USPTO Examiner LEE ERIC D - Art Unit 2851

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18772680OPTIMIZED LAYOUT CELLJuly 2024August 2025Allow1310YesNo
18768895INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF FORMING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUITJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18750377INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING A WATERMARKJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18670009INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING STANDARD CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUITMay 2024December 2025Allow1930YesNo
18690750INTELLIGENT DRAWING-MODEL CHECKING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18444142APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PARAMETERIZED WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENTSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18434090METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR QUANTUM TOPOLOGY GRAPH OPTIMIZATIONFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18421870METHOD FOR DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR BASED ON GROUPING MACRO CELLSJanuary 2024November 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18420110METHOD FOR PERFORMING DOUBLE CLUSTERING TO EVALUATE PLACEMENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESJanuary 2024April 2024Allow300NoNo
18536064AREA ORIENTED LOGIC SYNTHESISDecember 2023July 2024Allow710NoNo
18567044PATH DELAY PREDICTION METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BASED ON FEATURE SELECTION AND DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2023July 2024Allow710YesNo
18500040METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A QUBIT CONTROL SIGNAL, AND QUANTUM COMPUTERNovember 2023March 2024Allow500NoNo
18479179SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING A MODULE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18279469METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITALIZED DRAWING DATA AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18447916AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SUB-CELLS FOR AN ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18361950System and Method for Improving Design Performance Through Placement of Functional and Spare Cells by Leveraging LDE EffectJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18361519Multiple Power Domains Using Nano-sheet StructuresJuly 2023August 2024Allow1300NoNo
18354423INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF FORMING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUITJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18268238CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A STATE OF A QUANTUM HARMONIC OSCILLATORJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18202929DETECTING OUT-OF-BOUNDS VIOLATIONS IN A HARDWARE DESIGN USING FORMAL VERIFICATIONMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18316405SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023August 2024Allow1500NoNo
18313844OPTIMIZED LAYOUT CELLMay 2023April 2024Allow1110YesNo
18302813METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18295355METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTONIC CIRCUIT SIMULATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow1110YesNo
18029569METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR QUANTUM TOPOLOGY GRAPH OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18123422INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AS A SERVICEMarch 2023November 2023Allow810YesNo
18182637GENERATION OF DYNAMIC DESIGN FLOWS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITSMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18110335GENERATING ROUTES FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN WITH NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION CURVILINEAR WIRINGFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18110343ROUTING NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION WIRING LAYERS OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BY MINIMIZING VIAS BETWEEN THESE LAYERSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3100NoNo
18156671INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1420NoNo
18088195MASK RULE CHECKING FOR CURVILINEAR MASKS FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITSDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18063408REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED CORRECTION OF TIMING FAILURESDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610YesNo
18062922SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT BASED ON NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
17994376Systems and methods for adding a design element to a designNovember 2022May 2025Allow2920NoNo
17992976Integrated Circuit Generation Using an Integrated Circuit ShellNovember 2022July 2025Allow4300NoNo
17992907GENERATING AND DISPLAY AN ANIMATION OF A PREDICTED OVERLAP SHAPE IN AN IC DESIGNNovember 2022June 2025Allow3100NoNo
17992876INTERACTIVE COMPACTION TOOL FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATIONNovember 2022February 2026Allow3920YesNo
17986167Method For Automating Semiconductor Design Based On Artificial IntelligenceNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17982269CELL-BASED PIN ACCESS LOCATION GENERATIONNovember 2022November 2025Allow3610NoNo
17978002EFFICIENT DELAY CALCULATIONS IN REPLICATED DESIGNSOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
17974585SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DESIGN PERFORMANCE THROUGH PLACEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL AND SPARE CELLS BY LEVERAGING LDE EFFECTOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
18047882METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOLVING THE LAGRANGIAN DUAL OF A CONSTRAINED BINARY QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING PROBLEM USING A QUANTUM ANNEALEROctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
18047981METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOLVING THE LAGRANGIAN DUAL OF A CONSTRAINED BINARY QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING PROBLEM USING A QUANTUM ANNEALEROctober 2022April 2023Allow610YesNo
17956256APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DIAGRAMSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810NoNo
17942260MULTIPLEXED CHARGE DISCHARGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3820NoYes
17930081SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING A MODULE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTSeptember 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17823411NANOFABRICATION METHOD WITH CORRECTION OF DISTORTION WITHIN AN IMPRINT SYSTEMAugust 2022July 2024Allow2301NoNo
17895938METHOD FOR DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAMAugust 2022May 2025Allow3200NoNo
17893357SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN STRUCTURE CONNECTION MANAGEMENTAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210YesNo
17890354MULTI-PHYSICS CO-SIMULATION METHOD OF POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULESAugust 2022July 2024Allow2310NoNo
17889903ROUTING OF HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-THROUGHPUT INTERCONNECTS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITSAugust 2022May 2025Allow3300NoNo
17879571PARTITIONING A CIRCUIT FOR DISTRIBUTED BALANCED INDEPENDENT SIMULATION JOBS WITH UPPER-BOUNDED MEMORYAugust 2022January 2025Allow3000NoNo
17815095AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SUB-CELLS FOR AN ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITJuly 2022July 2023Allow1120NoNo
17873015BOUNDARY CELL HAVING A COMMON SEMICONDUCTOR TYPE FOR LIBRARY CELLJuly 2022November 2025Allow4020YesNo
17864232DIAGNOSIS OF INCONSISTENT CONSTRAINTS IN A POWER INTENT FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNJuly 2022January 2025Allow3000NoNo
17858545WIRE DENSITY-AWARE LAYER ASSIGNMENTJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610NoNo
17857737DIVIDING A CHIP DESIGN FLOW INTO SUB-STEPS USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2022August 2025Allow3820NoNo
17857680METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJuly 2022May 2025Allow3510YesNo
17855806SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF A REPORT AND DEBUG OF ADDRESS TRANSFORMATIONS IN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESCRIBED WITH IP-XACT STANDARDJuly 2022July 2025Allow3710YesNo
17809898METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE SCHEMATICS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DESIGNJune 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17809899METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE REVIEW OF SCHEMATICS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DESIGNJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17846251METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC BUG LOCALIZATIONJune 2022November 2025Allow4020YesNo
17840887METHOD FOR EVALUATING FAILURE-IN-TIMEJune 2022June 2023Allow1220NoNo
17838671AUTOMATIC DESIGN PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGNS WITH OPERATING ENVIRONMENT COVERAGEJune 2022July 2025Allow3710NoNo
17835822INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN AND LAYOUT WITH MULTIPLE INTERPRETERSJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17832069SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACE GENERATION AND RECONFIGURATION ON A BREADBOARD OR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDJune 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17831280TIMING-BASED LAYER ASSIGNMENTJune 2022June 2025Allow3710YesNo
17804995OSCILLATOR LAYOUTJune 2022December 2024Allow3000NoNo
17828648METHOD FOR CHIP INTEGRATIONMay 2022March 2025Allow3300NoNo
17746089WIRELESS CHARGING AT SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CHARGE RATE FOR DIFFERENT PHYSICAL CHARGE CONFIGURATIONSMay 2022May 2025Allow3610YesNo
17737449SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING IN AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGNMay 2022March 2025Allow3410YesNo
17734340QUANTUM SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR CONDITIONAL TRANSPORT WITH JUST-IN-TIME WAVEFORM SELECTIONMay 2022December 2025Allow4320NoNo
17729383SOLAR CHARGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLEApril 2022January 2026Allow4410NoNo
17769715QUANTUM GATE AND QUANTUM COMPUTERApril 2022May 2025Allow3710NoNo
17712905PROCESS FOR CREATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE IN A LITHOGRAPHY MATERIAL VIA A LASER LITHOGRAPHY DEVICEApril 2022March 2026Allow4720YesNo
17765641THE METHOD OF PARKING AND CHARGING THE VEHICLEMarch 2022March 2026Allow4810NoNo
17703736CHARGING METHOD AND DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022July 2025Allow4010NoNo
17698359POWER ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND AGGREGATION DEVICEMarch 2022December 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17655225HIERARCHY-AWARE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DESIGNMarch 2022July 2025Allow4010YesNo
17692602METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING HARDWARE IMAGES FROM HETEROGENEOUS DESIGNS FOR ELETRONIC SYSTEMSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2410YesNo
17691771SELECTION OF FULL OR INCREMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION FLOWS IN PROCESSING CIRCUIT DESIGNSMarch 2022January 2024Allow2200NoNo
17691974CIRCUIT DESIGN MODIFICATION USING TIMING-BASED YIELD CALCULATIONMarch 2022June 2024Allow2800NoNo
17653009Battery Charging Apparatus and Control MethodMarch 2022March 2026Allow4820YesNo
17683361OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS FOR SYNTHESIS OF A TOPOLOGY USING A DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION MODULEMarch 2022January 2023Allow1110NoNo
17679679Automated Equal-Resistance Routing in Compact PatternFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2100NoNo
17637883Battery Management ApparatusFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3800NoNo
17672137OPTIMIZED LAYOUT CELLFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1210NoNo
17671268SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF DESIGN LAYOUTFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910YesNo
17669764UHD HDR IP CLIENT DEVICE PCB DESIGN LAYOUTFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4010NoNo
17669307IN-GRAPH CAUSALITY RANKING FOR FAULTS IN THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITSFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2610NoNo
17668072ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLYFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4310YesNo
17668180TRANSFORMING A LOGICAL NETLIST INTO A HIERARCHICAL PARASITIC NETLISTFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510YesNo
17668380QUANTUM CIRCUIT AND QUANTUM PROCESSORFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2410YesNo
17665670SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT INTENT RECOGNITION BASED ELECTRONIC DESIGNFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2210YesNo
17591111NEW RELEASE PROCESS INCLUDING CONSISTENCY CHECKINGFebruary 2022October 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17583436CIRCUIT UNIT HAVING ADJUSTABLE DRIVING STRENGTH CAPABILITY IN CHIP AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022September 2025Abandon4330NoNo
17579935CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLEJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4210NoNo
17648406COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN TOOL FOR INVERTER MINIMIZATIONJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1810NoNo
17573380INTERACTIVE CROSS-SECTION PARAMETERIZED CELL FOR WIRE IN CIRCUIT DESIGNJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1900NoNo
17573611DETECTING OUT-OF-BOUNDS VIOLATIONS IN A HARDWARE DESIGN USING FORMAL VERIFICATIONJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEE, ERIC D.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
6
(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
22
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
80.7%
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, 50.0% 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 LEE, ERIC D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, ERIC D works in Art Unit 2851 and has examined 575 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, ERIC D's allowance rate of 83.8% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, ERIC D receive 1.69 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% 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 LEE, ERIC D is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, ERIC D. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 67% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

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, 20.0% 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, 91.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 26% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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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