Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

KIOXIA Corporation

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

202 pending office actions • 48 art units • 166 examiners • 3 of 202 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready • 526 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

KIOXIA Corporation faces a substantial prosecution volume with 189 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This large portfolio is managed by 158 distinct examiners, indicating that the company must navigate a wide variety of individual examiner perspectives. The technical breadth is further evidenced by the involvement of 47 distinct art units, which suggests that the semiconductor filings cover a vast array of specific technological classifications.

JAMES STEVEN WELLS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, yet they are responsible for only 3 pending office actions. This low concentration of 3 actions per busiest examiner relative to the total 189 pending actions highlights an extremely decentralized prosecution environment. With 158 distinct examiners involved, the company cannot rely on familiarity with a small group of officials. Instead, the strategy must account for the diverse requirements of 47 distinct art units, making consistency in claim drafting and response style a significant challenge for the legal team. The involvement of 158 distinct examiners ensures that no single individual has a significant impact on the overall portfolio outcome.

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

Portfolio Summary

202
Total Pending OAs
149
Non-Final OAs
52
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
2
Due this week
13
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

96
Hard (48%)
76
Medium (38%)
28
Easy (14%)
2
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (1%)
§101 + other4 (2%)
§103 only64 (32%)
§102 only11 (5%)
§112 only13 (6%)
Double-patenting only15 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (0%)
Multi-statute (no §101)89 (44%)
No statute on record2 (1%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
3% of docket
29
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
100
Semiconductors
50% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
62
Business / Other
31% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

2,020 h
Manual time on pending OAs
404 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
707 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
17.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 3 88.6% +3.3%
NADAV, ORI 3 60.0% +21.2%
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 3 72.8% +20.5%
WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 3 73.7% -3.6%
CHERY, MARDOCHEE 2 88.5% +10.3%
VERBRUGGE, KEVIN 2 88.9% -2.6%
PEUGH, BRIAN R 2 92.3% +1.0%
MCMAHON, DANIEL F 2 89.7% +2.3%
CHOI, WOO H 2 83.5% -4.1%
SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE 2 89.6% +6.2%

Quick Wins (10)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19319146 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PROGRAM PARAMETERS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEMS CHERY, MARDOCHEE —
19289327 MEMORY SYSTEM VERBRUGGE, KEVIN —
19271841 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MEMORY SYSTEM VERBRUGGE, KEVIN —
19272713 MEMORY SYSTEM CHERY, MARDOCHEE —
19248298 MEMORY SYSTEM PEUGH, BRIAN R —
19212375 MEMORY SYSTEM MCMAHON, DANIEL F —
19078539 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHOI, WOO H —
19074253 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WELLS, JAMES STEVEN —

Hard Cases (96)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17941433 SWITCH AND MEMORY DEVICE ENGLAND, DAVID E 195d overdue
18177979 PATTERN FORMING METHOD, TEMPLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AU, BAC H 50d overdue
18519786 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH 28d overdue
18330515 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 18d overdue
18458196 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 15d overdue
18458284 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 15d overdue
18743571 IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KIM, PETER B 8d overdue
18182765 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PARENDO, KEVIN A 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18458284 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 15d overdue
17701024 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI 3d overdue
18459339 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 22d
19319146 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PROGRAM PARAMETERS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEMS CHERY, MARDOCHEE —
19272713 MEMORY SYSTEM CHERY, MARDOCHEE —
18467773 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI —
18179922 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A —
18165595 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2898 12
2897 9
2812 9
2818 9
2893 8
2811 8
2137 7
2825 6
2817 6
3992 5

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19319146 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PROGRAM PARAMETERS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEMS CHERY, MARDOCHEE 2133 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025
19299798 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2025
19295952 NONVOLATILE MEMORY INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE BUFFER AND INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE NONVOLATILE MEMORY GIARDINO JR, MARK A — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2025
19293103 MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE TSUI, DANIEL D — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
19289327 MEMORY SYSTEM VERBRUGGE, KEVIN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2025
19271841 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MEMORY SYSTEM VERBRUGGE, KEVIN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2025
19272713 MEMORY SYSTEM CHERY, MARDOCHEE — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2025
19264430 NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE OFFLOADING OF HOST TASKS RUIZ, ARACELIS — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19255694 MEMORY DEVICE DUDEK JR, EDWARD J 2139 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19248298 MEMORY SYSTEM PEUGH, BRIAN R 2139 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19230931 NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE ESCALANTE, OVIDIO 3992 §112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2025
19212375 MEMORY SYSTEM MCMAHON, DANIEL F 2112 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 19, 2025
19096833 MEMORY SYSTEM CHO, SUNG IL — §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19080135 MEMORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM PERRY, VICTOR NICHOLAS 2111 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19078539 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHOI, WOO H 3992 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2025
19077499 MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL METHOD BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 2111 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19075664 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 2825 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19074253 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WELLS, JAMES STEVEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19072633 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19071695 MEMORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM NGUYEN, THIEN DANG — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19063427 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE RADKE, JAY W — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19061216 POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN — §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19061105 EVALUATION METHOD AND EVALUATION DEVICE RUSIN, KAYO LISA 2114 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19048632 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NGUYEN, TUAN DUC — Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19046844 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING DC-DC CONVERTER AND REGULATOR ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19041462 MEMORY SYSTEM BASHAR, MOHAMMED A — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19027728 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH MEMORY CELLS EACH INCLUDING A CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYER AND A CONTROL GATE TRAN, MICHAEL THANH — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19019995 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE DINH, TUAN T — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19014791 MEMORY DEVICE HOANG, HUAN — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
19011649 MEMORY SYSTEM AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE LIU, ZHE 2493 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18983022 MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME TALUKDAR, ARVIND 2132 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980715 MEMORY DEVICE CHEN, XIAOCHUN L — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18977848 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18970707 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND MEMORY SYSTEM ABRAHAM, ESAW T 2112 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969705 FILE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF FILE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE ALAM, FAYYAZ — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18967761 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS JOHNSON, TERRELL S — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18967748 MEMORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WU, STEPHANIE — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18967232 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HOANG, HUAN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18957174 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD CHOI, WOO H 3992 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18956073 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE 2825 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18953575 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE BEGUM, SULTANA — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18926712 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SENSE AMPLIFIERS LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY 2824 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18922594 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM LEE, SIU M — §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18920281 INDEPENDENT SET DATA LANES FOR IOD SSD PEUGH, BRIAN R 2133 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18915048 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUFFER ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT FOR A MEMORY DEVICE MACKALL, LARRY T 2139 §103Other Non-Final OA 68d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18895604 MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ERROR CORRECTION PROCESSING CYGIEL, GARY W 2137 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18829657 MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND DATA READING METHOD OTTO, ALAN 2132 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18830337 MEMORY DEVICE HEISTERKAMP, JUSTIN BRYCE 2827 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18830312 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD ANGUIANO, MICHAEL — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18829569 MEMORY SYSTEM OTTO, ALAN 2132 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18829555 SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT EVALUATION DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT EVALUATION DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT EVALUATION DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM LIN, ALLEN S 2153 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18829633 MEMORY DEVICE ANGUIANO, MICHAEL — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18828014 INTERPOSER PACKAGE, MOUNTING METHOD, AND BURN-IN TEST APPARATUS MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18827187 MEMORY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE WONG, NANCI N 2137 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18825245 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18822607 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18820725 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18821670 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM LI, ZHUO H 2133 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18816279 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME ESKRIDGE, CORY W — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18815433 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS IMPROVED ERASE OPERATION HO, HOAI V 2827 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18810223 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CHEN, XIAOCHUN L 2824 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18809433 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18808257 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NETTLES, CORALIE ANN — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18807038 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18805872 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18801237 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A SUBSTRATE, VARIOUS INTERCONNECTIONS, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER, CHARGE STORAGE MEMBER AND A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER LEE, KYOUNG — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18798312 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY OH, JAEHWAN — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18785385 STORAGE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DOAN, HAN V 2137 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2024
18779691 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KEBEDE, BROOK — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18776220 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18758615 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD USING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE VANORE, DAVID A — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758583 NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE OFFLOADING IN A MULTI-DATA NODE ENVIRONMENT MCMAHON, DANIEL F 2111 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18743427 PATTERN SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD, PATTERN SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18743571 IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KIM, PETER B 2882 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue AI Ready Jun 14, 2024
18743825 SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18740905 MEMORY DEVICE BUI, THA-O H 2825 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18740673 COATING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATING FILM KIELIN, ERIK J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18738117 SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD STUESSY, NOLAN GABRIEL — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2024
18735002 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING STAIRCASE PORTION NGUYEN, DUY T V — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18678386 SOLID-STATE STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FETCHING COMMANDS THEREOF WONG, NANCI N 2137 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18678453 Solid State Storage Device and Method for Dynamic Temperature Control Thereof PATEL, DHRUVKUMAR 2835 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18668478 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LIU, BENJAMIN T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2024
18667435 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18664536 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18657050 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME HAWKINS, IHSAN TAIWO — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18639503 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18606182 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE DINKE, BITEW A 2897 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18605999 MEMORY DEVICE KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18599848 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18599586 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD DYKES, LAURA M 2892 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18599234 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18596655 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR SEPARATING SUBSTRATE, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES 2897 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18597293 MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LINE PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 3624 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18595558 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HETHERINGTON, AUBRIE IRENE 4100 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18596528 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF HOANG, DZUNG T 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18596514 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18595315 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594589 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TRAN, ANH Q 2844 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594742 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME HETHERINGTON, AUBRIE IRENE 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18595321 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594394 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE FARMER, EMILY NICOLE 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18595092 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593989 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18595341 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 2891 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594080 MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD DOAN, HAN V 2137 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18595303 STORAGE DEVICE MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593049 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18593038 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18593097 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18593112 PATTERN DESIGN METHOD AND TEMPLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18593582 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE IMTIAZ, S M SOHEL 4100 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18592970 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LI, MEIYA 2811 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18592860 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MORA, ONASIS 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18591293 MASS SPECTROMETER GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591856 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE 2824 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18592235 STORAGE SYSTEM LI, SIDNEY 2137 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591258 COOLING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND COOLING DEVICE COOK, KYLE A 3726 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591272 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE STEWART, ROBERT LINCOLN 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18590716 MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA ENCRYPTING METHOD VU, PHY ANH TRAN 2438 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589750 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18590194 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WARREN, TRACY A 2137 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18590235 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS LOWE, MICHAEL S 3652 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18590867 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE RAMALLO, GUSTAVO G 2812 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18588547 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MILLER, JAMI VALENTINE 2818 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18588597 HYDROPHOBIC TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LEE, AIDEN Y 2812 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18588565 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18589286 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT 4100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18589289 MEMORY SYSTEM GEBRIL, MOHAMED M 2135 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18589300 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18587080 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF STUESSY, NOLAN GABRIEL 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18586767 SUPPORT SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SUPPORT SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18585206 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME LEE, KYOUNG 2817 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584044 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY 2813 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2024
18438263 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18435091 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEVEN, EVREN 2812 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 07, 2024
18433787 ETCHING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE MARUF, SHEIKH 2897 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18432269 MEMORY DEVICE SMET, UYEN TRAN 2824 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18432275 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD TRAN, JUDY DAO 2877 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue AI Ready Feb 05, 2024
18431532 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME CHAN, CANDICE 2813 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18423164 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18423110 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE PARK, SAMUEL 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18417402 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 §103§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18402867 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N 2813 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18530418 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE TRAN, TONY 2893 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18525945 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 01, 2023
18522978 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18519786 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH 2817 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18489140 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2843 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2023
18478213 MEMORY DEVICE MEHTA, RATISHA 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18477015 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING WRITE BUFFER SIZE IN NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICES DARE, RYAN A 2132 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18469619 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18467773 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI 2811 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18466868 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE CHOU, SHIH TSUN A 2811 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18465759 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18459600 TEMPLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TEMPLATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1737 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18460262 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE SMET, UYEN TRAN 2824 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18459339 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18459353 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE KIM, JAHAE 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18458196 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18458284 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18458261 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM VARGHESE, ROSHN K 2896 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18457983 PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND IMPRINT APPARATUS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18457645 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE ADROVEL, WILLIAM 2898 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18456614 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18455732 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 2818 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18454234 PIPING, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18453949 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 §102 Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18448703 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WALL, VINCENT 2898 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18223856 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE PEIKARI, BEHZAD 3992 Other Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18353908 RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18215726 BUFFER OPTIMIZATION FOR SOLID-STATE DRIVES KRIEGER, JONAH C 2133 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2023
18335680 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 15, 2023
18332792 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NEWTON, VALERIE N 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18330515 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 2815 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18196263 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM LUONG, DUY HAN 2825 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 11, 2023
18182529 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PARENDO, KEVIN A 2896 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2023
18182765 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PARENDO, KEVIN A 2896 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18179922 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2023
18177979 PATTERN FORMING METHOD, TEMPLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AU, BAC H 2898 §102§112 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18176445 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD ARROYO, TERESA M 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2023
18176474 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE PURVIS, SUE A 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2023
18165595 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2023
18148375 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d AI Ready Dec 29, 2022
17941987 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2022
17941433 SWITCH AND MEMORY DEVICE ENGLAND, DAVID E 3992 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 195d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17930541 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2022
17929428 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2022
17901606 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17901077 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH ELECTRODE SHARED BY ADJANCET CAPACITORS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M 2893 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17899909 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2022
17899260 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2022
17894756 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17890368 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN 2818 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 18, 2022
17864555 RAM CMOS WITH IMPROVED RELIABILITY MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2022
17842417 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2800 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2022
17701024 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE NADAV, ORI 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17654771 MARK, TEMPLATE, AND SEMICONDCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2022
17653290 PROCESSING APPARATUS USING LASER, METHOD OF PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE USING LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2022
17672750 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KARIMY, TIMOR 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2022
17475014 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 14, 2021
17133373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARITY-BASED FAILURE PROTECTION FOR STORAGE DEVICES KO, CHAE M 2100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 23, 2020

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