Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
30 pending office actions • 1 client • 28 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 102 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI has 32 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The profile records 15,565 career applications, providing historical context for the current prosecution workload.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.12%, and the average is 3.29 office actions per allowance. Resolved applications frequently reached allowance, but the average indicates that multiple office-action exchanges were common before that result. Practitioners should distinguish the open docket from completed matters and assess whether the historical pattern is relevant to the semiconductor and circuit claims under review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 9 (30%) |
| §102 only | 4 (13%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, ANTHAN | 2 | 83.0% | +2.4% |
| ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2 | 94.3% | +3.3% |
| SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 1 | 83.8% | +25.3% |
| SADLER, NATHAN | 1 | 70.9% | +26.4% |
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 1 | 77.6% | +13.1% |
| NGUYEN, KHANG HUU | 1 | — | — |
| STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | 1 | 88.0% | +16.7% |
| PATEL, KAMINI B | 1 | 85.8% | +10.2% |
| BEGUM, SULTANA | 1 | 93.5% | +0.3% |
| ROJAS, MIDYS | 1 | 87.7% | +7.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738499 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ECC PARITY BIT REDUCTION | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 14d |
| 19016559 | MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS WHICH MAY FACILITATE TENSOR MEMORY ACCESS | ROJAS, MIDYS | 35d |
| 19052126 | APPARATUSES INCLUDING OUTPUT DRIVERS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT DATA SIGNALS | TRAN, ANTHAN | — |
| 19030044 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL | BEGUM, SULTANA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17859045 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR ROAD SAFETY | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 379d overdue |
| 18766286 | FUSE LOGIC TO PERFORM SELECTIVELY ENABLED ECC DECODING | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 21d |
| 19202584 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY BETWEEN CONTAINERS AND AUTHENTICATED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | — |
| 19089317 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY DEVICE ERROR LOGGING FOR OFF-LINING | NGUYEN, KHANG HUU | — |
| 19086994 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATION COUNTER INITIALIZATION | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | — |
| 19049834 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING REFRESH RATES ON MEMORY DEVICES OF A MODULE | PATEL, KAMINI B | — |
| 19011091 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SENSE AMPLIFIER OPERATION | TRAN, ANTHAN | — |
| 19008233 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING REFRESH OPERATION | KRIEGER, JONAH C | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19202584 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY BETWEEN CONTAINERS AND AUTHENTICATED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | — |
| 19187790 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO REFRESH MEMORY INCLUDING MEMORY BANKS | SADLER, NATHAN | — |
| 19097679 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DQS INTERVAL TIMER | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — |
| 19086994 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATION COUNTER INITIALIZATION | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | — |
| 19049834 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING REFRESH RATES ON MEMORY DEVICES OF A MODULE | PATEL, KAMINI B | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Micron | 30 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2825 | 5 |
| 2827 | 2 |
| 2114 | 2 |
| 2824 | 2 |
| 2133 | 2 |
| 2112 | 2 |
| 2455 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2111 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19202584 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY BETWEEN CONTAINERS AND AUTHENTICATED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19187790 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO REFRESH MEMORY INCLUDING MEMORY BANKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | SADLER, NATHAN | 2827 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19097679 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DQS INTERVAL TIMER | Micron Technology, Inc. | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2836 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19089317 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY DEVICE ERROR LOGGING FOR OFF-LINING | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHANG HUU | 2111 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19086994 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATION COUNTER INITIALIZATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | STORMES, JOSEPH FIDELIS | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19052126 | APPARATUSES INCLUDING OUTPUT DRIVERS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT DATA SIGNALS | Micron Technology, Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19049834 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING REFRESH RATES ON MEMORY DEVICES OF A MODULE | Micron Technology, Inc. | PATEL, KAMINI B | 2114 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19030044 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL | Micron Technology, Inc. | BEGUM, SULTANA | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19016559 | MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS WHICH MAY FACILITATE TENSOR MEMORY ACCESS | Micron Technology, Inc. | ROJAS, MIDYS | 2133 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19011091 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SENSE AMPLIFIER OPERATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19008233 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING REFRESH OPERATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | KRIEGER, JONAH C | 2133 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18977496 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-TARGET RANK OPERATION IN MULTI-RANK MEMORY SYSTEM | Micron Technology, Inc. | CHOI, WOO H | 3992 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18790036 | APPARATUSES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKED BANK REFRESH | Micron Technology, Inc. | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18766286 | FUSE LOGIC TO PERFORM SELECTIVELY ENABLED ECC DECODING | Micron Technology, Inc. | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18746473 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SINGLE AND MULTI MEMORY CELL ARCHITECTURES | Micron Technology, Inc. | YOHA, CONNIE C | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18745894 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR HALF-PAGE MODES OF MEMORY DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 2824 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18743309 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF ALERT ALONG ALERT BUS | Micron Technology, Inc. | BRYAN, JASON B | 2114 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18738499 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ECC PARITY BIT REDUCTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18734380 | NONLINEAR DRAM DIGITAL EQUALIZATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18734847 | METHODS TO USE TENSOR MEMORY ACCESS IN COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK COMMUNICATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | SAVLA, ARPAN P | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18734766 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR WRITE DATA PRECONDITIONING USING A NEURAL NETWORK | Micron Technology, Inc. | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 3693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18659666 | APPARATUS AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SPIRAL TSV CONNECTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | DINKE, BITEW A | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659173 | APPARATUS AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SPIRAL TSV CONNECTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | ABEL, GARY ROBERT | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18658874 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR COUPLING A PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | Micron Technology, Inc. | SUN, YU-HSI DAVID | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18623552 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | Micron Technology, Inc. | THROCKMORTON, ROBERT EMIL | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 | |
| 18179317 | NEURAL NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECODING ENCODED DATA | Micron Technology, Inc. | ACOSTA, RILEY SULLIVAN | 2143 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18170753 | MEMORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF CALCULATING HAMMING DISTANCES FOR NEURAL NETWORK AND DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | UNELUS, ERNEST | 2181 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18046650 | TSV-BUMP STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | Micron Technology, Inc. | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | 2898 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17822909 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MODULE LEVEL ERROR CORRECTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | TECHANE, MUNA A | 2827 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17859045 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR ROAD SAFETY | Micron Technology, Inc. | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 3667 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 379d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial88.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dorsey & Whitney Llp-Ip Dept.-Mti were allowed, across 15,565 applications in USPTO records.
3.29 office actions per allowed application on average.
30 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 28 examiners in 20 art units.
