Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: BRASWELL, DONALD H.B.

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

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Donald H.B. Braswell is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2111. The examiner has 446 resolved cases on record. The data shows an allowance rate of 82.5% for these applications. This 82.5% allowance rate provides a metric for the frequency of successful outcomes. The median days to allowance is 1000, which establishes a timeframe for the duration of the examination process from filing to the final grant.

The profile also includes an interview lift of 11.5%. This lift indicates that conducting an interview with the examiner correlates with a change in the likelihood of success. For practitioners, the 11.5% lift suggests that direct communication is a useful strategy for addressing rejections. With 446 resolved cases, the examiner's history provides a basis for these observations. The 1000-day median to allowance remains a key consideration for managing client expectations and prosecution resources in Art Unit 2111.

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

Performance Statistics

82.5%
Allow Rate
+30.5% vs TC avg
467
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 446 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18987658 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18882268 PULSE SIGNAL GENERATOR TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION OF SRAM AND SRAM HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
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.
19020524 BOUNDARY OFFSET CONTROL FOR MEMORY BLOCK READING 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.
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
19021154 PROGRAMMING DUMMY DATA OR PERFORMING FLASH WRITE ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED MEMORY BLOCKS OF VIRTUAL BLOCKS Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18748836 PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PRE-CHARGE IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
19029010 MULTI-SOURCE DISTRIBUTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

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