Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2137 2187

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.9%
Allow Rate
+21.9% vs TC avg
486
Total Applications
+13.5%
Interview Lift
1143
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 464 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.6%
§102 Novelty
86.1%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18906725 MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND HOST-STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17225083 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR STORAGE QUERY PLANNING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18219671 DYNAMIC MIGRATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS TO CONTAINER PLATFORMS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19020753 WRITE PADDING DATA TO MEMORY DEVICE USING ON-DEVICE COPY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19020949 TECHNIQUES FOR INITIATING CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19017337 ADAPTIVE THROUGHPUT MONITORING Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18939279 COMMANDS TO SUPPORT ADAPTIVE MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18787967 CPU CACHE FLUSHING TO PERSISTENT MEMORY Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18443083 DATA TYPE IDENTIFICATION SCHEMES FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18946188 PROVIDING MULTITENANT ENCRYPTION IN A MANAGED FLASH STORAGE DEVICE STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
18942201 Access Control Lists for a Storage Network Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18311104 Optimizing I/O For Client Devices Using Different Computing Resources Of A Storage System Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19012401 MULTI-TIERED CACHE SYSTEM Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18626116 Input-Aware Data Inversion Scheme for Low Power Memory Circuit Design Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18617591 COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING COMMAND AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18964434 DETERMINING READ VOLTAGE BASED ON TEMPERATURE OF A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated

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