Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BACA, MATTHEW WALTER

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2857 2863

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.5%
Allow Rate
+5.5% vs TC avg
151
Total Applications
+1.9%
Interview Lift
1063
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 113 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
43.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18492212 REAL-TIME FEEDBACK AND MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
18551497 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING LINER AND ANNULUS PROPERTIES WITH A GAMMA-GAMMA TOOL Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18556581 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SURGICAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18211340 IOT AND SENSOR FEED ANALYSIS BASED MACHINE MAINTENANCE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18176292 DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18470157 Condition-Based Method for Malfunction Prediction Non-Final OA HITACHI ENERGY LTD
18316774 TIRE PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
17921404 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD IN AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18508925 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING RAILROAD TRACK SURFACE DEGRADATION Non-Final OA BNSF Railway Company
18470332 METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TRAINING DATA SET, AND DEVICE FOR CONNECTING POINT CLOUD DATA WITH RELATED DATA Non-Final OA MIRISE Technologies Corporation
18934872 EQUIPMENT FAILURE MODE PREDETERMINATION AND RESIDUAL LIFE PREDICTION COUPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18020522 DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF PREDICTING A TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
18919608 Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Determining Roof Age and Remaining Life Final Rejection Insurance Services Office, Inc.
17933616 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONDITION MONITORING OF MOBILITY SYSTEMS Final Rejection University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
17800183 VIRTUAL AND DIGITAL RESEARCH MODEL AND RELATED METHODS FOR IMPROVING ANIMAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES Final Rejection Premex, Inc.
18492672 SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA BrightAI Corporation
18305601 INFERRING SUBSURFACE KNOWLEDGE FROM SUBSURFACE INFORMATION Final Rejection Landmark Graphics Corporation
17972254 METHOD FOR FACILITIES PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE BASED ON EMBEDDING ANALYSIS Final Rejection ULALA LAB. INC
17938519 System And Method for Determining Cleaning Schedules For Heat Exchangers And Fired Heaters Based On Engineering First Principles And Statistical Modelling Non-Final OA Suncor Energy Inc.

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