USPTO Examiner MARTINEZ DAVID E - Art Unit 2181

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18422386AI ACCELERATOR APPARATUS USING IN-MEMORY COMPUTE CHIPLET DEVICES FOR TRANSFORMER WORKLOADSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18408000PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED VIDEO CODEC FUNCTIONALITYJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18512254DATA ACCESS PATH OPTIMIZATIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18493616AI ACCELERATOR APPARATUS USING IN-MEMORY COMPUTE CHIPLET DEVICES FOR TRANSFORMER WORKLOADSOctober 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18239689MEMORY MODULE THREADING WITH STAGGERED DATA TRANSFERSAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18448654VEHICLE DRIVE AND CONTROL SYSTEMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447105CABLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CABLE, CONNECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18224409INTELLIGENT PATH SELECTION AND LOAD BALANCINGJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18211473KERNEL MAPPING TO NODES IN COMPUTE FABRICJune 2023August 2024Allow1401NoNo
18334941METHOD FOR PERFORMING A DATA TRANSMISSION USING ETHERNET AS A PHYSICAL LAYER WITH A NON-ETHERNET SERIAL PROTOCOLJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18332731Instrumentation System Configured With a Common Base ModuleJune 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18207442SYSTEM AND METHODS OF RESTORATION FOR MULTI-DROP COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES AFTER SHORT CIRCUIT EVENTJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18327043INTERFACE BRIDGE BETWEEN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIEMay 2023August 2024Allow1410YesNo
18318398CONTEXT-BASED WORKSPACE PERSONALIZATION USING AN EXPERIENCE IDMay 2023February 2025Allow2111YesNo
18035705DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS REQUESTSMay 2023December 2024Allow1901NoNo
18303863MEMORY SYSTEM CHANGING WRITE MODE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY BY CHANGING WRITE MODEApril 2023July 2024Allow1510YesNo
18135877MULTI-CORE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INTER-CORE COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023February 2025Allow2211NoNo
18135472MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM ON CHIP FOR SILICON PHOTONICSApril 2023August 2024Allow1610YesNo
18301962Adaptive Graphics Acceleration in Pre-BootApril 2023June 2024Allow1400YesNo
18298386DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM ALLOCATING MEMORY AREA IN HOST AS EXTENSION OF MEMORY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18297146Serial NAND Flash With XIP CapabilityApril 2023May 2024Allow1301NoNo
18129438COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL DEVICESMarch 2023November 2024Allow1910YesNo
18129762DETERMINISTIC RESET MECHANISM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS GEARBOX FIFOS FOR PREDICTABLE LATENCYMarch 2023November 2024Allow1901YesNo
18128936REDUNDANCY SCHEME FOR ACTIVATING CIRCUITRY ON A BASE DIE OF A 3D stacked deviceMarch 2023December 2024Allow2110YesNo
18190222SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE TO SELECTABLY SYNCHRONIZE TIME-BASESMarch 2023August 2024Allow1701NoNo
18187014DATA FLOW MONITORING IN A MULTIPLE CORE SYSTEMMarch 2023July 2024Allow1611NoNo
18173153ELECTRONIC DEVICE INVALIDATING COMMANDS EXCEPT FOR ONE COMMAND AND METHOD OF PROCESSING ELECTRONIC DEVICE.February 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18108319SIGNAL PATH BIASING IN A MEMORY SYSTEMFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18164938Faster Computer Memory Access By Reducing SLAT FragmentationFebruary 2023September 2023Allow810YesNo
18158686METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) BUS LOADINGJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18084635LOCAL MEMORY USE FOR PERSPECTIVE TRANSFORM ENGINEDecember 2022September 2023Allow910NoNo
18011316Layout Method of Multiple Board Cards in Server and Multiple-Board-Card Structure of ServerDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18058706GENERATIVE AI ACCELERATOR APPARATUS USING IN-MEMORY COMPUTE CHIPLET DEVICES FOR TRANSFORMER WORKLOADSNovember 2022November 2024Allow2410NoNo
18050098MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY SYSTEM USING A CHANNEL ARBITRATION CIRCUITOctober 2022January 2024Allow1511YesNo
17968978COMPENSATING DC LOSS IN USB 2.0 HIGH SPEED APPLICATIONSOctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
18047122AI ACCELERATOR APPARATUS USING IN-MEMORY COMPUTE CHIPLET DEVICES FOR TRANSFORMER WORKLOADSOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17941287Communication Device And Communication System With Storing And Erasing FeaturesSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17941180SYSTEM AND METHODS OF RESTORATION FOR MULTI-DROP COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES AFTER SHORT CIRCUIT EVENTSeptember 2022May 2023Allow801NoNo
17930521Generating Messages with Priorities in a Storage NetworkSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17896739AUTO-DETECTION OF INTERCONNECT HANGS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITSAugust 2022September 2023Allow1300NoNo
17822635VEHICLE DRIVE AND CONTROL SYSTEMAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17802681MEMORY CONTROL METHODAugust 2022December 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17889559METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CACHING CONTENT ITEMSAugust 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17889071PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHODS OF THE PIM SYSTEMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17889134PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHODS OF THE PIM SYSTEMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17888687DIGITAL BUS ACTIVITY MONITORAugust 2022March 2023Allow700NoNo
17882808METHOD OF OPERATING AUDIO SUBSYSTEM FOR USB MODULE, SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PERFORMING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING SYSTEM-ON-CHIP USING THE SAMEAugust 2022June 2023Allow1111NoNo
17877804STORAGE DEVICE SHARING SYSTEM AND STORAGE DEVICE SHARING METHODJuly 2022May 2024Allow2200NoNo
17872635SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INCREMENTAL BACKUPS FOR FILE BASED BACKUPS STORED IN A NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGEJuly 2022February 2024Allow1910NoNo
17811214COMMUNICATION USING A COMPARISON RESULT VALUEJuly 2022October 2023Allow1510NoNo
17855538APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION INTERFACES TO TRANSMISSION LINESJune 2022June 2024Allow2410NoNo
17852350PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED VIDEO CODEC FUNCTIONALITYJune 2022August 2023Allow1401NoNo
17849634SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF STORED CACHE DATA BASED ON USAGE INFORMATIONJune 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo
17843639ADJUSTABLE BUFFER MEMORY SPACEJune 2022January 2023Allow700NoNo
17834619LCS NETWORKING DEVICE MULTI-HOST PRIMARY CIRCUIT BOARD SYSTEMJune 2022March 2024Allow2100NoNo
17805158ACTIVE CABLE WITH REMOTE END CONTROL ACCESSJune 2022July 2024Allow2511YesNo
17829744CABLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CABLE, CONNECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17828509OPEN-DRAIN BUS REPEATER AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAMEMay 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17825913DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL IS UART, I2C BUS, OR SPIMay 2022February 2025Allow3331YesNo
17751798STORAGE CONTROLLER MANAGING COMPLETION TIMING, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2022January 2024Allow2011YesNo
17751212MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM ON CHIP FOR SILICON PHOTONICSMay 2022December 2022Allow700NoNo
17744331MEMORY MODULE THREADING WITH STAGGERED DATA TRANSFERSMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17775310Verification System and Verification Method for Ethernet Interface ChipMay 2022August 2023Allow1600NoNo
17734160Active Random Access MemoryMay 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17726755Configurable Arithmetic HW AcceleratorApril 2022May 2024Allow2511YesNo
17726303PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY DEVICE AND PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2022September 2023Allow1600NoNo
17724053CONTROLLING SSD PERFORMANCE BY THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE MEMORY DIESApril 2022December 2022Allow700NoNo
17713001DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM ALLOCATING MEMORY AREA IN HOST AS EXTENSION OF MEMORY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17709280MULTI-PROCESSOR ARRANGEMENT WITH POINT OF SERIALIZATION FOR BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2311NoNo
17699660MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORYMarch 2022January 2023Allow1010NoNo
17694220PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHODS OF THE PIM SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2024Allow2210NoNo
17649901OPERATIONAL METRIC COMPUTATION FOR WORKLOAD TYPEFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1310NoNo
17631966SETTING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHODFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17581061DATA ACCESS PATH OPTIMIZATIONJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1910YesNo
17579841Preserving Identities And Policies Across ReplicationJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2511NoNo
17626824INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR INTERCONNECTED DIE AND MPU AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2510NoNo
17564411NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17564509DATA PROCESSING DEVICE WITH TRANSMISSION CIRCUITDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17564529NETWORK-ON-CHIP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2021September 2023Allow2110NoNo
17562753CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF CAPABLE OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION WHILE SATISFYING REQUIRED PERFORMANCEDecember 2021September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17561918INTERFACE BRIDGE BETWEEN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIEDecember 2021February 2023Allow1410NoNo
17561917SCALABLE 2.5D INTERFACE CIRCUITRYDecember 2021April 2023Allow1611NoNo
17559438METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING OF AN INTERCONNECTION PROTOCOL TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE LANES, CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICEDecember 2021July 2023Allow1800NoNo
17554913Hot-plug Events in a Pool of Reconfigurable Data Flow ResourcesDecember 2021June 2022Allow601NoNo
17538923AI ACCELERATOR APPARATUS USING IN-MEMORY COMPUTE CHIPLET DEVICES FOR TRANSFORMER WORKLOADSNovember 2021July 2023Allow2010NoNo
17455789SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SERIAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICESNovember 2021February 2023Allow1510NoNo
17507864ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DATA STROBE GATE SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT AND DATA STROBE GATE SIGNAL GENERATING METHODOctober 2021May 2023Allow1900NoNo
17498842BACKGROUND OPERATION SELECTION BASED ON HOST IDLE TIMEOctober 2021December 2022Allow1410YesNo
17498348Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Data Processing Method and SystemOctober 2021September 2022Allow1100NoNo
17493033SECONDARY PROCESSOR DEVICE OWNERSHIP SYSTEMOctober 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17491954PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) SYSTEMSOctober 2021April 2023Allow1900NoNo
17482738CABLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CABLE, CONNECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2021February 2022Allow510YesNo
17481503PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS INTERFACE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17469486MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOFSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2010NoNo
17461809INTELLIGENT PATH SELECTION AND LOAD BALANCINGAugust 2021April 2023Allow1920YesNo
17410623LOW POWER AREA EFFICIENT DIVIDED CLOCK SHIFTER SCHEME FOR HIGH LATENCY DESIGNSAugust 2021May 2023Allow2111NoNo
17445550Tracing Activity from Multiple Components of a DeviceAugust 2021January 2023Allow1700NoNo
17407486KERNEL MAPPING TO NODES IN COMPUTE FABRICAugust 2021March 2023Allow1901NoNo
17403582COMMUNICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACE PROTOCOLS IN SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICEAugust 2021July 2024Allow3521NoNo
17395067ADJUSTMENT OF A VOLTAGE CORRESPONDING TO A PROGRAMMING DISTRIBUTION BASED ON A PROGRAM TARGETING RULEAugust 2021October 2022Allow1500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MARTINEZ, DAVID E.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(64.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(35.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
90.5%
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, 64.7% 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

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

Examiner MARTINEZ, DAVID E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MARTINEZ, DAVID E works in Art Unit 2181 and has examined 733 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MARTINEZ, DAVID E's allowance rate of 87.2% 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 MARTINEZ, DAVID E receive 1.23 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MARTINEZ, DAVID E is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +15.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MARTINEZ, DAVID E. This interview benefit is in the 58% 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, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% 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 36.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 51% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 21.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 63% 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 5.5% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • 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.

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