Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: KIM, ELIAS YOUNG

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2135

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
108
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
951
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 89 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
58.4%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19086523 Data Migration Method and Apparatus, Chip, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19235647 FLASH MEMORY LOCAL PURGE Non-Final OA Qualcomm Incorporated
18544331 CONVERTING PAGES WRITTEN IN A PAGE STORAGE DURING A USER SESSION TO PAGE-EMBEDDED BLOCKS IN A BLOCK STORAGE FOR READING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19071558 DATA STORAGE APPARATUS USING VIRTUAL ADDRESS, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREFOR Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19212220 CLUSTERED PARITY FOR NAND DATA PLACEMENT SCHEMA Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19087368 REDUCTION OF WRITE AMPLIFICATION IN SENSOR DATA RECORDERS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18111213 VOLTAGE THRESHOLD PREDICTION-BASED MEMORY MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17458835 MEMORY ACCESS MANAGMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17339777 Management of Namespace Block Boundary Alignment in Non-Volatile Memory Devices Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18160653 SELF-BALANCING STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection NetApp, Inc.
19232467 KERNEL MEMORY MONITOR FOR USER-SPACE MAPPING CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS Non-Final OA Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

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