Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2436 2496

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.0%
Allow Rate
+6.0% vs TC avg
199
Total Applications
+31.8%
Interview Lift
1243
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 164 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.7%
§102 Novelty
53.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18429007 System and Method to Validate Decrypted Data Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18265737 INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18430519 DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING SYSTEM AND DATA AUTHENTICITY PROVING METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18759152 DEVICE DATA HASHING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18568321 Blockchain-Based Integrity Protection for CDR Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18557502 ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF OF SMART CONTRACT COMPUTATION USING PRIVATE INPUT Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18575368 HASH GENERATION DEVICE, HASH DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
16726726 PROVIDING VERIFIED CLAIMS OF USER IDENTITY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18745036 OCCURRENCE COUNT STORAGE Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18699555 Accelerating Quantum-Resistant, Cryptographic Hash-Based Signature Computations Non-Final OA Google LLC
18506516 SECURE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
17750132 CONTINUOUS TRUSTED ACCESS OF ENDPOINTS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
16601088 AUTHORIZING AND VALIDATING REMOVABLE STORAGE FOR USE WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRCTURE COMPUTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Inventus Holdings, LLC
17751006 System and Method for Securing Personal Information Via Biometric Public Key Final Rejection Badge Inc.
17514866 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC INSPECTION AND TREATMENT INA NETWORK Final Rejection VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
16405829 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYMMETRIC KEY TO IMPLEMENT MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY CHECK Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
17987644 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTHORIZATION USING A REQUEST AUTHORIZATION PRIVILEGE MODEL Final Rejection OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
18266366 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING INFORMATION IN TEXTS Final Rejection TELEFONICA CIBERSECURITY TECH, S.L.U.
18165135 PROBABILISTIC DATA STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING TOKENS Non-Final OA Fastly, Inc.
18059616 API-BASED AD BLOCKING AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Seven Networks, LLC
16941001 Secure Token Transfer between Untrusted Entities Non-Final OA Citrix Systems, Inc.
17686693 Database Integrated Secure View Final Rejection Infovia, LLC
17358266 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USED IN SAME, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL Non-Final OA PROSPER CREATIVE CO., LTD.
17268830 Device, Method, and Program for Confirming Electronic Signature Final Rejection bitFlyer Blockchain, Inc.

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