Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
67 pending office actions • 11 clients • 61 examiners • 31 art units • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BROOKS, CAMERON & HUEBSCH , PLLC has an extensive practice in Computing & Software. The firm has handled 4781 career applications. There are 49 pending office actions currently being managed by the firm.
The firm's resolved allowance rate is 94.79 percent. This is achieved with an average of 2.97 office actions per allowance. This average suggests an efficient prosecution path for software and computing applications, which can often be challenging. The 94.79 percent allowance rate is exceptionally high, indicating a very effective approach to securing patent grants. With 49 pending actions, the firm remains active in these sectors. Practitioners can use the 2.97 average as a benchmark for the effort required to reach an allowance. The 4781 career applications demonstrate the firm's long-term success in maintaining a high allowance rate in the computing and software fields.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (4%) |
| §103 only | 25 (37%) |
| §102 only | 6 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (37%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 3 | 82.9% | +6.4% |
| MERANT, GUERRIER | 2 | 88.7% | -2.4% |
| BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 2 | 89.4% | +1.9% |
| TRAN, ANTHAN | 2 | 83.0% | +2.4% |
| GARNER, CASEY R | 2 | 71.5% | +15.9% |
| MACKALL, LARRY T | 1 | 85.2% | +8.0% |
| CARDWELL, ERIC | 1 | 88.0% | +11.7% |
| AHMED, ZUBAIR | 1 | 69.1% | +4.2% |
| GUYTON, PHILIP A | 1 | 83.9% | +8.6% |
| YEW, CHIE W | 1 | 75.9% | +24.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662313 | ADJUSTING A SENSING VOLTAGE IN MEMORY | TRAN, ANTHAN | 16d overdue |
| 19284525 | WEAR LEVELING REPAIR IN A MEMORY DEVICE | MACKALL, LARRY T | — |
| 19259641 | MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM TRANSFER QUEUE RETENTION | CARDWELL, ERIC | — |
| 19230803 | MEMORY CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE | GUYTON, PHILIP A | — |
| 19231227 | PRELIMINARY SYNDROME CALCULATION | MERANT, GUERRIER | — |
| 19021490 | APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS | MERANT, GUERRIER | — |
| 18920190 | DELAY OF INITIALIZATION AT MEMORY DIE | TRAN, ANTHAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18128168 | TIRE WITH INTERLOCKING BAND TYPE 3D KERF | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 181d overdue |
| 18745731 | CORRECTIVE READ ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 6d |
| 18373490 | WORD LINE DRIVERS FOR MEMORY DEVICES | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 28d |
| 18482899 | SURFACE WATER SULFIDE REDUCTION | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 34d |
| 18237247 | SECURE BOOT PROCEDURE | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 34d |
| 18781618 | READ VOLTAGE OVERDRIVE IN READ RECOVERY | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 83d |
| 19185656 | MEMORY DEVICE SENSORS | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
| 19028149 | TRIM SETTING DETERMINATION FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19259641 | MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM TRANSFER QUEUE RETENTION | CARDWELL, ERIC | — |
| 19226853 | ADJUSTMENT TO GRANULARITY OF LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL TABLE | YEW, CHIE W | — |
| 18640865 | DISPLAYING OUTPUT DATA FROM A DRIVER ATTENTION MODEL ON A DISPLAY | GARNER, CASEY R | — |
| 18632708 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING FOR MEAN TIME TO FAILURE PREDICTIONS | GARNER, CASEY R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Micron | 56 |
| PI ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD. | 2 |
| SK Group | 1 |
| Pi Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Air T, Inc. | 1 |
| Full Circle International, Inc. | 1 |
| Ioaire, Inc. | 1 |
| Simex Engineering S.r.l. | 1 |
| Clearwater Biologic LLC | 1 |
| VMWARE LLC | 1 |
| Hankook Tire & Technology | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2825 | 4 |
| 2824 | 3 |
| 2132 | 2 |
| 2112 | 2 |
| 2139 | 2 |
| 2138 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 1715 | 1 |
| 2111 | 1 |
| 2459 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19284525 | WEAR LEVELING REPAIR IN A MEMORY DEVICE | Micron Technology, Inc. | MACKALL, LARRY T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| 19259641 | MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM TRANSFER QUEUE RETENTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | CARDWELL, ERIC | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 | |
| 19244301 | CONTROL LOGIC IN A MEMORY DEVICE FOR GENERATING INTERNAL COMMANDS | Micron Technology, Inc. | AHMED, ZUBAIR | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19230803 | MEMORY CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE | Micron Technology, Inc. | GUYTON, PHILIP A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 | |
| 19231227 | PRELIMINARY SYNDROME CALCULATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | MERANT, GUERRIER | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19226853 | ADJUSTMENT TO GRANULARITY OF LOGICAL-TO-PHYSICAL TABLE | Micron Technology, Inc. | YEW, CHIE W | 2139 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19226344 | METHOD FOR THE FORMATION OF THIN FILMS USING TWO TYPES OF SILICON PRECURSOR | SK Hynix Inc. | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19185656 | MEMORY DEVICE SENSORS | Micron Technology, Inc. | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 | |
| 19182715 | CACHE BYPASS | Micron Technology, Inc. | DARE, RYAN A | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 | |
| 19028149 | TRIM SETTING DETERMINATION FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | Micron Technology, Inc. | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19023916 | INDEPENDENT SENSING TIMES | Micron Technology, Inc. | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19022659 | ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19021490 | APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | MERANT, GUERRIER | 2111 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19013585 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT OF FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE | Micron Technology, Inc. | GUZMAN, JAVIER O | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 19012171 | PROGRAMMING MULTIPLE ERASE BLOCKS COUPLED TO A SAME STRING | Micron Technology, Inc. | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 18971871 | SIGNAL ROUTING BETWEEN MEMORY DIE AND LOGIC DIE | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, VIET Q | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18952670 | EXPANDER DEVICE CHANNEL SWITCHING FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, LINH T | 2459 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18938813 | OBJECT MANAGEMENT IN TIERED MEMORY SYSTEMS | Micron Technology, Inc. | BENNER, JANE WEI | 2139 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18931923 | THERMAL ISLANDING HEATSINK | Micron Technology, Inc. | MATEY, MICHAEL A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| 18860296 | POLYIMIDE FILM HAVING LOW DIELECTRIC AND HIGH HEAT RESISTANT PROPERTIES AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | Pi Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18920190 | DELAY OF INITIALIZATION AT MEMORY DIE | Micron Technology, Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18902035 | DYNAMIC PRIORITIZATION OF SELECTOR VT SCANS | Micron Technology, Inc. | SAVLA, ARPAN P | 2100 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18886542 | COMMAND SCHEDULING COMPONENT FOR MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE | 2138 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18830029 | REMOTE DEICING/ANTI-ICIING | Air T, Inc. | OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE | 3669 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18821501 | BALANCING DATA IN MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | HO, HOAI V | 2827 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18791126 | MEMORY MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | AHMED, ENAM | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18790156 | INPUT/OUTPUT EXPANDER REGISTER ADDRESSING | Micron Technology, Inc. | YU, HENRY W | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18782923 | HYBRID WIRE SIZE DIAMETER UNDER ONE SINGLE DIE | Micron Technology, Inc. | HAN, JONATHAN | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18781618 | READ VOLTAGE OVERDRIVE IN READ RECOVERY | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 2824 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18781102 | TRACKING LATCH UPSET EVENTS USING BLOCK STATUS DATA | Micron Technology, Inc. | BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18774420 | VERTICAL CONTACTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | KIM, TONG-HO | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 | |
| 18763395 | SELECTION CIRCUITRY | Micron Technology, Inc. | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18763014 | NON-MOTORIZED VACUUM SANDING TOOL | Full Circle International, Inc. | NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 | |
| 18745731 | CORRECTIVE READ ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18745615 | BIT LINE BIAS IN PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCK READ OPERATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18662313 | ADJUSTING A SENSING VOLTAGE IN MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18652081 | BOND WIRE INDUCTION APPARATUS | Micron Technology, Inc. | HA, NATHAN W | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 | |
| 18645043 | TWO TRANSISTOR CELLS FOR VERTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY HAVING VERICAL DIGIT LINES | Micron Technology, Inc. | TURNER, BRIAN | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 | |
| 18640865 | DISPLAYING OUTPUT DATA FROM A DRIVER ATTENTION MODEL ON A DISPLAY | Micron Technology, Inc. | GARNER, CASEY R | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| 18639415 | VIRTUAL REALITY DRESSING ROOM | Micron Technology, Inc. | LOHARIKAR, ANAND R | 3689 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18632708 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING FOR MEAN TIME TO FAILURE PREDICTIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | GARNER, CASEY R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| 18624754 | SURVEILLANCE USING TRANSFER LEARNING OF A FEDERATED MODEL | Micron Technology, Inc. | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 | |
| 18439217 | TRUST BASED FEDERATED LEARNING | Micron Technology, Inc. | MARU, MATIYAS T | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 | |
| 18436881 | OPERATION DECOMPOSITION USING EDGE DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | LU, KEVIN X | 2199 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18407129 | USING A SUBTHRESHOLD VOLTAGE FOR MAPPING IN MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 | |
| 18573874 | TRANSLUCENT LOW-DIELECTRIC POLYIMIDE FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | Pi Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | FANG, SHANE | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| 18393357 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AGGREGATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | ZENG, WENWEI | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18390841 | MEDIUM RANGE SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | Ioaire, Inc. | BILODEAU, DAVID | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18571513 | SAW FOR CUTTING HARD MATERIAL | Simex Engineering S.r.l. | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18535926 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING USING EDGE DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | SMITH, PAULINHO E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| 18511007 | TWIN CHANNEL ACCESS DEVICE FOR VERTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | NICELY, JOSEPH C | 2813 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18509939 | SOLID STATE DRIVE ENCLOSURE | Micron Technology, Inc. | DANG, HUNG Q | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18499871 | METAL SENSE LINE CONTACT | Micron Technology, Inc. | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18482899 | SURFACE WATER SULFIDE REDUCTION | Clearwater Biologic LLC | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Oct 08, 2023 |
| 18373490 | WORD LINE DRIVERS FOR MEMORY DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2824 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18282863 | POLYIMIDE FILM FOR GRAPHITE SHEET AND GRAPHITE SHEET PREPARED THEREFROM | Pi Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18244101 | DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM VALIDATION WITH SIMULATION | VMware, Inc. | PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 | |
| 18242915 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT | Micron Technology, Inc. | MOORE, REVA R | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18237247 | SECURE BOOT PROCEDURE | Micron Technology, Inc. | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 2492 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18128168 | TIRE WITH INTERLOCKING BAND TYPE 3D KERF | Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 181d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 17949496 | TWO ACCESS DEVICE, ONE STORAGE NODE CELL FOR VERTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | CHIN, EDWARD | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
| 17884775 | FORMATION OF MEMORY DIE AND LOGIC DIE WITH WAFER-ON-WAFER BOND | Micron Technology, Inc. | GOODWIN, DAVID J | 2817 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17677011 | CONNECTOR FOR COUPLING A CAPACITOR TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY | Micron Technology, Inc. | THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
| 17453715 | DETERMINATION OF A MATCH BETWEEN DATA VALUES STORED BY THREE OR MORE ARRAYS | Micron Technology, Inc. | OTTO, ALAN | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | 138d overdue | Pending | Nov 05, 2021 |
| 17498046 | ELECTRODE/DIELECTRIC BARRIER MATERIAL FORMATION AND STRUCTURES | Micron Technology, Inc. | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2021 |
| 17464289 | TIME INTERVALS AMONG MEMORY OPERATIONS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | KRIEGER, JONAH C | 2133 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2021 |
| 17143498 | MEMORY SYSTEM TO TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R | 2122 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 07, 2021 |
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