Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Sandisk operates in the Computing & Software technology area with 468 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent. This success rate is maintained with an average of 2.81 office actions per allowance. There are 9 pending office actions currently active.
This workload is part of the firm's experience with 468 career applications. The 100.0 percent resolved allowance rate is a performance indicator for the firm in Computing & Software. The 2.81 average office actions per allowance shows the efficiency with which these grants are secured. This firm's data highlights its success rate across its 468 career applications. The 100.0 percent resolved allowance rate is a measure of its effectiveness. With 9 pending office actions, the firm is continuing its track record in the Computing & Software sector, using its prosecution strategy. The 2.81 average office actions per allowance remains a key metric for its 468 career applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2 | 90.9% | +14.3% |
| MAMO, ELIAS | 1 | 82.8% | +5.9% |
| FATIMA, AYMAN | 1 | 82.1% | +15.5% |
| HUYNH, KIM T | 1 | 82.6% | +7.2% |
| THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 1 | 86.9% | +7.4% |
| MUNGUIA, DUILIO | 1 | 71.4% | +66.7% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 1 | 79.4% | +24.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044957 | Storage Optimization of CAT Table During Background Operations | MAMO, ELIAS | — |
| 18829622 | Dynamic Lane Allocation On Power Limited, Dual Port PCIe Device | HUYNH, KIM T | — |
| 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 4 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 |
| 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18770407 | Dynamic Integrity and Datat Encryption (IDE) Aggregation Size | MUNGUIA, DUILIO | 43d overdue |
| 18488421 | IMPROVED HOST DRAM AND PCIE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR DRAM-LESS DEVICES | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 56d |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2184 | 2 |
| 2137 | 2 |
| 2176 | 1 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| 2139 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18829622 | Dynamic Lane Allocation On Power Limited, Dual Port PCIe Device | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | HUYNH, KIM T | 2184 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18776797 | Data Integrity Protection Of SSDs Utilizing Streams | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2137 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18770407 | Dynamic Integrity and Datat Encryption (IDE) Aggregation Size | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MUNGUIA, DUILIO | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18538890 | MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF NEURAL NETWORK WEIGHTS | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | §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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