Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431 2436 2496

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.1%
Allow Rate
+6.1% vs TC avg
209
Total Applications
+29.2%
Interview Lift
1258
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 170 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
55.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16726726 PROVIDING VERIFIED CLAIMS OF USER IDENTITY Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18575368 HASH GENERATION DEVICE, HASH DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18699555 Accelerating Quantum-Resistant, Cryptographic Hash-Based Signature Computations Final Rejection Google LLC
19042002 PROGRAM FOR AGENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18265737 INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18792055 Similar domain detection using favicon comparison Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.
19123228 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK INNER PRODUCT FUNCTIONAL ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18430519 DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING SYSTEM AND DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING METHOD Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
19037663 CLOUD NETWORK SYSTEM, CLOUD NETWORK MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18568321 Blockchain-Based Integrity Protection for CDR Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18557502 ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF OF SMART CONTRACT COMPUTATION USING PRIVATE INPUT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19256486 SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE CONTROLLING ENTITY OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESSES AND IMPLEMENTING SECURITY THREAT MITIGATION BASED ON THE CONTROLLING ENTITY Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
17514866 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC INSPECTION AND TREATMENT INA NETWORK Non-Final OA VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
17987644 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTHORIZATION USING A REQUEST AUTHORIZATION PRIVILEGE MODEL Non-Final OA OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
17859148 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURITY ENHANCED DOMAIN CATEGORIZATION Non-Final OA Fortinet, Inc.

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