Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WONG, NANCI N

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2136 2137 2186

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.0%
Allow Rate
+32.0% vs TC avg
489
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
936
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 463 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.9%
§102 Novelty
70.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19271388 OPTIMIZING DATA STORAGE IN A DISTRIBUTED FLASH SYSTEM Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19071238 MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING ALLOCATION RATIO OF BUFFER MEMORY, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY CONTROLLER Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18639073 MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH IMPROVED USER FAIRNESS, STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17987382 LOAD-BALANCER FOR CACHE AGENT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19023672 DETERMINING ERASE/PROGRAM CYCLE STATUS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
19038090 STORAGE DEVICE FOR WRITING DATA TO SUPER MEMORY BLOCKS CORRESPONDING TO TAGS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19222866 WRITE BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19034003 MEMORY DEVICE PAGE BUFFER MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18827187 MEMORY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18678386 SOLID-STATE STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FETCHING COMMANDS THEREOF Non-Final OA KIOXIA CORPORATION
19241123 Using Excess CMB Allocated to a Host for Storage Controller Utilization Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18982675 METHOD TO PERFORM ADAPTER SNOOP IN HARDWARE USING SPLIT STRUCTURE CACHE FOR SNOOP DATA CONSTRUCTS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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