Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
609 pending office actions • 122 art units • 352 examiners • 1 of 609 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,481 patents granted in the last 365 days
Micron Technology Inc. has 618 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The portfolio spans 356 distinct examiners and 121 distinct art units, reflecting an extensive and highly distributed prosecution operation across computing-related technologies.
NGUYEN, VAN THU T is the busiest examiner, with 10 pending matters. That cluster is only one part of a docket handled by hundreds of examiners. Effective management requires scalable tracking of examiner and art-unit patterns, disciplined coordination of claim strategy, and clear separation between reusable technical positions and application-specific responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 128 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 128 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 4 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 32 (5%) |
| §103 only | 249 (41%) |
| §102 only | 67 (11%) |
| §112 only | 7 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 37 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 15 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 188 (31%) |
| No statute on record | 10 (2%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 9 | 83.0% | +6.4% |
| KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C | 8 | 87.4% | +2.6% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 7 | 79.5% | +24.1% |
| GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | 7 | 76.3% | +10.9% |
| TRAN, ANTHAN | 6 | 83.0% | +2.4% |
| KING, DOUGLAS | 6 | 80.2% | +4.3% |
| RIGOL, YAIMA | 5 | 75.6% | +17.4% |
| KHAN, MASUD K | 5 | 87.5% | +6.8% |
| ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 5 | 94.3% | +3.3% |
| FARROKH, HASHEM | 5 | 89.2% | +2.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17889648 | MEMORY DEVICE DEFECT MANAGEMENT | FARROKH, HASHEM | 17d overdue |
| 18745894 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR HALF-PAGE MODES OF MEMORY DEVICES | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 5d overdue |
| 19027352 | STACK MANAGEMENT IN MEMORY SYSTEMS | FARROKH, HASHEM | 3d overdue |
| 18738499 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ECC PARITY BIT REDUCTION | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 14d |
| 18423157 | TECHNIQUES FOR TAGGING DATA BASED ON CHUNK SIZE | FARROKH, HASHEM | 29d |
| 18889273 | ERROR CHECK FUNCTIONALITY VERIFICATION USING KNOWN ERRORS | KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C | 65d |
| 18781618 | READ VOLTAGE OVERDRIVE IN READ RECOVERY | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 83d |
| 19250585 | PERFORMING MEMORY ACCESS OPERATIONS WITH A LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL MAPPING TABLE WITH REDUCED SIZE | KHAN, MASUD K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17859045 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR ROAD SAFETY | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 379d overdue |
| 17883919 | FINFETS WITH REDUCED PARASITICS | SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A | 91d overdue |
| 18817096 | Distributed Ledger Appliance and Methods of USE | ALMEIDA, DEVIN E | 86d overdue |
| 18439647 | Performance Optimization for Loading Data in Memory Services Configured on Storage Capacity of a Data Storage Device | SAVLA, ARPAN P | 46d overdue |
| 17884484 | THROUGH-SUBSTRATE CONNECTIONS FOR RECESSED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES | WYATT, JOSHUA SCOTT | 46d overdue |
| 18111525 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STACKED DIE WARPAGE CONTROL DURING MASS REFLOW | DYKES, LAURA M | 43d overdue |
| 17894063 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING WITH REDUCED STANDOFF HEIGHT | FAN, SU JYA | 42d overdue |
| 18777441 | ON-DIE HEATER DEVICES FOR MEMORY DEVICES AND MEMORY MODULES | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 28d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020443 | MEMORY-ALIGNED ACCESS OPERATIONS | RIGOL, YAIMA | 11d overdue |
| 19047110 | BAD-DECK MANAGEMENT FOR HALF-GOOD BLOCKS | GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | 4d overdue |
| 19020825 | READ COUNTER FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE DESIGN | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 14d |
| 18772878 | DATA THROUGHPUT USING TCM | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 14d |
| 18981038 | REDUCE DATA TRAFFIC BETWEEN CACHE AND MEMORY VIA DATA ACCESS OF VARIABLE SIZES | RIGOL, YAIMA | 42d |
| 18659331 | NAMESPACE MAPPING STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | RIGOL, YAIMA | 70d |
| 18326963 | STORING AND RECOVERING CRITICAL DATA IN A MEMORY DEVICE | GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | 76d |
| 19302401 | MEMORY SYSTEM CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2824 | 47 |
| 2825 | 37 |
| 2139 | 36 |
| 2827 | 34 |
| 2135 | 31 |
| 2132 | 24 |
| 2133 | 24 |
| 2111 | 23 |
| 2893 | 23 |
| 2138 | 22 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19379259 | OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTION | SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J | 2137 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19319018 | COORDINATED ERROR PROTECTION | DUNCAN, MARC M | 2113 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19305185 | DYNAMIC ERASE OPERATION SELECTION USING ERASE POLICY | VERDERAMO III, RALPH A | 2139 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19302401 | MEMORY SYSTEM CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19301737 | MAXIMUM ROW ACTIVE TIME ENFORCEMENT FOR MEMORY DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19299767 | MODIFIED READ COUNTER INCREMENTING SCHEME IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19297803 | SELECTIVELY PROGRAMMING RETIRED WORDLINES OF A MEMORY DEVICE | YOON, ALEXANDER J | 2135 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19296569 | TECHNIQUES FOR FOUR CYCLE ACCESS COMMANDS | YU, JAE UN | 2138 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19293863 | ADAPTIVE GENERATION OF MEMORY PARTITIONS | HO, AARON D | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19288915 | CLOUD-BASED CREATION OF A CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SYMMETRIC KEY ACTIVATION DATABASE | NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 2497 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19286154 | MEDIA SCAN METHOD TO REDUCE ACTIVE IDLE POWER OF MEMORY DEVICES | PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19285608 | MEMORY DEVICE REGION ALLOCATION USING LIFETIME HINTS | KROFCHECK, MICHAEL C | 2138 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19284525 | WEAR LEVELING REPAIR IN A MEMORY DEVICE | MACKALL, LARRY T | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19281222 | ENHANCED GARBAGE COLLECTION AT A MEMORY SYSTEM | KWONG, EDMUND H | 2137 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19280819 | DESTINATION BASED MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPERATION | TALUKDAR, ARVIND | 2132 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19277280 | MEMORY WRITES TO SHARED WORK QUEUE OF MEMORY DEVICE | KWONG, EDMUND H | 2137 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19277253 | SHARED WORK QUEUE CONFIGURATION FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | LI, SIDNEY | 2137 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19275389 | READ CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATION FOR MEMORY | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 2132 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19275605 | COMBINED MEMORY MODULE LOGIC DEVICES FOR REDUCED COST AND IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY | RIGOL, YAIMA | 2135 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19273044 | DATA STORAGE AND DECOMPRESSION IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG | 2133 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19271501 | ADAPTIVE ERROR RECOVERY WHEN PROGRAM STATUS FAILURE OCCURS IN A MEMORY DEVICE | BRYAN, JASON B | 2114 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19264653 | ERROR DETECTION EVENT MECHANISM | LIN, KATHERINE Y | 2113 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19261526 | HOST LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL INFORMATION REFRESH | KIM, ELIAS YOUNG | 2135 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19260132 | LOGICAL ADDRESS INDICATIONS FOR ACCESSING SEQUENTIAL DATA FROM A MEMORY SYSTEM | GIARDINO JR, MARK A | 2135 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19259950 | CACHING IDENTIFIERS FOR ACCESS COMMANDS | PEYTON, TAMMARA R | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19260141 | CONFIGURABLE PARTITIONS AND MEMORY TYPE INDEPENDENCE IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | KIM, ELIAS YOUNG | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19256733 | NETWORK-READY STORAGE PRODUCTS WITH CRYPTOGRAPHY BASED ACCESS CONTROL | CARDWELL, ERIC | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19252465 | MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM VOLTAGE LEVEL WITH READ OR PROGRAM-VERIFY ADJUSTMENT FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY IN MEMORY DEVICES | WADDY JR, EDWARD | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19250585 | PERFORMING MEMORY ACCESS OPERATIONS WITH A LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL MAPPING TABLE WITH REDUCED SIZE | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19249564 | MEMORY CHIP TEST PAD ACCESS MANAGEMENT TO FACILITATE DATA SECURITY | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19248046 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONCURRENT HOST SYSTEM ACCESS AND DATA FOLDING | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19246488 | FIRMWARE AUTHENTICITY CHECK | LANE, GREGORY A | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19243671 | LOW LATENCY PARTITION FOR MEMORY SWAP OPERATIONS | MA, WEI | 2135 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19242196 | SINGLE-LEVEL CELL CACHING NOTIFICATION | YU, JAE UN | 2138 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19233614 | SECURE WRITE PROTECTIONS FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS | TSAI, SHENG JEN | 2139 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19234217 | ZONED RANDOM WRITE OPERATIONS | MATIN, TASNIMA | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19232794 | USING DUPLICATE DATA FOR IMPROVING ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY | YOON, ALEXANDER J | 2135 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19231877 | MANAGEMENT OF ERROR-HANDLING FLOWS IN MEMORY DEVICES USING PROBABILITY DATA STRUCTURE | CHOE, YONG J | 2135 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19231227 | PRELIMINARY SYNDROME CALCULATION | MERANT, GUERRIER | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19215432 | WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTED-ACCESS ACROSS MEMORY SPACES | MA, WEI | 2135 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228549 | DETECTING A STALL CONDITION IN BIT FLIPPING DECODING USING SYNDROME WEIGHT SLOPE | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19227353 | PRE-READ ALGORITHM FOR A SEQUENTIAL READ OPERATION OF A MEMORY SYSTEM | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19224446 | BAD BLOCK REPLACEMENT BY A MEMORY SYSTEM | FARROKH, HASHEM | 2138 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19223389 | DYNAMIC WEAR RATIO MANAGEMENT | RIGOL, YAIMA | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19224509 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DURING SUSPEND AND RESUME OPERATIONS | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 2133 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19222137 | TRACKING CHARGE LOSS IN MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMS | CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M | 2112 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19221955 | DATA FLUSH FOR FORCE UNIT ACCESS COMMANDS | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19222891 | DIVIDING SUPERBLOCKS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | AHMED, ZUBAIR | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19222888 | ACCESS PATTERN TRACKING | GRULLON, FRANCISCO A | 2132 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19219935 | MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOCK STRIPE ASSIGNMENT BASED ON BLOCK ERROR CONDITIONS | KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C | 2111 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
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Van Thu T Nguyen has the most, with 9 of Micron Technology Inc.'s pending office actions.
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