USPTO Examiner ROCHE JOHN B - Art Unit 2184

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18671342CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF LIGHTING-ENABLED PERIPHERAL DEVICESMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18671095EFFICIENT DATA SHARING FOR GRAPHICS DATA PROCESSING OPERATIONSMay 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18657176INTERCONNECT FABRIC LINK WIDTH REDUCTION TO REDUCE INSTANTANEOUS POWER CONSUMPTIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18638086DELAY MODULE FOR A CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN), A CAN DEVICE, AND A METHOD FOR THE DELAY MODULEApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18601409OPERATION ACCELERATOR AND COMPRESSION METHODMarch 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18426234SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAM BASED DATA PLACEMENT ON HYBRID SSDJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18406876PROGRAM REWRITING DEVICE AND PROGRAM REWRITING METHODJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1600YesNo
18574316PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER, PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18528058FORWARDING INCOMING IO TO SCM NAMESPACESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18525828FAILURE RECOVERY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLI COMMANDSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18523020SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A NON-INTERFERING MODE IN A TELEMATICS DEVICENovember 2023June 2024Allow720NoNo
18522448METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSIONNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18515790SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM HAVING LUN SELECTION CYCLE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMNovember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18510972INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLENovember 2023January 2025Allow1400NoNo
18509955SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM HAVING LUN SELECTION CYCLE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18389008SHARED SLAVE ACCESS CONTROLLER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18383745RECONFIGURABLE DATAFLOW UNIT HAVING REMOTE FIFO MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITYOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18493882SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC PARTICIPATION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES FOR GENERATING HEALTH STATUS SCORES IN A D-BUS ARCHITECTUREOctober 2023February 2025Allow1600NoNo
18288066METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18373678Methods and Devices for Detecting a Controller Area Network Connection On a Universal Serial Bus PortSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18233870SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE TUNNELINGAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447180SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GHOST BRIDGINGAugust 2023October 2024Allow1500NoNo
18230075LOW POWER MODE WITH LEGACY COMPATIBILITYAugust 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18229075MEMORY EFFICIENT QUEUE-PAIR MANAGEMENTAugust 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18362245METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING ADDRESSESJuly 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18358550EFFICIENT DATA SHARING FOR GRAPHICS DATA PROCESSING OPERATIONSJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18224859SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN A 3D DATA PROCESSING UNITJuly 2023July 2024Allow1220YesNo
18223949MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM OPERATION THEREOFJuly 2023February 2025Allow1910NoNo
18223300Methods and Devices for Routing Controller Area Network Traffic Over a Universal Serial Bus ConnectionJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18349698SPATIALLY INDEXED TWO-LINE DATA BUSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1700NoNo
18347642FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA TRANSMISSION BY USING BUILT-IN EDGE MODULEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18339456NPU IMPLEMENTED FOR FUSION-ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO PROCESS HETEROGENEOUS DATA PROVIDED BY HETEROGENEOUS SENSORSJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18338653APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LATENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH LINK STATE TRANSITIONS WITHIN DIE INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURESJune 2023October 2024Allow1500NoNo
18204579CENTRALIZED STORAGE DEVICE, IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJune 2023February 2025Allow2110YesNo
18327131INTERCONNECT FABRIC LINK WIDTH REDUCTION TO REDUCE INSTANTANEOUS POWER CONSUMPTIONJune 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18201214SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACEMay 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18250747TRANSFER DEVICE FOR A DIFFERENTIAL BUS SYSTEMMay 2023May 2025Allow2520NoNo
18143092Electronic apparatus and communication method thereof having both defined and undefined bus communication mechanismMay 2023August 2024Allow1500NoNo
18141437IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS DEVICE CONFIGURATIONApril 2023February 2025Allow2100NoNo
18250325MULTI-PORT MEMORY LINK EXPANDER TO SHARE DATA AMONG HOSTSApril 2023December 2024Allow2010YesNo
18130661APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PROCESSING DORMANT USER DATA IN A JOB RESUME IMMUTABLE SEQUENTIAL LISTINGApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18247688INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18130173MODULAR AMUSEMENT PARK SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18123866SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZED STORAGE DELIVERYMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18022305DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR WORK MACHINEFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18171817MEMORY MODULE WITH PROGRAMMABLE COMMAND BUFFERFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18166171BUS CLOCK LINE HANDOVER SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1500NoNo
18105155DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2023September 2024Allow2000NoNo
18159387Computer System Having a Chip Configured for Memory Attachment and RoutingJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310NoNo
18017263COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ACTIVE CABLEJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1500NoNo
18092680USB CHIP AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1500NoNo
18148417INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18086531NOC ROUTING IN A MULTI-CHIP DEVICEDecember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18081059COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2022February 2024Allow1400NoNo
17990178MULTI-PORT, MULTI-PROTOCOL VARIED SIZE RAM CONTROLLERNovember 2022January 2024Allow1400NoNo
17976859BRIDGING MODULE, DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHODOctober 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17972679INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHODOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17972375NPU IMPLEMENTED FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS TO PROCESS FUSION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATA RECEIVED FROM HETEROGENEOUS SENSORSOctober 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
18048302SYSTEM ON A CHIP (SOC) COMMUNICATIONS TO PREVENT DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (DMA) ATTACKSOctober 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
18047664INTEGRATING AN EMBEDDED CONTROLLER INTO A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
18046033REDUCING EXTRANEOUS MESSAGES IN A DISTRIBUTED LOCK SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2024Allow1500NoNo
17957201MEMORY MODULE WITH REDUCED READ/WRITE TURNAROUND OVERHEADSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2110NoNo
17953881PCIe DEVICE AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17950782GENZ PORT STRUCTURESeptember 2022November 2023Allow1300NoNo
17950920CHAINABLE AND NESTED EDGE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVICE ANALYTICSSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1920YesNo
17941573Predictive Performance Indicator for Storage DevicesSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17818207SELF-MANAGING DATABASE SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2022May 2023Allow910NoNo
17796059METHODS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SENSOR SYSTEMSJuly 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17871200METHOD FOR DETECTING CAN BUS INTRUSION OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED NETWORK BASED ON GMM-HMM AND SYSTEMJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17870715INTERCONNECT CIRCUITJuly 2022September 2023Allow1400NoNo
17870601OPTIMIZING QUANTUM TELEPORTATION AS A SERVICEJuly 2022September 2023Allow1400NoNo
17792186TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR A USER STATION OF A SERIAL BUS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A SERIAL BUS SYSTEMJuly 2022December 2023Allow1700NoNo
17860270EXPANDER I/O MODULE DISCOVERY AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2023Allow710NoNo
17763262INPUT/OUTPUT STATION FOR A FIELD BUS SYSTEM, FIELD BUS COUPLER FOR THE INPUT/OUTPUT STATION, AND PLACEHOLDER MODULE FOR THE INPUT/OUTPUT STATIONJuly 2022August 2023Allow1710NoNo
17852881CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF LIGHTING-ENABLED PERIPHERAL DEVICESJune 2022February 2024Allow2010YesNo
17851249APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PROCESSING DORMANT USER DATA IN A JOB RESUME IMMUTABLE SEQUENTIAL LISTINGJune 2022January 2023Allow710NoNo
17844764SPI Bus SynchronizationJune 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17843064METHOD OF AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF CORRECT PCIE CONFIGURATION OF A SERVER AND SERVER APPLYING THE METHODJune 2022July 2023Allow1300NoNo
17842973SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER TO RECEIVE EXTERNAL DATA FOR OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENTJune 2022July 2023Allow1300NoNo
17839243HVAC SWITCHABLE COMMUNICATION BUS AND POWER BUS CONTROL BOARD SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2022October 2023Allow1610NoNo
17837034COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SUPERIOR CONTROL DEVICE AND SUBORDINATE CONTROL DEVICEJune 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17828368Data Storage Device and Method for Lane Selection Based on Thermal ConditionsMay 2022October 2023Allow1610YesNo
17824894TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMMay 2022July 2024Allow2610NoNo
17738573SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSTIC TOOL DETECTION IN A TELEMATICS DEVICEMay 2022May 2024Allow2410YesNo
17733545CLOCK-GATING IN DIE-TO-DIE (D2D) INTERCONNECTSApril 2022March 2025Allow3500NoNo
17732254METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INTELLIGENT WIRELESS FAN DOCKApril 2022October 2023Allow1800NoNo
17728404SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DATA LOSS PREVENTION VIA AN EMBEDDED BROWSERApril 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17719495METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION AND DATA-PROCESSING CIRCUITApril 2022January 2024Allow2100NoNo
17719359NPU IMPLEMENTED FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS TO PROCESS FUSION OF HETEROGENEOUS DATA RECEIVED FROM HETEROGENEOUS SENSORSApril 2022July 2022Allow300NoNo
17718112HANDSHAKE CIRCUITSApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17762076AUTOMOTIVE, NAVAL, AND AIRCRAFT BUS-EMULATORMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110NoNo
17698402Timer Processing Method, Apparatus, Electronic Device and Computer Storage MediumMarch 2022April 2024Allow2520NoNo
17692147SKEW MATCHING IN A DIE-TO-DIE INTERFACEMarch 2022August 2023Allow1810YesNo
17686445DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS CIRCUIT, MICROCONTROLLER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DIRECT MEMORY ACCESSMarch 2022January 2024Allow2300NoNo
17639233SMART CARD MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND SMART CARD MANAGEMENT METHODFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2600NoNo
17588215M-BUS RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND M-BUS-BASED 4G WATER METER COLLECTORJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3100NoNo
17582104APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PROCESSING DORMANT USER DATA IN A JOB RESUME IMMUTABLE SEQUENTIAL LISTINGJanuary 2022March 2022Allow200NoNo
17648417Communications System and Method of Operating the SameJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3100NoNo
17646410AUTONOMOUS AND SELF-AWARE CONNECTION MECHANISMDecember 2021July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17562056INTERCONNECT FABRIC LINK WIDTH REDUCTION TO REDUCE INSTANTANEOUS POWER CONSUMPTIONDecember 2021January 2023Allow1200NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROCHE, JOHN B.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
31
Examiner Affirmed
17
(54.8%)
Examiner Reversed
14
(45.2%)
Reversal Percentile
66.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 45.2% 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
63
Allowed After Appeal Filing
20
(31.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
43
(68.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.1%
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, 31.7% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner ROCHE, JOHN B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ROCHE, JOHN B works in Art Unit 2184 and has examined 689 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ROCHE, JOHN B's allowance rate of 77.6% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ROCHE, JOHN B receive 1.93 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 62% 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 ROCHE, JOHN B is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -24.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROCHE, JOHN B. This interview benefit is in the 0% 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, 22.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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, 73.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% 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 58.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.2% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 41.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 47% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

    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

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