Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
733
Total Applications
+15.7%
Interview Lift
1287
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 700 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17792409 USER EQUIPMENT, NON-PUBLIC NETWORK AUTHENTICATION-AUTHORIZATION-ACCOUNTING SERVER, AUTHENTICATION SERVER FUNCTION ENTITY Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18588870 VERIFICATION OF USER EQUIPMENT COMPLIANCE IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18947546 IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD, PERSONAL SECURITY KERNEL NODE, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18387409 FLEXIBLE CONTAINER ATTESTATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18464428 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18903870 SINGLE SIGN-ON ENABLED WITH OAUTH TOKEN Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
17419423 CABLE-LOCK UNIT PRESENCE IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18517309 OPEN ROAMING SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18325499 ACCESS CONTROL FOR SIGNALING TRAFFIC BETWEEN NETWORK FUNCTIONS DEPLOYED ON EDGE AND IN THE CLOUD Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18774568 MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE FOR DETECTING ZERO-DAY PHISHING KIT SOURCE CODES Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18165957 Intelligent Personally Identifiable Information Governance and Enforcement Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18705693 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Non-Final OA Sanofi
18432429 MULTI FACTOR CONTEXT BASED VEHICLE SECURITY Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18943112 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE DEFICIENCIES IN AN ELECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOX13, LLC
18939037 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Anametric, Inc.
18744204 OBFUSCATING ANALOG CIRCUITS USING SWITCHED PHASE CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Northeastern University
17649479 Verification of Automatic Responses to Authentication Requests on Authorized Mobile Devices Final Rejection salesforce.com, inc.
18898270 DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING CAPABILITIES WITH FUNCTIONS AND AUTOMATION Non-Final OA SmartContract Chainlink Limited SEZC
18577194 PROTECTED DATA PACKAGES Final Rejection Irdeto B.V.
18766809 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING MERCHANDISE-EMBEDDED CHIPS TO CUSTOMIZABLE BRAND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Dopamine World, Inc.
18751904 DECENTRALIZED DATA VERIFICATION Non-Final OA The Assay Depot, Inc.
18682884 Secure Unmanaged Network Switch and Related Methods Final Rejection Zemfyre Inc.

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