Listed by the USPTO as LI, SIDNEY
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2136 2137 2186
This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases
Sidney Li is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2136, with 387 resolved cases. The allowance rate of 79.3 percent suggests a high probability of success for applicants. The process typically takes a median of 982 days to reach an allowance, according to the available data.
While the allowance rate is high, the interview lift is 6.6 percent. This indicates that while interviews are helpful, the examiner's 79.3 percent allowance rate is largely driven by other factors in the 387 resolved cases. Top companies such as Micron Technology Inc. and Qualcomm Incorporated are active in this examiner's art unit.
Firms like IP & T GROUP LLP and Alliance IP, LLC - Intel are among the most frequent representatives. The 982 median days to allowance is a key metric for planning prosecution timelines. These figures offer a clear view of the examiner's performance and the typical path for applications in Art Unit 2136.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19177431 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD WITH COMPRESSED MEMORY | Non-Final OA | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 19088423 | PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) BASED MEMORY SCHEDULING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONCURRENT TRANSACTIONS | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18748173 | Sideband Architecture For Power And Performance Subchannel And Channel-aware memory Controller Scheduling | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18344042 | ARCHITECTURAL INTERFACE FOR ADDRESS TRANSLATION CACHE (ATC) IN XPU TO SUBMIT COMMAND DIRECTLY TO GUEST SOFTWARE | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 19277253 | SHARED WORK QUEUE CONFIGURATION FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 19069834 | ENABLING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL LAYER CONFIGURATION OF MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE PORTS H | Final Rejection | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 19022147 | WEAR LEVELING IN SOLID STATE DRIVES | Final Rejection | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 18362005 | SHADOW CACHES FOR LEVEL 2 CACHE CONTROLLER | Non-Final OA | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 19319727 | HUB DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF HUB DEVICE, AND CLUSTER SYSTEM INCLUDING HUB DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SK hynix Inc. |
| 18946918 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Non-Final OA | SK hynix Inc. |
| 18937579 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHOD | Final Rejection | STMicroelectronics International N.V. |
| 18513563 | Memory-Access Policies in Peripheral Device based on Memory Usage Characteristics | Final Rejection | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. |
| 18374153 | EFFICIENT BUS TURNAROUND FOR MEMORY CONTROLLER | Final Rejection | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| 19002228 | MULTI-LEVEL CACHE SYSTEM FOR REDUCTION OF STORAGE COSTS | Non-Final OA | ELASTICSEARCH B.V. |
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Build Your Strategy79.3% of resolved applications examined by Sidney Li were allowed (387 resolved cases), compared with 72.1% across Art Unit 2136 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +6.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Sidney Li took 982 days on average from filing to allowance.
Sidney Li examines applications in Art Unit 2136 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).