Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
289 pending office actions • 65 art units • 232 examiners • 0 of 289 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 876 patents granted in the last 365 days
SK hynix Inc. has 298 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket reaches 235 examiners and 65 art units, reflecting extensive examiner distribution and repeated assignment within technical units. The scale makes centralized prosecution operations important, while the unit structure supports grouping matters by technology and examination practice.
AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending actions. That examiner is a limited concentration point within the overall docket. Counsel should use targeted examiner review where applicable, but rely primarily on systematic deadline control, consistent claim strategy, and art-unit coordination.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 61 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. 61 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (2%) |
| §103 only | 126 (44%) |
| §102 only | 32 (11%) |
| §112 only | 12 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 102 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, NANCI N | 3 | 87.2% | +22.5% |
| BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 3 | 95.1% | +3.4% |
| AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3 | 95.2% | -0.9% |
| LIU, MIKKA H | 3 | 92.3% | +3.8% |
| BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 3 | 89.6% | +2.0% |
| NGUYEN, CUONG B | 3 | 88.3% | +15.3% |
| BAUMAN, SCOTT E | 3 | 47.1% | +27.1% |
| LI, SIDNEY | 2 | 79.3% | +6.6% |
| LOONAN, ERIC T | 2 | 65.0% | +26.9% |
| RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2 | 87.1% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675833 | MEMORY DEVICES CONFIGURED TO PERFORM READ OPERATIONS FOR PSEUDO CHANNELS | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 9d |
| 18411412 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM RELATED TO DETECTING A RESULT OF A RUPTURE OPERATION | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 27d |
| 19324141 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 19297990 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | RUIZ, ARACELIS | — |
| 19052288 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE EFFICIENTLY USING DATA BUFFER, MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 19038090 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR WRITING DATA TO SUPER MEMORY BLOCKS CORRESPONDING TO TAGS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 18963759 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PROGRAM OPERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | — |
| 18942940 | PAGE BUFFER RELATED TO A SENSING OPERATION, MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A PAGE BUFFER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF A PAGE BUFFER | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17991365 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW | 37d overdue |
| 18086019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HYBRID TEMPERATURE OF A MEMORY DEVICE | HAGOS, EYOB | 30d overdue |
| 18089582 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INSTRUCTION SET BASED ON NON-INTERLEAVING BLOCK GROUP INFORMATION | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 19d overdue |
| 18545325 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 9d overdue |
| 18632972 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A PROGRAM OPERATION AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2d overdue |
| 18453321 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TARGET REFRESH OPERATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 12d |
| 18797521 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND HOST DEVICE | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 15d |
| 18448287 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | CHAN, CANDICE | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227256 | PROGRESSIVE REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INEXPENSIVE DISKS (RAID) FOR MEMORY DEVICES | LOONAN, ERIC T | 26d |
| 18194654 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING STORAGE NODE CONTACT PLUGS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | BAUMAN, SCOTT E | 27d |
| 19324141 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 19312298 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR MANAGING PAGE STATUS INFORMATION, OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | LOONAN, ERIC T | — |
| 19297990 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | RUIZ, ARACELIS | — |
| 19052288 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE EFFICIENTLY USING DATA BUFFER, MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 19038090 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR WRITING DATA TO SUPER MEMORY BLOCKS CORRESPONDING TO TAGS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | WONG, NANCI N | — |
| 18537555 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | NGUYEN, CUONG B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 22 |
| 2827 | 17 |
| 2824 | 15 |
| 2893 | 15 |
| 2812 | 15 |
| 2897 | 14 |
| 2818 | 13 |
| 2137 | 12 |
| 2825 | 11 |
| 2899 | 11 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19324141 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | WONG, NANCI N | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19319727 | HUB DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF HUB DEVICE, AND CLUSTER SYSTEM INCLUDING HUB DEVICE | LI, SIDNEY | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19312298 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR MANAGING PAGE STATUS INFORMATION, OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | LOONAN, ERIC T | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19300438 | COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | YOON, ALEXANDER J | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19297990 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19296950 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR MANAGING MAPPING INFORMATION, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE SAME | BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19291625 | STORAGE DEVICE STORING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | HO, AARON D | 2139 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19278788 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS FOR PENDING AND PROCESSING READ COMMAND BASED ON PROCESSING STATUS OF WRITE COMMAND, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREFOR | WADDY JR, EDWARD | 2135 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19279638 | STORAGE DEVICE SETTING ZONE WHERE COLD DATA IS TO BE STORED AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE STORAGE DEVICE | YU, JAE UN | 2138 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19270088 | STORAGE DEVICE CONTROLLING WRITE BUFFER WHILE PROCESSING POWER OFF REQUEST AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | MA, WEI | 2135 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19266044 | CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | WILSON, YOLANDA L | 2113 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19260081 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, HEALTH MONITORING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | MCNALLY, KERRI L | 2686 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19253312 | A STORAGE DEVICE CONTROLLING LOW POWER MODE ENTRY DELAY AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS | 2175 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19253543 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM | YEW, CHIE W | 2139 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19248215 | CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING DATA STRUCTURE INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO MAP DATA | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19238538 | DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION CIRCUIT | CHEN, SIBIN | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19236619 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA AND METHOD OF OPERATION | PARIKH, KALPIT | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19234703 | MEMORY APPARATUS, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM | HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG | 2114 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19234749 | MEMORY CONTROLLER PERFORMING A DATA DUMP OPERATION FROM SOURCE MEMORY TO TARGET MEMORY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | AYASH, MARWAN | 2133 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19232867 | MEMORY MODULE, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY MODULE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | FRANKLIN, RICHARD B | 2181 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19231290 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CIRCUIT AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CONTROL SYSTEM | JAGER, RYAN C | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19226344 | METHOD FOR THE FORMATION OF THIN FILMS USING TWO TYPES OF SILICON PRECURSOR | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19215337 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | FAAL, BABOUCARR | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19215895 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19208097 | STORAGE DEVICE TRANSLATING LOGICAL ADDRESS ON THE BASIS OF SEQUENTIALITY OF NAMESPACE, AND METHOD THEREOF | CHAPPELL, DANIEL C | 2135 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19204640 | MEMORY CONTROLLER | CHANG, DANIEL D | 2844 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19197610 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM USING THE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | 2112 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19183937 | MEMORY, CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM | PARIKH, KALPIT | 2137 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19183237 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | RADKE, JAY W | 2827 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19170074 | IMAGE SENSOR FOR PERFORMING AN ANALOG BINNING OPERATION | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19169576 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | JACKSON, JAYLUN ARMAN | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19087605 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | TANG, ANTHONY THINH | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19086031 | OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE | CHEN, XIAOCHUN L | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19083982 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | SELBY, GEVELL V | 2638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19080305 | STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING GLOBAL WEAR-LEVELING | FAAL, BABOUCARR | 2138 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19077770 | ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2111 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19109582 | MOLYBDENUM PRECURSOR COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING THIN FILM USING SAME | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19073768 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19071154 | TEST CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | YANG, JEFFREY ANDREW | 2111 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19071558 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS USING VIRTUAL ADDRESS, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREFOR | KIM, ELIAS YOUNG | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19069236 | Bit-Flipping Algorithm for Binary Asymmetric Channels | CHASE, SHELLY A | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19066055 | FAILURE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISSUE CLASSIFICATION OF STORAGE DEVICES | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | 2114 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19054279 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19054181 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | BUI, THA-O H | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19052288 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE EFFICIENTLY USING DATA BUFFER, MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE | WONG, NANCI N | 2137 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19049544 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | HO, HOAI V | 2827 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19047624 | MEMORY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY APPARATUS | NGUYEN, VIET Q | 2827 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19046543 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE MAP DATA AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | LI, ZHUO H | 2133 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19045072 | WAFER TEST SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19039156 | CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAYLUN ARMAN | 2112 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSK hynix Inc. has 289 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 65 art units and 232 examiners.
Nanci N Wong has the most, with 3 of SK hynix Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
