Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: OTTO, ALAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2139 2182 2187

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alan Otto is an examiner in Art Unit 2132 of Tech Center 2100, with 375 resolved cases currently on record. He maintains an allowance rate of 66.7 percent, which provides a benchmark for success in Art Unit 2132. This 66.7 percent rate suggests a likelihood of reaching a grant under his supervision. The 375 resolved cases offer a sample size for evaluating his examination patterns.

The data shows an interview lift of 17.9 percent, indicating that direct communication is beneficial for resolving outstanding issues. This 17.9 percent lift can be a factor in moving a case toward a final allowance. The median days to allowance is 1251, which reflects the duration required to navigate the prosecution process. Practitioners should account for this 1251-day timeline when setting expectations for their clients. The combination of a 66.7 percent allowance rate and a positive interview lift makes Tech Center 2100 a predictable environment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+11.7% vs TC avg
395
Total Applications
+17.9%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 375 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.9%
§102 Novelty
53.1%
§103 Obviousness
13.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18828391 STORAGE CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18809413 Predicting Write Lifetimes For Data Using Machine Learning Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18820416 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18824586 MEMORY SYSTEM, HOST, OPERATION METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18004442 OPERATIONALIZATION OF MEMORIES USING MEMORY INFORMATION SETS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18829569 MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18829657 MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND DATA READING METHOD Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18824080 MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
19029599 PREFETCHING KEYS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18778482 Burn-In Solid State Drives through Generation of Proof of Space Plots in A Manufacturing Facility Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17453715 DETERMINATION OF A MATCH BETWEEN DATA VALUES STORED BY THREE OR MORE ARRAYS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19238954 Multi-Tenant Cloud to Cloud Incident Routing Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.

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