USPTO Examiner OBERLY ERIC T - Art Unit 2184

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19059085DYNAMIC TRAFFIC PATTERN ANALYSIS AND RATE-LIMIT ADJUSTMENTFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510YesNo
18946951Cross-die Interconnection Monitor Method and Cross-die Interconnection Monitor System Capable of Extracting Cross-die Interconnection Data for Multi-die PackagesNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18815839MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18770598IO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18672641CREATION AND USE OF AN EFFICIENCY SET TO ESTIMATE AN AMOUNT OF DATA STORED IN A DATA SET OF A STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18672329BMC/MULTI-GPU MONITORING/MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18655405SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT EVENT NOTIFICATION MANAGEMENT FOR A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC)May 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18444804Cross Address-Space BridgingFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18438795STORAGE DEVICE FOR HIGH SPEED LINK STARTUP AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18543931ASYNCHRONOUS DOUBLE DATA-LANE DDR (ADL-DDR)December 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18539907SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ON-DEMAND PAGING IN A NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER (NIC)December 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18559926ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DEVICE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND CHARGING SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18502455Soft Disconnect and Reconnect for USB Tunneled PathNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18286278METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023January 2025Allow1600NoNo
18483286UTILIZING A SINGLE CHIP SELECT LINE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE PERIPHERAL COMPONENTS IN A SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2820NoNo
18474384SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH EXTENDED HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY (HBM) OFFSETSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2410YesNo
18373196METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TARGET MEMORY BY PROGRAMMABLY SELECTING AN ACTION EXECUTION CIRCUIT MODULE CORRESPONDING TO A TRIGGERED PRESET STATESeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18459650SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING INTERNAL LINE PATTERN COMPLEXITY AND AREA AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2410NoNo
18240640Low Latency Offloading of Collectives over a SwitchAugust 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18236240LOCAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS VIRTUALIZATION DEVICEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18449979EFFICIENT CHIP-TO-CHIP COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023January 2026Allow2920NoNo
18233552METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR EXPOSING FEATURES OF AN INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) DEVICEAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18448701MEMORY EXPANDER AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEAugust 2023December 2025Allow2820YesNo
18276712A GATEWAY DEVICE WITH A ROUTING FUNCTIONAugust 2023November 2025Allow2720NoNo
18447532METHOD FOR THE REPEATED TRANSMISSION OF DEFINED DATAAugust 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18364501INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WITH A SWITCH CIRCUIT TO PERFORM AS A DOCKAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18229552SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERY AND COMPENSATION FOR DROPPED OR MISSED DATA PACKETS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A WIRELESS MOUSE AND A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DONGLEAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18363131MULTI-HOST BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT CONSIDERING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TRAFFICAugust 2023October 2025Allow2620YesNo
18335369Programmable Logic Controller with Voice ControlJune 2023September 2025Allow2720YesNo
18331508VARIABLE SIZE RECORD STORAGEJune 2023October 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18204317Distributing Virtual Channel Requests with Multiple Memory ModulesMay 2023June 2025Allow2420YesNo
18326328PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORKMay 2023July 2025Allow2630NoNo
18318983DIRECT ACCESS TO A HARDWARE DEVICE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES OF A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEMMay 2023June 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18143137Activity and Compressibility Based Data CompressionMay 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18309385MERGED INPUT/OUTPUT FOR ACCELERATING DIRECTORY LISTING PHASE IN CLIENT DRIVE REDIRECTIONApril 2023December 2024Allow2000NoNo
18305430SCALABLE VIRTUALIZED CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK SYSTEMApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18305849CAN MODULE, CAN TRANSCEIVER, CAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAN MODULEApril 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18136183READ/WRITE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DDR DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, AND SYSTEMApril 2023July 2024Allow1500NoNo
18300678EXPANDING A ROLE OF A DEDICATED PINApril 2023December 2025Abandon3220NoNo
18296139SOC-AGNOSTIC TUNING FOR PERIPHERAL DOCKApril 2023April 2025Allow2420NoNo
18119296SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING REMOTE TARGET DEVICE AND REMOTE EXTENDER THEREOFMarch 2023June 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18117119DEDICATED CACHE-RELATED BLOCK TRANSFER IN A MEMORY SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18112784HIGH BANDWIDTH NON-VOLATILE MEMORY FOR AI INFERENCE SYSTEMFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2310YesNo
18165816DYNAMIC INPUT/OUTPUT SUPPORT FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2420YesNo
18165132MODULAR PERIPHERAL COMPUTING DEVICE INTERFACE AND HARDWARE ARCHITECTUREFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18162836SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DIRECT MEMORY ACCESSESFebruary 2023July 2025Allow3020YesNo
18159841LOAD MANAGERJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3130YesNo
18097530STORAGE DEVICE, NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE STORAGE DEVICEJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110YesNo
18145173INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF BEING QUICKLY STARTED, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18086106Container Storage Interface Filter Driver for Container-Based Storage SystemDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3520YesNo
18069020MIRRORED SWITCH CONFIGURATIONDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18080749APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING GARBAGE COLLECTION USING HOST IDLEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610YesNo
18066158MEMORY EXPANSION DEVICE PERFORMING NEAR DATA PROCESSING FUNCTION AND ACCELERATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18064897POWER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENTDecember 2022May 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18077140METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TARGET MEMORY BY PROGRAMMABLY SELECTING AN ACTION EXECUTION CIRCUIT MODULE CORRESPONDING TO A TRIGGERED PRESET STATEDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
17928312PCIE DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD WITH DIFFERENT BANDWIDTHS COMPATIBLE IN SAME SLOTNovember 2022August 2024Allow2110NoNo
17993464METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING INTER-LINK SKEW IN HIGH- SPEED SERIAL DATA COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
18057869CREATION AND USE OF AN EFFICIENCY SET TO ESTIMATE AN AMOUNT OF DATA STORED IN A DATA SET OF A STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICSNovember 2022February 2024Allow1500NoNo
17974112SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR SUPPORTING ACTIVE PASS-THROUGH BOARD FOR MULTI-MODE NMVE OVER FABRICS DEVICESOctober 2022January 2025Allow2740YesNo
17973839ASSIGNING INPUT/OUTPUT VIRTUAL ADDRESSES USING A PRE-DEFINED RANDOMNESS ALGORITHMOctober 2022November 2024Allow2520YesYes
17973555CONTINUOUS MEMORY ACCESS ACCELERATION CIRCUIT, ADDRESS SHIFT CIRCUIT AND ADDRESS GENERATION METHODOctober 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17969750CONFIGURATION OF SLAVE DEVICES IN AN INDUSTRIAL NETWORK SYSTEMOctober 2022September 2024Allow2310NoNo
17918905CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800NoNo
17960477EXTENDED MEMORY ARCHITECTUREOctober 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17947811STORAGE DEVICE AND PROTOCOL CONVERSION METHOD BY STORAGE DEVICESeptember 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17942545DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (DMA) ENGINE PROCESSING DATA TRANSFER TASKS IN PARALLELSeptember 2022February 2026Allow4110NoNo
17940446MANAGING SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSFERSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2430YesNo
17940292METHOD OF SHARING UNREAL ENGINE DERIVED DATA CACHE FILESSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3240YesNo
17940751CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSING QUEUESeptember 2022October 2023Allow1300NoNo
17940741NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE, HOST, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICESeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17905351METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING POLAR-RNNA QUANTIZER OF MLC-TYPE NAND FLASH MEMORY ON BASIS OF DEEP LEARNINGAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17799850CACHE MIRRORING METHODAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17882112MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17879119STORAGE DEVICE SET INCLUDING STORAGE DEVICE AND RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC CHIP, AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING STORAGE DEVICE SETAugust 2022March 2024Allow2010YesNo
17878582DATA READING METHOD AND TERMINALAugust 2022July 2025Allow3640NoNo
17875054Determine Link Startup Sequence (LSS) Type Using Reference Clock Frequency And AttributeJuly 2022April 2024Allow2020YesNo
17874555Storage System and Method for Optimizing Host-Activated Defragmentation and Proactive Garbage Collection ProcessesJuly 2022March 2024Allow2020YesNo
17874070METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LATENCY PROCESSINGJuly 2022May 2024Allow2120NoNo
17866012ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF UTILIZING STORAGE SPACE THEREOFJuly 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17866247OPTION READ-ONLY MEMORY FIRMWARE-BASED REMEDIATIONJuly 2022May 2024Allow2220YesNo
17811142RETAINING A CLOSED STATE OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4340YesNo
17809510COMPOSABLE INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLED BY HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURE, DELIVERED BY CXL BASED CACHED SWITCH SOCJune 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17830254SSD SUPPORTING READ-ONLY MODE AFTER PLP BACKUP FAILUREJune 2022December 2023Allow1820NoNo
17828350TUNNELING USB2 DATA USING USB4-BASED CONFIGURATIONSMay 2022December 2025Allow4210NoNo
17824685MEMORY TIERING USING PCIe CONNECTED FAR MEMORYMay 2022January 2023Allow800NoNo
17750523LOCAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS VIRTUALIZATION DEVICEMay 2022May 2023Allow1210YesNo
17732611Enterprise Host Memory Buffer For DRAM-less SSDApril 2022August 2024Allow2810YesNo
17716449NON-INTERRUPTING PORTABLE PAGE REQUEST INTERFACEApril 2022January 2024Allow2230YesNo
17713534COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BLOCKS INCLUDING SIGNAL GROUPS CONFORMING TO A SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACEApril 2022December 2023Allow2110NoNo
17709501SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA SERIAL INTERFACE LANE IMPLEMENTATION BETWEEN CAMERA SENSOR AND HOST PROCESSORMarch 2022May 2024Allow2510NoNo
17705048PERIODIC RECEIVER CLOCK DATA RECOVERY WITH DYNAMIC DATA EDGEMarch 2022August 2024Allow2820NoNo
17698409HIGH BANDWIDTH EXTENDED MEMORY IN A PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2022June 2025Allow3950NoNo
17676584PHYSICAL HARDWARE CONTROLLER FOR PROVISIONING REMOTE STORAGE SERVICES ON PROCESSING DEVICESFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1600NoNo
17667515COMMUNICATION ON AN I2C BUSFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1910NoNo
17581659DEDICATED CACHE-RELATED BLOCK TRANSFER IN A MEMORY SYSTEMJanuary 2022October 2022Allow900NoNo
17575552CHIPS INCLUDING CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM COMPUTING PROCESSORSJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2720YesNo
17564064IO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2021March 2024Allow2720NoNo
17558600LARGE TOUCH DISPLAY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2021April 2023Allow1610YesNo
17560148STATE SHARING BETWEEN SMART NICSDecember 2021January 2024Allow2520YesNo
17543473Enterprise Host Memory BufferDecember 2021July 2023Allow1920YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner OBERLY, ERIC T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
15
(68.2%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(31.8%)
Reversal Percentile
48.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.8% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage 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
39
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(23.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(76.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
31.0%
Lower 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, 23.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner OBERLY, ERIC T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner OBERLY, ERIC T works in Art Unit 2184 and has examined 565 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner OBERLY, ERIC T's allowance rate of 73.8% places them in the 38% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by OBERLY, ERIC T receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 OBERLY, ERIC T is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 63% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by OBERLY, ERIC T. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 22.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 30% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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, 11.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 25% 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 40.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 8% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 39.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% 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 2.1% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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 3.8% of allowed cases (in the 77% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

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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