USPTO Examiner CYGIEL GARY W - Art Unit 2137

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18426508PREMATURE INCOMING PACKET PROCESSINGJanuary 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18456016STORAGE TRAFFIC PATTERN DETECTION IN MEMORY DEVICESAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18340810Memory controller for micro-threaded memory operationsJune 2023February 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18335328METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAMEJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18204854MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ERROR CORRECTION PROCESSINGJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18199284SYNTHESIZING FORMAT-SPECIFIC FULL BACKUP IMAGESMay 2023February 2025Allow2120NoNo
18318672Address Hashing in a Multiple Memory Controller SystemMay 2023October 2024Allow1710YesNo
18312109ADDRESS SCHEDULING METHODS FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY CELL ARRAYSMay 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18178953STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18172783Efficient Direct-Access Buffer Management In A Data CommunicationFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18160077Systems and Methods for Cooperative Caching between File Systems and Block StorageJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710NoNo
18081468DYNAMIC LOGICAL PAGE SIZES FOR MEMORY DEVICESDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910NoNo
18078495VIRTUALIZED-IN-HARDWARE INPUT OUTPUT MEMORY MANAGEMENTDecember 2022October 2023Allow1000NoNo
17992761SHARING NODE STORAGE RESOURCES WITH THE ENTIRE CLUSTERNovember 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17972176FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2022October 2023Allow1100NoNo
17972357METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INCREMENTAL APPROXIMATION BACKUPS OF LIMITED ACCESS CLOUD DATAOctober 2022October 2024Allow2420NoNo
17953082EFFICIENTLY ACCESSING, STORING AND TRANSMITTING DATA ELEMENTSSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17932135Circuit and Method for Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) ImplementationSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1900NoNo
17944553PROTECTION OF MEMORY USING MULTIPLE ADDRESS TRANSLATION FUNCTIONSSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110NoNo
17944572MEMORY CHANNEL DISABLEMENTSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610YesNo
17941801MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROLLERSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3130YesNo
17900400GLOBAL VIRTUAL ADDRESS SPACE ACROSS OPERATING SYSTEM DOMAINSAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17823432Erroneous Select Die Access (SDA) DetectionAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17895776MEMORY SYSTEMAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110YesNo
17893102ADDRESSING ZONE NAMESPACE AND NON-ZONED MEMORY BASED ON DATA CHARACTERISTICSAugust 2022June 2025Allow3340YesNo
17891180SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINE-GRAIN ADDRESS SPACE SELECTION IN A PROCESSORAugust 2022December 2024Abandon2720YesNo
17883191ADDRESS VERIFICATION AT A MEMORY SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17857748CPU CACHEJuly 2022April 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17856556STORAGE TRAFFIC PATTERN DETECTION IN MEMORY DEVICESJuly 2022April 2023Allow910NoNo
17854248PARTIAL LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL (L2P) ADDRESS TRANSLATION TABLE FOR MULTIPLE NAMESPACESJune 2022April 2024Allow2120NoYes
17841933HOST-ASSISTED IO SERVICE LEVELS UTILIZING FALSE-POSITIVE SIGNALINGJune 2022December 2023Allow1800NoNo
17806841MEMORY SYSTEMJune 2022November 2024Allow2921NoNo
17718143VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY SNAPSHOTS IN PERSISTENT MEMORYApril 2022February 2024Allow2210YesNo
17712520METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAMEApril 2022March 2023Allow1110YesNo
17753345TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER INVALIDATIONFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2120NoNo
17581785READ-DISTURB-BASED LOGICAL STORAGE READ TEMPERATURE INFORMATION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2620YesNo
17543024System and Method for Shared Memory Ownership Using ContextDecember 2021February 2025Abandon3940YesNo
17593319PAGE TABLE STRUCTURESeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020NoNo
17472272DATA RELOCATION FOR INLINE METADATASeptember 2021January 2024Allow2811YesNo
17445481MANAGING PACKAGE SWITCHING BASED ON SWITCHING PARAMETERSAugust 2021February 2023Allow1800NoNo
17381566REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION BY SELECTIVE MEMORY CHIP HIBERNATIONJuly 2021September 2022Allow1400NoNo
17424367CONTROL DEVICEJuly 2021September 2023Allow2610NoNo
17374492METHOD OF OPERATING HOST AND MEMORY SYSTEM CONNECTED THERETOJuly 2021February 2023Allow1910NoNo
17353349Address Hashing in a Multiple Memory Controller SystemJune 2021February 2023Allow2010YesNo
17347491HIGHLY CONCURRENT DATA STORE ALLOCATIONJune 2021May 2023Allow2320YesNo
17336347METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A READ VOLTAGE LEVEL OR LOG LIKELIHOOD RATIO OF A MEMORY BASED ON A CALCULATED BIT CHANGE RATIO, MEMORY CONTROLLING CIRCUIT UNIT, AND MEMORY STORAGE DEVICEJune 2021April 2025Allow4660NoNo
17293571MANAGING FREE SPACE IN A COMPRESSED MEMORY SYSTEMMay 2021August 2023Allow2810NoNo
17316960METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENTMay 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17315575PARTIAL LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL (L2P) ADDRESS TRANSLATION TABLE FOR MULTIPLE NAMESPACESMay 2021April 2022Allow1100NoNo
17246707Data processing method for improving access performance of memory device and data storage device utilizing the sameMay 2021March 2023Allow2220NoNo
17235819STORAGE DEVICEApril 2021May 2023Abandon2420NoNo
17225938EFFICIENTLY ACCESSING, STORING AND TRANSMITTING DATA ELEMENTSApril 2021November 2022Allow2010NoNo
17184993MEMORY SYSTEMFebruary 2021January 2023Allow2310NoNo
17176818Storage System and Method for Time-Based Data RetrievalFebruary 2021January 2023Allow2310YesNo
17170280HARDWARE ACCESSIBLE EXTERNAL MEMORYFebruary 2021June 2023Allow2820NoNo
17161155MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2021September 2023Allow3240YesNo
17260109BINARY SEARCH PROCEDURE FOR CONTROL TABLE STORED IN MEMORY SYSTEMJanuary 2021October 2023Allow3320NoNo
17137942ADDRESS SCHEDULING METHODS FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY CELL ARRAYSDecember 2020February 2023Allow2520YesNo
17133166SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SECURE ACCESS TO A TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE ON A HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMDecember 2020March 2024Allow3940YesNo
17125542PAGING OF EXTERNAL MEMORYDecember 2020October 2021Allow1020NoNo
17117907DYNAMIC LOGICAL PAGE SIZES FOR MEMORY DEVICESDecember 2020August 2022Allow2010NoNo
16953549GATE SIGNAL CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DDR MEMORY SYSTEMNovember 2020April 2022Allow1700NoNo
16953079LOGIC MODULE FOR USE WITH ENCODED INSTRUCTIONSNovember 2020December 2023Allow3740YesNo
17088364PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (PAM) FOR MULTI-HOST SUPPORT IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMNovember 2020February 2023Allow2820NoNo
17087404MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEMNovember 2020September 2021Allow1100NoNo
16949452PROGRAM OPERATION EXECUTION DURING PROGRAM OPERATION SUSPENDOctober 2020January 2024Abandon3840YesNo
17082021CONTROL DEVICE WITH ATTRIBUTE SETTING FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE, ATTRIBUTE SETTING SYSTEM FOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE, METHOD OF SETTING CONTROL DEVICE WITH ATTRIBUTES FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING A CONTROL DEVICE WITH ATTRIBUTESOctober 2020April 2024Allow4150YesNo
17080854READ VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITOctober 2020April 2024Allow4260NoNo
17078547MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ERROR CORRECTION PROCESSINGOctober 2020March 2023Allow2820NoNo
17078304CONTROLLING ACCESS REQUESTS OF REQUEST NODESOctober 2020September 2022Allow2220NoNo
17048937MEMORY-ACCESS CONTROLOctober 2020March 2023Allow2920YesNo
17069740SINGLE MEMORY BANK STORAGE FOR SERVICING MEMORY ACCESS COMMANDSOctober 2020July 2023Abandon3330YesNo
17063447FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2020June 2022Allow2010NoNo
17061889ADAPTIVE MEMORY TRANSACTION SCHEDULINGOctober 2020July 2022Allow2211NoNo
17043536METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MARKING DIRTY BITS IN L2P TABLE BASED ON SOLID STATE DRIVESeptember 2020February 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17043482METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MAPPING TABLE RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON SSD, AND COMPUTER DEVICESeptember 2020July 2023Allow3310NoNo
17042584DATA MIGRATION BETWEEN STORAGE SYSTEMS USING DIFFERENT PROTOCOLSSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
17026963MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF MANAGING MEMORY ADDRESS TRANSLATION TABLE USING HETEROGENEOUS MEMORIES AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEMORY ADDRESS THEREBYSeptember 2020March 2023Allow3040YesNo
17019454DATA MOVER CIRCUITRY FOR N-DIMENSIONAL DATA IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUITSeptember 2020January 2022Allow1610YesNo
16995935MEMORY CONTROLLER INCLUDING PLURALITY OF ADDRESS MAPPING TABLES, SYSTEM ON CHIP, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2020June 2022Allow2220YesNo
16992728ADDRESSING ZONE NAMESPACE AND NON-ZONED MEMORY BASED ON DATA CHARACTERISTICSAugust 2020April 2022Allow2010YesNo
16991893RESTARTABLE, LOCK-FREE CONCURRENT SHARED MEMORY STATE WITH POINTERSAugust 2020January 2022Allow1700NoNo
16988327Search for an Optimized Read VoltageAugust 2020September 2021Allow1300NoNo
16984132METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA ACCESS MANAGEMENT OF ALL FLASH ARRAY SERVERAugust 2020July 2024Allow4760YesNo
16942545MASTER SLAVE MANAGED MEMORY STORAGEJuly 2020July 2023Allow3640YesNo
16941693DELETION OF VOLUMES IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMSJuly 2020March 2022Allow1911NoNo
16940611DATA MOVER SELECTION SYSTEMJuly 2020March 2022Allow1910NoNo
16938454REBUILDING LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL ADDRESS MAPPING WITH LIMITED MEMORYJuly 2020March 2022Allow1910NoNo
16937213STORAGE TRAFFIC PATTERN DETECTION IN MEMORY DEVICESJuly 2020February 2022Allow1910YesNo
16933755MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMS INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICES OF VARIOUS LATENCIES AND CAPACITIESJuly 2020February 2023Allow3140YesNo
16924028Data Processing Method, Apparatus, and Computing DeviceJuly 2020February 2022Allow1910YesNo
16916019Operation-Deterministic Write Operations For Data Recovery And Integrity ChecksJune 2020December 2022Allow2920YesNo
16912377METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STORAGE DEVICE IN STORAGE SYSTEMJune 2020December 2021Allow1800NoNo
16911441SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINE-GRAIN ADDRESS SPACE SELECTION IN A PROCESSORJune 2020May 2022Allow2220YesNo
16898781EPOCH-BASED DETERMINATION OF COMPLETION OF BARRIER TERMINATION COMMANDJune 2020March 2022Allow2110NoNo
16893033Storage System and Method for Retention-Based Zone DeterminationJune 2020August 2022Allow2730YesNo
16891778METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ACCELERATION OF A MAPPING TABLE RECONSTRUCTIONJune 2020February 2022Abandon2100YesNo
16884631MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROLLERMay 2020June 2022Allow2420YesNo
16883869INFERENCE IN MEMORYMay 2020June 2024Allow4870YesNo
16881556Scaling of an Ordered Event StreamMay 2020February 2022Allow2010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CYGIEL, GARY W.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
7
(58.3%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(41.7%)
Reversal Percentile
63.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 41.7% 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
22
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(45.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(54.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
71.8%
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, 45.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner CYGIEL, GARY W - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CYGIEL, GARY W works in Art Unit 2137 and has examined 386 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CYGIEL, GARY W's allowance rate of 84.2% 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 CYGIEL, GARY W receive 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 81% 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 CYGIEL, GARY W is 28 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 +4.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CYGIEL, GARY W. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 22.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 37.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 22.2% 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, 23.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 4.9% of allowed cases (in the 79% 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:

  • 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.

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