Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18652675 | UNIVERSAL MEMORY INTERFACE UTILIZING DIE-TO-DIE (D2D) INTERFACES BETWEEN CHIPLETS | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18440850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536216 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A HIGH-SPEED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) INTERFACE FOR A FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483741 | PRIORITIZATION OF INTERFACES OF A VENTILATOR | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446107 | PCI FLOW CONTROL WITH SIGNAL INTERCEPTION | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220522 | SFF-TA-100X BASED MULTI-MODE PROTOCOLS SOLID STATE DEVICES | July 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18344165 | COMMUNICATIONS FOR FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY DEVICE | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18333293 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) HOSTING DEVICE | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266380 | SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING MEDIA DEVICES | June 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137594 | Low-Pincount High-Bandwidth Memory And Memory Bus | April 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18298052 | ENHANCED SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184812 | FABRIC CONNECTION ASSIST TRANSCEIVER DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18116266 | OFF-MODULE DATA BUFFER | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108806 | USB-C Orientation Detection | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18159933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING DEVICES HAVING VARIABLE FORM FACTORS TO DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159951 | MULTI-CHIP INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149484 | vRAN with PCIe Fronthaul | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090934 | USB TYPE-C CONNECTORS AND RELATED CONTROLLERS WITH VOLTAGE CONTROL PERTAINING TO DISCONNECTION DETECTION | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18085481 | MEMORY SYSTEM DESIGN USING BUFFER(S) ON A MOTHER BOARD | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073503 | REPEATER GENERATED FORCED RESUME FOR HOSTS WITH AN EUSB REPEATER | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18071771 | AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING PROCESS FOR DEVICES ON A SERIAL BUS | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18047665 | PROVIDING AN EXTERNAL EMBEDDED CONTROLLER (EC) WITH ACCESS TO INTERNAL RESOURCES OF A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORM | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17931321 | A Network Computer with External Memory | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17930980 | Network Computer with External Memory | September 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17899883 | PARALLEL-TO-SERIAL INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17908247 | MODULAR KVM SWITCHING SYSTEM | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17892989 | MULTI-TENANT AWARE DATA PROCESSING UNITS | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17819985 | Optimizing Access Performance in a Distributed Storage Network | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17887285 | SIGNAL REFLECTION MITIGATION SYSTEMS | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797930 | ADAPTIVE MODULE PORT AND CIRCUITRY | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871735 | HUB WITH VOLTAGE DIVIDING FUNCTION | July 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855106 | DYNAMIC TOPOLOGY DISCOVERY AND MANAGEMENT WITH PROTOCOL DETECTION | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17841724 | DSP ECO SYSTEM SCALABLE WITH OBFUSCATION | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829902 | MICROCONTROLLER AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF OPERATION | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17740865 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ENCAPSULATION/DE-ENCAPSULATION OF DATA AND COMMANDS | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17739391 | QUALITY OF SERVICE POLICY SETS | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658859 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACE COMMUNICATION THEREOF | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714446 | PROTOCOL INDICATOR FOR DATA TRANSFER | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709132 | PCI EXPRESS CHAIN DESCRIPTORS | March 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17656328 | SERIAL DATA COMMUNICATION WITH IN-FRAME RESPONSE | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17761277 | THREAD SIGNAL OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EMBEDDED REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM | March 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687878 | BUS SYSTEM WITH ADDRESSABLE UNITS AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING SAID UNITS | March 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688607 | ENCODING BYTE INFORMATION ON A DATA BUS WITH SEPARATE CODE | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17637655 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | February 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17677731 | ONE-WIRE BIDIRECTIONAL BUS SIGNALING WITH MANCHESTER ENCODING | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673731 | CONTROLLER FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE TYPES OF MEMORY | February 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17667079 | MULTI-KVM MULTI-CLIENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM SUPPORT | February 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17591387 | CONFIGURATION DATA CACHING | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17589514 | SFF-TA-100X BASED MULTI-MODE PROTOCOLS SOLID STATE DEVICES | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17587695 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PREFORM INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ADDRESS MODIFICATION | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17583480 | PRIMARY CHECK SYSTEM | January 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574090 | BUS SYSTEM CONNECTING SLAVE DEVICES WITH SINGLE-WIRE DATA ACCESS COMMUNICATION | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561019 | TRASMISSION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHIPS | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17560524 | COMMUNICATIONS FOR FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY DEVICE | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17557837 | MECHANISM FOR DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY OF SWITCHES IN COMPUTER BUSES | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558316 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE CONNECTING A FPGA WITH AN ARM PROCESSOR | December 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17556315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SELECTIVELY REDUCE USB-3 INTERFERENCE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17619469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING INPUT LATENCY IN A WIRELESS HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE SYSTEM | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17549608 | TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDs) VIA A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SSDs | December 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17513463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF A NETWORK DEVICE | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17505631 | MULTI-LAYERED CORRELATION POLICY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17493468 | CUSTOM PAYLOAD FILE FOR UPDATING DEVICES OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM | October 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17492936 | INTRA-CHASSIS DEVICE MULTI-MANAGEMENT DOMAIN SYSTEM | October 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17486534 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION OF A COMPONENTIZED APPLICATION, COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17482483 | Method of Signal Conversion, A Device, An Electronic Device and A Storage Medium | September 2021 | November 2022 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17480728 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASYNCHRONOUS DATA PIPELINE | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17470424 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR HIGH-SPEED INPUT/OUTPUT MARGIN TESTING | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17470077 | FLEXIBLE, HIGH-BANDWIDTH LINK MANAGEMENT BETWEEN SYSTEM AND SUBSYSTEM BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS | September 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17411891 | DATA BUS INVERSION USING MULTIPLE TRANSFORMS | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17409895 | EYEWEAR WITH A SYSTEM ON A CHIP WITH SIMULTANEOUS USB COMMUNICATIONS | August 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 35 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17406882 | SENSOR INTERFACE | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17444957 | PRIORITIZATION OF INTERFACES OF A VENTILATOR | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17355963 | CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH AUTOMATIC PCIE LINK CONFIGURATION ADJUSTMENT AND METHOD THEREOF | June 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17413336 | DECENTRALISED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL METHOD | June 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17343076 | Low-Pincount High-Bandwidth Memory And Memory Bus | June 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17338241 | Charging Prompting Method, Mobile Terminal, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | June 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17296532 | OFF-MODULE DATA BUFFER | May 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17327369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-MODE AND/OR MULTI-SPEED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) EXPRESS (NVMe) OVER FABRICS (NVMe-oF) DEVICES | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17325095 | EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL OF SENSOR DATA WHILE ENSURING ATOMICITY | May 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17321353 | SYNCHRONOUS MEMORY BUS ACCESS TO STORAGE MEDIA | May 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17318788 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A HIGH-SPEED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) INTERFACE FOR A FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) | May 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17316710 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) HOSTING DEVICE | May 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17316586 | MEMORY SYSTEM DESIGN USING BUFFER(S) ON A MOTHER BOARD | May 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17229083 | Automatic Threshold Adjustment for USB Power Delivery to Work with Cables Out of Specification | April 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17226998 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A STORAGE CHASSIS USING IN-BAND DATA AND OUT-OF-BAND DATA | April 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17219808 | AUTOMATED QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM | March 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17212465 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION MODULE | March 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17203094 | QUALITY OF SERVICE POLICY SETS | March 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17274544 | DATA AND POWER SUPPLY PORTS IN GUIDERAILS | March 2021 | January 2023 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17192096 | SLAVE DEVICES AND SLAVE APPARATUS FOR DESIGNATING ADDRESS USING A SINGLE PIN | March 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17183183 | COMMAND PATTERN SEQUENCER FOR MEMORY CALIBRATION | February 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17181383 | Host Memory Buffer (HMB) Abstraction Protocol Layer | February 2021 | August 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17170574 | NVMe-MI Over SMBus Multi-Master Controller with other SMBus and I2C Masters in a Single FPGA Chip | February 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17168408 | HYBRID MANAGEMENT SWITCH/CABLING SYSTEM | February 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17157720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL | January 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17156150 | MULTI-ENDPOINT DATA TRANSPORT SYSTEM | January 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17148781 | Dynamic Provisioning and Activation of Storage Pools | January 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139693 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERCEPTING SIGNALS BETWEEN A PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND A SOFTWARE APPLICATION | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17247924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-SPEED DATA TRANSFER TO MULTIPLE CLIENT DEVICES OVER A COMMUNICATION INTERFACE | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner YU, HENRY W.
With a 53.3% 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.
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, 43.2% 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.
✓ 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 YU, HENRY W works in Art Unit 2181 and has examined 447 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner YU, HENRY W's allowance rate of 77.4% places them in the 36% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by YU, HENRY W receive 2.53 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 86% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by YU, HENRY W is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by YU, HENRY W. This interview benefit is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 40% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 36.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 64.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 29.6% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 61.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 78% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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