Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
124 pending office actions • 37 art units • 101 examiners • 0 of 124 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 513 patents granted in the last 365 days
SanDisk Technologies Inc. manages a large portfolio with 117 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 95 distinct examiners across 37 distinct art units. This broad distribution indicates a high volume of simultaneous interactions with many different specialized groups at the USPTO. The scale of this prosecution effort requires managing a vast array of examiner timelines and art unit specificities.
WELLS, JAMES STEVEN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 3 busiest examiner pending actions. Given the total count of pending office actions, the workload is highly decentralized, with most of the 95 distinct examiners handling only one or two matters. The involvement of 37 distinct art units reflects the diverse range of semiconductor and optical technologies the company is currently prosecuting. This decentralized structure suggests that the company's patent strategy is spread across nearly one hundred different individual reviewers, minimizing the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the overall portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 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. 31 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 + other | 1 (1%) |
| §103 only | 46 (37%) |
| §102 only | 14 (11%) |
| §112 only | 9 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 51 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 3 | 88.6% | +3.3% |
| HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 3 | 93.4% | +1.3% |
| BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 3 | 95.1% | +3.3% |
| ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2 | 74.4% | +52.4% |
| LUU, PHO M | 2 | 96.9% | +3.3% |
| COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 2 | 94.1% | +14.9% |
| HUYNH, KIM T | 2 | 82.6% | +7.2% |
| LUONG, DUY HAN | 2 | 95.1% | +7.7% |
| KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2 | 98.5% | +2.1% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2 | 79.4% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603582 | LATERAL SUB-BLOCK MODE IN A MEMORY DEVICE | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 18d overdue |
| 18220387 | BITLINE TIMING-BASED MULTI-STATE PROGRAMMING IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STRUCTURES | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2d overdue |
| 18743421 | PROACTIVE ERROR DETECTION IN A MEMORY DEVICE | LUONG, DUY HAN | 1d overdue |
| 18790599 | MAGNETORESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING DUAL FREE LAYERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND OPERATING THE SAME | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 15d |
| 18678647 | DISCHARGE-FREE READ OPERATIONS FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 54d |
| 19062880 | OVONIC THRESHOLD SWITCH DEVICES WITH ASYMMETRIC ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | LUU, PHO M | — |
| 19012158 | EARLY PROGRAM TERMINATION FOR NAND SLC PROGRAM | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | — |
| 18978514 | MULTI-PASS PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18389980 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SELECTOR DEVICE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE DRIFT | KING, DOUGLAS | 141d overdue |
| 18357379 | SOLDER BARRIER CONTACT FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | SEVEN, EVREN | 29d overdue |
| 18748836 | PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PRE-CHARGE IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 19d overdue |
| 18545601 | HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 18d overdue |
| 18360555 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STACKING ARCHITECTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFORE | NICELY, JOSEPH C | 15d overdue |
| 18222776 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING PCB EDGE HEAT DISSIPATION | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | 8d overdue |
| 18649558 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR DISSIPATING HEAT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 12d |
| 18473774 | SCHEDULING EXECUTION OF COMMANDS IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON COMMAND PARAMETERS | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 13d |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603582 | LATERAL SUB-BLOCK MODE IN A MEMORY DEVICE | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 18d overdue |
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 56d |
| 19066145 | Unlocking a Data Storage Device Using a Web Application | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | — |
| 18982656 | EDGE WORD LINE BIAS ENGINEERING FOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE MARGIN IMPROVEMENT OF SUB-BLOCK MODE | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | — |
| 18924819 | Communication with a Data Storage Device with a Web Application | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | — |
| 18660521 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUB-BLOCK READ REFRESH FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2824 | 14 |
| 2827 | 14 |
| 2825 | 8 |
| 2818 | 8 |
| 2812 | 6 |
| 2892 | 5 |
| 2898 | 5 |
| 2184 | 4 |
| 2817 | 4 |
| 2893 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205728 | DATA STORAGE DEVICES WITH DUAL MEMORY SPACES | OBERLY, ERIC T | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19065882 | DATA ROUTING AND MEMORY BLOCK MANAGEMENT IN A SUB-BLOCK MEMORY SYSTEM | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19066145 | Unlocking a Data Storage Device Using a Web Application | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2407 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19062880 | OVONIC THRESHOLD SWITCH DEVICES WITH ASYMMETRIC ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | LUU, PHO M | 2824 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19046563 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY STARTUP USING SELECTIVE POWER ON READ BYPASS | DOAN, KHOA D | 2133 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046037 | READ TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IN MULTI-BIT MEMORY CELLS | HEISTERKAMP, JUSTIN BRYCE | 2827 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19046048 | SUB-BLOCK MODE ERASE TECHNIQUES IN A MEMORY DEVICE | NGUYEN, VIET Q | 2827 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19046314 | SEQUENCE FOR FIRST FIRE AND FORMING IN CROSS-POINT ARRAYS | HUANG, MIN | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19044957 | Storage Optimization of CAT Table During Background Operations | MAMO, ELIAS | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19044081 | WORD LINE BIT IGNORE PARAMETERS IN A MEMORY DEVICE | CHO, SUNG IL | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19039948 | Data Storage Device and Method for Bit-Error-Rate Balancing in Fractional-Bit-Per-Cell Memory | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039962 | Data Storage Device and Method for Read Threshold Calibration in Fractional-Bit-Per-Cell Memory | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040410 | Hidden L0p Exit Latency In Read Workload | FATIMA, AYMAN | 2176 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19033889 | PROTECTING DATA IN AN UNLOCKED STORAGE DEVICE | CHAPPELL, DANIEL C | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19012158 | EARLY PROGRAM TERMINATION FOR NAND SLC PROGRAM | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18986018 | COMBINATION SINGLE-LEVEL CELL PROGRAM MODES TO IMPROVE CELL ENDURANCE | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18982656 | EDGE WORD LINE BIAS ENGINEERING FOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE MARGIN IMPROVEMENT OF SUB-BLOCK MODE | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 2827 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982579 | DATA RETENTION READ METHOD | BUI, THA-O H | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982906 | RECYCLE CURRENT DURING SENSE OF MEMORY CELLS | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18978514 | MULTI-PASS PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18978534 | PROGRAM-VERIFY TECHNIQUES IN A MEMORY DEVICE | LUU, PHO M | 2824 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18943157 | ELECTRICAL STRESS DETECTION CIRCUITRY FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18924819 | Communication with a Data Storage Device with a Web Application | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2407 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18916844 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY WITH MULTI-CELL WEIGHT STRUCTURE | HO, HOAI V | 2827 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18902041 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SURFACE FEATURES | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | 2623 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18897573 | WORD LINE ZONE ERASE TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | 2827 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18894152 | PCIe LANE ADAPTER FOR ENABLING FLEXIBLE SWITCHING OF SPEED AND CAPACITY CONFIGURATIONS OF STORAGE DRIVES | HUYNH, KIM T | 2184 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18894234 | SYNCHRONIZATION POINT BASED PARAMETER TUNING IN A STORAGE DEVICE | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2824 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18887730 | TECHNIQUE TO DETECT AN UNSELECTED SUB-BLOCK STATUS IN A MEMORY DEVICE | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18829622 | Dynamic Lane Allocation On Power Limited, Dual Port PCIe Device | HUYNH, KIM T | 2184 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18803091 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING BIFACIAL SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 2622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18780696 | LINK RECEIVER CIRCUITRY FOR CONTROLLER-MEMORY DEVICE INTERFACES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES | LIENG, MALANE | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18776797 | Data Integrity Protection Of SSDs Utilizing Streams | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2137 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18774511 | AUTHENTICATABLE ENCLOSURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18770407 | Dynamic Integrity and Datat Encryption (IDE) Aggregation Size | MUNGUIA, DUILIO | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18756374 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING PAIRED MEMORY DEVICES | GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN | 2812 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18754628 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED ENCLOSURE | SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18748383 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED TIM-ON-DIE | LE, THAO P | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18748836 | PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PRE-CHARGE IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 2825 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18743421 | PROACTIVE ERROR DETECTION IN A MEMORY DEVICE | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18740674 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED WAFER LEVEL HEAT SINK WINDOW PLATE | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2841 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18738634 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING EMBEDDED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES | SABUR, ALIA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18738801 | SSD WAFER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | TRAN, THANH Y | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18678647 | DISCHARGE-FREE READ OPERATIONS FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2827 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18665523 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE MATRIX TILE | SHOOK, DANIEL P | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18660521 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUB-BLOCK READ REFRESH FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18649558 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR DISSIPATING HEAT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 2835 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18647612 | PERFORMANCE SAVING DURING BLOCK JUMPING | SMET, UYEN TRAN | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18631140 | ADAPTABLE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CHIPLETS | MARUF, SHEIKH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18614774 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY WITH FAST PROGRAM VOLTAGE RAMP DOWN | RADKE, JAY W | 2827 | §112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18613246 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING HOLE CURRENT FOR ERASE VERIFY | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18610700 | SYMMETRICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DIES FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | HENRY, CALEB E | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18603582 | LATERAL SUB-BLOCK MODE IN A MEMORY DEVICE | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18587700 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NUMBER OF LAYOUT TRACKS FOR SENSE AMPLIFIERS | LEE, ALVIN LYNGHI | 2813 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18420719 | HIGH CAPACITY HIGH BANDWIDTH NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE | LIU, BENJAMIN T | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18410569 | HIGH DENSITY CONNECTOR WITH MOVEABLE CONTACTS | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18409292 | COMPACT SENSE AMPLIFIER DATA LATCH DESIGN WITH VERY LOW VOLTAGE TRANSISTORS | BEGUM, SULTANA | 2824 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18389980 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SELECTOR DEVICE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE DRIFT | KING, DOUGLAS | 2824 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 141d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18545601 | HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 2811 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18538890 | MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF NEURAL NETWORK WEIGHTS | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18510978 | ACHIEVING DIFFERENT HIGH VOLTAGES ON INDIVIDUAL BITLINES OF A MEMORY DEVICE | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18501490 | ACCESSING SHARED PARTITIONS ON A STORAGE DRIVE OF A REMOTE DEVICE | KRIEGER, JONAH C | 2133 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18494852 | INTEGRATED CHARGE PUMP TESTING CIRCUITS | ALHWAMDEH, KAREEM FUAD | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18383730 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING FAULTY NAND TEMPERATURE SENSOR | KING, DOUGLAS | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18493379 | MICRO SOLDER JOINT AND STENCIL APERTURE DESIGN | FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18493527 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER THINNED BY CRACK PROPAGATION | PARVEZ, AZM A | 2892 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18373403 | ENABLING POWER OPTIMIZATION THROUGH DRAM BANK MANAGEMENT IN SOLID STATE DRIVES | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18473774 | SCHEDULING EXECUTION OF COMMANDS IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON COMMAND PARAMETERS | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 2197 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18468904 | STAIR-STEP CONFIGURATION FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | MILLER, ALEXANDER MICHAEL | 2898 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18464779 | BACK GRINDING TAPE HAVING TABS TO ASSIST IN REMOVING THE BACK GRINDING TAPE FROM A WAFER | TURNER, BRIAN | 2818 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18461939 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO AVOID COMMAND TIMEOUTS IN A STORAGE DEVICE | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18456906 | UNSINGULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | KOLB, THADDEUS J | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18231629 | ERASE TECHNIQUES USING ANALOG BITSCAN IN A MEMORY DEVICE | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18231395 | IN SITU DATA REFRESH WITHOUT ERASE/PROGRAM CYCLES | SMET, UYEN TRAN | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18365394 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING CROSS BIT LINE PITCH IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUITS | SALERNO, SARAH KATE | 2814 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18230270 | OPEN BLOCK DETECTION METHOD USING FOR FIRST AND SECOND TIME PERIOD READ TIME VALLEY FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY APPARATUS | AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE | 2824 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18361081 | SINGLE PACKAGE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | TYNES JR., LAWRENCE C | 2899 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18360555 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STACKING ARCHITECTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFORE | NICELY, JOSEPH C | 2813 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18357379 | SOLDER BARRIER CONTACT FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | SEVEN, EVREN | 2812 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18357208 | GENERATING A RANDOM NUMBER USING A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONEABLE FUNCTION | RADKE, JAY W | 2827 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18355331 | WAFER HOTSPOT-FIXING LAYOUT HINTS BY MACHINE LEARNING | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 2169 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18222776 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING PCB EDGE HEAT DISSIPATION | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | 2891 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18221797 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER CONFIGURED FOR SINGLE TOUCH-DOWN TESTING | GOODWIN, DAVID J | 2817 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18221497 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING VERTICALLY INTERCONNECTED SEMICONDUCTOR DIES | WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 17831810 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SELECT DIES OF KNOWN THICKNESSES | MULERO FLORES, ERIC MANUEL | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17726990 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH EMBEDDED BUMP PADS | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 18805051 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH THROUGH-STACK CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18794809 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH LATERALLY INTEGRATED ACCESS TRANSISTORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18790599 | MAGNETORESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING DUAL FREE LAYERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND OPERATING THE SAME | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18787367 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A CORE-SIDE CHARGE TRAPPING MATERIAL LAYER AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18768833 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING LASER BEAM ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18675721 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SELF-ALIGNED DIELECTRIC BASE BELOW WORD LINE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | JANG, BO BIN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18662077 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING COAXIAL DOUBLE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | XU, ZHIJUN | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18658557 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A P-I-N JUNCTION SOURCE CONTACT STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 2892 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18640785 | CIRCUITRY TO CONTROL COMMON CATHODE BI-COLOR LEDS IN STORAGE DEVICES | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18624522 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SCHOTTKY BARRIER SOURCE CONTACTS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | YUSHINA, GALINA G | 2811 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18616682 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED CONTACT AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | TRAN, DZUNG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18615516 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A CORE-SIDE CHARGE TRAPPING MATERIAL LAYER AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW | 2817 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18613763 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH SELF-ALIGNED WORD LINE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | CHEN, JACK S J | 2893 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18598782 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING MULTI-TIER TRENCH BRIDGE STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 2898 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18590048 | MULTI-TIER MEMORY ARRAY INCLUDING LATERALLY-STAGGERED STAIRCASES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | NGUYEN, CUONG B | 2818 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18589094 | STAIRLESS THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH WORD LINE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES LOCATED OVER SUPPORT FEATURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | CUNNINGHAM, KIERAN MURRAY | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18588849 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE CONTAINING A REPLACEMENT ETCH-STOP LINER FOR LAYER CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | TRAN, DZUNG | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18588791 | CENTER-CONNECTION BONDED MEMORY ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER | 2818 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18589181 | STAIRLESS THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH WORD LINE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES LOCATED OVER SUPPORT FEATURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | ROBERTSON, NOAH CHRISTOPHER | 2812 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18589011 | STAIRLESS THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH WORD LINE CONTACT VIA STRUCTURES LOCATED OVER SUPPORT FEATURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ | 2814 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18426040 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH COMPACT STAIRCASES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18426069 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH COMPACT STAIRCASES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18423770 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A COMPACT WORD LINE DRIVER TRANSISTOR LAYOUT | KIM, SU C | 2899 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18413990 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A SCHOTTKY SOURCE CONTACT STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18413687 | INTEGRATED BONDING PADS WITH CONVEX SIDEWALLS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | JONES, ERIC W | 2892 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18413859 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A SCHOTTKY SOURCE CONTACT STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY | 2813 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18500721 | TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS INCLUDING FRINGELESS TRANSISTORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | JUNGE, BRYAN R. | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18386456 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING LOW-K DRAIN-SELECT-LEVEL ISOLATION STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | NGUYEN, DAO H | 2818 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18495491 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE CONTAINING LATERALLY-UNDULATING LATERAL ISOLATION TRENCHES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | SALERNO, SARAH KATE | 2814 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18362706 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE CONTAINING MEMORY OPENINGS ARRANGED IN NON-EQUILATERAL TRIANGULAR LAYOUT AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF | RAHMAN, KHATIB A | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18359610 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CONTAINING DIVOT-FILL DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR METAL-TO-METAL CONTACTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | TRAN, TONY | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18355765 | BONDED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE HAVING TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL GROUNDING PATHS IN DUMMY BLOCK AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18355067 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH SELF-ALIGNED MEMORY BLOCK ISOLATION AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | CHIU, TSZ K | 2898 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18222735 | PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES IN A MEMORY DEVICE TO REDUCE A HYBRID SLC RATIO | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18352012 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NOR ARRAY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | MOVVA, AMAR | 2898 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18350552 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF USING ETCH STOP STRUCTURES LOCATED BETWEEN TIERS | SALAZ, SAMMANTHA KATELYN | 2892 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18220387 | BITLINE TIMING-BASED MULTI-STATE PROGRAMMING IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY STRUCTURES | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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