Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2136 2138 2186

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+19.7% vs TC avg
540
Total Applications
+6.9%
Interview Lift
1132
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 509 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
44.7%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18890570 OPTIMIZING DATA SEGMENT STORAGE USING DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING MODES Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19283301 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18644641 METHOD FOR DATA DEDUPLICATION OF STORAGE APPARATUS USING STORAGE CLASS MEMORY AND FLASH MEMORY AND STORAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING STORAGE CLASS MEMORY AND FLASH MEMORY Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19094826 INTELLIGENT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17661084 ADAPTIVE DATA ENCODING FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18069249 DISAGGREGATING A MEMORY SIDE CACHE DATA ARRAY AND CACHE CONTROLLER Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19182202 MEMORY SYSTEMS, HOSTS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, METHODS OF STORING DATA AND MEMORY MEDIUMS Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19178372 Selecting Garbage Collection Processes Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18402350 VEHICLE WITH SELECTIVE DELETION OF VIDEO FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
19197643 MANAGING COMMAND COMPLETION NOTIFICATION PACING IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18781102 TRACKING LATCH UPSET EVENTS USING BLOCK STATUS DATA Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18444977 TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT MEMORY SYSTEM PROGRAMMING Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18959168 THREAD STORAGE ACCESS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17743340 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO DECOMPRESS DATA Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18965499 NAND RAID CONTROLLER INCLUDING BUFFER AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE NAND RAID CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18926235 EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF A DROOP MITIGATION SCHEME Final Rejection Arm Limited

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