Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2131 2139 2189

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.7%
Allow Rate
+32.7% vs TC avg
662
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
999
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 640 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
26.2%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19029486 MEMORY DEVICE AND SCHEDULING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18747037 REFERENCING MEMORY USING PORTIONS OF A SPLIT LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18670074 INTERFACE LAYOUT FOR STACKED MEMORY ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18640789 ADDRESS MAP CACHING FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18333494 Variable Redundancy For Metadata In Storage Systems Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
18483472 DYNAMIC LEARNING BASED RESOURCE UTILIZATION FAIRNESS IN A CLOUD MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA SAP SE
18407990 AUTONOMOUS COPY BETWEEN EXTERNAL MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.
18965719 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVISING PERMANENT ROM-BASED PROGRAMMING Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
19035783 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING MEMORY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Smith Memory Technologies, LLC
18777970 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.

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