USPTO Examiner FRANKLIN RICHARD B - Art Unit 2181

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18635620DATA DISTRIBUTION DEVICEApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18437627ACCELERATING DATA MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION WITH SMART NICSFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18430413METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING A GAMING-RELATED MESSAGE TO A GAMER IN AN AREA PROXIMATE TO A BEACON ASSOCIATED WITH A CASINOFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000NoNo
18545808SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT ADDRESS TRANSLATION IN A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC)December 2023February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18522879CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18385973DEADLOCK PREVENTION UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE RESERVATIONSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18497888ASYNCHRONOUS ARBITRATION ACROSS CLOCK DOMAINS FOR REGISTER WRITES IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPOctober 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18475829HYBRID MICROPROCESSOR AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE (PLD)-BASED ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING INTER PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18371300VARIABLE MEMORY ACCESS GRANULARITYSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1600NoNo
18241748TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING A FLEXIBLE HOST INTERFACE OF A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLERSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18333678Metadata-Based Recovery Of A DatasetJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18204858PAGE BUFFER ENHANCEMENTSJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18144262INTERCONNECTED MEMORY GRID WITH BYPASSABLE UNITSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18300109PRE-POPULATION OF PERSISTENT STORAGE VOLUMESApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18176384SHARED MEMORY ACCESS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2023Allow820YesNo
18016945NEAR-MEMORY COMPUTING MODULE AND METHOD, NEAR-MEMORY COMPUTING NETWORK AND CONSTRUCTION METHODJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18154589METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING A GAMING-RELATED MESSAGE TO A GAMER IN AN AREA PROXIMATE TO A BEACON ASSOCIATED WITH A CASINOJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1010YesNo
18089148MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING SELF-CALIBRATION BY IDENTIFYING LOCATION INFORMATION AND MEMORY MODULE INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2022September 2023Allow810NoNo
18012235DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF AI CHIP AND COMPUTER DEVICEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18069851ENABLING EFFICIENT GUEST ACCESS TO PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCIE) CONFIGURATION SPACEDecember 2022September 2023Allow810YesNo
18070208Directing I/O To An Active Membership Of Storage SystemsNovember 2022June 2025Allow3160YesNo
18058226Synchronizing Metadata In A Cloud-Based Storage SystemNovember 2022August 2023Allow820NoNo
18056774POOLED MEMORY ADDRESS TRANSLATIONNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810NoNo
17961613MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH A PLURALITY OF COMMAND SUB-QUEUES AND CORRESPONDING ARBITERSOctober 2022March 2024Allow1720YesNo
17957203SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING SCALABLE STORAGE TARGETSSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17936809On-Demand Regulation of Memory Bandwidth Utilization to Service Requirements of DisplaySeptember 2022June 2025Allow3230YesNo
17955315DATA PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION USING HARDWARE SERIALIZATION AND DESERIALIZATION FUNCTIONSSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810YesNo
17931418Sizing A Virtual Storage SystemSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2450YesNo
17929525PROVIDING ADAPTIVE CACHE BYPASS IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICESSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3220NoNo
17929204EFFICIENT INCREMENTAL JOURNAL TRUNCATION POLICYSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2200NoNo
17821065DUAL STORE QUEUEAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17891269MEMORY MODULE, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY MODULE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2022February 2025Allow3020YesNo
17885828WORKLOAD AMPLIFICATION METERING AND MANAGEMENTAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17882802High Performance Cache EvictionAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810YesNo
17878320Providing Storage Services And Managing A Pool Of Storage ResourcesAugust 2022April 2025Allow3320YesNo
17877209METHOD FOR PREVENTING MALFUNCTION OF CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONNECTORJuly 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo
17794793STORAGE DEVICE FOR POS AND POS SYSTEM UTILIZING SAMEJuly 2022March 2025Allow3230YesNo
17813123SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING HARDWARE FIFO TO PROCESSOR ADDRESS SPACEJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17865341CACHE ARCHITECTURE FOR A STORAGE DEVICEJuly 2022April 2023Allow910YesNo
17858102Patterned Direct Memory Access (DMA)July 2022July 2024Allow2420NoNo
17845661ACCELERATING DATA MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION WITH SMART NICSJune 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17845922METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING MEMORYJune 2022November 2023Allow1710NoNo
17806848TIMED MEMORY ACCESSJune 2022December 2022Allow610YesNo
17827850STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2022May 2024Allow2410YesNo
17824824PARALLEL DATAFLOW ROUTING SCHEME SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2022February 2025Allow3330NoNo
17751298APPARATUSES AND METHODS INCLUDING MEMORY COMMANDS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIESMay 2022September 2024Allow2820NoNo
17777205DEVICES TO SELECT STORAGE DEVICE PROTOCOLSMay 2022October 2023Abandon1710NoNo
17732580STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2022January 2024Allow2100NoNo
17771507Method and Apparatus for Embedded Processor to Perform Fast Data Communication, and Storage MediumApril 2022March 2024Allow2320NoNo
17728191ENHANCED EYE-WIDTH MARGIN USING DUTY CYCLE ADJUSTApril 2022March 2025Abandon3540YesNo
17657456DRAM-less SSD With HMB Cache ManagementMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17691162STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA WRITE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING DATA WRITE CONTROL PROGRAMMarch 2022March 2024Allow2410NoNo
17675746SEPARATE CORES FOR MEDIA MANAGEMENT OF A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2340NoNo
17651763DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2930YesNo
17588352INTERCONNECTED MEMORY GRID WITH BYPASSABLE UNITSJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1110NoNo
17648905BUFFER MANAGEMENT IN AN ETHERNET SWITCHJanuary 2022July 2024Allow2920YesNo
17581202METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT L2 ENTRY AND RESET IN UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS REPEATERSJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3221NoNo
17577215COMPUTING SYSTEM OF SETTING DEVICE CONFIGURATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2620NoNo
17571559TRANSMISSION CONTROL ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN SENSING DEVICE AND HOST DEVICEJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3130NoNo
17564389NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17564398NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17564431ARBITRATION BASED MACHINE LEARNING DATA PROCESSORDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17564560NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING BASED ON OPERATION FIELD AND OPCODEDecember 2021March 2024Allow2720NoNo
17564492NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17559478Information Writing Method and ApparatusDecember 2021August 2023Allow2020NoNo
17620470METHOD OF DIALOGUE WITH A COMPUTER ON AN ON-BOARD BUS OF A VEHICLEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3030NoNo
17550175Maximum Data Transfer Size Per Tenant And Command TypeDecember 2021February 2024Allow2620YesNo
17549671APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING TARGET REFRESH OPERATIONDecember 2021December 2023Allow2400NoNo
17545797SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEDecember 2021June 2023Allow1800NoNo
17544826SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLOITING QUEUES AND TRANSITIONAL STORAGE FOR IMPROVED LOW-LATENCY HIGH-BANDWIDTH ON-DIE DATA RETRIEVALDecember 2021September 2023Allow2120NoNo
17544584MEMORY DEVICE HAVING HIDDEN REFRESHDecember 2021November 2023Allow2310NoNo
17457603LOW LATENCY MEMORY NOTIFICATIONDecember 2021March 2024Allow2830YesNo
17539437METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY DISABLE ETHERNET PORTS DURING SYSTEM POWER ONDecember 2021June 2025Allow4210YesNo
17534180BUFFER IC WITH ASYMMETRIC MEMORY MODULE INTERFACESNovember 2021August 2024Allow3320NoYes
17454880Host Memory Buffer Cache ManagementNovember 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17594815SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT ADDRESS TRANSLATION IN A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC)October 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17513311Inter-Die Refresh ControlOctober 2021December 2023Allow2510YesNo
17452548CREDIT BASED MEMORY SCHEDULEROctober 2021May 2023Allow1900NoNo
17509650MEMORY EXPANDER, HOST DEVICE USING MEMORY EXPANDER, AND OPERATION METHOD OF SEVER SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY EXPANDEROctober 2021May 2024Allow3010YesNo
17451754ASYNCHRONOUS ARBITRATION ACROSS CLOCK DOMAINS FOR REGISTER WRITES IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPOctober 2021July 2023Allow2110NoNo
17502551Managing Disaster Recovery To Cloud Computing EnvironmentOctober 2021April 2024Allow3030YesNo
17494823SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY ACCESS IN STORAGE DEVICESOctober 2021December 2024Allow3840YesNo
17477865STORAGE DEVICE WITH TASK SCHEDULER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DEVICESeptember 2021August 2023Allow2310YesNo
17463542METHOD FOR ACCESSING FLASH MEMORY AND FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOFAugust 2021September 2023Abandon2520NoNo
17445658MEMORY FOR REDUCING COST AND POWER CONSUMPTIONAugust 2021October 2023Allow2610NoNo
17431712DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2021September 2023Abandon2520NoNo
17399817STENCIL DATA ACCESS FROM TILE MEMORYAugust 2021February 2023Allow1800NoNo
17428105MEMORY WITH VARIABLE ACCESS GRANULARITYAugust 2021June 2023Allow2310NoNo
17305171SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY-BASED OPTIMIZED, VERSIONED, LOG-STRUCTURED METADATA STORAGE WITH EFFICIENT DATA RETRIEVALJuly 2021June 2022Allow1200NoNo
17351442METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA COMPRESSIONJune 2021February 2023Allow2010NoNo
17350850Consistent Recovery Of A DatasetJune 2021February 2023Allow2020YesNo
17345291NON-VOLATILE STORAGE CLASS MEMORY DATA FLOW WITH MISMATCHED BLOCK SIZESJune 2021June 2022Allow1200NoNo
17344253TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING A FLEXIBLE HOST INTERFACE OF A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLERJune 2021May 2023Allow2400NoNo
17318525SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMay 2021July 2023Allow2610NoNo
17317907METHOD FOR WRITING DATA IN PARALLEL AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEMMay 2021July 2023Abandon2710NoNo
17307098COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ADAPTIVE INTERRUPT CONTROL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERRUPT THEREOFMay 2021September 2022Allow1610YesNo
17246282PRE-POPULATION OF PERSISTENT VOLUMES IN CONTAINER BASED CLUSTERApril 2021December 2022Allow2000NoNo
17236629POLICY BASED DATA TIERINGApril 2021October 2022Allow1810NoNo
17234380RUNNING AN INDEPENDENT TASK IN CONNECTION WITH SYNCHRONOUS I/O OPERATIONSApril 2021April 2023Allow2410NoNo
17229131UNIFORM HOST ATTACHMENTApril 2021March 2022Allow1100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FRANKLIN, RICHARD B.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
7
(70.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(30.0%)
Reversal Percentile
45.7%
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
30
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(36.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(63.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
57.7%
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, 36.7% 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 FRANKLIN, RICHARD B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FRANKLIN, RICHARD B works in Art Unit 2181 and has examined 740 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FRANKLIN, RICHARD B's allowance rate of 83.1% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FRANKLIN, RICHARD B receive 1.72 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% 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 FRANKLIN, RICHARD B is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FRANKLIN, RICHARD B. This interview benefit is in the 26% 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, 30.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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 44.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 56.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 5.7% of allowed cases (in the 90% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 46% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.