Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2138 2196

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.2%
Allow Rate
+18.2% vs TC avg
196
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 179 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
85.5%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18074360 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING STORAGE DEVICE WITH NETWORK INTERFACE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18638394 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE DATA MOVEMENT BETWEEN OPERATIONS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
17560665 ZERO CYCLE MEMORY INITIALIZATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19002413 MANAGING REGIONS OF A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18808523 PARTITION COMMAND QUEUES FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18777316 TEMPERATURE STRESS ACCELERATION FACTOR IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18776341 WRITE PROCESSING USING QUEUE AND THREAD IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18770982 PERFORMING PRECONDITIONED OPERATION BASED ON QUEUE IDENTIFIER Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18620773 TWO-STAGE BUFFER OPERATIONS SUPPORTING WRITE COMMANDS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18828007 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND HOST Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18762667 MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY CONTROLLER Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18655214 METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY SIGNALING UPDATED INFORMATION FROM A MEMORY DEVICE TO A HOST AND MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THE SAME Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group LLC

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