Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PEUGH, BRIAN R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2133 2137 2187 2466

This examiner grants 92% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

92.0%
Allow Rate
+34.0% vs TC avg
543
Total Applications
+1.0%
Interview Lift
842
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 528 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
34.5%
§102 Novelty
25.1%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18985425 STORAGE DEVICE USING SEPARATE COMMAND/ADDRESS INTERFACE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18976796 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18354341 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH PARALLEL SINGLE-STAGE SWITCHING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18200567 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE CONNECTORS ON STORAGE DEVICES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18821356 DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE TRACKING OBJECT OWNERSHIP CHANGES WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18771514 UTILIZING A GARBAGE COLLECTION OPERATION TO REFRESH DATA STORED IN A STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
18920281 INDEPENDENT SET DATA LANES FOR IOD SSD Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18791271 CONTAINERIZED CLOUD-NATIVE CLUSTER STORAGE TARGETS Non-Final OA Nutanix, Inc.
19019439 MULTI-PLATFORM DATA STORAGE SYSTEM SUPPORTING VIRTUAL STORAGE RESOURCES Non-Final OA Arrikto Inc.
18950918 Authentication of Sanitize Erase Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.

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