Listed by the USPTO as TRAN, MICHAEL THANH
Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2825 2827
This examiner grants 96% of resolved cases
TRAN, MICHAEL THANH works in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2825. The docket records 1530 resolved cases, a 95.8% allowance rate, and a 0.5% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 596 days. This is a large record with a very high reported allowance rate and the shortest reported median in this profile, while the interview figure suggests little measured change associated with interviews.
Micron Technology Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., and SanDisk Technologies Inc. are the leading companies. The principal firms are DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Seattle, Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC, and HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC. For practitioners, the data supports careful initial claim drafting and efficient written prosecution, with interviews used for specific clarification rather than as the primary driver of case progress.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977477 | Overlapping a Page Operation with a Processing-in-Memory Computation | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18305147 | LOW CONTENTION CURRENT CIRCUITS | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 19008810 | ALL LEVEL COARSE/FINE PROGRAMMING OF MEMORY CELLS | Non-Final OA | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 18819191 | ANALOG STORAGE USING MEMORY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 18808566 | TRACK CHARGE LOSS BASED ON SIGNAL AND NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMORY CELLS COLLECTED IN CALIBRATION OPERATIONS | Non-Final OA | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 18678802 | PROGRAM CURRENT CONTROLLER AND SENSE CIRCUIT FOR CROSS-POINT MEMORY DEVICES | Non-Final OA | Micron Technology, Inc. |
| 18988329 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRACKING WORD LINE ACCESSES | Non-Final OA | Lodestar Licensing Group LLC |
| 19006992 | SHARED DECODER CIRCUIT AND METHOD | Non-Final OA | TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED |
| 19009325 | A HIGH-PERFORMANCE MULTI-TIER SUB-BLOCK MODE IN A MEMORY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. |
| 18897573 | WORD LINE ZONE ERASE TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | Final Rejection | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. |
| 19035131 | SINGLE ENDED SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH CURRENT PULSE CIRCUIT | Non-Final OA | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy95.8% of resolved applications examined by Michael Thanh Tran were allowed (1,530 resolved cases), compared with 81.3% across Art Unit 2825 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +0.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Michael Thanh Tran took 596 days on average from filing to allowance.
Michael Thanh Tran examines applications in Art Unit 2825 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).
