Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2139

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
234
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
851
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 216 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.9%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
30.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18903301 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE DATA FLUSHING Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18234945 DATA RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA RECORDING SYSTEM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18878608 STORAGE SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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 Final Rejection 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.
18958952 COORDINATION SNAPSHOTS IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18507936 MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Alibaba Group Holding Limited
18595118 NAND LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL TABLE REGION TRACKING Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC
18660521 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUB-BLOCK READ REFRESH FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
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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