USPTO Examiner MYERS PAUL R - Art Unit 2187

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17133954User Signals for Data Transmission Over a Bus Interface ProtocolDecember 2020June 2024Allow4110YesNo
17130982METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURE OVERCLOCKING FREQUENCYDecember 2020February 2024Allow3810YesNo
17119400METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOLID STATE DISK DEVICESDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17113625EVENT COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENTDecember 2020June 2022Allow1810YesNo
17108973SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING PLURAL SIGNAL BUSES FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSESDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310NoNo
17102510FULL-DUPLEX COMMUNICATIONS OVER A SINGLE-WIRE BUSNovember 2020June 2022Allow1910NoNo
17100625Machine Learning (ML)-Based Static Verification for Derived Hardware-Design ElementsNovember 2020June 2022Allow1800NoNo
17075463POWER LOSS SIRENOctober 2020January 2022Allow1510NoNo
17073091METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DUAL MODE BOOT-UP IN MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICEOctober 2020February 2023Abandon2810NoNo
17070870PIN CONTROL METHODOctober 2020March 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17069556CONFIGURATION SYNTHESIS UTILIZING INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURESOctober 2020April 2022Allow1800NoNo
17065495AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT AND INTELLIGENT ASSIGNMENT OF SETTINGSOctober 2020April 2023Allow3110YesNo
17030632COORDINATED INITIALIZATION SYSTEMSeptember 2020July 2022Allow2220NoNo
17030086METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER SUPPLY CONTROLSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2820NoNo
17026454Configurable-Aggregation Retimer With Media-Dedicated ControllersSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1800NoNo
17007523METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA TRANSMISSION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2020August 2022Allow2320NoNo
17004877MEMORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMAugust 2020January 2023Abandon2820NoNo
16947980DYNAMIC DATA COMPRESSIONAugust 2020April 2023Allow3140NoNo
16970257DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER DEVICE OF A BUS SYSTEMAugust 2020May 2022Allow2100NoNo
16947440Mechanism for Saving Power on a Bus InterfaceJuly 2020February 2023Allow3130YesNo
16933209CONTROLLED EARLY RESPONSE IN MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEMSJuly 2020June 2022Abandon2310NoNo
16923244MULTI-DIE AND MULTI-CORE COMPUTING PLATFORM AND BOOTING METHOD FOR THE SAMEJuly 2020September 2021Allow1500NoNo
16914272HIGH-SPEED REAL-TIME BUS SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFJune 2020May 2022Allow2310NoNo
16910928SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING PLATFORM APPLICATIONS WITH INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSJune 2020February 2022Allow2010NoNo
16906126SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING PLATFORM APPLICATIONS WITH INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSJune 2020September 2021Allow1500NoNo
16896863DIRECTING CONTROL DATA BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGESJune 2020August 2021Allow1500NoNo
16771092LOGIC CIRCUITRYJune 2020March 2022Allow2120NoNo
16768228LOGIC CIRCUITRY PACKAGEMay 2020September 2022Allow2710NoNo
16768205LOGIC CIRCUITRY PACKAGEMay 2020November 2021Allow1710NoNo
16885600CONFIGURABLE OPTION ROMMay 2020December 2021Allow1810NoNo
16767582LOGIC CIRCUITRY PACKAGEMay 2020January 2023Abandon3210NoNo
16882986PROACTIVELY PERFORMING TASKS BASED ON ESTIMATING HARDWARE RECONFIGURATION TIMESMay 2020December 2021Allow1900NoNo
16874276FIRMWARE UPDATE PATCHMay 2020March 2022Allow2210NoNo
16866206METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINE TUNING AND OPTIMIZING NVME-OF SSDSMay 2020September 2022Allow2940YesNo
16860915SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEApril 2020December 2021Allow1910NoNo
16859611TWO-WIRE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSApril 2020September 2021Allow1710YesNo
16853868COMMAND BASED ON-DIE TERMINATION FOR HIGH-SPEED NAND INTERFACEApril 2020August 2021Allow1610YesNo
16848207VIRTUALIZED TRANSACTION TERMINAL PLATFORMApril 2020December 2021Allow2020NoNo
16848819SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CDR AND CTLE PARAMETERSApril 2020August 2021Allow1610YesNo
16838796DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS ARCHITECTURE WITH MULTI-LEVEL MULTI-STRIDINGApril 2020October 2021Allow1910YesNo
16837585Systems and Methods for an Arbitration Controller to Arbitrate Multiple Automation Requests on a Material Handling VehicleApril 2020April 2023Allow3640YesYes
16832855IMPROVED CLOCKING SCHEME TO RECEIVE DATAMarch 2020August 2022Allow2950YesNo
16831719PARTIAL LINK WIDTH STATES FOR BIDIRECTIONAL MULTILANE LINKSMarch 2020August 2023Allow4020YesNo
16828453PROCESSOR AND INTERRUPT CONTROLLERMarch 2020July 2021Allow1610NoNo
16814039OPERATING SYSTEM-AGNOSTIC CONTAINER RUNTIMEMarch 2020August 2022Allow2920NoNo
16801303AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING COMPUTING CLUSTERSFebruary 2020July 2022Allow2920YesNo
16796828FORWARDING ELEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP WITH SEPARATE I/O AND SWITCHING TILESFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2740NoNo
16790648PLATFORM CONTROLLER HUB (PCH) CHIPSETS IN PLATFORMS AS EXTENDED IO EXPANDER(S)February 2020September 2023Allow4320NoNo
16631618PLUG AND PLAY MODULE ASSEMBLY AND PLUG AND PLAY SYSTEMJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2610NoNo
16727665DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM TASK MANAGEMENT USING A SIMULATED CLOCKDecember 2019September 2022Allow3210YesNo
16726684TIMESTAMP ALIGNMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTING NODESDecember 2019February 2023Allow3820YesNo
16718538TESTING CURRENT DRAW CAPACITY FROM AN UNKNOWN USB SUPPLYDecember 2019June 2022Allow3070YesNo
16717838SINGLE-COUNTER, MULTI-TRIGGER SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSDecember 2019May 2022Allow2830YesNo
16693127INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2019September 2022Allow3440NoNo
16688347STORAGE DEVICE FIRMWARE BOOTLOADER RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORNovember 2019September 2021Allow2220NoNo
16682629COMMUNICATION UNIT, CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2019October 2021Allow2310NoNo
16670370LOW VOLTAGE DRIVE CIRCUIT OPERABLE TO CONVEY DATA VIA A BUSOctober 2019October 2021Allow2350YesNo
16668381SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE, GOVERNANCE, AND SECURITY IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTOctober 2019December 2021Allow2660NoNo
16667194NAND INTERFACE DEVICE TO BOOST OPERATION SPEED OF A SOLID-STATE DRIVEOctober 2019March 2022Abandon2840NoNo
16600895MANAGING A MODE TO ACCESS A MEMORY COMPONENT OR A LOGIC COMPONENT FOR MACHINE LEARNING COMPUTATION IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMOctober 2019April 2022Allow3030YesNo
16591756POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEOctober 2019February 2022Allow2840YesNo
16500751COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR SERIAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICESOctober 2019June 2022Allow3210NoNo
16590490METHOD FOR ARBITRATION AND ACCESS TO HARDWARE REQUEST RING STRUCTURES IN A CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTOctober 2019April 2023Allow4320NoNo
16585851REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR MULTI-DOMAIN PROBLEMSSeptember 2019September 2023Abandon4720NoNo
16580092SUPERVISED LEARNING BASED UEFI PRE-BOOT CONTROLSeptember 2019December 2021Allow2710NoNo
16562036MANAGING A TIME REFERENCESeptember 2019September 2021Allow2410NoNo
16552673SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLIGENT POWER STRIP AND DEVICE CONNECTED THERETOAugust 2019August 2021Allow2420NoNo
16516962METHOD FOR BOOTING STARTUP OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2019November 2021Allow2810NoNo
16513691POWER MANAGEMENT OF RE-DRIVER DEVICESJuly 2019August 2021Allow2510YesNo
16464560SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VECTOR COMMUNICATIONMay 2019September 2021Allow2830YesNo
16393425BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN ASYMMETRICAL SWITCH TOPOLOGIESApril 2019September 2022Allow4020NoYes
16354371APPLICATION PROGRAM PAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEMarch 2019September 2023Allow5420YesNo
16304134MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUSNovember 2018June 2022Abandon4340YesNo
16097189SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SWITCHING EFFICIENCY OF DOUBLE NETWORK CARD NCSI MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2018August 2022Abandon4620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MYERS, PAUL R.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
93.0%
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
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
95.9%
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, 100.0% 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 MYERS, PAUL R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MYERS, PAUL R works in Art Unit 2187 and has examined 74 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MYERS, PAUL R's allowance rate of 87.8% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MYERS, PAUL R receive 1.82 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MYERS, PAUL R is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MYERS, PAUL R. This interview benefit is in the 47% 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, 21.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 51.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 78% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 7% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. 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, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 2% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

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 3.1% of allowed cases (in the 76% 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:

  • 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.

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.

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