Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

SMART Modular Technologies Inc.

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
86% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRIM, PETER 1 83.5% +6.2%
SHRESTHA, SAGAR 1 84.1% +12.2%
GRULLON, FRANCISCO A 1 87.9% -1.6%
RODAK, LEE E 1 72.0% +34.3%
CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 1 56.8% +31.2%
SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 1 80.2% +26.5%
FIGUEROA, FELIX O 1 58.0% +14.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18400185 SERIAL ATTACHED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY GRULLON, FRANCISCO A 18d overdue
18904392 MEMORY MODULE MOUNTING FRAME KRIM, PETER
18904279 SUBSTRATE WITH HINGE SHRESTHA, SAGAR
18240402 MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18389247 ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18904279 SUBSTRATE WITH HINGE SHRESTHA, SAGAR
18520843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) RODAK, LEE E
18389247 ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN
18240402 MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN
18087198 SINGLE-SLOT PCIE CARD WITH EXPANDED MEMORY FIGUEROA, FELIX O

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2841 3
2132 1
2858 1
2835 1
2831 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18904392 MEMORY MODULE MOUNTING FRAME KRIM, PETER 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18904279 SUBSTRATE WITH HINGE SHRESTHA, SAGAR 2841 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2024
18400185 SERIAL ATTACHED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY GRULLON, FRANCISCO A 2132 §103Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18520843 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) RODAK, LEE E 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18389247 ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 14, 2023
18240402 MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18087198 SINGLE-SLOT PCIE CARD WITH EXPANDED MEMORY FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022

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