Technology area: Computing & Software
8 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Sandisk has 8 pending office actions in Computing & Software and 595 career applications. The active response workload is limited relative to the reported application base, with a computing and software technology focus.
The resolved allowance rate is 100.0%, and the average is 2.76 office actions per allowance. Every reported resolved application reached allowance, while allowed matters involved more than two office actions on average. The profile thus pairs a complete reported allowance outcome with a measurable examination burden.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2 | 90.9% | +14.3% |
| LOONAN, ERIC T | 1 | 65.0% | +26.9% |
| GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | 1 | 76.3% | +10.9% |
| MAMO, ELIAS | 1 | 82.9% | +5.9% |
| FATIMA, AYMAN | 1 | 80.6% | +12.3% |
| THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 1 | 86.8% | +7.8% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 1 | 79.5% | +24.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044957 | Storage Optimization of CAT Table During Background Operations | MAMO, ELIAS | — |
| 18776797 | Data Integrity Protection Of SSDs Utilizing Streams | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 56d |
| 19279786 | Adaptive Use of Multiple Channels and Memory Cell Conversion in a Storage Device | LOONAN, ERIC T | — |
| 19265663 | I/O Prioritization During Model Load | GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | — |
| 19040410 | Hidden L0p Exit Latency In Read Workload | FATIMA, AYMAN | — |
| 18538890 | MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF NEURAL NETWORK WEIGHTS | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | — |
| 18461939 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO AVOID COMMAND TIMEOUTS IN A STORAGE DEVICE | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 56d |
| 19279786 | Adaptive Use of Multiple Channels and Memory Cell Conversion in a Storage Device | LOONAN, ERIC T | — |
| 19265663 | I/O Prioritization During Model Load | GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | — |
| 19040410 | Hidden L0p Exit Latency In Read Workload | FATIMA, AYMAN | — |
| 18538890 | MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF NEURAL NETWORK WEIGHTS | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | — |
| 18461939 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO AVOID COMMAND TIMEOUTS IN A STORAGE DEVICE | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Western Digital | 8 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2137 | 4 |
| 2135 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 2176 | 1 |
| 2139 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19279786 | Adaptive Use of Multiple Channels and Memory Cell Conversion in a Storage Device | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | LOONAN, ERIC T | 2137 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19265663 | I/O Prioritization During Model Load | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | GEBRIL, MOHAMED M | 2135 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19044957 | Storage Optimization of CAT Table During Background Operations | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MAMO, ELIAS | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19040410 | Hidden L0p Exit Latency In Read Workload | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | FATIMA, AYMAN | 2176 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18776797 | Data Integrity Protection Of SSDs Utilizing Streams | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2137 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18538890 | MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF NEURAL NETWORK WEIGHTS | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18461939 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO AVOID COMMAND TIMEOUTS IN A STORAGE DEVICE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial100.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Sandisk were allowed, across 595 applications in USPTO records.
2.76 office actions per allowed application on average.
8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 7 examiners in 5 art units.
