Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BUTLER, SARAI E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2114

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.1%
Allow Rate
+33.1% vs TC avg
1,167
Total Applications
+10.8%
Interview Lift
861
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1151 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
54.7%
§103 Obviousness
9.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18773721 OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO CONTROL MEMORY DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19074271 FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE FAILURE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
19025512 PROCESSOR, METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION, BOARD, AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19220935 ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18840941 FAILURE INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS, FAILURE INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD, AND FAILURE INFORMATION DETECTING PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
19069215 MEMORY WITH ENHANCED FAIL TRACKING, INCLUDING ENHANCED ERROR CHECK AND SCRUB FAIL TRACKING, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18743343 Meta Data Protection against Unexpected Power Loss in a Memory System Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19225218 System and Method for Matching Multiple Featureless Images Across a Time Series for Outage Prediction and Prevention Non-Final OA Bank Of America Corporation
19223277 INSTANT AND IMMEDIATELY CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT RESTORE FROM A CLIENT PERSPECTIVE Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
19232611 Processing Tasks in a Processing System Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited

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