Listed by the USPTO as VICARY, KEITH E
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2182 2183 2199
This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases
Keith E. Vicary has resolved 700 cases in Art Unit 2100 and Tech Center 2100. The examiner's allowance rate is 57.9 percent. The median days to allowance is 1421, which suggests a relatively long prosecution cycle for applications in this unit. These figures provide a baseline for applicants to manage their expectations regarding both the likelihood of a grant and the time required to achieve it across these 700 resolved cases.
The interview lift is 40.1 percent. This 40.1 percent lift is very high, indicating that interviews are an extremely effective tool for applicants. Direct communication with Vicary can significantly improve the chances of securing an allowance, potentially helping to navigate the 1421-day median timeline more efficiently. The 40.1 percent lift suggests that the examiner is highly responsive to the clarifications provided during a formal discussion.
Intel Corporation and Texas Instruments Incorporated are top companies appearing before this examiner. International Business Machines Corporation is also a frequent applicant. Firms like FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER and DICKINSON WRIGHT RLLP are frequently involved. Essential Patents Group, LLP. is another top firm. The 700 resolved cases and 57.9 percent allowance rate suggest a negotiable environment for patent applicants.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094393 | MASKING/ZEROING PREDICATION IN PROCESSOR CIRCUITS | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18680778 | VARIABLE HISTORY LENGTH PERCEPTRON BRANCH PREDICTOR | Non-Final OA | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 18326202 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING STRIDE ACCESS BASED ON PREDICTED ADDRESS FOR HARDWARE PREFETCH USED FOR CACHE MEMORY | Final Rejection | Fujitsu Limited |
| 18661103 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SPECULATIVE EXECUTION SIDE CHANNEL MITIGATION | Final Rejection | Intel Corporation |
| 18478882 | MEMORY SAFETY USING TAG CHECKING INSTRUCTIONS AND ISLANDS OF TAGS IN LINE WITH BUCKETED DATA | Final Rejection | Intel Corporation |
| 18193232 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITE AND/OR READ OF CONTROL AND/OR STATUS REGISTERS | Final Rejection | INTEL CORPORATION |
| 17957969 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A MODE OF PROCESSOR OPERATION BASED ON PAGE TABLE METADATA | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 17708933 | CONTROL REGISTER SET TO FACILITATE PROCESSOR EVENT BASED SAMPLING | Final Rejection | Intel Corporation |
| 17484840 | CIRCUITRY AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATING STREAMING DATA-TRANSFORMATION OPERATIONS | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 19206182 | SECURING REGISTERS ACROSS SECURITY ZONES | Non-Final OA | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 19049097 | PIPELINE PROTECTION FOR CPUS WITH SAVE AND RESTORE OF INTERMEDIATE RESULTS | Non-Final OA | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 19016487 | EXIT HISTORY BASED BRANCH PREDICTION | Final Rejection | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 18958042 | PROCESSOR WITH INSTRUCTION CONCATENATION | Non-Final OA | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 17876706 | STORING A RESULT OF A FIRST INSTRUCTION OF AM EXECUTE PACKET IN A HOLDING REGISTER PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF A SECOND INSTRUCTION OF THE EXECUTE PACKET | Final Rejection | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
| 19142401 | PROCESSOR WITH DELAYED INSTRUCTION PIPELINE FLUSH | Non-Final OA | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| 19210296 | BRANCH PREDICTION USING SPECULATIVE INDEXING AND INTRALINE COUNT | Non-Final OA | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
| 18680032 | PHYSICAL REGISTER DEALLOCATION IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 18789957 | PROCESSING DATA USING ACCELERATORS IN A SYSTEM ON A CHIP | Final Rejection | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18096115 | Sorting Method and Control for Partially Ordered Data Arrays in Embedded Systems | Non-Final OA | SK hynix Inc. |
| 19053672 | FETCH QUEUE POPULATION | Final Rejection | Arm Limited |
| 18619392 | WAVE LEVEL MATRIX MULTIPLY INSTRUCTIONS | Non-Final OA | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| 18390821 | ACCUMULATION APERTURES | Final Rejection | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| 18714604 | DECODING METHOD, PROCESSOR, CHIP, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Final Rejection | Hygon Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
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Build Your Strategy57.9% of resolved applications examined by Keith E Vicary were allowed (700 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +40.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Keith E Vicary took 1,421 days on average from filing to allowance.
Keith E Vicary examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).
