Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2131 2139 2189

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

Eric Cardwell serves as an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2131. He has 656 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 88.0%, and the interview lift is 11.7%. This 11.7% lift indicates that interviews are associated with an increase in the probability of allowance. Practitioners can use the 88.0% allowance rate to evaluate the likelihood of success for applications in his docket.

The median days to allowance is 924 for the 656 resolved cases. This 924-day figure provides a timeline for applications that reach a grant. The 11.7% interview lift suggests that direct communication is a tool for reaching the 88.0% allowance rate. With 656 cases resolved, these metrics offer a basis for managing expectations regarding both the outcome and the 924-day duration of prosecution in Art Unit 2131.

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

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+33.0% vs TC avg
671
Total Applications
+11.7%
Interview Lift
924
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 656 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.0%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19252855 Method for Adjusting Program Storage Location and Related Apparatus Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19182089 Data Processing Method, Device, and System, and Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19198976 Data Migration Across Different Parity Configurations Within A Unified Storage Element Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
18333494 Variable Redundancy For Metadata In Storage Systems Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
19285790 OPERATING METHODS, MEMORY CONTROLLERS, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18777970 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18892879 RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18407990 AUTONOMOUS COPY BETWEEN EXTERNAL MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
19095457 UPDATING A WRITE-DONE POINTER IN A FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT QUEUE ON A PARALLELIZED DEVICE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19064288 STORAGE SYSTEM, ASYNCHRONOUS COPY METHOD, AND ASYNCHRONOUS COPY PROGRAM Final Rejection Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18591959 Method and System of Dynamic Loading of Software from External Flash Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19259641 MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM TRANSFER QUEUE RETENTION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18747037 REFERENCING MEMORY USING PORTIONS OF A SPLIT LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18439684 Data Storage Devices with File System Managers Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18321526 ORCHESTRATION OF QUBO JOBS BETWEEN GATE-BASED QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND QUANTUM ANNEALERS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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