Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2139 2189

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
708
Total Applications
+26.4%
Interview Lift
1068
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 676 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
50.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19214781 STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19206802 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD WITH PRE-READ ACCELERATION TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19052950 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CLOCK-GATING AND ADDRESS DECODING FOR REGISTER FILES AND RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORIES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18333376 MEMORY AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR FOGGY-PROGRAMMING AND FINE-PROGRAMMING TARGET DATA, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19171517 CACHE SIZE CHANGE Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18966252 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE BANK PRESSURE USING AGGRESSIVE WRITE MERGING Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18754499 TAG UPDATE BUS FOR UPDATED COHERENCE STATE Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19211725 COPY COMMAND AND SNAPSHOT COMMAND ASSOCIATED WITH TAGGED CAPACITY FOR A COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK (CXL) MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19025878 COMMAND SCHEDULING FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18605237 EXECUTION OF A PROGRAM BIAS DISTURB MITIGATION OPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMMING OF MULTIPLE SUB-BLOCKS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19137256 MEMORY CAPACITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18790854 METHODS FOR MANAGING STORAGE OPERATIONS FOR MULTIPLE HOSTS COUPLED TO DUAL-PORT SOLID-STATE DISKS AND DEVICES THEREOF Final Rejection NetApp, Inc.
18820110 MEMORY SYSTEM AND HOST DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18476636 Scratchpad Memory Translation Lookaside Buffer Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18923325 PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS BUS UNIT (PBU)-TO-NEST DIRECTED OPERATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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