Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOONAN, ERIC T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2131 2137 2189

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.1%
Allow Rate
+9.1% vs TC avg
452
Total Applications
+27.0%
Interview Lift
1469
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.1%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
19.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19048403 SYSTEM-ON-CHIP AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA 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 Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18783327 OPTIMIZING DATA PLACEMENT FOR INCREASED STORAGE SYSTEM BANDWIDTH Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, 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.
19019403 COMMAND PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Hefei Kaimeng Technology Co., Ltd.
18625307 MEMORY DIAGNOSTICS IN A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
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
18625941 METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR RESTRUCTURING INPUT DATA TO BE STORED IN A MULTI-LEVEL NAND FLASH MEMORY Non-Final OA Hyperstone GmbH
18086315 MULTI-DECK NAND MEMORY WITH HYBRID DECK SLC Non-Final OA Intel NDTM US LLC

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