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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Donald H.B. Braswell, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BRASWELL, DONALD H.B.

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2111 2641 2645 2811 2825 3648

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. works in Tech Center 3600 and art unit 2111, with 449 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 82.6%, and the median time to allowance is 999 days. The interview lift is 11.4%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance.

The listed companies are Micron Technology Inc., NVIDIA Corporation, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The listed firms are BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD., Bayes PLLC, and Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI. Practitioners can use the established case history to set expectations and consider interviews as a useful addition to written responses in this docket.

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

Performance Statistics

82.6%
Allow Rate
+30.6% vs TC avg
475
Total Applications
+11.4%
Interview Lift
999
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 449 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
17.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18883687 MEMORY MODULE, OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY MODULE, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY MODULE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19020524 BOUNDARY OFFSET CONTROL FOR MEMORY BLOCK READING Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18968991 OPERATING A CHALCOGENIDE MEMORY WITH VERTICAL WORD AND VERTICAL WORD SWITCHING ELEMENTS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18790036 APPARATUSES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKED BANK REFRESH Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18602960 CORRECTIVE READ WITH PARTIAL BLOCK OFFSET BASED ON ADJACENT WORDLINES IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18423178 MEMORY DEVICE FOR SIGNED MULTI-BIT TO MULTI-BIT MULTIPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18407807 OUTPUT LATCH AND AMPLIFIER USING TWO VOLTAGE DOMAINS AND KEEPER CIRCUIT Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corp.
18540314 CAPACITIVE NOISE COMPENSATION FOR A READ BITLINE IN A MACHINE MEMORY Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corp.
19065725 MEMORY SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF, AND CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18741248 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18970119 3D DRAM WITH VERTICAL WORD LINES Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven R&D
18748836 PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PRE-CHARGE IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
19021154 PROGRAMMING DUMMY DATA OR PERFORMING FLASH WRITE ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED MEMORY BLOCKS OF VIRTUAL BLOCKS Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Donald H.B. Braswell's allowance rate?

82.6% of resolved applications examined by Donald H.B. Braswell were allowed (449 resolved cases), compared with 86.7% across Art Unit 2111 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Donald H.B. Braswell?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Donald H.B. Braswell take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Donald H.B. Braswell took 999 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Donald H.B. Braswell work in?

Donald H.B. Braswell examines applications in Art Unit 2111 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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