Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KRIEGER, JONAH C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2133 2136 2139

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jonah C. Krieger is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2133. With 153 resolved cases, the examiner maintains a high allowance rate of 85.6 percent. This rate suggests that the examiner is generally inclined to grant patents when the applications meet the required standards. The 153 resolved cases provide a strong statistical basis for practitioners to evaluate their chances of success in this art unit.

The median days to allowance is 923, which serves as a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process. The data also indicates an interview lift of 6.4 percent. This 6.4 percent lift shows that while direct communication provides some benefit, the high baseline allowance rate of 85.6 percent is largely driven by written prosecution. Practitioners should consider the 923-day median when planning their timeline. The 153 resolved cases offer a clear perspective on the examiner's efficient and consistent approach to granting patents in Tech Center 2100.

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

Performance Statistics

85.3%
Allow Rate
+30.3% vs TC avg
185
Total Applications
+7.2%
Interview Lift
920
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 156 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19271774 MEMORY DEVICE WITH HOST-INITIATED CACHE OPERATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18984160 MEMORY DEVICE PROVIDING COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection 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.
19005466 Data Processing Method and Related Device Final Rejection Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
19249778 Using a Data Structure to Manage Directory-Tree Operations in File Storage Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18215726 BUFFER OPTIMIZATION FOR SOLID-STATE DRIVES Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
17988438 SELECTING SOLID STATE DEVICES FOR DATA STORAGE Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
19190994 METHODS FOR HANDLING INPUT-OUTPUT OPERATIONS IN ZONED STORAGE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THEREOF Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
19220567 BACKGROUND MEMORY SCAN BLOCK SELECTION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19022941 DATA STREAM IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING IN DATA STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18962796 DATA MIGRATION TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17811796 ADAPTIVE WEAR LEVELING FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17464289 TIME INTERVALS AMONG MEMORY OPERATIONS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18501490 ACCESSING SHARED PARTITIONS ON A STORAGE DRIVE OF A REMOTE DEVICE Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18661689 WRITE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND LIFESPAN OF QUAD-LEVEL CELL FLASH MEMORY Non-Final OA Silicon Motion, Inc.

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