Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
152 pending office actions • 35 art units • 125 examiners • 0 of 152 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 391 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. operates in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics with 148 pending office actions. These actions are spread across 121 distinct examiners, which indicates a high degree of variety in the individuals reviewing their semiconductor innovations. The portfolio is active in 32 distinct art units, showing a wide reach across different technical sub-specialties. This distribution across 32 art units suggests that the company's patent strategy must be robust enough to withstand scrutiny from many different technical perspectives.
AHMED, ZUBAIR is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 4 of the 148 pending office actions. Despite the high total of 148 actions, the involvement of 121 distinct examiners means the company is not overly reliant on any single examiner's discretion. The presence of 32 distinct art units suggests that the company must navigate a complex array of examination standards. This decentralized approach to prosecution can lead to a more resilient portfolio, as outcomes are not tied to the specific preferences of a small group of examiners. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide range of examiner behaviors across this diverse set of art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 61 (40%) |
| §102 only | 18 (12%) |
| §112 only | 8 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 56 (37%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, ZUBAIR | 4 | 69.1% | +4.2% |
| BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 3 | 89.5% | +1.9% |
| LUONG, DUY HAN | 3 | 95.1% | +7.7% |
| REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 3 | 88.9% | +15.2% |
| STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | 3 | 88.0% | +16.7% |
| PARIKH, KALPIT | 2 | 81.7% | +9.2% |
| CARDWELL, ERIC | 2 | 88.0% | +11.7% |
| CHO, SUNG IL | 2 | 91.4% | +8.5% |
| ALSIP, MICHAEL | 2 | 75.4% | +5.3% |
| CHEN, XIAOCHUN L | 2 | 91.9% | -0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777970 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE | CARDWELL, ERIC | 2d overdue |
| 18485084 | MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 22d |
| 18671452 | MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASE OPERATION THEREOF | LUONG, DUY HAN | 42d |
| 19285790 | OPERATING METHODS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | CARDWELL, ERIC | — |
| 19176131 | MANAGING PROGRAM OPERATIONS IN MEMORY SYSTEMS | CHO, SUNG IL | — |
| 19056479 | MEMORY DEVICES AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF | LUONG, DUY HAN | — |
| 19054326 | DIES, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURES, ENABLE PIN CONFIGURATION METHODS AND MEMORIES | CHEN, XIAOCHUN L | — |
| 19015036 | Program Operations in Memory Devices | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18323158 | MEMORY PROGRAMMING WITHOUT COURSE PROGRAMMING VERIFICATION | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | 2d overdue |
| 18090882 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY, FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF AND MEMORY SYSTEM | SALERNO, SARAH KATE | 5d |
| 18594317 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING BURIED STOP LAYER IN SUBSTRATE | REIDA, MOLLY KAY | 13d |
| 18491603 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF | WIEGAND, TYLER J | 27d |
| 18518416 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURES | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | 33d |
| 18935089 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD AND MEMORY SYSTEM | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 34d |
| 18515985 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M | 40d |
| 18364262 | CHIP PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION | PARVEZ, AZM A | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777970 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE | CARDWELL, ERIC | 2d overdue |
| 18323158 | MEMORY PROGRAMMING WITHOUT COURSE PROGRAMMING VERIFICATION | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | 2d overdue |
| 18485084 | MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 22d |
| 19285790 | OPERATING METHODS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | CARDWELL, ERIC | — |
| 19015036 | Program Operations in Memory Devices | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | — |
| 18796819 | MEMORY DEVICE, FORMING METHOD THEREOF AND MEMORY SYSTEM | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | — |
| 18671928 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | — |
| 18614163 | PAGE BUFFERS AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF, AND MEMORY DEVICES AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2825 | 17 |
| 2824 | 10 |
| 2897 | 10 |
| 2817 | 10 |
| 2891 | 9 |
| 2132 | 8 |
| 2139 | 7 |
| 2827 | 7 |
| 2818 | 7 |
| 2893 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310362 | MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM | ROJAS, MIDYS | 2133 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19305202 | METHODS OF OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | CHERY, MARDOCHEE | 2133 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19298959 | MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS OPERATING METHOD, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | AHMED, ZUBAIR | 2132 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19297613 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE INPUT BUFFER AND MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | PARIKH, KALPIT | 2137 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19285790 | OPERATING METHODS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | CARDWELL, ERIC | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19275837 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES, MEMORY SYSTEMS, AND POWER CONTROL METHODS | MATIN, TASNIMA | 2135 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19261977 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DATA CALCULATION WITH THE MEMORY DEVICE | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19258437 | MEMORY DEVICE FRAGMENTATION ANALYSIS BASED ON LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL TABLES | DOAN, KHOA D | 2139 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19236687 | INTERFACE CIRCUITS, METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES | UNELUS, ERNEST | 2181 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19236641 | MEMORY SYSTEMS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, OPERATION METHODS, STORAGE MEDIA, AND PRODUCTS | GRULLON, FRANCISCO A | 2132 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19228573 | MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM OPERATION THEREOF | ROCHE, JOHN B | 2184 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19182344 | MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATION METHODS, CONTROLLERS, MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS THEREOF | AYASH, MARWAN | 2133 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19182202 | MEMORY SYSTEMS, HOSTS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, METHODS OF STORING DATA AND MEMORY MEDIUMS | BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D | 2138 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19175350 | MANAGING READ OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | GIARDINO JR, MARK A | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19176131 | MANAGING PROGRAM OPERATIONS IN MEMORY SYSTEMS | CHO, SUNG IL | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19174711 | METHOD OF IMPROVING PROGRAM OPERATION SPEED IN 3D NAND SYSTEMS | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19172193 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A MEMORY, A MEMORY, AND A MEMORY SYSTEM | CHO, SUNG IL | 2825 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19087241 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | LUU, PHO M | 2824 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19082587 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND POWER MANAGEMENT MODULE | STOYNOV, STEFAN | 2175 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19070855 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | BLUST, JASON W | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19065779 | MEMORY SYSTEMS, METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF, MEMORY CONTROLLERS AND STORAGE MEDIUMS | ALSIP, MICHAEL | 2139 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19065725 | MEMORY SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF, AND CONTROLLER | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19062762 | COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19056479 | MEMORY DEVICES AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2825 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19055325 | MEMORY SYSTEM CONTROLLER, MEMORY AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | TECHANE, MUNA A | 2827 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19055352 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | BEGUM, SULTANA | 2824 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19054326 | DIES, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTURES, ENABLE PIN CONFIGURATION METHODS AND MEMORIES | CHEN, XIAOCHUN L | 2824 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19034160 | MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19028470 | DEVICE HAVING PAGE BUFFER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | HOANG, HUAN | 2827 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19023918 | MANAGING PARITY DATA IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 2113 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19023672 | DETERMINING ERASE/PROGRAM CYCLE STATUS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM | WONG, NANCI N | 2137 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19023759 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING MEMORY SYSTEMS | WADDY JR, EDWARD | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025104 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, DEVICE, SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022550 | TESTING APPARATUSES, TESTING DEVICES, TESTING METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIUMS | ALIZADA, OMEED | 2686 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019931 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE | CHAN, TRACY C | 2138 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19015036 | Program Operations in Memory Devices | REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19013810 | MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS | PARIKH, KALPIT | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19012049 | MEMORY DEVICE, TRIM REGISTER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 2825 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19011450 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND READ OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | BUI, THA-O H | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19008419 | HIGH SPEED MEMORY DEVICE WITH DATA MASKING | BUI, THA-O H | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18984469 | DATA ERASURE VERIFICATION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | HUANG, MIN | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18981250 | DECODERS, DECODING METHODS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS AND MEMORY SYSTEMS | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18953014 | MANAGING PROGRAM EXECUTION IN A COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE DEVICE | MACKALL, LARRY T | 2139 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18948012 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR READING THE SAME | CHEN, XIAOCHUN L | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18946643 | DATA PROCESSING IN MEMORY SYSTEM | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18935089 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD AND MEMORY SYSTEM | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 2493 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18933326 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING MEMORY DEVICE AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICE | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2824 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18930430 | MEMORY DEVICE AND READ OPERATION DURING SUSPENSION OF PROGRAM OPERATION THEREOF | PHUNG, NHIM THI | 2825 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18912213 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD | AHMED, ZUBAIR | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18893236 | METHOD, A MEMORY SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ADVINCULA, LAURENZ | 2175 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. has 152 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 35 art units and 125 examiners.
Zubair Ahmed has the most, with 4 of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.