USPTO Examiner SUN CHARLIE - Art Unit 2198

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18922360COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTING OPERATIONS BASED ON A COMPUTING LOADOctober 2024July 2025Allow810NoNo
18603156Computer System with Reconfigurable ProcessorsMarch 2024January 2026Allow2240NoNo
18423184RESPONDING TO APPLICATION DEMAND IN A SYSTEM THAT USES PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC COMPONENTSJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1930NoNo
18457666METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA CENTER FUNCTIONS FOR SUPPORT OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BASED DATA CENTERAugust 2023November 2025Allow2720YesNo
18334845SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ESTIMATION OF TIME-TO-COMPLETIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3100NoNo
18331349RESTORATION OF A STATE OF A GROUP OF PROCESSESJune 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18038170COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE CLUSTER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE CLUSTER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE CLUSTER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18199517OPTIMIZED DYNAMIC LARGE SCALE AND LARGE DOCUMENT INGESTION FOR SEARCH ENGINES USING SERVICE MESHMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18309904DESIGN ASSISTANT FOR CLOUD ARCHITECTURESMay 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18309889Time series analysis for cloud resourcesMay 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18307443SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT BETWEEN HARDWARE COMPONENTSApril 2023March 2026Allow3420NoNo
18304077METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESOURCE UTILIZATION OF APPLICATIONSApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18133632System for the Remote Execution of ApplicationsApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18297007INSTANCE ALLOCATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUSApril 2023March 2026Allow3510NoNo
18246157Edge Computing Method and System, Edge Device and Control Server Providing More Computing Resources for Edge Computing ApplicationsMarch 2023January 2026Allow3401NoNo
18119234COMPILER-DIRECTED GRAPH-BASED COMMAND DISPATCH FOR ACCELERATORSMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18179536COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PLACEMENT PLAN PROPOSAL METHODMarch 2023August 2025Allow2900NoNo
18171874CLOUD DISTRIBUTED DATABASE CAPACITY PLANNING AND ADJUSTMENT USING TIME-SERIES DATA ANALYSISFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18020173Game Engine Resource Processing Method And Apparatus, And Electronic Device And Computer-Readable Storage MediumFebruary 2023March 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18161679RESOURCE PROVISIONINGJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18006934Computer System and Arithmetic Processing MethodJanuary 2023February 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18095280METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF AGGREGATED RESOURCE TRANSFERS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18090790LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR DEVICE INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACES IN VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410YesNo
18087205CONTAINER RUNTIME ENGINE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THE SAMEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310YesNo
18085899COMPUTING TASK DISPATCHING METHOD, TERMINAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTING SYSTEM USING THE SAMEDecember 2022February 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18083703LOOKAHEAD PRIORITY COLLECTION TO SUPPORT PRIORITY ELEVATIONDecember 2022June 2025Allow2900NoNo
17992809AUTOMATED SYNCHRONIZATION OF NETWORK ADDRESSES ACROSS PUBLIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17983816MANAGING STATE OF DISTRIBUTED CLOUD ENVIRONMENT IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKNovember 2022November 2025Allow3620YesNo
17980838PROVIDING DECISION INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROBLEM INCIDENTSNovember 2022December 2025Allow3711NoNo
17975302Docker-Based Plugins for Hyperconverged Infrastructure PlatformsOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
17970090SUSTAINABILITY MODES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17968515METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING A MEMORY MANAGER FOR NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
17967297DATA STORAGEOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17956325TRACING PROCESSES IN DISTRIBUTED CONTAINER SYSTEMSSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3520YesNo
17949459SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ASSOCIATE AN EXCHANGE WITH ONE OF MULTIPLE CONTAINERS OF A CAPACITY PLANSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510YesNo
17933196INTELLIGENT FUNCTION EXECUTION LEVERAGING METADATASeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17634325DETECTION OF INSTANCE LIVENESSFebruary 2022July 2025Allow4130YesYes
17105455PERFORMANCE-BASED PUBLIC CLOUD SELECTION FOR A HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENTNovember 2020August 2023Allow3240YesYes
16732067METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HYPERCONVERGENCE USING BLOCKCHAINSDecember 2019March 2020Allow300NoNo
16696606Dynamic Access of Task Queues in a Parallel Processing SystemNovember 2019February 2021Allow1500NoNo
16665078SCHEDULING METHOD AND SCHEDULING DEVICEOctober 2019May 2021Allow1800YesNo
16569016MEMORY ACCESS OPTIMIZATION IN A PROCESSOR COMPLEXSeptember 2019August 2020Allow1100NoNo
16508093HARDWARE ACCELERATED COMPUTE KERNELSJuly 2019March 2021Allow2010NoNo
16508100DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF FPGA RESOURCESJuly 2019March 2021Allow2010NoNo
16457966CORE ADVERTISEMENT OF AVAILABILITYJune 2019February 2021Allow1900NoNo
16457422INTER-PROCESSOR INTERRUPT VIRTUALIZATION WITH PASS-THROUGH OF LOCAL INTERRUPT CONTROLLERJune 2019January 2021Allow1900YesNo
16419174EXPONENTIAL DECAY REAL-TIME CAPACITY PLANNINGMay 2019January 2021Allow2000NoNo
16412555Task Scheduling Using Improved Weighted Round Robin TechniquesMay 2019August 2020Allow1500NoNo
16135623Data Flow Control in a Parallel Processing SystemSeptember 2018October 2019Allow1310NoNo
16121021Virtual Processor Cache ReuseSeptember 2018April 2020Allow1900NoNo
16115210LEVERAGING DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH (DAG) INFORMATION TO GROUP TASKS FOR EXECUTIONAugust 2018February 2020Allow1710NoNo
15922192AGGREGATING, DISAGGREGATING AND CONVERTING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION REQUEST MESSAGESMarch 2018May 2020Allow2620YesNo
15919039Secure Method for Managing a Virtual Test PlatformMarch 2018January 2020Allow2210NoNo
15812034CONTEXT SWITCH BY CHANGING MEMORY POINTERSNovember 2017July 2019Allow2010NoNo
15811717METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING CONTENTION AT THE HYPERVISOR LEVELNovember 2017March 2018Allow410NoNo
15796881METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING CONTENTION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEMOctober 2017March 2018Allow510NoNo
15636149COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AND STORING TASKS FOR MESSAGING APPLICATIONSJune 2017May 2019Allow2311NoNo
15497449MEMORY ACCESS OPTIMIZATION IN A PROCESSOR COMPLEXApril 2017June 2019Allow2610YesNo
15464574HARDWARE THREAD SCHEDULINGMarch 2017December 2018Allow2110YesNo
15428608INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSING DEGRADATION OF PROCESSING PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2017March 2020Allow3740YesNo
15412205METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STARTING COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM MODULESJanuary 2017November 2019Allow3430YesNo
15310020A MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLED SERVER OVERALLOCATION IN A DATACENTERNovember 2016October 2018Allow2310YesNo
15165603ENERGY EFFICIENT SUPERCOMPUTER JOB ALLOCATIONMay 2016March 2018Allow2210YesNo
15139400DYNAMIC TIMEOUT PERIOD ADJUSTMENT OF SERVICE REQUESTSApril 2016March 2017Allow1000YesNo
15090644PROVIDING A CUSTOM VIRTUAL APPLIANCEApril 2016October 2017Allow1800YesNo
14995264METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING CONTENTION AT THE HYPERVISOR LEVELJanuary 2016August 2017Allow1900YesNo
14980687APPROXIMATING SEQUENTIAL WORKLOADS ON RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SYSTEMSDecember 2015June 2018Allow2920YesNo
14956275BUILDING OF VIRTUAL SERVERS IN A CLOUD VIA NON-STRUCTURED STRINGSDecember 2015April 2017Allow1700YesNo
14950311DYNAMIC TIMEOUT PERIOD ADJUSTMENT OF SERVICE REQUESTSNovember 2015March 2017Allow1500YesNo
14946312PROCESSING A GUEST EVENT IN A HYPERVISOR-CONTROLLED SYSTEMNovember 2015July 2017Allow2010YesNo
14890217JOB SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON ISLAND EXECUTION TIMENovember 2015February 2017Allow1510YesNo
14935056SELECTING A RESOURCE FROM A SET OF RESOURCES FOR PERFORMING AN OPERATIONNovember 2015May 2017Allow1810YesNo
14924759Processing a guest event in a hypervisor-controlled systemOctober 2015September 2017Allow2320YesNo
14919892Methods and Systems for Starting Computerized System ModulesOctober 2015April 2017Allow1810YesNo
14836004NETWORK-AWARE WORKLOAD PLACEMENT IN A DATA CENTERAugust 2015May 2018Allow3340YesNo
14830267PREDICTIVE WORKLOAD SCHEDULING WITH INTEGRATED ANALYTICSAugust 2015June 2017Allow2220YesNo
14754758WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODJune 2015March 2017Allow2020YesNo
14788210METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRANSFER PHYSICAL HARDWARE RESOURCES BETWEEN VIRTUAL RACK DOMAINS IN A VIRTUALIZED SERVER RACKJune 2015January 2017Allow1910YesNo
14745101MANAGING RESOURCE RESERVATIONS IN A HIGHLY PARALLEL APPLICATIONJune 2015December 2016Allow1810YesNo
14669067APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT TOPOLOGY IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMarch 2015May 2016Allow1410YesNo
14667374Selecting Resource Allocation Policies and Resolving Resource ConflictsMarch 2015December 2016Allow2110YesNo
14582297ENERGY EFFICIENT SUPERCOMPUTER JOB ALLOCATIONDecember 2014May 2016Allow1610YesNo
14469151SIGNATURE-BASED DETECTION OF KERNEL DATA STRUCTURE MODIFICATIONAugust 2014July 2016Allow2310NoNo
14453114PROVIDING A CUSTOM VIRTUAL APPLIANCEAugust 2014February 2016Allow1910YesNo
14304893DEPLOYING A PORTION OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO ONE OR MORE VIRTUAL MACHINES ACCORDING TO COSTJune 2014March 2017Allow3330YesNo
14276156DEPLOYING A PORTION OF A STREAMING APPLICATION TO ONE OR MORE VIRTUAL MACHINES ACCORDING TO COSTMay 2014March 2017Allow3430YesNo
14175404SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREAD PROTECTED TESTINGFebruary 2014July 2015Allow1710NoNo
14169030SCHEDULING THREADSJanuary 2014June 2016Allow2810YesNo
14050831PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF HARDWARE ACCELERATORSOctober 2013May 2016Allow3120YesNo
13970180METHOD TO APPLY PERTURBATION FOR RESOURCE BOTTLENECK DETECTION AND CAPACITY PLANNINGAugust 2013September 2016Allow3730YesNo
13964770SANITIZATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGESAugust 2013March 2016Allow3120YesNo
13957162INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SYSTEMAugust 2013February 2016Allow3110YesNo
13950014SANITIZATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGESJuly 2013March 2016Allow3120YesNo
13947870SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUERY QUEUE OPTIMIZATIONJuly 2013December 2016Allow4130YesNo
13978798DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD OF PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2013September 2015Allow2610NoNo
13937697METHOD TO APPLY PERTURBATION FOR RESOURCE BOTTLENECK DETECTION AND CAPACITY PLANNINGJuly 2013September 2016Allow3830YesNo
13995048CHARACTERIZATION OF WITHIN-DIE VARIATIONS OF MANY-CORE PROCESSORSJune 2013December 2015Allow3020NoNo
13901740Auto Detecting Shared Libraries and Creating A Virtual Scope RepositoryMay 2013July 2015Allow2620YesNo
13902617Management of Supervisor Mode Execution Protection (SMEP) by a HypervisorMay 2013November 2015Allow2920YesNo
13837496METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING VIRTUALIZATION OF LOADABLE MODULEMarch 2013June 2015Allow2710YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SUN, CHARLIE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
5.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.5%
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, 66.7% 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 SUN, CHARLIE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SUN, CHARLIE works in Art Unit 2198 and has examined 90 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SUN, CHARLIE's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 95% 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 SUN, CHARLIE receive 1.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 32% 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 SUN, CHARLIE is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 78% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SUN, CHARLIE. This interview benefit is in the 13% 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, 34.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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 36.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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 0.0% 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:

  • 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.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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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