Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: AYERS, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2194 2195

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.4%
Allow Rate
+15.4% vs TC avg
327
Total Applications
+53.1%
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 301 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.3%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19365469 Method and System for Processing Artificial Intelligence User Requests Final Rejection Vijay Madisetti
18358211 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTILEVEL BALANCING OF COMPUTATIONAL TASKS Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18590674 DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEM, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, AND DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
19272168 Threat Mitigation System and Method Non-Final OA ReliaQuest Holdings, LLC
18488537 ENFORCING LIMITS ON USE OF ENDPOINT DEVICES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18538850 SIMULATING MULTI-CORE EMBEDDED SYSTEM FIRMWARE WITH FLAT ADDRESS SPACE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18054923 DYNAMIC AND CASCADING RESOURCE ALLOCATION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18550159 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18262107 PERIPHERAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE REPRESENTATION VIA UNIFORM TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18139987 AUTOMATE SUSPENSION AND REDEPLOYMENT OF CLOUD RESOURCES Final Rejection VMWARE LLC
18240085 CONTEXT SWITCH REDUCTION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE EXITS Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.
18362617 RACE FREE VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.

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