Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CHAN, TRACY C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2137 2138

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+24.0% vs TC avg
382
Total Applications
-0.2%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 362 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18888010 INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING OF OPERATIONS IN A STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18793746 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR A CACHE MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR MEMORY CACHES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18948174 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CACHE EFFICIENCY AND UTILIZATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19074547 STORAGE SYSTEM AND VOLUME PATH SWITCHING METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
19177659 STORAGE DEVICE FOR MANAGING COMPRESSED MAPPING INFORMATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19046540 COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR STORING DATA AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19199519 PREFETCH MANAGEMENT IN A HIERARCHICAL CACHE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19205761 DYNAMIC WRITE BOOSTER DISABLEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19181923 Sub Block Descriptor for Storage Access at Sub Block Level Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18211500 GENERATING AND USING A TRANSLATION TABLE THAT ASSOCIATES ATTRIBUTE NAME STRINGS WITH INTEGER VALUES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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