Last updated: August 04, 2026

Application No. 18/206,068

DATA MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN VIRTUALIZED HYPERSCALE ENVIRONMENTS

Final Rejection

Filed

Jun 05, 2023

Priority

Aug 19, 2014 — provisional 62/039,415 +5 more

Examiner

RONES, CHARLES

Art Unit

2168

Tech Center

2100 — Computer Architecture & Software

Assignee

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

OA Round

4 (Final)

Interview Optional

— +27.5% interview lift. Interview already conducted in this application's prosecution history. This examiner has a 23% grant rate with +27.5% interview lift. Since an interview has already been tried, recommend written response with narrowed claims based on precedent claim evolution patterns.

Based on 48 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

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Grants only 23% of cases

Career Allowance Rate

11 granted / 48 resolved

-32.1% vs TC avg

Strong +28% interview lift

Without

With

+27.5%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

3y 6m

Avg Prosecution

1 currently pending

Career history

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

1.9%

-38.1% vs TC avg

§103

72.8%

+32.8% vs TC avg

§102

15.2%

-24.8% vs TC avg

§112

6.3%

-33.7% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 48 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Show 5 earlier events

Dec 02, 2025

Examiner Interview Summary

Dec 02, 2025

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

Dec 03, 2025

Response Filed

Feb 11, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed

Apr 08, 2026

Examiner Interview Summary

Apr 08, 2026

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

May 06, 2026

Response Filed

Jun 08, 2026

Final Rejection mailed (current)

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

18/628,060

Patent 12687986

LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER QUEUES AND LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER QUEUE SCHEDULING FOR MEMORY DEVICES

2y 3m to grant Granted Jul 21, 2026

18/827,453

Patent 12681729

VECTOR FRIENDLY INSTRUCTION FORMAT AND EXECUTION THEREOF

1y 10m to grant Granted Jul 14, 2026

17/118,404

Patent 12585564

METHODS FOR CONFIGURING SPAN OF CONTROL UNDER VARYING TEMPERATURE

5y 3m to grant Granted Mar 24, 2026

15/480,966

Patent 10996865

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC MEMORY SCALING IN MULTI-DEVICE SYSTEMS

4y 0m to grant Granted May 04, 2021

15/282,878

Patent 10990284

ALERT CONFIGURATION FOR DATA PROTECTION

4y 7m to grant Granted Apr 27, 2021

Study what changed to get past this examiner. Based on 5 most recent grants.

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Prosecution Projections

5-6

Expected OA Rounds

23%

Grant Probability

50%

With Interview (+27.5%)

3y 6m (~4m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

High

PTA Risk

Based on 48 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.