Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCMAHON, DANIEL F

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2111 2117

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.6%
Allow Rate
+34.6% vs TC avg
1036
Total Applications
+2.1%
Interview Lift
814
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1017 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.6%
§102 Novelty
28.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18806709 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18941890 DECODING DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND CHECK MATRIX GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18629241 INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, TERMINAL, CHIP, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18940997 LDPC ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18929134 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) CODEBOOK Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
17954464 Memory Decoder Providing Optimized Error Detection and Correction for Data Distributed Across Memory Channels Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18908370 TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY ERROR CORRECTION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18932538 REDUCING STORAGE SYSTEM LATENCY USING INTERRUPTIBLE STORAGE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
18882152 MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
18733308 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO PERFORM AN ERROR CHECK Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18904365 TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sun Patent Trust

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