Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2114 2132 2182 2185

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
422
Total Applications
+32.1%
Interview Lift
1058
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 401 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
46.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19038524 STORAGE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18970654 MEMORY SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18894609 FLASH TRANSLATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18611674 MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTING DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18821821 CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18915697 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED VIRTUAL MEMORY TO MANAGE DATA COHERENCY IN A HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18582528 Management of Storage Space in Solid State Drives to Support Proof of Space Activities Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18513197 DATA INTEGRITY PROTECTION FOR RELOCATING DATA IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19034398 ENHANCING HIGH-AVAILABILITY IN MEDIATOR-LESS DEPLOYMENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18595785 Automatic Space Sharing of Disaggregated Storage of a Storage Pod by Multiple Nodes of a Distributed Storage System Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
19033396 PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Smarter Silicon (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd.
18756181 STACKED MEMORY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC
19008363 DATA SHARING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLER Non-Final OA SAMSUING ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19000081 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CACHING MESSAGE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.
18599898 METHOD OF RAID IMPLEMENTATION ON FLEXIBLE DATA PLACEMENT DRIVES Final Rejection SanDisk Technologies LLC
18370346 PARALLELIZED RECOVERY OF LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS (LBA) TABLES Final Rejection VMware, Inc.

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