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  3. TC 2100
  4. Group 2130
  5. Art Unit 2138
  6. Examiner Krofcheck

Examiner Krofcheck Michael C

2138-KROFCHECK-MICHAEL-C

Employment Information

Art Unit:2138 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Group:2130 — Memory Access and Control
Classes: 711 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
717 — Data processing: software development, installation, and management
713 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Phone:(571) 272-8193
Email:michael.krofcheck@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

37
3-Year Grant rate: 83% over 249 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 37th

With Examiner Krofcheck, you have a 83% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Krofcheck is an easier examiner and in the 37th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Krofcheck, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 2138

Examiner Krofcheck's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2138 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Krofcheck 1.8
Art Unit 2138 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Krofcheck has granted 128 of 158 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 81%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Krofcheck has granted 78 of 91 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 86%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Krofcheck, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18778627 Locked Raid With Compression For Memory Interconnect Applications Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18634147 Reconfigurable Partitioning Of High Bandwidth Memory Patented View
18399656 Traffic Aware Smart Caching In Fabric Switches Patented View
18793948 Processor Suitable For Multi-Segment Accessing Memory And Operation Method Thereof Patented View
18928734 Nand-Based Storage Device With Partitioned Nonvolatile Write Buffer Patented View
18227178 Utilizing A Single Buffer For A Dynamic Number Of Players, Each Using A Dynamically Sized Buffer Patented View
18779781 Read-Modify-Write For Lossless Tiling In Convolution Networks Patented View
18795186 Memory Device And In-Memory Searching Method Patented View
18189104 Memory Controller Capable Of Preventiing Decrease In Use Efficiency Of Memory, Control Method For Controlling Memory Controller, And Storage Medium Therefor Abandoned View
18437583 Method And Device For Accessing Data In Host Memory Patented View
18584151 Methods And Apparatus To Reduce Read-Modify-Write Cycles For Non-Aligned Writes Patented View
18129397 Cost-Aware Caching Of Objects From A Data Store Abandoned View
18535050 Memory Controller Controlling Read Operations For Prefetching Data And Storage Device Including The Same Patented View
18338055 An Apparatus For A First Device Mmio Mapped With A Second Device And A Method Of Performing Data Processing Operations Therebetween Patented View
18344365 Durable Asynchronous Replication In A Distributed Storage System Patented View
15994035 Writing Parity Data To A Targeted Wordline Patented View
18393803 Memory With Redundant Replacement Resources And Electronic Device Patented View
18760305 Prevention Of Ram Access Pattern Attacks Via Selective Data Movement Patented View
18534355 Cache With Guarantee Of Current Data Patented View
18779352 Non-Volatile Memory Device Performing Reset Operation, Storage Device Including The Same, Method Of Operating The Same Patented View
18632946 Caching Strategy Based On Model Execution Time, Frequency And Input Order With Configurable Priority Patented View
18419806 Providing Data Storage Resiliency Patented View
18111911 Nand Flash Memory Controller Capable Of Adjusting Its Processing Power According To Its Speed Patented View
16836672 Techniques For Tensor Memory Allocation Patented View
18603941 Method Of Increasing Flash Endurance By Improved Metadata Management Patented View
17896884 Data Processing Method For Memory Device, Apparatus, And System Patented View
18508112 Memory Device Region Allocation Using Lifetime Hints Patented View
18336911 Read Voltage Calibration Method, Memory Storage Device And Memory Control Circuit Unit Patented View
18417840 Memory Device, Operating Method Of Memory Device, And Storage Device Patented View
18442676 Memory-Aware Pre-Fetching And Cache Bypassing Systems And Methods Patented View
18335182 Composable Infrastructure Module Patented View
18336564 Systems And Methods For Decentralized Address Translation Patented View
18088604 Method For Storing Data And Parity Data In Different Chip Enabled Regions, Memory Storage Device And Memory Control Circuit Unit Patented View
18322931 Generating Data Protection Directives To Provide To A Storage Controller To Control Access To Data In Cache Patented View
18660070 Host Verification For A Memory Device Patented View
18185826 Data Storage Arrangement And Method For Anonymization Aware Deduplication Patented View
18188147 Providing Counters In A Data Processor Patented View
18402572 Flash Memory Chip That Modulates Its Program Step Voltage As A Function Of Chip Temperature Patented View
18538329 Power Tearing Protection Within A Non-Volatile Memory (Nvm) Patented View
18428157 Memory Systems And Devices Including Examples Of Accessing Memory And Generating Access Codes Using An Authenticated Stream Cipher Patented View
18024590 Addressing For Disaggregated Memory Pool Patented View
18064020 Updating Related Data In Multi-Cache Systems Patented View
18099905 Systems, Methods, And Devices For Using A Reclaim Unit Based On A Reference Update In A Storage Device Patented View
18066161 Host Device Performing Near Data Processing Function And Accelerator System Including The Same Patented View
17852059 Control Of Deterministic Machine Learning Systems Using Trigger Tables And Configuration State Registries Patented View
17031659 Cache And Memory Content Management Abandoned View
18538160 Bypassing Program Counter Match Conditions Patented View
18340920 Enabling User-Based Instant Access From File Based Backups Patented View
18270461 Hash Optimized Composition Cache For Isolated Execution Environments Abandoned View
18078762 Device, Method And System To Supplement A Cache With A Randomized Victim Cache Abandoned View

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