Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2136 2138 2186

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+19.4% vs TC avg
532
Total Applications
+7.3%
Interview Lift
1135
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 503 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
72.3%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18402350 VEHICLE WITH SELECTIVE DELETION OF VIDEO FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
19130210 DATA ORGANIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS, AND SERVER AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Suzhou MetaBrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
17577471 PROCESSING OF DATA STORED IN A MEMORY Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
18069249 DISAGGREGATING A MEMORY SIDE CACHE DATA ARRAY AND CACHE CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18791179 HIGH RELIABILITY MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17997400 TRAINING USER AUTHENTICATION MODELS WITH FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19027436 ZERO-COPY VOLUME MOVE WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18890570 OPTIMIZING DATA SEGMENT STORAGE USING DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING MODES Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18911234 Multicore Processor Clock Distribution Using Asynchronous Wavefront Non-Final OA Tenstorrent USA, Inc.
18091329 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSTING AN INTERLEAVE ACROSS ASYMMETRICALLY POPULATED MEMORY CHANNELS ACROSS TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT MEMORY TYPES Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18588475 IMPROVING SOFTWARE COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY FOR MEMORY-RESTRICTED DEVICES USING A SCRATCH BUFFER Non-Final OA Aurora Labs Ltd.
18844394 MEMORY CARD READER EQUIPPED WITH DATA DELETION AND OPTIMIZATION FUNCTION Non-Final OA CFTEK CORP.
18363758 MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT Non-Final OA PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
18751088 Intelligent, Predictive Memory Management System and Method Non-Final OA MEXT Corporation

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month