Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MACKALL, LARRY T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2131 2139 2189

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.9%
Allow Rate
+29.9% vs TC avg
810
Total Applications
+8.1%
Interview Lift
1005
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 779 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.8%
§102 Novelty
50.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19004210 SSD VIRTUALIZATION WITH THIN PROVISIONING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18741764 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR A CACHE DIRECTORY FOR A MULTI-LEVEL CACHE HIERARCHY Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18634541 STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18562240 APPLICATION HANDOFF METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
19034138 SEPARATE COMMAND ADDRESS (SCA) BASED MEMORY CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19023089 REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS IN MULTI-TIER MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18923233 PERFORMANCE TUNING FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18645761 Remote Direct Memory Access in Multi-Tier Memory Systems Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18702738 COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE SUPERBLOCK GENERATION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19034376 NON-DISRUPTIVELY TRANSITION FROM ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION TO BI-DIRECTIONAL SYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION FOR A MULTI-SITE STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18882517 In-Line Data Transformations as Part of Read and Write Operations Final Rejection Pure Storage, Inc.
18189153 ZONED NAMESPACES STORAGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING ZONE WRITE COMMANDS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
19036989 MEMORY CHIP AND MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
19023991 MEMORY SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE ACCESS TO FIRST AND SECOND MEMORIES Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
18829797 MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
19035930 METHOD OF REDUCING CACHE THRASHING IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18458154 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DATA INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION BASED ON A DATA ATTRIBUTE IN A SHARED MEMORY DEVICE OR A MEMORY EXPANDER Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18484314 REDUCING SOLUTION SPACE BASED ON PARTIALLY OBSERVED INFRASTRUCTURE GRAPH SEARCH FOR WORKLOAD PLACEMENT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18090249 UNIFIED FLEXIBLE CACHE Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18603161 ENHANCING READ PERFORMANCE OF A STORAGE DEVICE IN A MULTI-APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA SanDisk Technologies LLC

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