Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: KING, DOUGLAS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2812 2824

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
757
Total Applications
+4.4%
Interview Lift
928
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 740 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
27.9%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18495210 FLASH MEMORY AND READ RECOVERY METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18298906 ROW REPAIR AND ACCURACY IMPROVEMENTS IN ANALOG COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18830272 MANAGING COMPENSATION FOR CELL-TO-CELL COUPLING AND LATERAL MIGRATION IN MEMORY DEVICES BASED ON A SENSITIVITY METRIC Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18810198 SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS TO READ MEMORY CELLS COARSELY PROGRAMMED VIA INTERLEAVED TWO-PASS DATA PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18778823 READING OF SOFT BITS AND HARD BITS FROM MEMORY CELLS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18668021 ONE-LADDER READ OF MEMORY CELLS COARSELY PROGRAMMED VIA INTERLEAVED TWO-PASS DATA PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18657672 READ DISTURB MITIGATION BASED ON SIGNAL AND NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMORY CELLS COLLECTED FOR READ CALIBRATION Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18790373 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR TRACKING WORD LINE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18788483 COMPUTE IN MEMORY Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18396186 MEMORY REFRESH Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17703889 PROGRAMMING CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND METHOD Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18814856 INTERFACE REGIONS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
18389980 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SELECTOR DEVICE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE DRIFT Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18383730 METHOD FOR ISOLATING FAULTY NAND TEMPERATURE SENSOR Final Rejection SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18550827 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

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