USPTO Examiner SIMONETTI NICHOLAS J - Art Unit 2137

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19012246COMPRESSOR FOR COMPRESSING CONTROL SIGNAL, DECOMPRESSOR FOR DECOMPRESSING CONTROL SIGNAL, AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE COMPRESSOR AND THE DECOMPRESSORJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1300NoNo
18905441DATATYPE ENGINE TO SUPPORT HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTINGOctober 2024December 2025Allow1510NoNo
18898142DYNAMIC PROGRAM SUSPEND DISABLE FOR RANDOM WRITE SSD WORKLOADSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310NoNo
18890080SYSTEM-ON-CHIP FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY DEVICES AND ITS DATA TRAINING METHODSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18821907MULTI-ACTUATOR DEVICE WITH SHARED READ CHANNELAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18776583REFRESHING A MEMORY BLOCK ON POWER UP BASED ON AN AGE AND/OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18773967MODIFYING ACCESS OPERATIONS BASED ON TEMPERATURE PROJECTIONSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18763244OPTIMIZED I/O PERFORMANCE REGULATION FOR NON-VOLATILE STORAGEJuly 2024July 2025Allow1200NoNo
18672327Data Storage Device and Method for Providing Video Grade Performance Without Memory Overprovisioning or Using Extra HardwareMay 2024December 2025Allow1810YesNo
18630313COUNTER QUEUES FOR A SYSTEM ON CHIPApril 2024October 2025Allow1810YesNo
18628881MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS AND MEMORY CONTROL METHODApril 2024October 2025Allow1800NoNo
18623061FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHODApril 2024April 2025Allow1300NoNo
18621747PRIORITIZED POWER BUDGET ARBITRATION FOR MULTIPLE CONCURRENT MEMORY ACCESS OPERATIONSMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18602637ENHANCED POWER MANAGEMENT OF FLASH MEMORY DEVICEMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810YesNo
18414210RESERVATION PERSISTENCE IN DISTRIBUTED BLOCK STORAGE SYSTEMSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18574362CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM PROGRAM, AND METHODDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18392471STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE CONTROLLER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLERDecember 2023August 2025Allow2020YesNo
18569518DRAM REFRESH CONTROL WITH MASTER WORDLINE GRANULARITY OF REFRESH INTERVALSDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18535650COMMAND TABLE GENERATOR FOR A MEMORY DEVICEDecember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18533727IMPROVED MEMORY PERFORMANCE USING MEMORY ACCESS COMMAND QUEUES IN MEMORY DEVICESDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18531162STORAGE DEVICE USING HOST MEMORY BUFFER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610YesNo
18520325ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF DETERMINING MEMORY ACCESS EFFICIENCY FOR MEMORY, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18520067MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOFNovember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18514926OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTIONNovember 2023August 2025Allow2010YesNo
18382026Object Retention Management in an Object-based Storage SystemOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18478735EFFICIENT CACHE DATA STORAGE FOR ITERATIVE WORKLOADSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18473423DATASET IMAGE CREATIONSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810YesNo
18368434Optimized I/O Performance Regulation for Non-Volatile StorageSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18466413MEMORY SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18461667MEMORY SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF, A MEMORY CONTROLLER AND A READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023February 2026Allow3000NoNo
18235068NEAR-MEMORY COMPUTE MODULEAugust 2023November 2024Allow1500NoNo
18449903MEMORY MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18232528METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING READ COMMAND, CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18230117RANDOM READS USING MULTI-PORT MEMORY AND ON-CHIP MEMORY BLOCKSAugust 2023April 2024Allow900NoNo
18228136SOFTWARE RAID/MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023December 2024Allow1700NoNo
18360252READ SCHEMES WITH ADJUSTMENT FOR NEIGHBORING WORD LINE SANITIZATIONJuly 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18222422SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DATA STORAGE WITH SPECIFIED DATA TRANSFER RATEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3040YesNo
18349962MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNITJuly 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18218576METHOD FOR PERFORMING ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN A MEMORY DEVICE, ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREOF, AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18215115UNLOADED CACHE BYPASSJune 2023June 2025Allow2320YesNo
18213613SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING FAST BLOCK DEVICESJune 2023March 2024Allow900YesNo
18335844SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING MEMORY INTEGRITYJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18330227DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR EDGE DEVICESJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18327474PRECISE LONGITUDINAL MONITORING OF MEMORY OPERATIONSJune 2023October 2024Allow1610NoNo
18136446Security of Embedded Devices Through a Device Lifecycle with a Device IdentifierApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18123436Virtual Block Pools For Protecting Device HealthMarch 2023September 2024Allow1810YesNo
18186476SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18044499DRAINING OPERATION FOR DRAINING DIRTY CACHE LINES TO PERSISTENT MEMORYMarch 2023October 2024Allow1900NoNo
18118406ACCLIMATING DATA STORAGE MEDIA AND COMPONENTS IN A DATA STORAGE LIBRARYMarch 2023July 2023Allow400YesNo
18176096POWER REDUCTION IN A CLOCK BUFFER OF A MEMORY MODULE BASED UPON MEMORY MODULE TOPOLOGYFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18176284CONTROLLING MEMORY MODULE CLOCK BUFFER POWER IN A SYSTEM WITH DUAL MEMORY CLOCKS PER MEMORY MODULEFebruary 2023October 2024Allow1910NoNo
18176268CONTROLLING MEMORY MODULE CLOCK BUFFER POWER IN A SYSTEM WITH A SINGLE MEMORY CLOCK PER MEMORY MODULEFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2320YesNo
18176121POWER REDUCTION IN A CLOCK BUFFER OF A MEMORY MODULE BASED UPON MEMORY MODULE SPEEDFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18173880MEMORY CONTROLLERFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18113307METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY WRITE REQUEST IN CACHE DEVICEFebruary 2023April 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18106343Protection of Objects in an Object-based Storage SystemFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18102034STORAGE AWARE APPLICATION SCHEDULINGJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010YesNo
18078098METHOD FOR PERFORMING ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN A MEMORY DEVICE, ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREOF, AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18000761AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING MEMORY ACCESS REQUESTSDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18073079SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND TEST SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310YesNo
17925687RANDOM WRITE METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2022April 2024Allow1710YesNo
17985674PREFETCH KERNELS ON DATA-PARALLEL PROCESSORSNovember 2022December 2023Allow1320NoNo
17924868NONVOLATILE MEMORY SCHEDULING METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17981390Proactive Traffic Shaping with Service LevelsNovember 2022May 2024Allow1800NoNo
17980098MEMORY CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICENovember 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17978155LOAD BALANCING IN A STORAGE SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2023Allow400NoNo
17976728AGGREGATING SMALL REMOTE MEMORY ACCESS REQUESTSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2710YesNo
17976721DATATYPE ENGINE TO SUPPORT HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTINGOctober 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17974881MEMORY COHERENCE PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNICATING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A SHARED STATE BETWEEN PROCESSOR CORESOctober 2022February 2025Allow2820YesNo
17972603Device for packet processing accelerationOctober 2022April 2024Allow1700NoNo
17970628STORAGE CONTROLLER PERFORMING ACTIVE ZONE REFRESH, METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE CONTROLLER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICE HAVING STORAGE CONTROLLEROctober 2022May 2025Allow3120YesNo
17967626STORAGE DEVICE AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF A STORAGE CONTROLLER THEREOFOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510YesNo
18045421EVICTING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA INTAKE AND QUERY SYSTEM FROM A LOCAL STORAGEOctober 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
17962387METHOD FOR POWER REDUCTION IN MEMORY MODULESOctober 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
17934940REFRESHING A MEMORY BLOCK ON POWER UP BASED ON AN AGE AND/OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810YesNo
17933944METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNING A MEMORY DEVICE FOR HIGH-SPEED TRANSITIONSSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910YesNo
17934060MIGRATION OF DATA TO MAINTAIN DATA RESILIENCYSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17934153IMPLEMENTING DATA FLOWS OF AN APPLICATION ACROSS A MEMORY HIERARCHY OF A DATA PROCESSING ARRAYSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210YesNo
17933720HYBRID LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL MAPPING FOR ZNS BASED SSDSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2420YesNo
17933183MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR BIT FLIPPING OF LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODESSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2420NoNo
17931746INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2830YesNo
17880481METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE CACHE STAMPEDINGAugust 2022October 2024Allow2630YesNo
17870194ACCLIMATING DATA STORAGE MEDIA AND COMPONENTS IN A DATA STORAGE LIBRARYJuly 2022November 2022Allow400NoNo
17870600INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2022December 2023Allow1700NoNo
17793454READ-WRITE METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE MEMORY MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2023Allow1510NoNo
17853466Storage Operation Routing in a Container SystemJune 2022March 2025Allow3220YesNo
17850020Optimized I/O Performance Regulation for Non-Volatile StorageJune 2022June 2023Allow1220YesNo
17846732Buffer Management in Memory Systems for Read and Write RequestsJune 2022October 2022Allow400NoNo
17786281CONTAINER-BASED CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORJune 2022May 2023Allow1110NoNo
17840932METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MEMORY POWER CONSUMPTION, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022October 2023Allow1600NoNo
17663767METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING MEMORY CHIP, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022January 2024Allow2000NoNo
17745389POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON DETECTED VOLTAGE PARAMETER LEVELS IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMMay 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17663609Adaptive Memory SystemMay 2022October 2022Allow500NoNo
17744072ACCUMULATED DATA TRANSFER AMOUNT ACCESSMay 2022June 2023Allow1300NoNo
17732621Configuring Storage Systems Based On Storage Utilization PatternsApril 2022May 2025Allow3620YesNo
17764113MANAGING RUNTIME APPARATUS FOR TIERED OBJECT MEMORY PLACEMENTMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310YesNo
17679111FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SENDING READ COMMAND OR DATA TOGGLE COMMAND TO ASK FOR FLASH MEMORY DEVICE RETURN MORE PLANE DATA OF DIFFERENT PLANESFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2200NoNo
17678083AUTOMATED NON-DISRUPTIVE MIGRATION OF HOSTS TO AN AUTHENTICATED STORAGE ARRAY CONNECTIONFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17677088DATA STORAGE METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3020YesNo
17677544MODIFYING ACCESS OPERATIONS BASED ON TEMPERATURE PROJECTIONSFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
7
(70.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(30.0%)
Reversal Percentile
46.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.0% 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
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(36.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(63.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
60.5%
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, 36.8% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J works in Art Unit 2137 and has examined 375 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J's allowance rate of 85.6% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J receive 2.08 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J. This interview benefit is in the 28% 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, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% 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 30.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 25.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 29% 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 61.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 31.2% 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, 27.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 15% 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 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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:

    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

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