Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2138 2196

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
195
Total Applications
+13.8%
Interview Lift
1040
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 175 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
22.7%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§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
18632508 STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17560665 ZERO CYCLE MEMORY INITIALIZATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19002413 MANAGING REGIONS OF A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18918894 ASYMETRIC MEMORY ACCESS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18886542 COMMAND SCHEDULING COMPONENT FOR MEMORY Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18808523 PARTITION COMMAND QUEUES FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection 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.
18607283 SCHEDULING FOR MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18828007 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND HOST Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18234387 Method of Dynamic Channel Switch by Hypervisor Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
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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