USPTO Examiner SUN SCOTT C - Art Unit 2181

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18740042Reducing Link Up Time In PCIe SystemsJune 2024April 2025Allow1001NoNo
18739055Scalable System on a ChipJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18669104DETECTING INFINITE LOOPS IN A PROGRAMMABLE ATOMIC TRANSACTIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18663908BUS-INTERLEAVE PROTOCOL TO IMPROVE MULTIPLE LOGIC UNIT (LUN) OPERATION EFFICIENCYMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18648648I3C PENDING READ WITH RETRANSMISSIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18620731Duplicated Registers in Chiplet Processing UnitsMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18694163SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DATA COMMUNICATIONMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18606198APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INPUT RECEIVER CIRCUITS AND RECEIVER MASKS FOR SAMEMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18597005Sparse SIMD Cross-lane Processing UnitMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18403293SYSTEM ON A CHIP WITH AN INTEGRATED CONFIGURABLE SAFETY MASTER MICROCONTROLLER UNITJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18534786BRANCH TARGET BUFFER OPERATION WITH AUXILIARY INDIRECT CACHEDecember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18527793METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING DATA RECEIVED BY A STATE MACHINE ENGINEDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18525156TRANSACTION REQUESTS ACCORDING TO A REQUEST ORDERING PROTOCOLNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18508156NEURAL CORE, NEURAL PROCESSOR, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023May 2024Allow601NoNo
18505521ULTRAHIGH-BANDWIDTH LOW-LATENCY RECONFIGURABLE MEMORY INTERCONNECTS BY WAVELENGTH ROUTINGNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18500463SUPERCLUSTER NETWORK OF GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS (GPUS)November 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18490572DATA TRANSFER SCHEDULING FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATOROctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18487380ELECTRONIC TOOL AND METHODS FOR MEETINGSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18485418METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATION OR OFFLOADING UTILIZING A UNIFIED DATA POINTEROctober 2023April 2025Allow1801NoNo
18481319PROCESSOR-ENDPOINT ISOLATION IN COMMUNICATION SWITCH COUPLED COMPUTING SYSTEMOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18478106SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INCIDENT DATA THROUGH A DATA PIPELINESeptember 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18476933SELECTABLE GRANULARITY PERFORMANCE MONITORSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18476526METHOD FOR GENERATING AND EXECUTING A DATA PROCESSING PIPELINESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18474801DUAL-MODE LOCAL GATEWAY FOR LEGACY PERIPHERAL DEVICESSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1600NoNo
18472210MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF, MEMORY CONTROLLERS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIASeptember 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18551650DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFER METHODSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18462928APPLICATION PROCESSORS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18236811MULTIPLE CONTEXTS FOR A MEMORY UNIT IN A RECONFIGURABLE DATA PROCESSORAugust 2023January 2025Allow1700NoNo
18355939MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURES ON A PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1500NoNo
18217230SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MIXED-SIGNAL COMPUTINGJune 2023December 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18339454DATA LOCALITY ENHANCEMENT FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITSJune 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18335412Processing for Vector Load or Store Micro-Operation with Inactive Mask ElementsJune 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18327681METHOD OF OPERATING A MICROPROCESSOR, RELATED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2023October 2024Allow1600NoNo
18254451ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICEMay 2023July 2024Allow1400NoNo
18196270NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMS WITH FUNCTION CHAINING CAPABILITIESMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18315821HBM BASED MEMORY LOOKUP ENGINE FOR DEEP LEARNING ACCELERATORMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18144129PROCESSING FOR MULTIPLE INPUT DATA SETS IN A MULTI-LAYER NEURAL NETWORKMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18312872Lightweight Copying Of Data Using Metadata ReferencesMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18312747APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INPUT RECEIVER CIRCUITS AND RECEIVER MASKS FOR SAMEMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18136172DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOFApril 2023June 2024Allow1400NoNo
18132296ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEApril 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18128963Lookup Table (LUT) Vector InstructionMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18127643SSD-Form-Factor Memory-Expansion Cartridge with Field-Replaceable DRAM ModulesMarch 2023June 2025Allow2601NoNo
18126920APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF AN INTERRUPTMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18118883ENDPOINT COMMAND INVOCATION SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MACHINE AGENTSMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18118889Endpoint command invocation system using worker selectionMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18173257DATA TRANSFER SCHEDULING FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATORFebruary 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18111744DETECTING INFINITE LOOPS IN A PROGRAMMABLE ATOMIC TRANSACTIONFebruary 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18109583Transposition of Left-Hand-Side Operand to Systolic Matrix MultiplicationFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18108550Quantum Computer with Swappable Logical QubitsFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1500NoNo
18040944REMOTE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE ON CLUSTER-AWARE PROCESSORSFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18014635DILATED CONVOLUTION ACCELERATION CALCULATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1500NoNo
18150339METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM HAVING VISUALIZATION OF PROGRAM OBJECTS OF A CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
18148214BUS-INTERLEAVE PROTOCOL TO IMPROVE MULTIPLE LOGIC UNIT (LUN) OPERATION EFFICIENCYDecember 2022February 2024Allow1400NoNo
18085875DATA INPUT DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR INPUT DATADecember 2022February 2024Allow1400NoNo
18084266QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) CONTROL OF PROCESSOR APPLICATIONSDecember 2022August 2024Allow2000NoNo
18071329CREATING A COMPUTER MACRONovember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18057771LOADING FIRMWARE ONTO AN EXTERNAL EMBEDDED CONTROLLER (EC) OF A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMNovember 2022November 2024Allow2401NoNo
17986318SOFTWARE INSTRUCTION SET UPDATE OF MEMORY DIE USING PAGE BUFFERSNovember 2022June 2023Allow700NoNo
18053948Processing Device for Handling Misaligned DataNovember 2022June 2024Allow1900NoNo
17982916SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT-DEPENDENT MULTICORE INTERRUPT FACILITATIONNovember 2022October 2023Allow1100NoNo
17979472METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING DATA RECEIVED BY A STATE MACHINE ENGINENovember 2022April 2023Allow510NoNo
17972663Sparse SIMD Cross-lane Processing UnitOctober 2022October 2023Allow1200NoNo
17964264STORAGE DEVICE WITH CLIENT RECONFIGURABLE PROTOCOLOctober 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17963189SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR QUEUE AVAILABILITY MONITORINGOctober 2022January 2024Allow1520NoNo
17961902DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE MOTHERBOARDOctober 2022January 2024Allow1600NoNo
17959556INSTRUCTION FUSIONOctober 2022February 2024Allow1710NoNo
17957714HIERARCHICAL WORK SCHEDULINGSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2200NoNo
17951084PROCESSING FOR MULTIPLE INPUT DATA SETSSeptember 2022February 2023Allow500NoNo
17949556PERIPHERAL DEVICE COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1600NoNo
17948845DATA STORAGE LIBRARY WITH SERVICE MODE FOR PROTECTING DATA STORAGE DRIVESSeptember 2022March 2023Allow500NoNo
17900363SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MIXED-SIGNAL COMPUTINGAugust 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17895970SECURELY MODIFYING ACCESS TO A DEBUG PORTAugust 2022June 2024Allow2200NoNo
17821305Scalable System on a ChipAugust 2022September 2023Allow1311NoNo
17880446INCREASING OLTP THROUGHPUT BY IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF LOGGING USING PERSISTENT MEMORY STORAGEAugust 2022August 2024Allow2411NoNo
17877638METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF A STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2024Allow2010NoNo
17876470TITLE PROVISIONING FOR EVENT NOTIFICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICEJuly 2022January 2024Allow1720NoNo
17875690OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTER IN CLOUD PLATFORMS USING SERVICE MESHJuly 2022October 2023Allow1400NoNo
17870712DYNAMIC UPDATE OF CONSOLIDATED DATA BASED ON GRANULAR DATA VALUESJuly 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17794248CONTROL SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2023Allow900NoNo
17868407SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AN ANOMALOUS PATTERNJuly 2022October 2023Allow1500NoNo
17847066EVENT TRIGGER MASTER, CONTROL CHIP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJune 2022August 2024Allow2601NoNo
17831518DYNAMIC SERVER REBALANCINGJune 2022December 2024Allow3011NoNo
17739686ENUMERATING DOCK-CONNECTED PERIPHERALS IN A PREFERRED ORDERMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17660808HIGH-THROUGHPUT REGULAR EXPRESSION PROCESSING WITH CAPTURE USING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUITApril 2022June 2023Allow1400NoNo
17728606LOAD BALANCING USING STORAGE SYSTEM DRIVEN HOST CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENTApril 2022February 2024Allow2210NoNo
17726762Reducing Link Up Time In PCIe SystemsApril 2022April 2024Allow2401NoNo
17725704PROACTIVE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE SYSTEM INPUT-OUTPUT OPERATION LIMITSApril 2022February 2023Allow1000NoNo
17708367SIDEBAND INTERFACE FOR DIE-TO-DIE INTERCONNECTSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3400NoNo
17706215METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ENHANCED HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING MECHANISM FOR SOLVING OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMSMarch 2022September 2023Allow1800NoNo
17761840FLEXIBLE MAP WITH APPLICATION DATA IDENTIFIERS FOR PLC COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3101NoNo
17686348SYSTEM ON A CHIP WITH AN INTEGRATED CONFIGURABLE SAFETY MASTER MICROCONTROLLER UNITMarch 2022September 2023Allow1900NoNo
17638016METHOD, APPRATUS FOR MANAGING PERIPHERAL DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUMFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17675641ELECTRONIC TOOL AND METHODS FOR MEETINGSFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17674503Refactoring Mac OperationsFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2010NoNo
17591312VALIDATING DATA STORED IN MEMORY USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASHESFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1210NoNo
17590066SCALABLE COMMUNICATION SWITCH SYSTEMFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17581165Method for Improving Reliability of Storage System, and Related ApparatusJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2720NoNo
17581682LARGE SCALE RESPONSIVE AND GENERIC ENDPOINT COMMAND INVOCATION MECHANISMJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1100NoNo
17571374METHOD FOR MATRIX DATA BROADCAST IN PARALLEL PROCESSINGJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SUN, SCOTT C.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
5
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
4.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
18
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
76.9%
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 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 SUN, SCOTT C - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SUN, SCOTT C works in Art Unit 2181 and has examined 838 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SUN, SCOTT C's allowance rate of 93.8% places them in the 82% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SUN, SCOTT C receive 0.95 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 11% 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 SUN, SCOTT C 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 +1.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SUN, SCOTT C. This interview benefit is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 27% 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, 116.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% 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 1.4% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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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