Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: OBERLY, ERIC T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2184 2849

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Eric T. Oberly examines cases in Art Unit 2184 and Tech Center 2800. He has 610 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 74.1 percent. The median days to allowance is 1004, which suggests a consistent timeline for reaching an allowance. Practitioners should expect a prosecution period that spans many days in Tech Center 2800.

The interview lift is 14.7 percent, providing a helpful increase over the 74.1 percent baseline. For the 610 cases resolved, the 1004-day median pendency is a reliable metric for planning. Practitioners may find that direct communication improves the chances of a favorable outcome, leveraging the 14.7 percent lift in Art Unit 2184. The 74.1 percent allowance rate indicates a generally positive environment for applicants seeking patents under this examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

74.1%
Allow Rate
+6.1% vs TC avg
628
Total Applications
+14.7%
Interview Lift
1004
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 610 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.0%
§102 Novelty
53.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19200046 HUB DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19171745 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE CONTROLLER AND TARGET DEVICES ON MULTIPLE BUS SEGMENTS THROUGH A HUB DEVICE Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
19249286 Storage System Optimization Operations Coordinated by a Container Storage Interface Filter Driver Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18947772 Side Sideband Interface Final Rejection Google LLC
18759822 EMULATION AND AUTONOMOUS DEVICE MANAGEMENT OF EMBEDDED DEVICES OPERATING ON VARIOUS INTERCONNECTS VIA A MULTI-DEVICE HOST CONTROLLER Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19223406 LOCAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS VIRTUALIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19051048 HARD DISK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED COMPONENT Non-Final OA SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18540257 BYPASS CHIPLETS FOR MEMORY-LOGIC STACK Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18385117 DATA COLLECTION AND STORAGE DURING LOW-POWER STATES Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
19205728 DATA STORAGE DEVICES WITH DUAL MEMORY SPACES Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18450411 DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT Non-Final OA PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
18901810 A REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS BASED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOGICAL EXECUTION TIME PARADIGM Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC

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