Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: REECE, CHRISTOPHER LANE

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2824 2827

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
56
Total Applications
+24.1%
Interview Lift
838
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
92.0%
§103 Obviousness
0.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18678401 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18436345 ERASE BIAS SCHEME TO LOWER VERAMAX AND NAND CHIP-SIZE SHRINK Final Rejection Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
17843211 SPLIT FOOTER TOPOLOGY TO IMPROVE VMIN AND LEAKAGE POWER FOR REGISTER FILE AND READ ONLY MEMORY DESIGNS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18785479 CORRECTIVE PROGRAM CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH MEMORY CELLS OF A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18774431 SERIAL PASS-THROUGH TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICE INTERFACES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18771448 DATA ALIGNMENT FOR MEMORY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18528337 DEBIASING SCHEME FOR PARTIAL BLOCK ERASE BASED ON WORD LINE GROUPS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18702810 3D FLASH MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
18638788 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18437664 MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18790547 MEMORY CIRCUITS WITH REGISTER CIRCUTIS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18363546 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18485084 MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
18507881 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING REFRESH OPERATIONS OF MEMORY BANKS USING A SHARED ADDRESS PATH Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC
18779378 MEMORY BUILT-IN-SELF-TEST (MBIST) WITH ENHANCED FAULT COUNTER Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18299332 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18762131 Data Storage System Using a Light Valve System Non-Final OA Seurat Technologies, Inc.
18663824 DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZER SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DOUBLE DATA RATE NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18231629 ERASE TECHNIQUES USING ANALOG BITSCAN IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18085972 System and Method for Generation of Unique Digital Signature Using a Non-Volatile Memory Array Final Rejection Infineon Technologies LLC

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