Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Ernest Unelus, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as UNELUS, ERNEST

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2181

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

UNELUS, ERNEST has 549 resolved cases in tech center 2100 and art unit 2181. The allowance rate is 77.2%, and the interview lift is 38.7%. The median time to allowance is 1138 days. Interviews are associated with a notable improvement relative to the overall allowance rate, making examiner interaction a potentially important prosecution tool. The median nevertheless indicates a lengthy route to allowance.

The main companies are Micron Technology Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and UnifabriX Ltd. The leading firms are Active Knowledge Ltd., CONLEY ROSE, P.C., and Dorsey & Whitney LLP, IP Dept., MTI. Applicants may benefit from counsel experienced in technically detailed interviews and in maintaining prosecution momentum across the recorded timeline.

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

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
584
Total Applications
+38.7%
Interview Lift
1138
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
45.9%
§102 Novelty
40.9%
§103 Obviousness
2.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18528160 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED RESOURCES Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18630387 SECURE, SCALABLE DOORBELL MECHANISM BETWEEN PEERS IN A PCIE FABRIC Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18158264 Balancing Data Transfer Amongst Paths Between A Host and A Storage System Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
17826933 USB TYPE-C SUBSYSTEM Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19020409 PACKET ROUTING BETWEEN MEMORY DEVICES AND RELATED APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18443956 MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH TIME-BASED READ AND WRITE PHASES Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18170753 MEMORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF CALCULATING HAMMING DISTANCES FOR NEURAL NETWORK AND DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS Final Rejection MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18642379 SYSTEM-INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR IO DEVICE EXTENDED CONTROL WITHOUT OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVER INVOLVEMENT Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19184701 COMPUTATIONAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
18243264 MATRIX MULTIPLICATION UNIT WITH FLEXIBLE PRECISION OPERATIONS Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18215519 Programmable Input/Output Dies for Specialization in Disaggregated Systems Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Ernest Unelus's allowance rate?

77.2% of resolved applications examined by Ernest Unelus were allowed (549 resolved cases), compared with 77.6% across Art Unit 2181 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Ernest Unelus?

This examiner's interview lift is +38.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Ernest Unelus take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Ernest Unelus took 1,138 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Ernest Unelus work in?

Ernest Unelus examines applications in Art Unit 2181 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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