IN A LOG-STRUCTURED RAID DRIVE ARRAYJuly 2020March 2024Abandon4440YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
14
Examiner Affirmed
10
(71.4%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(28.6%)
Reversal Percentile
43.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.6% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
18
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(22.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(77.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
26.2%
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, 22.2% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S works in Art Unit 2132 and has examined 400 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S's allowance rate of 81.0% places them in the 45% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S receive 1.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S 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 +21.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S. This interview benefit is in the 70% 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, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 35% 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 16.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 48.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 23.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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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