USPTO Examiner PHAN RAYMOND NGAN - Art Unit 2186

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17136175Processor Security Mode Based Memory Operation ManagementDecember 2020January 2023Allow2410YesNo
17124455BUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING ADDRESSES TO A PLURALITY OF BUS SUBSCRIBERS IN A BUS SYSTEMDecember 2020August 2022Allow2010NoNo
17118071ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTERFACE BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020March 2022Allow1510NoNo
17115460METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH INTEGRITY CAN BUS TRAFFIC SUPERVISION IN SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATIONDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610YesNo
17115384SIGNAL BRIDGING USING AN UNPOPULATED PROCESSOR INTERCONNECTDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510YesNo
17105053STATUS CHECK USING SIGNALINGNovember 2020October 2022Allow2310NoNo
17102016CIRCUIT COMPRISING A CURRENT OUTPUT DRIVER FOR OUTPUTTING AN OUTPUT CURRENT TO A LOADNovember 2020December 2021Allow1300NoNo
16953171TRANSFER OF SEGMENTED DATANovember 2020March 2022Allow1610NoNo
17099896Split Direct Memory Access (DMA) with Streaming InterconnectNovember 2020June 2022Allow1910YesNo
17093087AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT GLOBAL SCHEDULER AND SCHEDULING METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF RACKSNovember 2020April 2022Allow1710NoNo
17093543Configuration of a Reconfigurable Data Processor using Sub-FilesNovember 2020November 2022Allow2420YesNo
17087414APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS SECURITY AND FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF CLOCK AND VOLTAGES INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT OF A DIVIDER RATIONovember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
17079237INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER AND SENSOR NETWORK BUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING A LINK MEDIA EXPANSION AND CONVERSION MECHANISMOctober 2020December 2021Allow1400NoNo
17076739TECHNOLOGIES FOR PARTIAL LINK WIDTH STATES FOR MULTILANE LINKSOctober 2020June 2022Allow2010YesNo
17066915INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER AND SENSOR NETWORK BUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING AN ERROR AVOIDANCE AND CORRECTION MECHANISMOctober 2020October 2021Allow1200NoNo
17067132INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER AND SENSOR NETWORK BUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING A DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION MECHANISMOctober 2020October 2021Allow1300NoNo
17038041TECHNIQUES FOR RECOMMENDING CONFIGURATION CHANGES USING A DECISION TREESeptember 2020September 2022Allow2310NoNo
17037984INTEGRATED CIRCUITSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1610NoNo
17038623CONTROL PLANE OPERATION AT DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSeptember 2020September 2021Allow1200NoNo
17033420TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING CONTEXT INFORMATION FOR A STORAGE DEVICE WHILE MAINTAINING RESPONSIVENESSSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2320YesNo
17032701SEPARATE CLOCKING FOR COMPONENTS OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITSeptember 2020May 2022Allow1910NoNo
17029646Managing Access to a CPU on Behalf of a Block Application and a Non-block ApplicationSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17025482INTERRUPT CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING INTERRUPTS BASED ON PRIORITIES OF INTERRUPTSSeptember 2020September 2021Allow1210NoNo
17020428POWER STATE TRANSITIONSSeptember 2020May 2022Allow2010NoNo
16980676EVALUATION INDEX BASED DEVICE ALLOCATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2020October 2021Allow1310YesNo
17018531QUANTUM CONTROLLER FAST PATH INTERFACESeptember 2020September 2022Allow2410NoNo
17009268ENERGY-AWARE COMPUTING SYSTEMSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2520NoNo
17008006REDUCING SAVE RESTORE LATENCY FOR POWER CONTROL BASED ON WRITE SIGNALSAugust 2020September 2022Allow2510YesNo
17008542LINK LAYER-PHY INTERFACE ADAPTERAugust 2020December 2023Allow4010NoNo
17003344LOAD BALANCING BASED ON UTILIZATION PERCENTAGE OF CPU CORESAugust 2020April 2022Allow2010YesNo
17003611Programmable Chip Enable For Switching And Selecting Functions To Reduce Data Loading And Increase ThroughputAugust 2020February 2022Allow1800NoNo
16997474ARTICLE, DEVICE, AND TECHNIQUES FOR SERVERLESS STREAMING MESSAGE PROCESSINGAugust 2020August 2021Allow1200NoNo
16994180DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT FOR PREVENTING A NODE FROM FLOATING AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2020June 2022Allow2210NoNo
16985632METHOD FOR CHECKING PROGRAM EXECUTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER, EXTERNAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2020July 2021Allow1100NoNo
16942056ADDRESSING OF SLAVE DEVICES USING INTERATIVE POWER ACTIVATIONJuly 2020September 2021Allow1410NoNo
16939133POWER DISRUPTION DATA PROTECTIONJuly 2020April 2022Allow2010NoNo
16936507COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO CONTROL DEVICES IN A VEHICLEJuly 2020February 2022Allow1810NoNo
16964134SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCES OF A STORAGE DEVICE AND QUANTIFYING THE COST OF I/O REQUESTSJuly 2020July 2023Allow3610NoNo
16934487CONTROLLING A STORAGE SYSTEM BASED ON AVAILABLE POWERJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310NoNo
16935058Systems And Methods To Bifurcate At Least One Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) Port In Accordance With A User-Selectable PCIE Bifurcation SettingJuly 2020May 2022Allow2210NoNo
16905627System and Method of Rerouting an Inter-Processor Communication Link Based on a Link Utilization ValueJune 2020August 2021Allow1400NoNo
16896917UNIVERSAL PERIPHERAL EXTENDER FOR COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTING PERIPHERAL I/O DEVICES AND SMART HOST DEVICESJune 2020October 2022Allow2810NoNo
16893442Power sequence monitoring systemJune 2020January 2022Allow1910NoNo
16770063SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-POWER, REAL-TIME OBJECT DETECTIONJune 2020December 2022Allow3110NoNo
16891348DIE MEMORY OPERATION SCHEDULING PLAN FOR POWER CONTROL IN AN INTEGRATED MEMORY ASSEMBLYJune 2020November 2021Allow1710YesNo
16886109INDICATING LATENCY ASSOCIATED WITH A MEMORY REQUEST IN A SYSTEMMay 2020November 2021Allow1810NoNo
16881949FUNCTIONAL SAFETY METHOD, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM-ON-CHIP, DEVICE AND VEHICLEMay 2020April 2022Allow2300NoNo
16868875TRIGGER BASED CONFIGURATION OF CONTINUOUS DELIVERY PIPELINEMay 2020December 2022Allow3110YesNo
16866000Emulated Telemetry Interfaces For Fabric-Coupled Computing UnitsMay 2020November 2021Allow1910NoNo
16863898INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER AND SENSOR NETWORK BUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING A MESSAGE RETRANSMISSION MECHANISMApril 2020June 2021Allow1400NoNo
16853926INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MEMORY MODULE EXPANDERApril 2020December 2021Allow2010NoNo
16846256NETWORK STORAGE GATEWAYApril 2020October 2021Allow1810YesNo
16837508TIME CALIBRATION ACROSS MULTI-SOCKET COMPUTING SYSTEMSApril 2020December 2021Allow2100NoNo
16651496POWER MANAGEMENT FOR PARTIAL CACHE LINE INFORMATION STORAGE BETWEEN MEMORIESMarch 2020November 2021Allow2010YesNo
16821778PREMISES SECURITY SYSTEM WITH POWER OVER ETHERNET HAVING AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY AND UNINTERRUPTIBLE INTERNET CONNECTIVITYMarch 2020May 2022Allow2610NoNo
16804045COMPUTER PROCESSING UNIT INTRA-FRAME CLOCK AND VOLTAGE SCALING BASED ON GRAPHICS APPLICATION AWARENESSFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2710YesNo
16799406Online Reconfiguration Of A Node In A Process Control SystemFebruary 2020September 2022Allow3110NoNo
16793361SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BINDING SECONDARY OPERATING SYSTEM TO PLATFORM BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMFebruary 2020April 2022Allow2610NoNo
16793472USB DOCKING STATION WITH OUTPUT POWER ADJUSTMENT AND METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2020August 2022Allow3010NoNo
16788832SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BUS DATAFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1710NoNo
16787335ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTRONIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CUTTING OFF A PROCESSOR ON OCCURRENCE OF A FAILURE EVENTFebruary 2020November 2022Allow3310NoNo
16781227MANAGING POWER AT A STATION VIA A PHYSICAL LAYER DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICESFebruary 2020May 2023Allow3930NoNo
16773554GENERATING CONFIGURATION CORRECTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS USING A CLASSIFIER MODELJanuary 2020August 2022Allow3010NoNo
16748805CLOCK DATA RECOVERY DEVICE AND METHOD TO ALTERNATIVELY ADJUST PHASES OF OUTPUTTED CLOCK SIGNALSJanuary 2020September 2021Allow2010NoNo
16749250PARALLEL SCHEDULING OF ENCRYPTION ENGINES AND DECRYPTION ENGINES TO PREVENT SIDE CHANNEL ATTACKSJanuary 2020May 2022Allow2800NoNo
16747252METHOD AND CONTROL TERMINAL FOR CONFIGURING BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM SETTINGS OF A COMPUTERJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2600NoNo
16744439POWER DIVERTER FOR DONGLES USING TELEVISION POWERSOURCEJanuary 2020May 2023Abandon4050YesNo
16736819SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING STATUS OF ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT FOR ADJUSTING INPUT SIGNALJanuary 2020May 2022Allow2810NoNo
16726132TRANSLATION CIRCUITRY FOR AN INTERCONNECTION IN AN ACTIVE INTERPOSER OF A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGEDecember 2019August 2021Allow2020YesNo
16713046PARALLEL PROCESSING APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING NODE ACTIVATION TIMING, NODE ACTIVATION METHOD OF CONTROLLING NODE ACTIVATION TIMING, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM OF CONTROLLING NODE ACTIVATION TIMINGDecember 2019July 2022Allow3110NoNo
16710395OPTIMIZING POWER, MEMORY AND LOAD TIME OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM DURING IMAGE LOADING BASED ON IMAGE SEGMENTATIONDecember 2019October 2021Allow2210NoNo
16682753MEMORY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SAVING POWER CONSUMPTION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFNovember 2019March 2022Allow2810YesNo
16677791SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF SAFETY-CRITICAL AND NON-SAFETY-CRITICAL PROCESSES IN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS USING MASTER-MINION FUNCTIONALITYNovember 2019June 2022Allow3210YesNo
16671714SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MAXIMUM LOAD BASED ON AN AGGREGATE LOAD PROFILE OF A SYSTEMNovember 2019June 2021Allow1910NoNo
16595065MEMORY CONTROLLER PERFORMING RECOVERY OPERATION USING RECOVERY CODE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2019January 2022Allow2710NoNo
16587917RECEPTION DEVICESeptember 2019May 2022Allow3210NoNo
16584261SYSTEMS AND METHODS CAPABLE OF BYPASSING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WHEN STORING FIRMWARE IN EXECUTION MEMORYSeptember 2019March 2022Allow2910NoNo
16577975BATTERY RUNTIME AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT BASED UPON PRESENCE DETECTIONSeptember 2019February 2022Allow2910NoNo
16523009Technology For Managing Per-Core Performance StatesJuly 2019June 2021Allow2310NoNo
16456931AUTOMATIC SWITCHING AND DEPLOYMENT OF SOFTWARE OR FIRMWARE BASED USB4 CONNECTION MANAGERSJune 2019July 2022Allow3700NoNo
16427331POWER-ON PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TERMINAL DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICEMay 2019April 2022Allow3510NoNo
16420859METHOD OF OPERATING SELECTIVE WAKE-UP OF COMMUNICATION NODE IN VEHICLE NETWORKMay 2019July 2021Allow2610NoNo
16407602Method for Establishing Applications-To-Be Preloaded Prediction Model Based on Preorder Usage Sequence of Foreground Application, Storage Medium, and TerminalMay 2019July 2022Allow3810NoNo
16402817PLATFORM-BASED ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTMay 2019July 2021Allow2710YesNo
16388796BOOT IMAGE FILE HAVING A GLOBAL PARTITION FOR DATA PROCESSING ENGINES OF A PROGRAMMABLE DEVICEApril 2019May 2022Allow3710YesNo
16368534MODULARIZED AND CUSTOMIZABLE TRANSACTION TERMINAL ARCHITECTUREMarch 2019June 2023Allow5050NoNo
16168701NETWORK AND SWITCH PROVIDING CONTROLLABLE POWER THROUGH OUTLETS AND COMMUNICATION PORTSOctober 2018July 2021Allow3320NoNo
16039310Power over Ethernet (PoE) Power Supplying Method and ApparatusJuly 2018February 2022Abandon4330YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
92.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
3.0%
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN works in Art Unit 2186 and has examined 88 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN's allowance rate of 97.7% places them in the 89% 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 PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN receive 1.02 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN is 23 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 -9.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN. This interview benefit is in the 4% 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, 31.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 40.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% 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 15% 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:

    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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