Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMET, UYEN TRAN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2824

This examiner grants 93% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

93.0%
Allow Rate
+25.0% vs TC avg
607
Total Applications
+4.6%
Interview Lift
766
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 586 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
33.8%
§102 Novelty
52.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18327725 ELECTRICAL WRITE/READ OF HIGH-INFORMATION-DENSITY MAGNETIC THIN FILM Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18586134 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING MEMORY CELLS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18393334 MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING TRI-STATE MEMORY CELLS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18081114 MULTI-LEVEL CELL AND MULTI-SUB-BLOCK PROGRAMMING IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18732967 MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18460262 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18417552 MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING PROGRAM OPERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18647612 PERFORMANCE SAVING DURING BLOCK JUMPING Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies Inc.
18471455 NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH SEQUENTIAL READ Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18399571 MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND READING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Winbond Electronics Corp.
17737461 DETECTED THRESHOLD VOLTAGE STATE DISTRIBUTION OF FIRST AND SECOND PASS PROGRAMED MEMORY PAGES Final Rejection Intel NDTM US LLC

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