Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KNAPP, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2112 4100

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Justin R Knapp has overseen 692 resolved cases in Art Unit 2112. The examiner has an allowance rate of 84.7 percent. This figure indicates a very positive outcome for applications in Tech Center 4100.

The interview lift is 8.4 percent. While the 84.7 percent allowance rate is already high, the 8.4 percent lift shows that interviews still offer a benefit. Practitioners can use these figures to inform their prosecution strategy.

The median days to allowance is 867. This 867 figure indicates a relatively fast timeline for reaching a grant. With 692 resolved cases, the combination of a high grant rate and an efficient timeline makes for a predictable prosecution experience.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+24.7% vs TC avg
708
Total Applications
+8.4%
Interview Lift
867
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 692 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
23.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19080239 FLIT DECODER GENERATING DECODED PACKET FRAGMENT, COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18420083 STORAGE DEVICE AND CONNECTION CHECKING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18814106 RECEIVING METHOD WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODING WITH GENERATED DUMMY DATA Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19014578 Notification of an Unfavorable Access Pattern in a Storage Network Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18920362 CHARACTERIZING AND MARGINING MULTI-VOLTAGE SIGNAL ENCODING FOR INTERCONNECTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18574899 Link Adaptation Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
19010770 HARQ FOR ADVANCED CHANNEL CODES Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
18810382 Method and System for In-NAND Checksum Calculating for Scrambled NAND Data Non-Final OA SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
19032567 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-LINE ECC PROTECTION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18982441 Multilevel Memory System with Copied Error Detection Bits Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
19195422 VALLEY TRACK READS TO REDUCE MEMORY SYSTEM SCAN OVERHEAD Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18699086 CHARACTERIZATION OF QUBIT ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA IQM FINLAND OY

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