Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2139

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+24.0% vs TC avg
234
Total Applications
+22.9%
Interview Lift
802
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 219 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
76.2%
§103 Obviousness
17.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18903301 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE DATA FLUSHING Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18767619 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18507936 MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Alibaba Group Holding Limited
19020825 READ COUNTER FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE DESIGN Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18935914 EFFICIENCY-IMPROVED BACKGROUND MEDIA SCAN MANAGEMENT OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18935153 DETERMINING A POWERED-OFF DURATION OF A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18772878 DATA THROUGHPUT USING TCM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18540716 MULTI-TIER HEALTH STATUS IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18595118 NAND LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL TABLE REGION TRACKING Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC
18612349 OPTIMIZED SELECTIVE SCANNING OF OVERLAP-TABLE IN STORAGE MEMORIES FOR SEQUENTIAL DATA Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18488421 IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18332771 MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND PARAMETER UPDATING METHOD Non-Final OA PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.

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