USPTO Examiner METZGER MICHAEL J - Art Unit 2182

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18958186METHOD FOR INSTRUCTION REWRITING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18744738DYNAMIC SOFTWARE INTERFACE TRANSLATION FOR COMPUTING IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18678520PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING INDIRECT ADDRESSING IN THE SAMEMay 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18623567SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING DETERMINATIONS SYSTEMSApril 2024June 2024Allow300NoNo
18415159NEURAL NETWORK ACTIVATION COMPRESSION WITH NON-UNIFORM MANTISSASJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18413776INTER-PROCESS SERVING OF MACHINE LEARNING FEATURES FROM MAPPED MEMORY FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18406346HIGH PERFORMANCE PROCESSOR FOR LOW-WAY AND HIGH-LATENCY MEMORY INSTANCESJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18402606COMPUTER PROCESSOR FOR HIGHER PRECISION COMPUTATIONS USING A MIXED-PRECISION DECOMPOSITION OF OPERATIONSJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18397664SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING 16-BIT FLOATING-POINT MATRIX DOT PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONSDecember 2023February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18531734DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RELATED PRODUCTSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18387045Thread Commencement Using a Work Descriptor Packet in a Self-Scheduling ProcessorNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18386880Multi-Threaded, Self-Scheduling ProcessorNovember 2023July 2024Allow900YesNo
18492214Apparatus for Calculating and Retaining a Bound on Error during Floating-Point Operations and Methods ThereofOctober 2023March 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18459397PROCESS PARASITISM-BASED BRANCH PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SERVERLESS COMPUTING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18278807VECTOR READING AND WRITING METHOD, VECTOR REGISTER SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMAugust 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18277532CROSS-LINKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18449651SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTING DOT PRODUCTS OF NIBBLES IN TWO TILE OPERANDSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1200YesNo
18359818INTER-PROCESS SERVING OF MACHINE LEARNING FEATURES FROM MAPPED MEMORY FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18226010Routing Method Based On A Sorted Operation Unit Graph For An Iterative Placement And Routing On A Reconfigurable ProcessorJuly 2023October 2024Allow1400NoNo
18273971PROCESSOR, METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN INSTRUCTION ON A PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTERJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18225041CPU TIGHT-COUPLED ACCELERATORJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18352323Trace Cache with Filter for Internal Control Transfer InclusionJuly 2023November 2024Allow1600NoNo
18352326Next Fetch Predictor for Trace CacheJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18260972LOAD CHUNK INSTRUCTION AND STORE CHUNK INSTRUCTIONJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210NoNo
18338643RE-TRIGGERING WAKE-UP TO HANDLE TIME SKEW BETWEEN SCALAR AND VECTOR SIDESJune 2023November 2024Allow1700NoNo
18211007DIFFERENTIAL PIPELINE DELAYS IN A COPROCESSORJune 2023March 2025Allow2120NoNo
18333377HARDWARE-BASED IMAGE/VIDEO PROCESSING IN MACHINE LEARNING-ACCELERATOR SYSTEM-ON-CHIPJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18206188Simultaneous Multi-Processor (SiMulPro) Apparatus, Simultaneous Transmit And Receive (STAR) Apparatus, DRAM Interface Apparatus, and Associated MethodsJune 2023July 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18205702EFFICIENT RESOURCE SCHEDULING USING ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING CRITERIAJune 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18205637Simultaneous Multi-Processor Apparatus Applicable to Acheiving Exascale Performance for Algorithms and Program SystemsJune 2023December 2024Allow1810NoNo
18202059Graph Spatial SplitMay 2023April 2025Allow2210YesNo
18035481DATA FLOW CONTROL DEVICE, DATA FLOW CONTROL METHOD, AND DATA FLOW CONTROL PROGRAMMay 2023April 2025Allow2320NoNo
18298935NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION THEREOFApril 2023April 2025Allow2420NoNo
18190761SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING 16-BIT FLOATING-POINT MATRIX DOT PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONSMarch 2023September 2023Allow600YesNo
18120218BROADCASTING MODE OF PLANAR ENGINE FOR NEURAL PROCESSORMarch 2023June 2024Allow1510YesNo
18024208MEMORY PROTECTION FOR GATHER-SCATTER OPERATIONSMarch 2023November 2024Allow2000NoNo
18115978METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH BIT-SERIAL DATA PROCESSING OF A NEURAL NETWORKMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18115970Using renamed registers to support multiple vset{i}vl{i} instructionsMarch 2023November 2024Allow2110NoNo
18169003NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CUSTOM INSTRUCTION AND DMA ON FPGAFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18107613Head Of Line Blocking Mitigation In A Reconfigurable Data ProcessorFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18006845NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18006813PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS SELECTED FROM A FIRST INSTRUCTION SET IN A FIRST PROCESSING MODE AND INSTRUCTIONS SELECTED FROM A SECOND DIFFERENT INSTRUCTION SET IN A SECOND PROCESSING MODEJanuary 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18099218Fracturable Data Path in a Reconfigurable Data ProcessorJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910YesNo
18156042System and Method for Instruction Unwinding in an Out-of-Order ProcessorJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2830NoNo
18156237COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATION OF PARALLELIZED COMPUTER PROGRAMSJanuary 2023November 2023Allow920NoNo
18005725SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SPARSITY TO ACCELERATE DEEP LEARNING NETWORKSJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010YesNo
18004802BIT-PARALLEL VECTOR COMPOSABILITY FOR NEURAL ACCELERATIONJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2420YesNo
18151946System and Method for Low Latency Node Local Scheduling in Distributed Resource ManagementJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1710NoNo
18149758SYSTEM, DEVICE AND/OR METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL STREAMSJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18092876NEURAL NETWORK ACTIVATION COMPRESSION WITH NON-UNIFORM MANTISSASJanuary 2023September 2023Allow900YesNo
18090639INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING INFERENCE PROCESSING USING AN INFERENCE MODELDecember 2022January 2025Allow2420NoNo
18091157COMPUTER PROCESSOR FOR HIGHER PRECISION COMPUTATIONS USING A MIXED-PRECISION DECOMPOSITION OF OPERATIONSDecember 2022September 2023Allow800NoNo
18083362Cluster-Based Placement and Routing of Memory Units and Compute Units in a Reconfigurable Computing GridDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910YesNo
18064225DETERMINISTIC REPLAY OF A MULTI-THREADED TRACE ON A MULTI-THREADED PROCESSORDecember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
18070514CHIPLET SYSTEM AND POSITIONING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022March 2024Allow1600NoNo
17994143Thread Creation on Local or Remote Compute Elements by a Multi-Threaded, Self-Scheduling ProcessorNovember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
17989141Data Processing Method and Device, and Storage MediumNovember 2022September 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17989067MULTIBIT SHIFT INSTRUCTIONNovember 2022June 2024Allow1910NoNo
18054376Multi-stage Thread SchedulingNovember 2022September 2024Allow2220YesNo
17982980MULTIBIT SHIFT INSTRUCTIONNovember 2022March 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18050719DEVICES, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR EFFICIENT DATA DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT FOR IN-ORDER ISSUE PROCESSORSOctober 2022April 2024Abandon1710NoNo
17967444DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR (DSP) WITH GLOBAL AND LOCAL INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURE AND RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE ACCELERATOR COREOctober 2022February 2025Allow2830NoNo
17965161SYNCHRONIZING SCHEDULING TASKS WITH ATOMIC ALUOctober 2022October 2024Allow2430NoNo
17964256TOPOLOGY OF ACCELERATORSOctober 2022May 2024Allow1910NoNo
17938024NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND LOAD/STORE METHOD OF NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICEOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17952517LOOK-UP TABLE READSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410YesNo
17949874SELECTIVE CONTROL FLOW PREDICTOR INSERTIONSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2220NoNo
17943385METHOD FOR SCHEDULING A SET OF COMPUTING TASKS IN A SUPERCOMPUTERSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1400NoNo
17941404INPUT CHANNEL PROCESSING FOR TRIGGERED-INSTRUCTION PROCESSING ELEMENTSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17903057APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PIPELINE CONTROLSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1810NoNo
17893913PERFORMANCE ISLANDS FOR CPU CLUSTERSAugust 2022January 2025Allow2930YesNo
17887447COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIALISATION OF ARITHMETIC CIRCUITSAugust 2022January 2025Allow3020NoNo
17879281SINGLE CYCLE PREDICTORAugust 2022September 2023Allow1400NoNo
17878427SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SKIP INCONSEQUENTIAL MATRIX OPERATIONSAugust 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17851468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING INSTRUCTIONS TO CONVERT TO 16-BIT FLOATING-POINT FORMATJune 2022July 2024Allow2420YesNo
17851266CONTROL FLOW PREDICTION USING POINTERSJune 2022January 2024Allow1810NoNo
17849182DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RELATED PRODUCTS WITH DESCRIPTOR MANAGEMENTJune 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17845103SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING 16-BIT FLOATING-POINT VECTOR DOT PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONSJune 2022February 2024Allow2020NoNo
17737537Encoding and Decoding Variable Length InstructionsMay 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17661414NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION THEREOFApril 2022January 2023Allow920NoNo
17724282COMMAND-AWARE HARDWARE ARCHITECTUREApril 2022November 2023Abandon1910NoNo
17713744Pipelines for Secure Multithread ExecutionApril 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17712879COMPUTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WITH FAST SORTING USING VECTOR INSTRUCTIONSApril 2022November 2023Allow2010YesNo
17705112Schedule Instructions of a Program of Data Flows for Execution in Tiles of a Coarse Grained Reconfigurable ArrayMarch 2022March 2024Allow2320YesNo
17703513DYNAMIC INSTRUMENTATION VIA USER-LEVEL MECHANISMSMarch 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17656346DATA PROCESSORSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3140YesNo
17652109PADDING INPUT DATA FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACCELERATORSFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3810NoNo
17550593MULTI-LEVEL HIERARCHICAL ROUTING MATRICES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNITION PROCESSORSDecember 2021May 2023Allow1710NoNo
17550572PROCESSOR WITH VARIABLE PRE-FETCH THRESHOLDDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17547668Reconfigurable Parallel ProcessingDecember 2021December 2023Allow2520YesNo
17530869VECTOR REDUCTIONS USING SHARED SCRATCHPAD MEMORYNovember 2021November 2023Allow2320YesNo
17522517OBSOLETING VALUES STORED IN REGISTERS IN A PROCESSOR BASED ON PROCESSING OBSOLESCENT REGISTER-ENCODED INSTRUCTIONSNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110YesNo
17489671DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RELATED PRODUCTSSeptember 2021April 2022Allow710NoNo
17480117SM3 HASH ALGORITHM ACCELERATION PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONSSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3320NoNo
17447316PROCESSING CORES AND INFORMATION TRANSFER CIRCUITS ARRANGED IN MATRIXSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4240NoNo
17467550STREAMING ENGINE WITH CACHE-LIKE STREAM DATA STORAGE AND LIFETIME TRACKINGSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17465234ROBUST, EFFICIENT MULTIPROCESSOR-COPROCESSOR INTERFACESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2720YesNo
17431152NEURAL PROCESSING UNITAugust 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17397061MEMORY-BASED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTUREAugust 2021November 2023Allow2720NoNo
17392550Event Messaging in a System Having a Self-Scheduling Processor and a Hybrid Threading FabricAugust 2021June 2023Allow2310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner METZGER, MICHAEL J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
13
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(69.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(30.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
93.2%
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, 69.2% 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 METZGER, MICHAEL J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner METZGER, MICHAEL J works in Art Unit 2182 and has examined 313 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner METZGER, MICHAEL J's allowance rate of 88.8% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by METZGER, MICHAEL J receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by METZGER, MICHAEL J is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 59% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by METZGER, MICHAEL J. This interview benefit is in the 40% 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, 34.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 75% 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 51.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 85% 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 84.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 72.7% 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, 37.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.