Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2184 2445

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.5%
Allow Rate
+8.5% vs TC avg
587
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 547 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
23.9%
§102 Novelty
66.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18084540 STORAGE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR FAST IO ON PCIE DEVICES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17230989 MULTI-MODE NMVE OVER FABRICS DEVICES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18939165 CHIPLET HAVING SAVE AND FORWARD MODULE Non-Final OA REBELLIONS INC.
18458369 PROCESSOR EVENT MANAGER Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19142722 Computing Device, Server, and Data Processing Method Non-Final OA SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18406944 Scalable Packet Processing Non-Final OA Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
18764890 SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
18461777 HMB Random and Sequential Access Coherency Approach Non-Final OA Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
18924299 SERIAL INTERFACE FOR AN ACTIVE INPUT/OUTPUT EXPANDER OF A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18755372 TRANSPARENT REMOTE MEMORY ACCESS OVER NETWORK PROTOCOL Final Rejection Enfabrica Corporation
18757929 PREEMPTION OF DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS PROCESSING FOR CONTEXT SWITCH Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18962167 TRANSMISSION LINE DEVICE, LUMINOUS TRANSMISSION LINE SYSTEM AND LIGHT CONTROL SIGNAL EXTENDING INTERFACE Non-Final OA ELKA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
18537242 DEVICE FOR MONITORING INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BUS Non-Final OA Alpha Networks Inc.
18911814 ELECTRONIC TOOL AND METHODS WITH AUDIO FOR MEETINGS Non-Final OA BARCO N.V.
18809288 Network Management Method and Network Management Device Non-Final OA Moxa Inc.
17571292 NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE Final Rejection XILINX, INC.
18464727 USB DEVICE Final Rejection ARKEYTYP IP LIMITED

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