Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
38 pending office actions • 1 client • 35 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 95 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI operates as a patent law firm with a substantial history in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has managed 15450 career applications, demonstrating a high volume of experience in its primary technology area. This extensive portfolio is paired with a resolved allowance rate of 88.11 percent, indicating a strong success rate for its clients. The firm's large-scale operation in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics provides a deep data set for evaluating its long-term performance. This history is a significant factor for applicants seeking experienced counsel.
The firm currently manages 29 pending office actions. On average, the firm navigates 3.3 office actions per allowance. This metric suggests a consistent level of engagement with the patent office to secure granted patents. Practitioners can use these figures to benchmark the firm's efficiency and success within its specialized field. The 15450 career applications and 88.11 percent allowance rate serve as primary indicators of its established market position. These data points offer a comprehensive view of the firm's prosecution capabilities.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 11 (29%) |
| §102 only | 2 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (50%) |
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% |
| KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2 | 98.5% | +2.1% |
| SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 2 | 35.1% | +37.0% |
| KHAN, MASUD K | 1 | 87.5% | +6.8% |
| SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 1 | 84.1% | +24.4% |
| SADLER, NATHAN | 1 | 70.8% | +26.0% |
| NGUYEN, KHANG HUU | 1 | — | — |
| SU, SARAH | 1 | 80.2% | +18.0% |
| PATEL, KAMINI B | 1 | 85.9% | +10.0% |
| BEGUM, SULTANA | 1 | 93.5% | +0.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18977543 | Untitled | KHAN, MASUD K | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19061807 | LOGGING AND REMEDIATION LOGIC IN MEMORY | SU, SARAH | — |
| 19049834 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING REFRESH RATES ON MEMORY DEVICES OF A MODULE | PATEL, KAMINI B | — |
| 19022840 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DQ TERMINAL PSEUDO-RANDOM BIT STREAM VARIATION | RADKE, JAY W | — |
| 19011091 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SENSE AMPLIFIER OPERATION | TRAN, ANTHAN | — |
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 6 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 | — |
| 19061807 | LOGGING AND REMEDIATION LOGIC IN MEMORY | SU, SARAH | — |
| 19049834 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING REFRESH RATES ON MEMORY DEVICES OF A MODULE | PATEL, KAMINI B | — |
| 18049498 | ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | — |
| 18049506 | ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Micron | 38 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2827 | 5 |
| 2114 | 2 |
| 2825 | 2 |
| 1685 | 2 |
| 2133 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 2135 | 1 |
| 2824 | 1 |
| 2112 | 1 |
| 2137 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18977543 | Untitled | Micron Technology, Inc. | KHAN, MASUD K | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | ||
| 19202584 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY BETWEEN CONTAINERS AND AUTHENTICATED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 | |
| 19187790 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO REFRESH MEMORY INCLUDING MEMORY BANKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | SADLER, NATHAN | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 | |
| 19089317 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORY DEVICE ERROR LOGGING FOR OFF-LINING | Micron Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHANG HUU | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 19061807 | LOGGING AND REMEDIATION LOGIC IN MEMORY | Micron Technology, Inc. | SU, SARAH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19022840 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DQ TERMINAL PSEUDO-RANDOM BIT STREAM VARIATION | Micron Technology, Inc. | RADKE, JAY W | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 19011375 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR NON-TARGETED ON-DIE TERMINATION ADJUSTMENT IN POWER DOWN STATE | Micron Technology, Inc. | HUANG, MIN | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 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 |
| 18975963 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REDUNDANCY INFORMATION FOR MEMORY WITH MULTIPLE STORAGE MODES | Micron Technology, Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18951246 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ACCESS OPERATIONS DURING VOLTAGE TRANSITION | Micron Technology, Inc. | YANG, HAN | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| 18927374 | COMPUTATIONAL STORAGE AND NETWORKED BASED SYSTEM | Micron Technology, Inc. | CHOE, YONG J | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18790364 | APPARATUSES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-REFRESH RATE CONTROL | Micron Technology, Inc. | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2827 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18790395 | APPARATUSES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-REFRESH RATE CONTROL | Micron Technology, Inc. | KING, DANIEL JOHN | 2827 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18756232 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT | Micron Technology, Inc. | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 2827 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18747712 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR GRANULAR SINGLE-PASS METADATA ACCESS OPERATIONS | Micron Technology, Inc. | TANG, ANTHONY THINH | 2827 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 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 | §102§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 | §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 |
| 18659666 | APPARATUS AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SPIRAL TSV CONNECTION | Micron Technology, Inc. | DINKE, BITEW A | §103§112 | 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 |
| 18623661 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CONTACT PLUG CONNECTED TO WORD LINE | Micron Technology, Inc. | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 | |
| 18584739 | AGGREGATE INTERFERENCE CANCELATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS | Micron Technology, Inc. | HSIEH, PING Y | 2664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18441908 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CONTACT PLUG CONNECTED TO DIFFUSION REGION | Micron Technology, Inc. | KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | 2897 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18461086 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING HYDROGEN INTRODUCTION LAYER PROVIDED ON SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | Micron Technology, Inc. | AHMADI, MOHSEN | 2896 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18179317 | NEURAL NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS FOR DECODING ENCODED DATA | Micron Technology, Inc. | ACOSTA, RILEY SULLIVAN | §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 |
| 18049498 | ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | Micron Technology, Inc. | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1685 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2022 |
| 18049506 | ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | Micron Technology, Inc. | SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE | 1685 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 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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