Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2133

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+21.5% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+52.4%
Interview Lift
858
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 34 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.9%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
54.1%
§103 Obviousness
21.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19275216 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19019994 STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18434913 STORAGE CONTROLLER, AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND A STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18397902 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REMOTE DATA STORAGE Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18408999 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17703245 NEAR-DATA PROCESSING IN SHARDED STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18597830 STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection HITACHI, Ltd.
18240374 STORAGE SYSTEM AND I/O REQUEST PROCESSING METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18982736 HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES INTEGRATED IN MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
19004902 STORAGE DEVICE CONTROLLING TARGET OPERATION BASED ON COLLECTED PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19098806 MANAGEMENT COMMAND MICROCODE TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19014100 ENDURANCE EVALUATION TOOL FOR A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18790752 DIRECT ACCESS OF A DATASET IN A FABRIC-ATTACHED MEMORY FOR A DISTRIBUTED WORKFLOW Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18637895 Intelligent Secure Method to Orchestrate Coupling of Distributed Memory Storage Leveraging PCCO and DIP Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18769238 Ternary Content Addressable Memory System Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18373403 ENABLING POWER OPTIMIZATION THROUGH DRAM BANK MANAGEMENT IN SOLID STATE DRIVES Final Rejection SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC
18736334 MANAGED STORAGE ENDPOINT ADAPTED ACTIVATOR Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18935220 METHOD FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED DATABASE, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18903960 SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY Final Rejection VMware LLC
18806558 COMMUNICATION USING NON-CACHE-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY Final Rejection VMware LLC

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