Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Silicon Motion Inc.

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

2
Hard (20%)
7
Medium (70%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only2 (20%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
90% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SONG, HUA JASMINE 1 94.1% +4.4%
MA, WEI 1 72.7% +6.0%
THAMMAVONG, PRASITH 1 87.0% +7.8%
ALATA, AYOUB 1 81.8% +26.7%
ABRAHAM, ESAW T 1 94.2% +3.2%
BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 1 82.6% +18.9%
SCHELL, JOSEPH O 1 87.2% +8.7%
NGUYEN, LAM S 1 78.8% +0.9%
KRIEGER, JONAH C 1 85.5% +6.6%
FARAMARZI, GITA 1 51.9% +18.1%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18661689 WRITE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND LIFESPAN OF QUAD-LEVEL CELL FLASH MEMORY KRIEGER, JONAH C 53d overdue
19014299 DATA STORAGE DEVICE, DATA STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DATA REFRESH METHOD THAMMAVONG, PRASITH 16d overdue
18810493 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DIMENSION ERROR CORRECTION TO PROTECT DATA BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 4d overdue
19196719 METHOD FOR PERFORMING ACCESS CONTROL OF MEMORY DEVICE WITH AID OF EXPANDER ARCHITECTURE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS SONG, HUA JASMINE
18926339 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND BLOCK CIPHER METHOD FOR USING SINGLE ONE MULTIPLIER TO SUPPORT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOCK CIPHER SCHEMES ALATA, AYOUB
18920966 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND CODING METHOD SUPPORTING MULTI-CODING MODE CODING OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PAGE SIZES ABRAHAM, ESAW T
18809302 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DIMENSION ERROR CORRECTION TO PROTECT DATA SCHELL, JOSEPH O

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18203305 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRORS DURING DATA ENCRYPTION FARAMARZI, GITA 38d overdue
19057898 Methods for sorting commands and memory controller utilizing the same MA, WEI

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18203305 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRORS DURING DATA ENCRYPTION FARAMARZI, GITA 38d overdue
18810493 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DIMENSION ERROR CORRECTION TO PROTECT DATA BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 4d overdue
18926339 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND BLOCK CIPHER METHOD FOR USING SINGLE ONE MULTIPLIER TO SUPPORT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOCK CIPHER SCHEMES ALATA, AYOUB

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2133 2
2135 1
2137 1
2494 1
2112 1
2111 1
2114 1
2496 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19196719 METHOD FOR PERFORMING ACCESS CONTROL OF MEMORY DEVICE WITH AID OF EXPANDER ARCHITECTURE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS SONG, HUA JASMINE 2133 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19057898 Methods for sorting commands and memory controller utilizing the same MA, WEI 2135 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 19, 2025
19014299 DATA STORAGE DEVICE, DATA STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DATA REFRESH METHOD THAMMAVONG, PRASITH 2137 §102 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2025
18926339 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND BLOCK CIPHER METHOD FOR USING SINGLE ONE MULTIPLIER TO SUPPORT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOCK CIPHER SCHEMES ALATA, AYOUB 2494 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2024
18920966 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER AND CODING METHOD SUPPORTING MULTI-CODING MODE CODING OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PAGE SIZES ABRAHAM, ESAW T 2112 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2024
18810493 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DIMENSION ERROR CORRECTION TO PROTECT DATA BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 2111 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 20, 2024
18809302 FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD OF FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT DIMENSION ERROR CORRECTION TO PROTECT DATA SCHELL, JOSEPH O 2114 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 19, 2024
18731370 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HOST DEVICE COUPLED TO MEMORY DEVICE NGUYEN, LAM S §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18661689 WRITE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND LIFESPAN OF QUAD-LEVEL CELL FLASH MEMORY KRIEGER, JONAH C 2133 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending May 12, 2024
18203305 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRORS DURING DATA ENCRYPTION FARAMARZI, GITA 2496 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 30, 2023

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