USPTO Examiner WELLS JAMES STEVEN - Art Unit 2825

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18612239NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300YesNo
18392161Matrix-Vector Multiplications Based on Charge-Summing Memory Cell StringsDecember 2023September 2025Allow2100NoNo
18226656SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18331633SRAM INTERNAL DFT CIRCUIT WITHOUT OUTPUT HOLD DEGRADATIONJune 2023August 2025Allow2610NoNo
18324850LATCH DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR ROW DECODING AND COLUMN DECODING OF AN EEPROM MEMORY PLANEMay 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
18321791FLASH MEMORYMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18307690DETECTION OF LEAKAGE CURRENT IN FLASH MEMORYApril 2023December 2025Allow3220YesNo
18136507IN-MEMORY COMPUTATION CIRCUIT USING STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) ARRAY SEGMENTATION AND LOCAL COMPUTE TILE READ BASED ON WEIGHTED CURRENTApril 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18190577MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18027268NON-VOLATILE MEMORYMarch 2023December 2024Allow2100NoNo
18184602DYNAMIC ROWHAMMER MANAGEMENT WITH PER-ROW HAMMER TRACKINGMarch 2023October 2025Allow3111YesNo
18182588SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120YesNo
18072681ULTRA-COMPACT CAM ARRAY BASED ON SINGLE MTJ AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022December 2024Allow2410NoNo
17973988PAGE BUFFER CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022August 2025Allow3320NoNo
17938153APPARATUS WITH MULTI-DECK READ LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAMEOctober 2022April 2025Allow3120YesNo
17959356SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022July 2025Allow3420YesNo
17956409GATE-INDUCED DRAIN LEAKAGE PRE-CHARGE IN SUB-BLOCK MODE FOR THREE OR MORE TIER NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STRUCTURESeptember 2022July 2025Allow3411NoNo
17954757CONFIGURABLE CAPACITORS WITH 3D NON-VOLATILE ARRAYSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2911YesNo
17880254MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROW HAMMERAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17814640MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DYNAMIC VOLTAGE FREQUENCY SCALING OPERATIONS BASED ON HOST CONFIGURATIONJuly 2022July 2025Allow3621YesNo
17868695APPARATUS WITH TIMING CONTROL FOR A DIE GROUPINGJuly 2022June 2025Allow3521NoNo
17859351MEMORY MODULE INCLUDING POWER LINE FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO MEMORY DEVICESJuly 2022March 2025Allow3320YesNo
17844450ADDRESS MAPPING FOR IMPROVED MEMORY RELIABILITYJune 2022October 2025Allow4020YesNo
17657814REDUCED WORD LINE VOLTAGE DURING DISCHARGE PHASE OF READ OPERATIONApril 2022January 2025Allow3421YesNo
17651597COMPILATION METHOD, COMPILATION CIRCUIT, MODE REGISTER AND MEMORYFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2600NoNo
17580105MANAGING AN ADAPTIVE DATA PATH SELECTION THRESHOLD FOR A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3822YesNo
17472412HYBRID COMPUTE-IN-MEMORYSeptember 2021December 2025Allow5111NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner WELLS, JAMES STEVEN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WELLS, JAMES STEVEN works in Art Unit 2825 and has examined 1 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 51 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WELLS, JAMES STEVEN's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% 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 WELLS, JAMES STEVEN receive 1.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% 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 WELLS, JAMES STEVEN is 51 months. This places the examiner in the 4% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 24% 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 31% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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 extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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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