Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MERANT, GUERRIER

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2111 2117

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.5%
Allow Rate
+33.5% vs TC avg
1251
Total Applications
-2.8%
Interview Lift
829
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1209 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.2%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18949110 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, CONTROLLER, AND MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18937494 MEMORY DEVICE, PROCESSOR, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE TO RESTORE DATA DURING POWER CUT-OFF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18935130 LOGIC DIE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF FEEDBACK TESTING OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18668224 MEMORY DEVICE, TEST METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE TEST METHOD Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18604021 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18482649 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH DYNAMICALLY VARYING SELF-REFRESH PERIOD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18900395 TECHNIQUES FOR PRE AND POST FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND PACKET PADDING IN RADIO TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18801285 COMMON CONTROL AND/OR OBSERVATION FOR INTERNAL STATE TRACKING Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18835451 MEMORY DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18397160 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS OF PLUS ENERGY Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18930772 IMPLICIT STORAGE OF METADATA AT A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18923244 TESTING CIRCUIT FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18776538 ERROR-HANDLING MANAGEMENT DURING COPYBACK OPERATIONS IN MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18602819 VOLTAGE DOMAIN BASED ERROR MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18941613 OPTIMIZED CODE-SPLIT SYMBOL CONSTELLATIONS Non-Final OA Hughes Network Systems, LLC
18934251 MEMORY CONTROLLER COMPRESSING AND STORING DATA, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18621472 Periodic In-Field Testing of System on Chip Functional Units Final Rejection ATI Technologies ULC
18892590 DECODER SCHEME FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF READING AND WRITING Non-Final OA Silicon Motion, Inc.
18924864 SCRUB RATE CONTROL FOR A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC
18800645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSITIONING OF MEMORY STRUCTURES IN SYSTEM MEMORY MAP Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18934743 Error Alert Encoding for Improved Error Mitigation Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18616977 SAFETY DATA INTEGRITY CHECKING AT A PARALLEL PROCESSOR OF A DISPLAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18646654 EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection ADVANTEST CORPORATION
18808104 MEMORY, MEMORY SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF THE MEMORY, AND OPERATION OF THE MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection MimirIP LLC
18621011 TESTING CIRCUIT FOR TESTING ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND DEVICE UNDER TEST Final Rejection Winbond Electronics Corp.
18608175 DETERMINISTIC BUILT-IN SELF-TEST Final Rejection XILINX, INC.
18754911 XOR DATA RECOVERY SCHEMES NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection SanDisk Technologies LLC
18441924 FAULT TOLERANT QUANTUM COMPUTATION IN SPIN SYSTEMS USING CAT CODES Final Rejection Alphabet Inc.

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