USPTO Examiner BENNER JANE WEI - Art Unit 2139

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19104166ATOMICITY ASSURANCE IN WRITE THROUGH MODEFebruary 2025March 2026Allow1300YesNo
18972375ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2024February 2026Allow1401YesNo
18967484METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18965539SOLID STATE DRIVE WITH CONCURRENT READ EXECUTION AND ERASE EXECUTIONDecember 2024November 2025Allow1200YesNo
18868538PROCESSOR-DEPENDENT ADDRESS TRANSLATION FOR HOST MEMORY BUFFERNovember 2024January 2026Allow1300NoNo
18921891CONTROLLER AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TIMING CHARCTERISTICS USING COLLECTED METRICS AND A TELEMETRY RATIOOctober 2024December 2025Allow1410NoNo
18918693HOST IDENTIFICATION FOR A MEMORY SYSTEMOctober 2024November 2025Allow1300YesNo
18894641SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MULTI-FACTOR FEEDBACK CONTROL TO ALLOCATE MEMORY RESOURCESSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1200YesNo
18893737PROGRAMMING-IN-PROCESS FLAG FOR FUSE ELEMENTSSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1610YesNo
18819487ENHANCED WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT USING INTERNAL COPY AND/OR ZONE-APPEND TECHNOLOGIESAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18816595STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2024November 2025Allow1400YesNo
18800905MEMORY SYSTEMS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, CONTROL METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS TO INCREASE UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES BY MULTIPLE COMMANDSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18777942Data Storage Device and Method for Using Multiple Models for Predicting a Read ThresholdJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18770866MEMORY ALLOCATION FOR MICROCONTROLLER EXECUTIONJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18772045SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING REGIONS OF A MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18758297TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING DATA CONSISTENCYJune 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18759328Storage Node Configuration Apparatus and Method for Efficient Burst Access HandlingJune 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18745293DATA VALIDATION CHECKPOINT AND FLASH MEMORY ROLLBACKJune 2024December 2025Allow1810YesNo
18714655NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE SHARED MEMORYMay 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18676887FAST RESYNCHRONIZATION OF A MIRRORED AGGREGATE USING DISK-LEVEL CLONINGMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18664723STORAGE DEVICE FOR REDUCING MULTI STREAM WRITE IMBALANCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFMay 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18658049MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING BACKGROUND OPERATIONMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18658445PERFORMING WRITE OPERATIONS AT INCREASED WRITE SPEEDS BASED ON POTENTIAL EVENTSMay 2024August 2025Allow1610YesNo
18655716SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ASYNCHRONOUS READ/WRITE SUPPORT IN DDR CONTROLLERSMay 2024July 2025Allow1400YesNo
18652604HOST INITIATED GARBAGE COLLECTIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18638476TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED READ PERFORMANCE ON REPURPOSED BLOCKS OF MEMORY CELLSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18619541AUTOMATED POWER LIMIT WRITE PACING TO CONTROL NAND ENDURANCEMarch 2024July 2025Allow1500NoNo
18615405MEMORY PROTECTION UNIT WITH SECURE DELEGATIONMarch 2024July 2025Allow1600NoNo
18611312HARD DRIVE ANTI-THEFT PROTECTIONMarch 2024June 2025Allow1500YesNo
18602955SYSTEM AND MEMORY FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK USING ADDRESS MAP FOR BURST MODE UTILIZATIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18581353FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND ADDRESS MAPPING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLERFebruary 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18434375SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS BETWEEN DECKS OF A MEMORY SYSTEMFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18413683MANAGING RECLAIM UNIT HANDLES TO CONTROL ACCESS TO A FLEXIBLE DATA PLACEMENT DRIVEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18402864Optimal Memory Slot Size Selection for Random Read Miss IO OperationsJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18401642Remote Data Integrity Verification on a Remote Data Replication FacilityJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1100YesNo
18541176DATA SWAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110NoNo
18541825Replication Using Logical Data IdentifiersDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18527990CONTROLLER FOR REGULATING AND SECURING ACCESS TO ONE TIME PROGRAMMABLE (OTP) MEMORYDecember 2023July 2025Allow2010YesNo
18523747SINGLE INPUT/OUTPUT WRITES IN A FILE SYSTEM HOSTED ON A CLOUD, VIRTUAL, OR COMMODITY-SERVER PLATFORMNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18520351REPLACING KEY-VALUE PAIR SETS WITH NEW KEY-VALUE PAIR SETSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1200NoNo
18515218DEVICE CACHE ENGINE FOR A CACHE-COHERENT INTERCONNECT MEMORY EXPANSIONNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210YesNo
18508141LATENCY REDUCTION USING STREAM CACHENovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18384701COUNTER-BASED PREFETCH MANAGEMENT FOR MEMORYOctober 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18487595Offloading Machine Learning CapabilitiesOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18486579TECHNIQUES FOR USER SNAPSHOT ORCHESTRATION DURING ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1100NoNo
18484594MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY RECORDING DIGITAL CONTENT AND CIRCUIT SYSTEM THEREOFOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18373234MIGRATING DATA BETWEEN BYTE-ADDRESSABLE AND BLOCK-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE DEVICES IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICESSeptember 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18454265MEMORY SYSTEMAugust 2023May 2025Allow2110NoNo
18450607MEMORY SYSTEM AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STORING TABLEAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310YesNo
18446535CACHE SYSTEMS WITH AGE-BASED EVICTIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18230094HOST IDENTIFICATION SUPPORTING MEMORY SYSTEM OPERATING PARAMETER CUSTOMIZATIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18364042METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING FILE IN FILE SYSTEM USING A REMAP COMMANDAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310YesNo
18228799READ ACCESS MANAGEMENT OF HOST PERFORMANCE BOOSTER (HPB) REGIONS BY A STORAGE DEVICEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18361531RECORD AND PLAYBACK COMMANDS FOR STORAGE DEVICESJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18226449Data Storage Device and Method for Host-Controlled Data CompressionJuly 2023February 2025Allow1810YesNo
18224405SSD SYSTEM WITH CONSISTENT READ PERFORMANCEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3021YesNo
18214427INITIALIZATION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER, MEMORY DEVICE AND HOSTJune 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18320407WRITING BEYOND A POINTERMay 2023May 2024Allow1200YesNo
18199057PRIORITIZATION OF BACKGROUND MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS IN MEMORY SYSTEMSMay 2023December 2024Allow1910NoNo
18251157APPLICATION-LEVEL MEMORY CONTROL GROUP MEMORY RECLAMATIONApril 2023November 2024Allow1810NoNo
18141362SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DEVICE MEMORY AND DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY AND PROGRAMSApril 2023January 2026Allow3330YesNo
18304813MEMORY SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING ON-DIE TERMINATION SETTINGS OF MULTI-RANKS, METHOD OF OPERATION OF MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY CONTROLLERApril 2023February 2025Allow2220YesNo
18131286SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MULTI-FACTOR FEEDBACK CONTROL TO ALLOCATE MEMORY RESOURCESApril 2023July 2024Allow1500YesNo
18121878MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM PERFORMANCE SHAPING INCLUDING CONTROLLING DATA TRAFFICMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18177511VALIDITY DISTRIBUTION FOR PERFORMANCE UNIFORMITYMarch 2023March 2025Allow2420YesNo
18115959DATA CACHE WITH PREDICTION HINTS FOR CACHE HITSMarch 2023August 2023Allow610YesNo
18114538MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD INVOLVING MULTIPLE BLOCK SETSFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2110NoNo
18169120STORAGE DEVICE MANAGING METADATA MEMORY BLOCKS EACH STORING METADATA UNITS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3020YesNo
18168614APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A PRESERVATION OF MEMORY VIA A SCHEMA-BASED APPROACHFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18160548System and Method for Hash-based Data DeduplicationJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2820NoNo
18160040STORAGE DEVICE DETERMINING A POLICY FOR FETCHING COMMANDS FROM A PLURALITY OF COMMAND QUEUES, AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910YesNo
18100803MANAGING PAGE RETIREMENT FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORYJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1700NoNo
18157768SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SLICE DISTRIBUTION OF NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE ASSETS BASED ON AVAILABLE STREAMS IN BACKUP AGENTSJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1810NoNo
18157762SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SLICE DISTRIBUTION OF NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE ASSETS BASED ON SLICE METADATAJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18098360COMMAND PROCESSING CIRCUITRY MAINTAINING A LINKED LIST DEFINING ENTRIES FOR ONE OR MORE COMMAND QUEUES AND EXECUTING SYNCHRONIZATION COMMANDS AT THE QUEUE HEAD OF THE ONE OR MORE COMMAND QUEUES IN LIST ORDER BASED ON COMPLETION CRITERIA OF THE SYNCHRONIZATION COMMAND AT THE HEAD OF A GIVEN COMMAND QUEUEJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1600NoNo
18152180COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SCHEDULING PROGRAM, SCHEDULING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJanuary 2023September 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18089839APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH REMOTE PAGE ACCESSDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18087249HARD DRIVE ANTI-THEFT PROTECTIONDecember 2022March 2024Allow1500NoNo
18081519COMPUTER SYSTEM PERFORMING GARBAGE COLLECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEDecember 2022December 2024Allow2410NoNo
18064495STORING AND RESTORING USER ACCOUNT DATA BACKUPS ACROSS ONLINE PLATFORMSDecember 2022May 2024Allow1700NoNo
18064060METADATA PROCESSING METHOD TO IMPROVE DATA READ/WRITE EFFICIENCY OF A STORAGE DEVICEDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18060367FAST RESYNCHRONIZATION OF A MIRRORED AGGREGATE USING DISK-LEVEL CLONINGNovember 2022March 2024Allow1500NoNo
18060457MEMORY ALLOCATION FOR MICROCONTROLLER EXECUTIONNovember 2022April 2024Allow1600NoNo
18059356MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEM, CAPABLE OF DETERMINING TARGET META MEMORY BLOCK ON THE BASIS OF DETECTED TARGET STATENovember 2022July 2024Allow2010YesNo
17874329METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ACCESS MANAGEMENT OF MEMORY DEVICE IN HOST PERFORMANCE BOOSTER ARCHITECTURE WITH AID OF DEVICE SIDE TABLE INFORMATIONJuly 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17874237SHARED MEMORY MECHANISM TO SUPPORT FAST TRANSPORT OF SQ/CQ PAIR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SSD DEVICE DRIVER IN VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL SSDJuly 2022April 2024Allow2030NoNo
17864068Storage Design For Host Controlled Logically Addressed Flexible Data LayoutJuly 2022December 2024Allow2930YesNo
17851761METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING CACHE MANAGEMENT IN A 5G NETWORK FUNCTIONJune 2022August 2024Allow2510YesNo
17843691INITIALIZATION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER, MEMORY DEVICE AND HOSTJune 2022March 2023Allow910YesNo
17841600ACTIVE TIME-BASED COMMAND PRIORITIZATION IN DATA STORAGE DEVICESJune 2022December 2023Allow1800NoNo
17829481Read Look Ahead Based On Key Analysis In Key Value Data Storage DevicesJune 2022September 2023Allow1610YesNo
17664348CONFIGURABLE LOGIC BLOCK NETWORKS AND MANAGING COHERENT MEMORY IN THE SAMEMay 2022August 2025Allow3930YesNo
17748018SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ORDERED ACCESS OF DATA IN BLOCK MODIFIED MEMORYMay 2022January 2026Abandon4440YesNo
17746367METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FLUSHING METADATAMay 2022May 2024Allow2410NoNo
17663139TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED READ PERFORMANCE ON REPURPOSED BLOCKS OF MEMORY CELLSMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17730443Storage Management System and MethodApril 2022May 2023Allow1200YesNo
17727986IMPROVED MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMANCE BASED ON STORAGE TRAFFIC PATTERN DETECTIONApril 2022July 2023Allow1510YesNo
17660236METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PRE-ARRIVAL OF DEVICE OR COMPONENT FAILUREApril 2022March 2024Allow2210YesNo
17721164HOST IDENTIFICATION FOR A MEMORY SYSTEMApril 2022April 2023Allow1210YesNo
17715538REVERSIBLE WRITE TECHNIQUES USING PHYSICAL STORAGE DEVICE OFFLOADINGApril 2022August 2023Allow1600NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BENNER, JANE WEI.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
2
(40.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(60.0%)
Reversal Percentile
83.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.2%
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, 50.0% 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 BENNER, JANE WEI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BENNER, JANE WEI works in Art Unit 2139 and has examined 146 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BENNER, JANE WEI's allowance rate of 88.4% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BENNER, JANE WEI receive 1.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 BENNER, JANE WEI 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 +17.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BENNER, JANE WEI. This interview benefit is in the 59% 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, 28.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 23.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% 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, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 36% 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 54.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% 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, 120.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 95% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 10% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 7.8% of allowed cases (in the 86% 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:

    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

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