Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18743997 | RRAM CIRCUIT AND METHOD | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18626227 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SECURE ACCESS KEY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618754 | CROSS-POINT ARRAY REFRESH SCHEME | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618460 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615214 | HOME WIRELESS DISCOVERY | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18601810 | STORING ONE DATA VALUE BY PROGRAMMING A FIRST MEMORY CELL AND A SECOND MEMORY CELL | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598237 | COMMAND-TRIGGERED DATA CLOCK DISTRIBUTION MODE | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18595909 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION THEREOF | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438807 | Tri-state electrical information storage | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434752 | MEMORY DEVICES, CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING A SENSING CURRENT FOR THE MEMORY DEVICE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420874 | TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND DECISION GENERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404742 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR NAND MEMORY OPERATION | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18534689 | LOGIC DRIVE USING STANDARD COMMODITY PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC IC CHIPS COMPRISING NON-VOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CELLS | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517400 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FIN STRUCTURE | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507387 | MEMORY READ VOLTAGE THRESHOLD TRACKING BASED ON MEMORY DEVICE-ORIGINATED METRICS CHARACTERIZING VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18500712 | TRACKING OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT A MEMORY DEVICE | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494707 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSFERRING COMMANDS TO A DYNAMIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490148 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490042 | MEMORY CONTROLLER PERFORMING DATA TRAINING, SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY CONTROLLER | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488641 | SMART COMPUTE RESISTIVE MEMORY | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485277 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MEMORY ERROR, AND DEVICE | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378540 | MEMORY DEVICE THAT PERFORMS ERASE OPERATION TO PRESERVE DATA RELIABILITY | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483578 | STORAGE OF THRESHOLD VOLTAGE SHIFTS | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18479953 | MULTI-STEP PROGRAMMING SCHEMES FOR PROGRAMMING CROSSBAR CIRCUITS | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477674 | ATOMIC COMPARE AND SWAP IN A COHERENT CACHE SYSTEM | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459779 | REFRESH AND ACCESS MODES FOR MEMORY | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233474 | CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR ANGLE SENSOR, AND ANGLE SENSOR | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFECT-TOLERANT MEMORY-BASED ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226823 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359395 | STATIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) DEVICE AND RELATED SRAM-BASED COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY DEVICES | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358940 | DATA INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE FOR PERFORMING DATA INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION USING PIPE CIRCUIT | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358587 | MEMORY SYSTEM | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225572 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MEMORY DEVICE | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357769 | SERIES OF PARALLEL SENSING OPERATIONS FOR MULTI-LEVEL CELLS | July 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18355348 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEIGHBOR PLANE ERASE FAILURES | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18348716 | FLEXIBLE METADATA ALLOCATION AND CACHING | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18349093 | SYSTEM RECOVERY DURING CGI-WL DEFECT | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333756 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SENSE AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266610 | CONVOLUTION OPERATION ACCELERATOR AND CONVOLUTION OPERATION METHOD | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208103 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ACCESSING MULTIPLE MEMORY CELLS CONCURRENTLY | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332706 | REFRESH ADDRESS GENERATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, MEMORY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206241 | ROW HAMMER MITIGATION | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205530 | MEMORY DEVICE COMPRISING ELECTRICALLY FLOATING BODY TRANSISTOR | June 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327335 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEMORY DEVICES HAVING EFFICIENT ROW HAMMER MANAGEMENT AND MEMORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203527 | BANKED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE PARALLEL DATAPATH CHANNELS IN AN ACCELERATOR | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323430 | CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY CELL | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321196 | SOT-MRAM WITH SHARED SELECTOR | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18037951 | MAGNONIC ACTIVE RING MEMORY AND LOGIC | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18320088 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF TESTING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319584 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198782 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SECURE ACCESS KEY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317344 | STORAGE DEVICES HAVING MULTI DROP STRUCTURE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18316442 | MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195322 | OUTPUT BLOCK FOR ARRAY OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18144531 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18306249 | PSEUDO-STATIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY AND READING METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303937 | METHOD OF READING DATA FROM SELF-SELECTING MEMORY, SELF-SELECTING MEMORY PERFORMING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING SELF-SELECTING MEMORY USING THE SAME | April 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301876 | BITCELL SUPPORTING BIT-WRITE-MASK FUNCTION | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18132802 | MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM OPERATION THEREOF | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18297055 | UNIVERSAL MEMORY FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTING AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295130 | ECC BUFFER REDUCTION IN A MEMORY DEVICE | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18295154 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129196 | MEMORY MODULE WITH IMPROVED TIMING ADAPTIVITY OF SENSING AMPLIFICATION | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189756 | MEMORY CHIP AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18125595 | MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS BASED ON HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMORY CELLS | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125081 | MEMORY DEVICE | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18123321 | DISPLAYING APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | March 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173572 | HIGH-SPEED MULTIPLEXER FOR REDUCING GLITCH POWER | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108762 | LOW STANDBY POWER WITH FAST TURN ON METHOD FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18162742 | DUMMY DATA-BASED READ REFERENCE VOLTAGE SEARCH OF NAND MEMORY | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103496 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SELECTION TRANSISTORS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18103183 | REMAPPING BAD BLOCKS IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18103386 | COMMAND-TRIGGERED DATA CLOCK DISTRIBUTION MODE | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160292 | FINITE TIME COUNTING PERIOD COUNTING OF INFINITE DATA STREAMS | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18006323 | DRIVING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155827 | TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND DECISION GENERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096034 | MEMORY DEVICES SUPPORTING READ/MODIFY/WRITE MEMORY OPERATIONS INVOLVING BOTH VOLATILE MEMORY AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY | January 2023 | November 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004968 | CACHE MEMORY AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090065 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, MEMORY, TESTING DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147015 | MEMORY CELL AND MEMORY DEVICE THEREOF | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086991 | BUFFER CONFIGURATIONS FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN MEMORY DIES AND A HOST DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18065275 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FIN STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077122 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN RESISTIVE MEMORIES | December 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18076175 | SEMICONDUCTOR-ELEMENT-INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE | December 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075272 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SECURE ACCESS KEY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059574 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES THAT SUPPORT ENHANCED POWER SAVING DURING STANDBY MODES | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17994296 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DELAY COMPENSATION CIRCUIT | November 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17964092 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17959586 | TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING DRAM POWER USAGE IN PERFORMING READ AND WRITE OPERATIONS | October 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959077 | Home Wireless Discovery | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936166 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INPUT BUFFER POWER SAVINGS | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17948937 | COPY DATA IN A MEMORY SYSTEM WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODE | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17945783 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR NAND MEMORY OPERATION | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944387 | DETERMINING OPTIMAL AUGMENTATIONS FOR A TRAINING DATA SET | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17932023 | FREQUENCY DIVIDER AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944390 | MATRIX FORMATION FOR PERFORMING COMPUTATIONAL OPERATIONS IN MEMORY | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931764 | 3D NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17940407 | Data Writing and Reading Method and Apparatus, and System | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17940465 | NAND STRING READ VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17940498 | SUB-BLOCK STATUS DEPENDENT DEVICE OPERATION | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHAM, LY D.
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.
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, 43.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 PHAM, LY D works in Art Unit 2827 and has examined 1,798 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.
Examiner PHAM, LY D's allowance rate of 95.7% places them in the 87% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by PHAM, LY D receive 0.88 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PHAM, LY D is 18 months. This places the examiner in the 94% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHAM, LY D. This interview benefit is in the 20% 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.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 84% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 60.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 48% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 82.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 41.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 12.0% of allowed cases (in the 97% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 55% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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