Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431 2436 2496

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kevin Alexis Ayala is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2431. He has managed 180 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 63.3%. This 63.3% rate indicates that a majority of the applications in his portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1263, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 180 resolved cases, this 1263-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 28.7%. This 28.7% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 63.3% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is an effective method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 28.7% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a higher success rate than the baseline. The 1263-day median suggests that such engagement is a part of the process for reaching an allowance in Art Unit 2431.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

63.2%
Allow Rate
+5.2% vs TC avg
211
Total Applications
+28.4%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 182 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16726726 PROVIDING VERIFIED CLAIMS OF USER IDENTITY Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17514866 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC INSPECTION AND TREATMENT INA NETWORK Non-Final OA VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
18152210 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Final Rejection Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
18699555 Accelerating Quantum-Resistant, Cryptographic Hash-Based Signature Computations Final Rejection Google LLC
18344576 HASHING ENGINE CIRCUITRY AND METHODS FOR A SPHINCS DIGITAL SIGNATURE OPERATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19123228 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK INNER PRODUCT FUNCTIONAL ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18759152 DEVICE DATA HASHING Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network 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)
17987644 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTHORIZATION USING A REQUEST AUTHORIZATION PRIVILEGE MODEL Non-Final OA OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
18430519 DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING SYSTEM AND DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING METHOD Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17750132 CONTINUOUS TRUSTED ACCESS OF ENDPOINTS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
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
19200843 QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY SERVICE APPARATUS AND QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY COMMUNICATION SERVICE METHOD Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

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