Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2137

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
302
Total Applications
-3.2%
Interview Lift
895
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 286 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.4%
§102 Novelty
62.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18991745 DATA DEDUPLICATION METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19065803 MIXED CRITICALITY NON-SECURE PROTECTED SCHEME Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17165698 FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION OF STORAGE DEVICE WITH TRANSLATION LANGUAGE SET Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19008463 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFRAGMENTATION OF MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19195336 MEMORY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19040600 LOGICAL ADDRESS GRANULARITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR LOGICAL ADDRESS SPACE PARTITIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18955719 Error Logging for a Memory Device with On-Die Wear Leveling Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18807682 PAGE TABLE HOOKS TO MEMORY TYPES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18787963 ADAPTIVE PERFORMANCE TUNING FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18625953 CACHE SYSTEMS FOR MAIN AND SPECULATIVE THREADS OF PROCESSORS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19183981 SELECTIVELY BYPASSING AN EXTERNAL CACHE OF A STORAGE SYSTEM FOR LARGE READS BASED ON SATURATION LATENCY AND THROUGHPUT OF THE EXTERNAL CACHE Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
19219330 MEMORY SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS TIMING OF REFRESH OPERATION Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18577363 Prefetcher with Multi-Cache Level Prefetches and Feedback Architecture Final Rejection SiFive, Inc.
19224033 PASS THROUGH VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSS-TEMPERATURE EFFECTS Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18375230 Method and Apparatus for Collaborative Memory Accesses Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18673259 COMMAND RESPONDING METHOD, MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT UNIT BY INCLUDING DATA NOT RELATED TO EXECUTION RESULT OF OPERATION COMMAND Non-Final OA PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.

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