USPTO Examiner DARE RYAN A - Art Unit 2136

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18695815REQUEST PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18480368INCREASED EFFICIENCY OBFUSCATED LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL MAP MANAGEMENTOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18284266ARCHITECTURAL EXTENSIONS FOR MEMORY MIRRORING AT PAGE GRANULARITY ON DEMANDSeptember 2023January 2026Abandon2720NoNo
18315828SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF MODULESMay 2023January 2026Abandon3230NoNo
18130834LIVE BROWSING OF GRANULAR MAILBOX DATAApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18126656VIRTUAL DISK STORAGE TECHNIQUESMarch 2023August 2024Allow1720NoNo
18119943REDUNDANT STORAGE OF LOG DATA FOR RECEOVERY FROM STORAGE FAILUREMarch 2023August 2025Abandon2920NoNo
18110040MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM CODEWORD ADDRESSINGFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18097429INCREASED EFFICIENCY OBFUSCATED LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL MAP MANAGEMENTJanuary 2023May 2023Allow400NoNo
18068217COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEDecember 2022October 2024Abandon2110NoNo
18011510METHOD FOR SEARCHING FREE BLOCKS IN BITMAP DATA, AND RELATED COMPONENTSDecember 2022July 2023Allow700NoNo
18084407STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE METHOD FOR CACHING ADDRESS CONVERSION TABLEDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18067964Apparatus, System, and Method for Managing Commands of Solid-State Storage Using Bank InterleaveDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18081697DATA STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR STORING DATA USING TRIM BITMAP DATADecember 2022December 2024Abandon2420NoNo
18078539Virtual Memory Management Method and Apparatus Supporting Physical Addresses Larger Than Virtual AddressesDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18078364Overprovisioning Block Mapping for NamespaceDecember 2022May 2025Abandon2920NoNo
18078047ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING EXTERNAL MEMORY DEVICE TO STORE HARDWARE SETTING OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP FOR FAST BOOT AND POWER SAVING OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3440YesNo
18076618METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ON A MEMORY CARD IN SYNCHONISM WITH A RISE EDGE AND A FALL EDGE OF A CLOCK SIGNALDecember 2022November 2023Allow1120NoNo
17987421PARALLEL PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2022September 2023Abandon1010NoNo
17983685Method and Apparatus for Flexible RAID in SSDNovember 2022December 2023Allow1310NoNo
17962904Approximate Unique CountOctober 2022April 2023Allow610NoNo
17937981VALUE-DRIVEN PRIORITIZATION OF BACKUPS THROUGH TIME-LIMITED AIRGAPOctober 2022October 2024Allow2520NoNo
17959624MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORYOctober 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
17945256METHOD OF OPERATING A STORAGE DEVICE USING MULTI-LEVEL ADDRESS TRANSLATION AND A STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAMESeptember 2022September 2024Allow2420YesNo
17900072STORAGE SYSTEM, PATH CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022June 2024Abandon2220NoNo
17900074SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17891495STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING REFERENCE COUNT TO PROGRAM NONVOLATILE MEMORYAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110YesNo
17817443Variable Write Threshold Storage Replication Sites in a Distributed Storage NetworkAugust 2022December 2022Allow500NoNo
17814217SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STORING DATAJuly 2022May 2024Allow2220NoNo
17867375CENTER ALLOCATION DATA STRUCTUREJuly 2022November 2024Allow2820YesNo
17860369Data Parking for ZNS DevicesJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310YesNo
17861084Circuitry for Memory Address Collision PreventionJuly 2022April 2024Allow2120YesNo
17855560SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS ON STORAGE DEVICES IN PLACE OF DRIVE-BASED MAINTENANCE ROUTINESJune 2022November 2024Allow2830YesNo
17853219TECHNIQUES FOR SUSPEND OPERATIONSJune 2022August 2024Allow2620NoNo
17842197MULTI-PARTITION FILE SYSTEM FOR STORING VIDEO STREAMS IN A MANAGED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICEJune 2022February 2024Allow2010NoNo
17740268MEMORY ADAPTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD, STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITMay 2022November 2023Allow1910YesNo
17738579OFFLOADING DATA PROCESSING INTO COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE USING JOURNALINGMay 2022July 2024Allow2720NoNo
17737174APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING MEMORY MAP INFORMATION FROM FIRMWAREMay 2022November 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17737852FILE SYSTEM INTEGRATION INTO DATA MINING MODELMay 2022September 2024Allow2820YesNo
17730399STORAGE DEVICE OPERATING DATA COUNTER SYSTEMApril 2022September 2023Allow1700NoNo
17724725Storage System and Method for Preserving Overwritten Data to Allow a Future RollbackApril 2022November 2023Allow1910YesNo
17725359DRAM-less SSD With Recovery From HMB LossApril 2022November 2023Allow1910YesNo
17719255MEMORY CONTROLLER TO PROCESS REQUESTS FOR DRAM, CONTROL METHOD FOR MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022August 2024Allow2820NoNo
17706645METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA ACCESS PERFORMANCE SHAPING OF MEMORY DEVICEMarch 2022August 2023Allow1700NoNo
17638933INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ERROR CORRECTION AND READ MODIFY WRITE PROCESSINGFebruary 2022October 2023Allow2010NoNo
17668803MEMORY ADDRESS ALLOCATION AND CACHE MAPPING TO RETAIN DATA IN CACHEFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2420YesNo
17573169Log File System (LFS) Invalidation Command and Operational ModeJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2630YesNo
17572471Priority-Based Cache-Line Fitting in Compressed Memory Systems of Processor-Based SystemsJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17456994TECHNIQUES FOR PARTIAL WRITESNovember 2021March 2024Allow2820YesNo
17516007METHOD OF DATA CACHING AND DEVICE CACHING DATANovember 2021February 2024Allow2720NoNo
17479795Recovery From HMB LossSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2020YesNo
17479579WORKLOAD-ADAPTIVE OVERPROVISIONING IN SOLID STATE STORAGE DRIVE ARRAYSSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1710NoNo
17468160CODEWORD ROTATION FOR ZONE GROUPING OF MEDIA CODEWORDSSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1710NoNo
17404897VIRTUALIZATION OF PROCESS ADDRESS SPACE IDENTIFIERS FOR SCALABLE VIRTUALIZATION OF INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICESAugust 2021January 2023Allow1700NoNo
17429889METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTING SYSTEMAugust 2021January 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17396550SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR WEAR-LEVEL AWARE MEMORY ALLOCATIONAugust 2021June 2024Allow3430YesNo
17382839OPTIMIZED MEMORY TIERINGJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4140NoNo
17376827KEY-VALUE STORES WITH OPTIMIZED MERGE POLICIES AND OPTIMIZED LSM-TREE STRUCTURESJuly 2021January 2023Allow1800NoNo
17376192FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2021September 2022Allow1400NoNo
17368306APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING A FREE MEMORY BLOCK IN A MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2021May 2023Allow2320YesNo
17367438FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2021August 2022Allow1400NoNo
17304834APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SECURE MEMORY ACCESS CONTROLJune 2021September 2024Allow3900NoNo
17353359LIVE BROWSING OF GRANULAR MAILBOX DATAJune 2021December 2022Allow1810NoNo
17348155ADMINISTERING A SHARED, ON-LINE POOL OF DATA STORAGE RESOURCES FOR PERFORMING DATA STORAGE OPERATIONSJune 2021September 2023Abandon2710NoNo
17348583MULTI-STREAMING BACKUP OPERATIONS FOR MAILBOXESJune 2021October 2022Allow1600NoNo
17343116APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMANDS OF SOLID-STATE STORAGE USING BANK INTERLEAVEJune 2021October 2022Allow1620NoNo
17336633CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2021December 2023Abandon3020NoNo
17336944BRAIN INSPIRED LEARNING MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2021April 2025Abandon4650YesNo
17332468MEMORY MANAGEMENTMay 2021October 2022Allow1710NoNo
17324312METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA READS IN HOST PERFORMANCE ACCELERATION MODEMay 2021September 2022Allow1600NoNo
17324302METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA READS IN HOST PERFORMANCE ACCELERATION MODEMay 2021September 2022Allow1600NoNo
17306976Data processing method for improving access performance of memory device and data storage device utilizing the sameMay 2021February 2023Allow2210NoNo
17238791MEMORY INSTRUCTION FOR MEMORY TIERSApril 2021June 2023Allow2620NoNo
17236073METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA ON A MEMORY CARD IN SYNCHONISM WITH A RISE EDGE AND A FALL EDGE OF A CLOCK SIGNALApril 2021September 2022Allow1710NoNo
17224005Approximate Unique CountApril 2021June 2022Allow1500NoNo
17215350COMPRESSIBILITY INSTRUMENTED DYNAMIC VOLUME PROVISIONINGMarch 2021September 2022Allow1810NoNo
17154185MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORYJanuary 2021August 2022Allow1810NoNo
17260758AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USE OF BOUNDED POINTERSJanuary 2021July 2022Allow1810NoNo
17255189DYNAMIC MEMORY DEDUPLICATION TO INCREASE EFFECTIVE MEMORY CAPACITYDecember 2020December 2022Allow2420NoNo
17107135Write Performance Distribution Monitoring for Write Operation AdaptationNovember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17103036DATA TEMPORARY STORAGE APPARATUS, DATA TEMPORARY STORAGE METHOD AND OPERATION METHODNovember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
17052936PARALLEL PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2020August 2022Allow2110NoNo
17063385Method and Apparatus for Flexible RAID in SSDOctober 2020July 2022Allow2110NoNo
17062560PASSING DATA BETWEEN PROGRAMS USING READ-ONCE MEMORYOctober 2020August 2022Allow2220NoNo
17035198METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMPLIFYING GARBAGE COLLECTION OPERATIONS IN HOST-MANAGED DRIVESSeptember 2020June 2022Abandon2020YesNo
17031518METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PERSISTENCE TO REMOTE NON-VOLATILE MEMORYSeptember 2020July 2023Allow3430YesNo
17009694STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE METHOD FOR CACHING ADDRESS CONVERSION TABLESeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17007006MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM CODEWORD ADDRESSINGAugust 2020November 2022Allow2620NoNo
16975255CAPABILITY WRITE ADDRESS TRACKINGAugust 2020November 2022Allow2730NoNo
16940952SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT BACKGROUND DEDUPLICATION DURING HARDENINGJuly 2020March 2023Allow3240YesNo
16963411KEY-VALUE STORES WITH OPTIMIZED MERGE POLICIES AND OPTIMIZED LSM-TREE STRUCTURESJuly 2020June 2021Allow1100NoNo
16906006MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE THEREOFJune 2020February 2021Allow810NoNo
16889244MEMORY DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MEMORIES SHARING A RESISTANCE FOR IMPEDANCE MATCHINGJune 2020April 2023Allow3531YesNo
16886485MEMORY SYSTEM FOR STORING DATA OF LOG-STRUCTURED MERGE TREE STRUCTURE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2020June 2022Allow2510NoNo
16875706ERROR-CHECKING IN NAMESPACES ON STORAGE DEVICESMay 2020September 2021Allow1610NoNo
16864437MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS WHICH MAY FACILITATE TENSOR MEMORY ACCESS WITH MEMORY MAPS BASED ON MEMORY OPERATIONSMay 2020October 2022Allow2920YesNo
16858345Data Parking for SSDs with ZonesApril 2020December 2021Allow2000NoNo
16806173MEMORY SYSTEM WITH HIERARCHICAL TABLESMarch 2020November 2022Allow3340YesNo
16788533MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2220NoNo
16788724LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL MAPPINGFebruary 2020February 2021Allow1210YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DARE, RYAN A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
4
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
50.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
37
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(29.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
26
(70.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.8%
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, 29.7% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner DARE, RYAN A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DARE, RYAN A works in Art Unit 2136 and has examined 357 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DARE, RYAN A's allowance rate of 82.1% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by DARE, RYAN A receive 2.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DARE, RYAN A is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DARE, RYAN A. This interview benefit is in the 6% 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, 25.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 42% 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 36.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 60.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 50% 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 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 51.9% 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 55% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 10% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.

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.