Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: OTTO, ALAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2182 2187

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.4%
Allow Rate
+11.4% vs TC avg
392
Total Applications
+18.0%
Interview Lift
1250
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 372 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18828391 STORAGE CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18820416 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18882560 INLINE SAFETY MECHANISM WITH CACHE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18830360 STORAGE SYSTEM, AND DATA DUPLICATION METHOD IN STORAGE Final Rejection Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
18822571 CACHE CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH FETCH HYSTERESIS Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18824080 MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
17453715 DETERMINATION OF A MATCH BETWEEN DATA VALUES STORED BY THREE OR MORE ARRAYS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18425079 STORAGE-INTEGRATED MEMORY EXPANDER, COMPUTING SYSTEM BASED COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
19029599 PREFETCHING KEYS FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18882227 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18541892 LOGICAL BLOCK FORMATION BASED ON BLOCK ERASE LOOPS Final Rejection SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18883172 MINIMIZING EFFECTS OF CACHE THRASHING BY ALTERING A PERSISTENCE POLICY FOR NON-TEMPORAL WORKLOADS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation

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