Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: OTTO, ALAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2182 2187

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.1%
Allow Rate
+11.1% vs TC avg
389
Total Applications
+18.3%
Interview Lift
1253
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 369 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
83.6%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18378452 STORAGE SYSTEM WITH BAD BLOCKS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17737406 STORAGE DEVICES, DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICES Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17453715 DETERMINATION OF A MATCH BETWEEN DATA VALUES STORED BY THREE OR MORE ARRAYS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18398524 Prioritizing Garbage Collection Based On The Extent To Which Data Is Deduplicated Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18829657 MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND DATA READING METHOD Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18829569 MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
17700651 IDENTIFICATION AND TOLERANCE OF HOST ERRORS RELATED TO COMMAND PROTOCOLS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18830360 STORAGE SYSTEM, AND DATA DUPLICATION METHOD IN STORAGE Non-Final OA Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18826896 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ERROR CODE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18004442 OPERATIONALIZATION OF MEMORIES USING MEMORY INFORMATION SETS Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18158620 Computer System Having Multiple Computer Devices Each with Routing Logic and Memory Controller and Multiple Computer Devices Each with Processing Circuitry Final Rejection Graphcore Limited

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