USPTO Examiner BATAILLE PIERRE MICHE - Art Unit 2136

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18912072MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND MEMORY CONTROL METHODOctober 2024September 2025Allow1100NoNo
18761713Page Pool Descriptor CacheJuly 2024August 2025Allow1320YesNo
18725250APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EMBEDDING DATA IN GENETIC MATERIALJune 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18759793APPARATUS WITH RESPONSE COMPLETION PACINGJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18739263MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18715367Many-Core Definable Distributed Shared Storage StructureMay 2024September 2025Allow1610NoNo
18677697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN-STORAGE ACCELERATION (ISA) IN DATA STORAGE DEVICESMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18671775MEMORY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER CONTROL CIRCUITMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18650866Method and Apparatus for Allocating Data Storage SpaceApril 2024September 2025Allow1710YesNo
18651280Transparently Attached Flash Memory SecurityApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18650417EFFICIENT CACHE EVICTIONApril 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18638480TRANSISTOR CONFIGURATIONS FOR VERTICAL MEMORY ARRAYSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18636032CACHE PURGING IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED SYSTEMApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18634662CACHE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CACHE SCHEDULING USING SAMEApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18633240CALCULATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CALCULATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18624301PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING CACHE LINES TO A HIGHER-LEVEL CACHE MEMORYApril 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18623103Reducing set of policies with two or more hyper-dimensionsApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18623099Cache replacement systemApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18612028MEMORY DEVICE PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE FOR INCREASED BITS PER CELLMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18422162METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIMITING DATA TRAFFIC WHILE PROCESSING COMPUTER SYSTEM OPERATIONSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18420014Optimizing Usage Of Multiple Write Paths On Multi-Tenant Storage DevicesJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1710YesNo
18508840CACHE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CACHE SCHEDULING USING SAMENovember 2023January 2024Allow300NoNo
18504468SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACING INSTRUCTION CACHE MISSESNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010NoNo
18387320TOKENS TO INDICATE COMPLETION OF DATA STORAGENovember 2023February 2025Allow1520YesNo
18499525METHOD AND MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR OPTIMIZING AN ACCESS SCHEME FOR MEMORY ACCESSS OF A HOST TO A DATA MEMORYNovember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18494841DUAL DATA CHANNEL PEAK POWER MANAGEMENTOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18486165CONTROLLER OF STORAGE DEVICEOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18482707CACHE PURGING IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED SYSTEMOctober 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18553818PROCESSOR SUPPORT FOR USING CACHE WAY-LOCKING TO SIMULTANEOUSLY RECORD PLURAL EXECUTION CONTEXTS INTO INDEPENDENT EXECUTION TRACESOctober 2023July 2025Allow2210YesNo
18465981DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18465560METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO INCREASE DATA REUSE FOR MULTIPLY AND ACCUMULATE (MAC) OPERATIONSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18366983STORAGE DEVICE WITH ERASE UNITS WRITTEN USING A COMMON PAGE OFFSETAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18228193DISK-BASED MERGE FOR COMBINING MERGED HASH MAPSJuly 2023September 2024Allow1400NoNo
18223662Data Storage Device and Method for Hiding Tweak Generation LatencyJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820YesNo
18217291Extended Attributes for Shared Page TablesJune 2023April 2025Allow2120YesNo
18345974RUNNING AVERAGE CACHE HIT RATEJune 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18343835MEMORY STORAGE WITH SELECTED PERFORMANCE MODEJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18344545STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING ADDRESS INFORMATION OF TARGET PAGE WITH OVERWRITTEN DUMMY DATA AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18343125PC-Based Memory PermissionsJune 2023November 2024Allow1620YesNo
18267392ALLOCATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONFIGURATION OF VOLUMES IN STORAGE SYSTEMSJune 2023May 2025Allow2300YesNo
18209967TECHNIQUES FOR STORING DATA AND TAGS IN DIFFERENT MEMORY ARRAYSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18325355CACHE FOR IDENTIFIERS REPRESENTING MERGED ACCESS CONTROL INFORMATIONMay 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18197469DATA DEFRAGMENTATION CONTROLMay 2023May 2025Allow2410NoNo
18315806APPLICATION OF A DEFAULT SHARED STATE CACHE COHERENCY PROTOCOLMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18308703CLONE VOLUME SPLIT OF CLONE VOLUME FROM PARENT VOLUME WITH DATA TIERED TO OBJECT STOREApril 2023June 2024Allow1400YesNo
18301851PROTECTING DATA FROM UNPRIVILEGED PROCESSESApril 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18190152MAPPING TABLE UPDATING METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITMarch 2023July 2024Allow1600NoNo
18124514STORAGE SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLANE SEGMENTS AND COOPERATIVE FLASH MANAGEMENTMarch 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18119565CACHING TECHNIQUES USING A MAPPING CACHE AND MAINTAINING CACHE COHERENCY USING PHYSICAL TO LOGICAL ADDRESS MAPPINGMarch 2023April 2024Allow1300NoNo
18180008CACHE MANAGEMENT USING EVICTION PRIORITY BASED ON MEMORY REUSEMarch 2023May 2025Allow2620YesNo
18179563STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710NoNo
18178568ARITHMETIC PROCESSING DEVICE AND ARITHMETIC PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023October 2024Allow1910NoNo
18170949MEMORY DEVICE FOR EFFICIENTLY DETERMINING WHETHER TO PERFORM RE-TRAINING OPERATION AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18169852PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING CACHE LINES TO A HIGHER-LEVEL CACHE MEMORYFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1600NoNo
18105967MEMORY SYSTEM AND SOC INCLUDING LINEAR ADDRESS REMAPPING LOGICFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1220YesNo
18019329MEMORY CONTROLLER AND FLASH MEMORY SYSTEMFebruary 2023February 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18153785SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MACHINE LEARNING DISTRIBUTED CACHEJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18091025METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2022December 2024Allow2410NoNo
18090998MEMORY SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION OF THE MEMORY SYSTEMDecember 2022November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18090257DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED CACHE RINSINGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2820NoNo
18090251SHADOW TAG MANAGEMENT FOR ACCELERATOR PARTITIONSDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920YesNo
18067180CACHE SYSTEMSDecember 2022September 2025Allow3340NoNo
18058534RESOURCE-AWARE COMPRESSIONNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17986883HIGH-SPEED DATA TRANSFERS THROUGH STORAGE DEVICE CONNECTORSNovember 2022April 2025Allow2930YesNo
17986528CACHE OPTIMIZATION MECHANISMNovember 2022April 2025Allow2920NoNo
18053103HYBRID SCHEME FOR PERFORMING TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER (TLB) SHOOTDOWNSNovember 2022November 2024Allow2410YesNo
18052428NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING MULTI-STACK MEMORY BLOCK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022July 2024Allow2010NoNo
18049973APPARATUS WITH RESPONSE COMPLETION PACINGOctober 2022March 2024Allow1700NoNo
18049380STORAGE CONTROLLER DEALLOCATING MEMORY BLOCK, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2022August 2024Allow2220YesNo
18049121BIT ERROR MANAGEMENT IN MEMORY DEVICESOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
18047784METHOD FOR REMAPPING VIRTUAL ADDRESS TO PHYSICAL ADDRESS AND ADDRESS REMAPPING UNITOctober 2022May 2024Allow1910NoNo
18046642PROCESSOR, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLUSHING HIERARCHICAL CACHE STRUCTURE BASED ON A DESIGNATED KEY IDENTIFICATION CODE AND A DESIGNATED ADDRESSOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510NoNo
17965841Multiple Version Write Pending Support in Shared Global MemoryOctober 2022May 2024Allow1920NoNo
17965584ACTIVATE INFORMATION ON PRECEDING COMMANDOctober 2022April 2024Allow1900YesNo
17965700ADDRESS TRANSLATION CACHE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
17963001HOST ADDRESS SPACE IDENTIFIER FOR NON-UNIFORM MEMORY ACCESS LOCALITY IN VIRTUAL MACHINESOctober 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17961146METHOD FOR EXECUTING ATOMIC MEMORY OPERATIONS WHEN CONTESTEDOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17956995DATA CO-LOCATION USING ADDRESS HASHING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROCESSING IN MEMORYSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
17953011SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN-STORAGE ACCELERATION (ISA) IN DATA STORAGE DEVICESSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1620NoNo
17952230STORAGE DEVICE WITH ERASE UNIT LEVEL ADDRESS MAPPINGSeptember 2022May 2023Allow820YesNo
17951193Maintaining Transactional Consistency in Columnar EngineSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2220YesNo
17951964STORAGE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLANE SEGMENTS, COOPERATIVE ERASURE, METADATA AND FLASH MANAGEMENTSeptember 2022March 2023Allow610NoNo
17933232PROVIDING FAIRNESS-BASED ALLOCATION OF CACHES IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICESSeptember 2022July 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17946565DYNAMIC ORDERING OF MEMORY DIE PROGRAMMING IN A METABLOCKSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17945827MULTI-INTERFACE MEMORYSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3440YesYes
17931516HOST, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND METHODS WITH SUBDIVISIONS AND QUERY BASED WRITE OPERATIONSSeptember 2022January 2023Allow410YesNo
17931506STORAGE DEVICE WITH SUBDIVISIONS, SUBDIVISION QUERY, AND WRITE OPERATIONSSeptember 2022January 2023Allow410YesNo
17941790ZQ CALIBRATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEMORY INTERFACESSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2420YesNo
17942108MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM OPERATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17930439RUNTIME PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE DATASeptember 2022August 2024Allow2320NoNo
17930034Standalone ModeSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2220YesNo
17902078DATA CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND DATA CONTROL METHODSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17823371TRANSISTOR CONFIGURATIONS FOR VERTICAL MEMORY ARRAYSAugust 2022January 2024Allow1720YesNo
17820092SERVER RECOVERY FROM A CHANGE IN STORAGE CONTROL CHIPAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17877881Storage System with Multiplane Segments and Cooperative Flash ManagementJuly 2022February 2023Allow610YesNo
17872217MEMORY DEVICE PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE FOR INCREASED BITS PER CELLJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17813723SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CACHE MECHANISMJuly 2022November 2024Allow2820YesNo
17856433ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION OF MEMORY DEVICES USING HOST PROFILINGJuly 2022February 2024Allow2010YesNo
17856909MEMORY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER CONTROL CIRCUITJuly 2022February 2024Allow2010NoNo
17855442APPROACH FOR ENABLING CONCURRENT EXECUTION OF HOST MEMORY COMMANDS AND NEAR-MEMORY PROCESSING COMMANDSJune 2022January 2024Allow1810YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.4%
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
29
Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(65.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(34.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.2%
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, 65.5% 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 BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE works in Art Unit 2136 and has examined 648 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE's allowance rate of 94.8% places them in the 83% 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 BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE receive 1.67 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE. This interview benefit is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 80% 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 55.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 81% 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, 63.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 51% 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 82.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 47.8% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% 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 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.