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
18667648HYPERVISOR HIBERNATIONMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18538237HYPERVISOR HOT RESTARTDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18511676TRIGGERED QUEUE TRANSFORMATIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18335004METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEAMLESS VIRTUAL MACHINE CHANGING FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18098617REENTRANT SERVICE DEPLOYMENTSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900YesNo
18079182SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESG REPORTNG BASED OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION ACROSS ESG DIMENSIONSDecember 2022May 2025Allow3000YesNo
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
17840941SETTING CHANGING DEVICE, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2022June 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17663875INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMMay 2022April 2025Allow3520YesNo
17724484DEVICE PASS-THROUGH METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE AND SERVER USING THE SAMEApril 2022June 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17709836SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER BASED ON DESIRED STATE SPECIFICATION FROM VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWAREMarch 2022July 2025Allow3920NoYes
17702198METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING WORKFLOW ON CLOUD PLATFORMSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17699814MAPPING LOGICAL PARTITIONS FOR EVENT DATA TO A PLURALITY OF QUEUESMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17696921PRE-POPULATED SECURITY POLICIES FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOP SESSIONSMarch 2022April 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17695949DUAL STAGE BULKHEADSMarch 2022August 2024Allow2900NoNo
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
17641921METHOD FOR OVERLOAD CONTROL IN A CONTAINER-VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING APPARATUSMarch 2022April 2025Allow3820YesNo
17688028ASYNCHRONOUS INPUT DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION MECHANISMMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000NoNo
17687593INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510YesNo
17590372Optimization of Virtual Warehouse Computing Resource AllocationFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17564519EDGE COMPUTE ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION TOOLDecember 2021April 2025Abandon4020NoYes
17564794MEMORY RECLAMATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021January 2025Abandon3710NoNo
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
17611017SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL WORKFORCE INTELLIGENT ORCHESTRATIONNovember 2021June 2025Allow4330YesNo
17484825MULTIPLE SECURE VIRTUAL PROCESSORS FOR A TRUST DOMAINSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3720YesNo
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
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
15710870AVOIDING OVERLOADING OF NETWORK ADAPTERS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2017February 2018Allow500NoNo
15670936ACTIVITY INITIATED VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATIONAugust 2017September 2018Allow1300NoNo
15669220PRIORITIZATION OF LOW ACTIVE THREAD COUNT VIRTUAL MACHINES IN VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTAugust 2017April 2019Allow2010YesNo
15654968METHOD TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON A SCHEDULE OBTAINED FROM ONE OR MORE HOSTED CALENDARSJuly 2017June 2019Allow2320NoNo
15634735DATABASE RESOURCE SCALINGJune 2017July 2019Allow2510YesNo
15593713REGULATING HARDWARE SPECULATIVE PROCESSING AROUND A TRANSACTIONMay 2017August 2019Allow2710NoNo
15481339SYSTEM LEVEL UPDATE PROTECTION BASED ON VM PRIORITY IN A MULTI-TENANT CLOUD ENVIRONMENTApril 2017September 2018Allow1810YesNo
15514924METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIGRATING VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR IMPROVING MOBILE USER EXPERIENCEMarch 2017January 2019Allow2230NoNo
15430668METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE DATA RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMSFebruary 2017September 2018Allow1910NoNo
15411586INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE STATE AND INSTRUCTION EXECUTIONJanuary 2017April 2019Allow2720YesNo
15354330Locale Object ManagementNovember 2016November 2018Allow2410YesNo
15297274PERFORMANCE-BASED REALLOCATING OF LOGICAL PROCESSING UNITS TO SOCKETS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEMOctober 2016June 2018Allow1910YesNo
15232076DATA-LOCALITY-AWARE TASK SCHEDULING ON HYPER-CONVERGED COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURESAugust 2016May 2019Allow3320YesYes
15185403METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMSJune 2016March 2019Allow3230NoNo
15140830PERFORMING AUTOMATIC MAP REDUCE JOB OPTIMIZATION USING A RESOURCE SUPPLY-DEMAND BASED APPROACHApril 2016February 2018Allow2220NoNo
15136138COORDINATING EVENT-DRIVEN OBJECT EXECUTIONApril 2016August 2018Allow2710NoNo
15096716REGULATING HARDWARE SPECULATIVE PROCESSING AROUND A TRANSACTIONApril 2016February 2017Allow1010NoNo
15093228CONTROLLING OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO ANOTHER SYSTEM'S ARCHITECTUREApril 2016January 2017Allow910NoNo
15085108Identifying Enhanced Synchronization Operation Outcomes to Improve Runtime OperationsMarch 2016August 2018Allow2920YesNo
15082366DEPLOYMENT RULE SYSTEMMarch 2016July 2017Allow1620YesNo
15080689Thermal-And Spatial-Aware Task SchedulingMarch 2016July 2017Allow1510YesNo
15055234APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO TRANSLATE A LOGICAL THREAD IDENTIFICATION TO A PHYSICAL THREAD IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2016September 2017Allow1900NoNo
15047394BATCHED COMMIT IN DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTIONSFebruary 2016May 2019Allow3830YesNo
14990102PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING UNIT SYNCHRONIZATIONJanuary 2016December 2016Allow1100NoNo
14978796HETEROGENOUS MULTICORE PROCESSOR CONFIGURATION FRAMEWORKDecember 2015October 2017Allow2210NoNo
14972647PRIORITIZATION OF LOW ACTIVE THREAD COUNT VIRTUAL MACHINES IN VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2015April 2017Allow1610NoNo
14971934PRE-TRIGGERS FOR CODE EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2015March 2018Allow2720YesNo
14955428SIMULTANEOUS MULTITHREADING RESOURCE SHARINGDecember 2015April 2017Allow1710YesNo
14948178SEPARATE PLUG-IN PROCESSES IN BROWSERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOFNovember 2015July 2016Allow810YesNo
14919257ORDERING OPTIMIZATION OF HOST MACHINES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON POLICIESOctober 2015November 2019Allow4920YesYes
14629030HYPERVISOR-BASED SERVER DUPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SERVER DUPLICATION COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2015December 2015Allow1000NoNo
14469997USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL (UDP) PACKET MIGRATION IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) MIGRATIONAugust 2014August 2015Allow1210YesNo
14469994USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL (UDP) PACKET MIGRATION IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) MIGRATIONAugust 2014August 2015Allow1210YesNo
14278200Power-Optimized Interrupt DeliveryMay 2014May 2015Allow1200NoNo
14246771HASHING STORAGE IMAGES OF A VIRTUAL MACHINEApril 2014February 2015Allow1100NoNo
14192900POLICY-BASED WORKLOAD PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION FOR DYNAMICALLY DISTRIBUTED OSGI APPLICATIONFebruary 2014August 2015Allow1810YesNo
14239970TIERED EVICTION OF INSTANCES OF EXECUTING PROCESSESFebruary 2014April 2016Allow2611YesNo
14174285SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SAFE CONFLUENCE MODALITYFebruary 2014January 2016Allow2300NoNo
14090523USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL (UDP) PACKET MIGRATION IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) MIGRATIONNovember 2013July 2014Allow800NoNo
13841678SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING VIRTUAL SYSTEM COMPONENTSMarch 2013March 2016Allow3620YesYes
13844711ACTIVITY INITIATED VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATIONMarch 2013May 2017Allow5060NoNo
13826322SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING AN APPLICATION AND AN AGENT ON A CUSTOMER SERVER IN A SELECTED NETWORKMarch 2013January 2016Allow3420NoNo
13822421AVAILABILITY EVALUATION DEVICE AND AVAILABILITY EVALUATION METHODMarch 2013September 2015Allow3010NoNo
13793666ARCHIVING VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2013July 2015Allow2800NoNo
13774395Logic For Synchronizing Multiple TasksFebruary 2013May 2015Allow2710NoNo
13759336HYPERVISOR-BASED SERVER DUPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SERVER DUPLICATION COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2013November 2014Allow2100NoNo

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
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
50.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(55.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(44.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
85.5%
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 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 KIM, DONG U - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KIM, DONG U works in Art Unit 2197 and has examined 153 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.5%, 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 93.5% places them in the 81% 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 1.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% 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 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KIM, DONG U. 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, 40.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 19.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 15% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 72.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

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 48% 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 11% 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 14% 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.