Last updated: July 05, 2026

Application No. 19/021,490

APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS

Non-Final OA

Filed

Jan 15, 2025

Priority

Jun 30, 2022 — provisional 63/357,517 +1 more

Examiner

MERANT, GUERRIER

Art Unit

2111

Tech Center

2100 — Computer Architecture & Software

Assignee

Micron Technology Inc.

OA Round

1 (Non-Final)

Interview Optional

— -2.6% interview lift. Interview already conducted in this application's prosecution history. This examiner has a 89% grant rate with -2.6% interview lift. Since an interview has already been tried, recommend written response with narrowed claims based on precedent claim evolution patterns.

Based on 1227 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

MERANT, GUERRIER View full profile →

Grants 89% — above average

Career Allowance Rate

1087 granted / 1227 resolved

+33.6% vs TC avg

Minimal -3% lift

Without

With

+-2.6%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Fast prosecutor

2y 1m

Avg Prosecution

22 currently pending

Career history

1262

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

5.3%

-34.7% vs TC avg

§103

67.8%

+27.8% vs TC avg

§102

5.6%

-34.4% vs TC avg

§112

8.7%

-31.3% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 1227 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Jan 15, 2025

Application Filed

May 05, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed

Jun 16, 2026

Interview Requested

Jun 19, 2026

Interview Requested

Jun 22, 2026

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

Jun 22, 2026

Examiner Interview Summary

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

18/783,136

Patent 12633369

NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND REWRITE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

1y 9m to grant Granted May 19, 2026

18/789,557

Patent 12633368

METHOD OF TESTING A MEMORY CIRCUIT AND MEMORY CIRCUIT

1y 9m to grant Granted May 19, 2026

18/600,070

Patent 12620451

MEMORY SYSTEM, DEBUGGING DEVICE, DEBUGGING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEM

2y 1m to grant Granted May 05, 2026

18/767,098

Patent 12614600

MULTI-LEVEL CELL DATA ENCODING

1y 9m to grant Granted Apr 28, 2026

18/686,175

Patent 12609165

METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ERROR IN AN ELECTRONIC MEMORY

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

89%

Grant Probability

86%

With Interview (-2.6%)

2y 1m (~7m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

Low

PTA Risk

Based on 1227 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.