USPTO Examiner KIM DONG U - Art Unit 2197

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18760152CLOUD RESOURCES FOR SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18738221SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED EXECUTION OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS ON CLOUD-BASED SERVICES BASED ON PROCESSING CONSTRAINTSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18738246SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED EXECUTION OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS ON CLOUD-BASED SERVICESJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18669909Merging Streams For Call Enhancement In Virtual Desktop InfrastructureMay 2024December 2025Allow1920YesNo
18667648HYPERVISOR HIBERNATIONMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18538237HYPERVISOR HOT RESTARTDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18512913SERVICES DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT FOR BACKEND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONNovember 2023March 2026Allow2800YesNo
18511676TRIGGERED QUEUE TRANSFORMATIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18387902COMPUTING NETWORKING SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION AND METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18459307FLOW CONFIGURABLE EVENT-DRIVEN MICROSERVICESAugust 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18365806Replicated Time Wheel Delay Event SchedulingAugust 2023February 2026Allow3000YesNo
18365513CROSS-INSTANCE INTELLIGENT RESOURCE POOLING FOR DISPARATE DATABASES IN CLOUD NATIVE ENVIRONMENTAugust 2023December 2025Allow2800NoNo
18219217PROVIDING STATEFUL SERVICES IN A SCALABLE MANNER FOR MACHINES EXECUTING ON HOST COMPUTERSJuly 2023August 2025Abandon2540NoNo
18347725System Integration in Automation EngineeringJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18345827REINFORCEMENT LEARNING POLICY SERVING AND TRAINING FRAMEWORK IN PRODUCTION CLOUD SYSTEMSJune 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18343729BLOCKCHAIN PROVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING NON-COMPETITIVE CONSENSUS ALGORITHM AND MICRO-CHAIN ARCHITECTURE TO ENSURE TRANSACTION PROCESSING SPEED, SCALABILITY, AND SECURITY SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICESJune 2023December 2025Allow3020YesNo
18269261METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING DEEP LEARNING SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18335004METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEAMLESS VIRTUAL MACHINE CHANGING FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18325647GRAPH PARTITIONING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE MODELS ON TENSOR STREAMING PROCESSORSMay 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18311356VIRTUAL HARDWARE COMPONENTSMay 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18302652POWER-MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL MACHINESApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18193853Automated Provisioning of Cloud ResourcesMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410YesNo
18193032CACHING MEMORY MAPPED I/O EMULATION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18120965ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VIRTUAL MACHINES AND VIRTUAL DEVICES BY HYPERVISOR-CONTROLLED FIRMWAREMarch 2023February 2026Allow3510YesNo
18178876DISTRIBUTED, DETERMINISTIC COMPUTE AND NETWORKING CO-SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS BASED ON A TIME-TRIGGERED ARCHITECTUREMarch 2023February 2026Abandon3510NoNo
18107034ACCESS METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE AND VIRTUAL DEVICEFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310YesNo
18102683METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A HIGHLY AVAILABLE CLUSTER NETWORKJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18098617REENTRANT SERVICE DEPLOYMENTSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900YesNo
18155255POD DEPLOYMENT IN A GUEST CLUSTER EXECUTING AS A VIRTUAL EXTENSION OF MANAGEMENT CLUSTER IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEMJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18148515INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022January 2026Allow3710YesNo
18079182SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESG REPORTNG BASED OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION ACROSS ESG DIMENSIONSDecember 2022May 2025Allow3000YesNo
17926059PRE-LOADING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2022December 2025Allow3710YesNo
17988793GENERATING INSTALLATION IMAGES BASED UPON DPU-SPECIFIC CAPABILITIESNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17967322FAIL-SAFE POST COPY MIGRATION OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONSOctober 2022March 2026Allow4120NoNo
17935124METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE WORKLOADS IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3610YesNo
17784866METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING BARE METAL SERVER LINUX SYSTEM IMAGESeptember 2022August 2025Allow3910YesNo
17931401Non-Disruptive Hibernating And Resuming Guest Environment Using Network Virtual Service ClientSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4020YesNo
17901891GUEST OS MANAGED POINT IN TIME SNAPSHOTSSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3610YesNo
17899288MANAGING EVENTS FOR SERVICES OF A CLOUD PLATFORM IN A HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENTAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710YesNo
17897584DATA-AT-REST PROTECTION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESAugust 2022December 2025Allow4030YesNo
17896718MAPPING COMMON PATHS FOR APPLICATIONSAugust 2022November 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17816187UTILIZATION OF A RESOURCE TO PERFORM A TASK BASED ON A PREDICTED CAPACITY OF THE RESOURCEJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17876457OFFLOADING STATEFUL SERVICES FROM GUEST MACHINES TO HOST RESOURCESJuly 2022January 2026Abandon4120YesNo
17871021CLOUD SAFETY COMPUTING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM BASED ON CLOUD FAULT-TOLERANT TECHNOLOGYJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4320NoNo
17871500PROVIDING AVAILABILITY OF PASSTHROUGH DEVICES CONFIGURED ON VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCESJuly 2022October 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17852200EFFICIENT NETWORK DEVICE FAILOVER MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESJune 2022June 2025Allow3620NoNo
17849694SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION PROTECTION AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM CODE THAT PROVIDES APPLICATION PROTECTION WHEN EXECUTEDJune 2022March 2025Allow3200NoNo
17846820FOCUS SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS INCOMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEMSJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17841552ALLOCATING OF COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR APPLICATIONSJune 2022November 2025Allow4120YesNo
17840941SETTING CHANGING DEVICE, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2022June 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17663875INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMMay 2022April 2025Allow3520YesNo
17771450SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2022September 2025Allow4020YesNo
17724484DEVICE PASS-THROUGH METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE AND SERVER USING THE SAMEApril 2022June 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17711462CONTAINER PROVISIONINGApril 2022February 2026Abandon4720NoNo
17709836SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER BASED ON DESIRED STATE SPECIFICATION FROM VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWAREMarch 2022July 2025Allow3920NoYes
17704140METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING WORKFLOW ON CLOUD PLATFORMS USING LINUX CRONMarch 2022August 2025Abandon4120YesNo
17702198METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING WORKFLOW ON CLOUD PLATFORMSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17701505METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN-SCHEDULED CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION, REPOSITORY AND CODE DEPLOYMENT WITH TOKENIZED TRACKINGMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4211NoNo
17699814MAPPING LOGICAL PARTITIONS FOR EVENT DATA TO A PLURALITY OF QUEUESMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17698668GENERATING POWER EFFICIENT SECURE MULTICLIENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING DATAMarch 2022July 2025Allow4030YesNo
17696921PRE-POPULATED SECURITY POLICIES FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOP SESSIONSMarch 2022April 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17695949DUAL STAGE BULKHEADSMarch 2022August 2024Allow2900NoNo
17641921METHOD FOR OVERLOAD CONTROL IN A CONTAINER-VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING APPARATUSMarch 2022April 2025Allow3820YesNo
17691759Virtualizing Hardware Processing Resources in a ProcessorMarch 2022July 2025Allow4020YesNo
17691168COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING JOB OPERATION PROGRAM, JOB OPERATION SYSTEM, AND JOB OPERATION METHODMarch 2022February 2025Allow3520YesNo
17688028ASYNCHRONOUS INPUT DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION MECHANISMMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000NoNo
17687593INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510YesNo
17671379RUNTIME CUSTOMIZATION FOR NETWORK FUNCTION DEPLOYMENTFebruary 2022October 2025Abandon4430NoNo
17590372Optimization of Virtual Warehouse Computing Resource AllocationFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17564794MEMORY RECLAMATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021January 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17564519EDGE COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION TOOLDecember 2021April 2025Abandon4020NoYes
17646044REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF COMPUTE ACCELERATOR WORKLOADS WITH REMOTELY ACCESSED WORKING SETSDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17554166CONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL LIFECYCLE OPERATORDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510YesNo
17643802OFFLOADING OF REMOTE SERVICE INTERACTIONS TO VIRTUALIZED SERVICE DEVICESDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17539161MANAGEMENT OF SECRETS DURING DEPLOYMENT OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410YesNo
17537824TIME-BOUND TASK MANAGEMENT IN PARALLEL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENTNovember 2021June 2025Allow4230YesNo
17536325METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SCHEDULING OF TASKS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021January 2025Allow3720YesNo
17535458ENABLING A HOST PASSTHROUGH BASED ON A HARDWARE IDENTIFICATION INSTRUCTIONNovember 2021November 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17611017SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL WORKFORCE INTELLIGENT ORCHESTRATIONNovember 2021June 2025Allow4330YesNo
17484825MULTIPLE SECURE VIRTUAL PROCESSORS FOR A TRUST DOMAINSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3720YesNo
17484473Wireless Network Authentication by a Trusted Virtual MachineSeptember 2021July 2025Allow4540YesNo
17471263SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SYSTEM CONTROL PROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PARTITIONING OF BARE-METAL SYSTEM RESOURCESSeptember 2021October 2024Allow3820NoNo
17470569INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3610NoNo
17469741INTELLIGENT CONTAINER CONFIGURING USING AUGMENTED REALITYSeptember 2021May 2025Allow4540YesNo
17469605SCALING SYSTEM AND CALCULATION METHODSeptember 2021May 2025Allow4430YesNo
17376758DIRECT ACCESS TO HARDWARE ACCELERATOR IN AN O-RAN SYSTEMJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17369290HIGHLY SCALABLE, PEER-BASED, REAL-TIME AGENT ARCHITECTUREJuly 2021May 2025Abandon4630NoNo
17367470AUTOMATED INSTANTIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE NETWORKSJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4120NoNo
17244103GENERATING AND/OR MODIFYING METADATA FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND RUNTIME INFORMATION FOR CONTENTApril 2021January 2025Allow4540YesNo
17219182TRANSPARENT DATA REDUCTION IN PRIVATE/PUBLIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS FOR HOST ENCRYPTED DATAMarch 2021November 2025Abandon5520YesYes
17171861DYNAMIC CONTAINERIZED CONTENT DELIVERYFebruary 2021February 2025Allow4850YesNo
17169137VIRTUALIZED FILE SERVER DATA SHARINGFebruary 2021June 2024Allow4020YesYes
17135975METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING APPLICATIONS ON A VIRTUAL MACHINEDecember 2020May 2025Abandon5350YesNo
16989002SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATOR TASK PROFILING VIA VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR MANAGER BASED ON SLOT SPEEDAugust 2020May 2023Abandon3440NoNo
16261534METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE DATA RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMSJanuary 2019January 2020Allow1210NoNo
16154385STREAM PROCESSING AT SCALEOctober 2018November 2019Allow1310NoNo
16034300MANAGING COMPUTATIONAL TASKS IN VEHICLE CONTEXTJuly 2018March 2020Allow2000NoNo
15997648PROGRAM VERIFICATION USING HASH CHAINSJune 2018September 2018Allow300NoNo
15888691FACILITATING HIBERNATION MODE TRANSITIONS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINESFebruary 2018May 2019Allow1520YesNo
15836052MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES WITHIN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2017July 2019Allow1910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KIM, DONG U.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
3
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
38.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority 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
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(55.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(44.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
86.7%
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, 55.6% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner KIM, DONG U - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KIM, DONG U works in Art Unit 2197 and has examined 134 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KIM, DONG U's allowance rate of 93.3% places them in the 80% 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 KIM, DONG U receive 1.60 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% 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 KIM, DONG U is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KIM, DONG U. This interview benefit is in the 36% 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, 40.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% 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 15.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 14.3% 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, 44.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 37% 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 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 16% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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.

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.