Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LOONAN, ERIC T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2131 2137 2189

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.3%
Allow Rate
+9.3% vs TC avg
455
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1388
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 429 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
26.1%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19048403 SYSTEM-ON-CHIP AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18600853 STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE CONTROLLER, AND UFS SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18622000 HYBRID DATA REPLICATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18949822 CACHING USING MACHINE LEARNED PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18789442 MEMORY RESET READ USING PRIORITY-BASED BLOCK POOL Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18606742 CONFIGURING ERASE BLOCKS COUPLED TO A SAME STRING AS ZONES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17941592 VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL EXTENDED MEMORY ARRAY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18612716 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH HARDWARE SEMAPHORE Final Rejection Nordic Semiconductor ASA
18796749 MEMORY CONTROLLER MANAGING ERASURE TIME OF MEMORY BLOCK, STORAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18542538 CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SETTING A TEST MODE OF A STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18331087 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LIVE PARTITIONING IN A DATA STORE Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17992609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING RECENTLY INVALIDATED CACHE LINES Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18759635 PROTOCOL BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND DRIVES FOR CAPACITY MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Seagate Technology LLC
18227256 PROGRESSIVE REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INEXPENSIVE DISKS (RAID) FOR MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
18659055 MECHANISM FOR PREVENTING UNINTENTIONAL SECURE ERASE OR SANITIZE OPERATIONS ON A STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection New Concepts Development Corporation
18086315 MULTI-DECK NAND MEMORY WITH HYBRID DECK SLC Non-Final OA Intel NDTM US LLC

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