USPTO Examiner DINH PAUL - Art Unit 2851

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18727294A Soft Measurement Method For Dioxin Emission Of Grate Furnace MSWI Process Based On Simplified Deep Forest Regression Of Residual Fitting MechanismJuly 2024June 2025Abandon1100NoNo
18754815ELECTROMIGRATION EVALUATION METHODOLOGY WITH CONSIDERATION OF THERMAL AND SIGNAL EFFECTSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18744347METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING OPERATION AND DATA PRECISION OF HARDWARE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18638199METHODS OF DESIGNING LAYOUT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAMEApril 2024June 2025Allow1320YesNo
18605355RAIL POWER DENSITY AWARE STANDARD CELL PLACEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18588866INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18439287OVERLAYING ON LOCALLY DISPOSITIONED PATTERNS BY ML BASED DYNAMIC DIGITAL CORRECTIONS (ML-DDC)February 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18420318Switched Multi-Cell Battery SystemJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18395251GENERATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PLACEMENTS USING NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18540529MULTILEVEL MOTOR DRIVE WITH INTEGRATED BATTERY CHARGERDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18516499SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VERIFYING SLANTED LAYOUT COMPONENTSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18508117DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF POWER MODULES FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLESNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18505271EV charger with fault ride through capabilityNovember 2023December 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18484212AUTOMATIC CHANNEL IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY CHANNELS FOR AUTO-ROUTINGOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18369267ADVANCED ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS AND THEIR USE IN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICESSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18466291BATTERY FORMATION AND GRADING DEVICESeptember 2023August 2025Allow2300NoNo
18458072PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE REGULATIONAugust 2023February 2024Allow510YesNo
18447455DESIGN RULE CHECK VIOLATION PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18446745DESIGN RULE CHECK VIOLATION PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18362574AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF LAYOUTS FOR ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1211NoNo
18354377INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEJuly 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18350490PORTABLE CHARGERJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18350237VEHICLEJuly 2023May 2024Allow1000NoNo
18347835MULTILEVEL MOTOR DRIVE WITH INTEGRATED BATTERY CHARGERJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18347928INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2025Allow2000NoNo
18348272SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLESJuly 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18329963SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING MODULE-BASED CASCADED ENERGY SYSTEMSJune 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18204714VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHODJune 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18327037SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING STANDARD CELLS WITH COMBINED ACTIVE REGIONMay 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18310520Training Spectrum Generation for Machine Learning System for Spectrographic MonitoringMay 2023February 2024Allow1001NoNo
18308187ELECTROMIGRATION EVALUATION METHODOLOGY WITH CONSIDERATION OF THERMAL AND SIGNAL EFFECTSApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18140506AUTOMOBILE CHARGERApril 2023November 2024Abandon1920YesNo
18306996PHOTOMASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE THEREOFApril 2023February 2025Allow2211NoNo
18188614SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VEHICLE REGENERATIVE CHARGINGMarch 2023June 2023Allow300NoNo
18183314OPTIMIZED CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES OVER DISTRIBUTION GRIDMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18120462CONTROLLERS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING POWER QUALITY CONTROL USING DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING DEVICESMarch 2023January 2024Allow1020NoNo
18025906METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING WITH MAJORANA MODESMarch 2023February 2026Allow3500NoNo
18115268EV charger with fault ride through capabilityFebruary 2023July 2023Allow401NoNo
18022272METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PARASITIC CAPACITANCE OF INTERCONNECTION LINES OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BASED ON DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1600NoNo
18110644SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ELIMINATING CONNECTIVITY MISMATCHES IN A MASK LAYOUT BLOCKFebruary 2023April 2024Abandon1401NoNo
18110345USING MACHINE LEARNING TO PRODUCE ROUTESFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18169396CONVERTING CIRCUIT AND CHARGING APPARATUSFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3600NoNo
18167421INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING STANDARD CELLS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHODFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1921YesNo
18164511Hierarchical 3D Structure Generation and Intelligent Compaction Method Using Barycenter Compaction ModelFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3300NoNo
18105080METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND MEASURING PHOTONIC QUBIT SIGNALSFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3500NoNo
18018261MULTISCALE PHYSICAL ETCH MODELING AND METHODS THEREOFJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18099422BATTERY STATE ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710YesNo
18155823VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE HAVING ARC DETECTIONJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18097379ELECTRIC VEHICLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING DC-DC POWER CONVERTERS OPERABLE IN SELECTED OPERATING MODESJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18154340Method For Semiconductor Design Based On Artificial IntelligenceJanuary 2023April 2023Allow300NoNo
18153573SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS AND SIMULATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023September 2023Allow811NoNo
18153250INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3400NoNo
18152268Layout Design Method, Chip and Terminal of Power DeviceJanuary 2023July 2023Allow600NoNo
18092437DATABASE DRIVEN PLACE AND ROUTE FOR COARSE-GRAIN RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3810NoNo
18092126CELL-BASED SIGNAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN WAFER FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDEDecember 2022January 2026Allow3701NoNo
18088807QUANTUM DEVICE AND MICROWAVE DEVICEDecember 2022November 2025Allow3501NoNo
18082392GENERATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PLACEMENTS USING NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18066769CONGESTION AWARE PLACEMENT OF FABRIC COMPONENTSDecember 2022October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18066852BI-DIRECTIONAL DYNAMIC FUNCTION EXCHANGEDecember 2022February 2026Allow3810YesNo
18064535FREE-FORM LAYOUT FEATURE RETARGETINGDecember 2022October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18059138MACHINE LEARNING TOOL FOR LAYOUT DESIGN OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDNovember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
17992966Quick Floorplanning ToolNovember 2022September 2025Allow4400NoNo
17992874LEVERAGING CONCURRENCY TO IMPROVE INTERACTIVITY WITH AN EDA TOOLNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17992897COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING A PREDICTED OVERLAP SHAPE IN AN IC DESIGN BASED ON PREDICTED MANUFACTURING CONTOURSNovember 2022October 2025Allow3410YesNo
18055649SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICENovember 2022September 2025Allow3400NoNo
17974744QUANTUM DEVICEOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
17975393ENERGY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
17920477SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LOCAL CDU MODELING AND CONTROL IN A VIRTUAL FABRICATION ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022December 2025Allow3810YesNo
18048430ISOLATED BOTTOM CORNER GATES FOR SPIN-QUBITS IN A FINOctober 2022September 2025Allow3500NoNo
17967184SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR RAIL-BASED AND OTHER ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH MODULAR CASCADED ENERGY SYSTEMSOctober 2022September 2023Allow1111NoNo
17966878LAYOUT DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, LAYOUT DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEOctober 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
17963920RECOMMENDING CHANGES IN THE DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING A RULES-BASED ANALYSIS OF FAILURESOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
17956361METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY WITH AC POWER BASED ON STATE OF BATTERY RELATED INFORMATIONSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17955427BIDIRECTIONAL ENERGY TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, ON-BOARD CHARGER, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17954975OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHOD, MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME AND COMPUTING DEVICESeptember 2022March 2026Allow4111YesNo
17953110PLACING HARD MACROS USING MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTIONS TRAINED ON DIFFERENT CIRCUIT DESIGNSSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17934216BIT FLIP AWARE LATCH PLACEMENTSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17913726MASK INFORMATION ADJUSTING APPARATUS, MASK DATA ADJUSTING METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3400YesNo
17946761STANDARD CELL AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17911745BI-DIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTERSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4010NoNo
17941606MOVING OBJECTSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17941737ELECTROSTATIC SHIELD FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMSSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3801YesNo
17939823VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICESeptember 2022February 2025Allow2900NoNo
17900654SELECTION AND PLACEMENT OF SAFETY MECHANISMSAugust 2022June 2025Allow3400NoNo
17896265COMPOSITION CONVERSION APPARATUS, COMPOSITION CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022February 2026Allow4211NoNo
17895484CHARGING SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17895878SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY TRANSFER FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLESAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17895594ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DISPENSER AND METHODAugust 2022May 2023Allow910NoNo
17893527MULTI-BATTERY CHARGING STATION WHICH PROVIDES BATTERY-SPECIFIC CHARGING PARAMETERSAugust 2022August 2025Allow3510YesNo
17892876Neuromorphic SynthesizerAugust 2022February 2026Allow4220NoNo
17891975CHARGING SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17819617PORTABLE CHARGERAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17880055SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ELIMINATING CONNECTIVITY MISMATCHES IN A MASK LAYOUT BLOCKAugust 2022January 2023Allow510NoNo
17817257METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ARRANGING COMPONENTS WITHIN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17759891ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17878815SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION SPHERICAL DOMEAugust 2022August 2025Allow3620NoNo
17796653CHARGING STATIONJuly 2022January 2026Abandon4110YesNo
17877519Charging Apparatus and New Energy VehicleJuly 2022April 2025Allow3300NoNo
17815889Interconnect Structure DesignJuly 2022August 2025Allow3601NoNo
17794586SEQUENTIAL ELECTRICAL DRIVING CIRCUITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODSJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
12.1%
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
23
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(26.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(73.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
37.7%
Lower 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, 26.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner DINH, PAUL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DINH, PAUL works in Art Unit 2851 and has examined 916 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DINH, PAUL's allowance rate of 93.2% 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 DINH, PAUL receive 1.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 14% 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 DINH, PAUL is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -2.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DINH, PAUL. This interview benefit is in the 9% 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, 34.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 78% 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 61.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 86% 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 86.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 67.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 75% 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 1.5% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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 21.8% of allowed cases (in the 94% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.