Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Michael Alsip, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ALSIP, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2136 2139 2186

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

ALSIP, MICHAEL examines in tech center 2100 and art unit 2136. The record contains 669 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 75.5%, and a median of 1074 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 5.2% lift, which is positive but materially smaller than the allowance rate itself. The combination of substantial case volume and a multi-year median timeline gives practitioners a broader basis for assessing recurring prosecution patterns.

AtomBeam Technologies Inc., Micron Technology Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. appear among the leading companies in the record. The leading firms are 2SPL Patent Attorneys, Ascenda Law Group, PC, and Bayes PLLC. Applicants may benefit from preparing interview discussions carefully, while also planning claim strategy around a process that can extend beyond the initial filing cycle.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.5%
Allow Rate
+20.5% vs TC avg
710
Total Applications
+5.2%
Interview Lift
1074
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 669 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
36.1%
§102 Novelty
41.3%
§103 Obviousness
15.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19218152 System and Method for Determining Compression Performance of Codebooks Using Integer-Only Calculations for Resource-Constrained Environments Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
19218170 System and Method for Hybrid Codebook Performance Estimation Without Generation Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
19183831 System and Method for Integrated Data Compression and Security Final Rejection AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
19087494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMPACTION UTILIZING HIERARCHICAL BEHAVIOR CODEBOOKS AND MISMATCH PROBABILITY ESTIMATION Final Rejection AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
18976331 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTED DATA COMPACTION Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
19221854 Memory Mapping Method and Related Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19210986 OPTIMIZING SUBSEGMENT HEIGHT IN A HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
18131980 ADAPTIVE MEMORY METADATA ALLOCATION Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
19173741 COPY COMMAND FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19075558 MEMORY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR WRITE BOOST MODE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19063579 MULTI-LEVEL ACCESS COUNTERS FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19068377 STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18308683 MEMORY SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED MAP TABLE UPDATE EFFICIENCY, MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREFOR, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19065779 MEMORY SYSTEMS, METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF, MEMORY CONTROLLERS AND STORAGE MEDIUMS Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18790029 Data Migration in Memory Systems Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
19069773 METHOD OF OPERATING NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.
19064926 PREDICTION STORAGE EFFICIENCY Final Rejection Arm Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael Alsip's allowance rate?

75.5% of resolved applications examined by Michael Alsip were allowed (669 resolved cases), compared with 72.1% across Art Unit 2136 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael Alsip?

This examiner's interview lift is +5.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael Alsip take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael Alsip took 1,074 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael Alsip work in?

Michael Alsip examines applications in Art Unit 2136 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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