Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: KRIEGER, JONAH C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2133 2136 2139

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.5%
Allow Rate
+30.5% vs TC avg
184
Total Applications
+6.6%
Interview Lift
924
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 152 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
68.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19249778 Using a Data Structure to Manage Directory-Tree Operations in File Storage Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18214450 TAG PROCESSING FOR EXTERNAL CACHES Final Rejection Rambus Inc.
18762697 STORAGE DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18592065 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TUNING TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY -OF-SERVICE (QOS) CONFORMITY WITH OTHER STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18467338 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18513393 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MEMORY FOOTPRINT FOR DATA STORED IN A COMPRESSED MEMORY SUBSYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18424095 MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING WRITE BOOST BUFFER, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18443313 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19220567 BACKGROUND MEMORY SCAN BLOCK SELECTION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18987835 MEDIA MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18962796 DATA MIGRATION TECHNIQUES Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17830166 MANAGING QUAD-LEVEL CELL COMPACTION STRATEGY OF A MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17464289 TIME INTERVALS AMONG MEMORY OPERATIONS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19190994 METHODS FOR HANDLING INPUT-OUTPUT OPERATIONS IN ZONED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THEREOF Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18501490 ACCESSING SHARED PARTITIONS ON A STORAGE DRIVE OF A REMOTE DEVICE Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.

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