Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WELLS, JAMES STEVEN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2825

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.9%
Allow Rate
+22.9% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
-3.4%
Interview Lift
964
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 33 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
53.0%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19029709 MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
18239480 NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THERMAL THROTTLING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18223435 OPERATION METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PROGRAMMING INTERFERENCE Final Rejection YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18632972 MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A PROGRAM OPERATION AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18122908 Memory system, memory access interface device and operation method thereof Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
18974555 Gated Extend Re-Gate Synchronization Circuitry Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18745731 CORRECTIVE READ ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18947475 MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18419290 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18599848 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18417402 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Final Rejection KIOXIA CORPORATION
18977506 POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF A SOLID STATE DEVICE BASED ON OPERATION PRIORITY Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
19039948 Data Storage Device and Method for Bit-Error-Rate Balancing in Fractional-Bit-Per-Cell Memory Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18613246 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING HOLE CURRENT FOR ERASE VERIFY Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18452500 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ERASING FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18306572 EFFICIENT WRITE OPERATION FOR SRAM Final Rejection MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18527249 DATA SAMPLING CIRCUIT, DELAY DETECTION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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