USPTO Examiner KIK PHALLAKA - Art Unit 2851

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18823587QUICK SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALOG CIRCUITSSeptember 2024November 2024Allow310NoNo
18814432MASK OPTIMIZATION ACCOUNTING FOR MORE CRITICAL AND LESS CRITICAL OVERLAP REGIONSAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18665300CIRCUIT DESIGN VISIBILITY IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICESMay 2024October 2025Allow1711YesNo
18408018DESIGN TO FABRICATED LAYOUT CORRELATIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18539238SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING INTERFACE PROTECTION PARAMETERSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18503389Wireless Power System With Voltage RegulationNovember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18499879ERROR CORRECTED VARIATIONAL ALGORITHMSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18472280LOGIC CELL STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1301NoNo
18469272GENERAL PADDING SUPPORT FOR CONVOLUTION ON SYSTOLIC ARRAYSSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2020NoNo
18229984METHOD OF DETERMINING CONTROL PARAMETERS OF A DEVICE MANUFACTURING PROCESSAugust 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18362839SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING STANDARD-CELL-ADAPTED POWER GRID ARRANGEMENTJuly 2023August 2024Allow1300NoNo
18356426INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820NoNo
18341495INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18323931Integrated Circuit Chip with Cores Asymmetrically Oriented With Respect To Each OtherMay 2023June 2025Allow2420NoNo
18314007AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATIONMay 2023July 2024Allow1400NoNo
18314004AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATIONMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18314000AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATIONMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18314012AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATIONMay 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18314029AUTOMATED CIRCUIT GENERATIONMay 2023July 2024Allow1400YesNo
18312835GENERATION OF LAYOUT INCLUDING POWER DELIVERY NETWORKMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18137207DYNAMIC MEMORY ALLOCATION IN PROBING SIGNAL STATESApril 2023March 2026Allow3500NoNo
18134304METHOD OF OBTAINING AN INITIAL GUESS FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATIONApril 2023February 2026Allow3400NoNo
18183056STATIC VOLTAGE DROP (SIR) VIOLATION PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18173731INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH THICKER METAL LINES ON LOWER METALLIZATION LAYERFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18111263LIBRARY SCALING FOR CIRCUIT DESIGN ANALYSISFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3200NoNo
18166055CIRCUIT ANALYSIS METHOD, CIRCUIT ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND CIRCUIT ANALYSIS SYSTEMFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3300YesNo
18106307CLOCK GATE CLONING BASED ON CLOCKED CIRCUIT ELEMENT SWITCHING ACTIVITYFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18105661ETCHING SHAPE INSERTION BASED ON SPACING RULEFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3200NoNo
18096344METHOD OF DESIGNING TERNARY LOGIC CIRCUIT USING MOSFETS HAVING DEPLETION-MODE AND MULTI-VTHS, AND DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18152069USING SURROGATE NETLISTS FOR VARIATION ANALYSIS OF PROCESS VARIATIONSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3300NoNo
18094951TEST POINT INSERTION IN ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN TESTINGJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3300NoNo
18092130AUTOMATED DESIGN-TO-LITHOGRAPHY AND DESIGN CHECKING FOR STITCHED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNDecember 2022March 2026Allow3800NoNo
18147146PERFORMING TIME-EFFICIENT CLOCK ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDERS (ECO)December 2022October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18077187Circuit Implementation on Processing CircuitryDecember 2022January 2026Allow3800NoNo
18072842METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SIMULATE METASTABILITY FOR CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATIONDecember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
18060390COMBINED GLOBAL AND LOCAL PROCESS VARIATION MODELINGNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300NoNo
18059961CIRCUIT VERIFICATION METHODNovember 2022September 2025Allow3400NoNo
18059348IMPLEMENTING BURST TRANSFERS FOR PREDICATED MEMORY ACCESSES IN LOOP BODIES FOR HIGH-LEVEL SYNTHESISNovember 2022August 2025Allow3200NoNo
17991967Cord Reel Variable Current Thermal Management and Damage DetectionNovember 2022March 2024Allow1520NoNo
17989568SKEWING LEVEL LIMITED CLOCK TREENovember 2022August 2025Allow3200NoNo
17987123PERFORMING AUTOMATIC SIGN-OFF FOR CLOCK GATING VERIFICATION USING TOGGLE COVER PROPERTIESNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300NoNo
17983364RESTRUCTURING ALGORITHM FOR INCLUDING USER-SPECIFIED CLOCK INSTANCES IN A POST-CTS CLOCK TREENovember 2022August 2025Allow3300NoNo
18051984VLSI PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION USING SELF-SUPERVISED GRAPH CLUSTERINGNovember 2022August 2025Allow3400NoNo
17978189LOGIC SHARING MAXIMIZATION USING NON-UNIQUE MATRIX REPRESENTATIONOctober 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
18049486LAYOUT METHOD AND RELATED NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3200NoNo
17973221METHOD OF DETERMINING CONTROL PARAMETERS OF A DEVICE MANUFACTURING PROCESSOctober 2022May 2023Allow700NoNo
18047926SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING INTEGRATED CIRCUITSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
18047922PERFORMING TIMING CONSTRAINT EQUIVALENCE CHECKING ON CIRCUIT DESIGNSOctober 2022August 2025Allow3400NoNo
18047716Pooling Processing Method and System Applied to Convolutional Neural NetworkOctober 2022March 2023Allow400NoNo
17963599MODIFYING SCAN PATTERNS TO ENABLE BROADCASTING A SCAN ENABLE SIGNAL TO MULTIPLE CIRCUIT BLOCKSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
17963074Modular Charging System and Wall-Mounted Charging Device and Modular Power DevicesOctober 2022January 2024Allow1520YesNo
17962272SYNTHETIC LOADING OF CONFIGURABLE LOGIC DEVICESOctober 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17961225Modular Charging System and Wall-Mounted Charging Device and Modular Power DevicesOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17960300Modular Charging System and Wall-Mounted Charging Device and Modular Power DevicesOctober 2022May 2024Allow1930YesNo
17959038SATISFYING CIRCUIT DESIGN CONSTRAINTS USING A COMBINATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3400NoNo
17953552PHYSICAL AWARENESS OF TEST-POINT SHARING IN A CIRCUIT DESIGNSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3500NoNo
17953378SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IP BLOCKSSeptember 2022April 2023Allow700NoNo
17954159MULTICYCLE PATH PREDICTION OF RESET SIGNALSSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3200NoNo
17935588WAFER-SCALE CHIP STRUCTURE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING THE STRUCTURESeptember 2022December 2025Allow3811NoNo
17914579PCB METAL BALANCINGSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3610NoNo
17949845APPARATUS AND ARCHITECTURE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY MODULE IN PARALLEL CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1701NoNo
17932538ALGORITHMIC CIRCUIT DESIGN AUTOMATIONSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810NoNo
17903070METHOD VERIFYING PROCESS PROXIMITY CORRECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAMESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17902776GENERAL PADDING SUPPORT FOR CONVOLUTION ON SYSTOLIC ARRAYSSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17900390IC CHIP WITH IC DESIGN MODIFICATION DETECTIONAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17893136SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT RESIMULATIONAugust 2022February 2025Allow3000NoNo
17799537METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING ENERGY DENSITYAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17798518Systems, Devices, and Methods for Dedicated Low Temperature Design and OperationAugust 2022December 2025Allow4011NoNo
17818341LATENCY BALANCING OF PATHS IN MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE DESIGNS FOR DEADLOCK AVOIDANCEAugust 2022February 2025Allow3100NoNo
17883357ACCOUNTING FOR STEADY STATE NOISE IN BIT RESPONSE SUPERPOSITION BASED EYE DIAGRAM SIMULATIONAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17881526MULTI-MACHINE VERSION INDEPENDENT HIERARCHICAL VERIFICATIONAugust 2022August 2025Allow3600NoNo
17880015METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATIC DESIGN OF ANALOG CIRCUITS BASED ON TREE STRUCTUREAugust 2022January 2023Allow500NoNo
17880342OPTIMIZING METHOD, DEVICE AND NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTAugust 2022April 2025Allow3200NoNo
17796794NEAR-THRESHOLD CELL CIRCUIT DELAY MODELAugust 2022September 2025Allow3820NoNo
17877266GENERATING AND UTILIZING MANUFACTURABLE NETLISTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITSJuly 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17815013SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17873129RETIMER WITH SLICER LEVEL ADJUSTMENTJuly 2022October 2025Allow3801NoNo
17870374CLOCK SIGNAL REALIGNMENT FOR EMULATION OF A CIRCUIT DESIGNJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610YesNo
17868325UNIFIED POWER FORMAT ANNOTATED RTL IMAGE RECOGNITION TO ACCELERATE LOW POWER VERIFICATION CONVERGENCEJuly 2022April 2025Allow3300YesNo
17866270SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FLOORPLAN FOR A DIGITAL CIRCUIT USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJuly 2022March 2025Allow3300NoNo
17792480METHOD FOR VIEWING SIMULATION SIGNALS OF DIGITAL PRODUCTS AND SIMULATION SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17860107INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJuly 2022October 2025Allow4001NoNo
17858744APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
178105473D INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ENHANCED DEBUGGING CAPABILITYJuly 2022May 2025Allow3401NoNo
17856412SEMICONDUCTOR METAL LAYER STRUCTURE OVER CELL REGIONJuly 2022June 2025Allow3600NoNo
17856799SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMABLE FABRIC DESIGN COMPILATIONJuly 2022March 2026Allow4510NoNo
17854341SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CONGESTION ON NETWORK-ON-CHIPJune 2022December 2025Allow4201NoNo
17854086METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SIMULATION DATAJune 2022February 2025Allow3200NoNo
17853490STIMULI-INDEPENDENT CLOCK GATING DETERMINATIONJune 2022April 2025Allow3300NoNo
17807757LAYOUT REPAIRING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022June 2025Allow3610NoNo
17842685AUTONOMOUS CONTROL BOARDJune 2022May 2025Allow3500NoNo
17786192SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING CAPACITANCE OF QUBITSJune 2022January 2026Allow4311NoNo
17840959METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DELAY PARAMETER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022April 2025Allow3400NoNo
17841400MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED POWER/GROUND (P/G) VIA REMOVALJune 2022July 2025Allow3710NoNo
17836954INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo
17805921LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF CLOCK TREE CIRCUITRY AND FORMING METHOD THEREOFJune 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17834815Using Information Flow for Security Aware Design and AnalysisJune 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17832830Analog Information Model Object Class DefinitionJune 2022September 2025Allow3910NoNo
17831367DYNAMIC CLOCK TREE PLANNING USING FEEDTIMING COSTJune 2022March 2025Allow3300NoNo
17828911METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING STANDARD-CELL-ADAPTED POWER GRID ARRANGEMENTMay 2022March 2023Allow1010NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
75.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
9
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(11.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(88.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
14.3%
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, 11.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner KIK, PHALLAKA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KIK, PHALLAKA works in Art Unit 2851 and has examined 809 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KIK, PHALLAKA's allowance rate of 93.8% places them in the 82% 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 KIK, PHALLAKA receive 0.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 KIK, PHALLAKA is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KIK, PHALLAKA. This interview benefit is in the 26% 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, 37.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 87% 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 68.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 91% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% 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, 58.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 61% 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 3.2% of allowed cases (in the 80% 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 12.4% of allowed cases (in the 90% 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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.