Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MCMAHON, DANIEL F

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2111 2112 2117 2896

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.6%
Allow Rate
+21.6% vs TC avg
1,050
Total Applications
+2.3%
Interview Lift
786
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1039 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
29.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19070059 Extended Long Range Packet Design and Use Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18985856 Reprogrammable Memory Repair Non-Final OA Google LLC
19055867 ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19024061 DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18985795 LDPC Encoding Method, LDPC Decoding Method, and Related Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18959239 DETECTION AND COMPENSATION OF TIMING MARGIN ERRORS IN MEMORY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18641037 MEASUREMENT-BASED QUBIT BENCHMARKING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18961813 QUANTUM OPERATION EVALUATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
19098910 DATA RECOVERY USING ORDERED DATA REQUESTS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19057258 USER DATA BLOCK LEVEL ACCESS COUNTER Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18821886 Reduction of Errors in Data Retrieved from a Memory Device to Apply an Error Correction Code of a Predetermined Code Rate Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19061051 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
19049202 SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP OF CORRECTING ALIGNED ERROR AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM OF CORRECTING ALIGNED ERROR Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
19212375 MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
19097656 COMPONENT DIE VALIDATION BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (VBIST) ENGINE Non-Final OA Ampere Computing LLC
18913257 ERROR-CORRECTING CODES FOR FERMIONIC QUANTUM SIMULATION Non-Final OA Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce

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