Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2139

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.3%
Allow Rate
+19.3% vs TC avg
242
Total Applications
+6.3%
Interview Lift
1053
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 222 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19061120 DATA STORAGE METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18341164 COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE DEVICES, STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19088084 HARD DISK MANAGEMENT METHOD, HARD DISK CONTROL METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18977742 Dynamic Capacity Devices Implemented via Dynamic Mapping of Memory addresses in Memory Access Requests Routed Through a Compute Express Link Fabric Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18787941 MIGRATING DATA BASED ON WORDLINE INFORMATION IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18754923 MAINTAINING INTEGRITY OF A MEMORY COMPONENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18951086 ADAPTIVE INPUT-OUTPUT CONNECTIVITY BASED ON STORAGE TARGET PROCESSING LOAD Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18647244 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RAID CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE WITH CACHE ENHANCEMENTS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18179502 APPLICATION-CONSISTENT SNAPSHOTS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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