Last updated: July 17, 2026

Application No. 18/478,882

MEMORY SAFETY USING TAG CHECKING INSTRUCTIONS AND ISLANDS OF TAGS IN LINE WITH BUCKETED DATA

Non-Final OA

Filed

Sep 29, 2023

Priority

Apr 19, 2023 — provisional 63/497,174

Examiner

VICARY, KEITH E

Art Unit

Tech Center

Assignee

Intel Corporation

OA Round

1 (Non-Final)

This examiner grants 58% of cases after interview

— +41.1% interview lift. A telephonic interview to clarify the technical implementation could significantly improve the outcome.

Based on 690 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

VICARY, KEITH E View full profile →

Grants 58% of resolved cases

Career Allowance Rate

398 granted / 690 resolved

-2.3% vs TC avg

Strong +41% interview lift

Without

With

+41.1%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

3y 11m

Avg Prosecution

36 currently pending

Career history

732

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

7.4%

-32.6% vs TC avg

§103

48.1%

+8.1% vs TC avg

§102

7.1%

-32.9% vs TC avg

§112

33.0%

-7.0% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 690 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Sep 29, 2023

Application Filed

Nov 14, 2023

Response after Non-Final Action

May 19, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed (current)

Precedent Cases

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2y 11m to grant Granted Jun 23, 2026

18/621,071

Patent 12663990

Apparatus and Method for Remote Atomic Floating Point Operations

2y 2m to grant Granted Jun 23, 2026

18/783,937

Patent 12657031

Coprocessor Prefetcher

1y 10m to grant Granted Jun 16, 2026

18/220,169

Patent 12608336

SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DISPATCHES FOR SHORT KERNELS IN A RECONFIGURABLE PARALLEL PROCESSOR

2y 9m to grant Granted Apr 21, 2026

18/593,817

Patent 12608208

ASYNCHRONOUS RELEASE OPERATIONS IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

2y 1m to grant Granted Apr 21, 2026

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

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Prosecution Projections

1-2

Expected OA Rounds

58%

Grant Probability

99%

With Interview (+41.1%)

3y 11m (~1y 1m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

Low

PTA Risk

Based on 690 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.