Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ANDERSON, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2432 2433 2498

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.9%
Allow Rate
+21.9% vs TC avg
736
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 713 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
60.4%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17792409 USER EQUIPMENT, NON-PUBLIC NETWORK AUTHENTICATION-AUTHORIZATION-ACCOUNTING SERVER, AUTHENTICATION SERVER FUNCTION ENTITY Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19209240 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MULTIPLE BLOCKCHAINS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18981528 IMAGE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION CHANNEL FOR IDENTIFYING SENDER Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18165957 Intelligent Personally Identifiable Information Governance and Enforcement Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18774568 MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE FOR DETECTING ZERO-DAY PHISHING KIT SOURCE CODES Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18744204 OBFUSCATING ANALOG CIRCUITS USING SWITCHED PHASE CIRCUITS Final Rejection Northeastern University
18705693 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection Sanofi

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