Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2184 2445

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+9.6% vs TC avg
596
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
1200
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 564 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
24.6%
§102 Novelty
66.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17854955 SOFTWARE-DRIVEN REMAPPING HARDWARE CACHE QUALITY-OF-SERVICE POLICY BASED ON VIRTUAL MACHINE PRIORITY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19034733 NETWORK CONTROLLER AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA SigmaStar Technology Ltd.
19142722 Computing Device, Server, and Data Processing Method Final Rejection SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18972748 NAND SWITCH Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18680928 APPLICATION OFFLOAD ACCELERATOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18924223 SENDING COMMUNICATION DATA TO NODES IN A COMMUNICATION FABRIC Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18625805 COMPUTE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR CHANNEL LOGIN ACTIVITY Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19039893 COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Renesas Electronics Corporation
19092347 INTERNAL COMMUNICATION LINK Non-Final OA Alphawave Semi, Inc.
18494388 DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME Final Rejection NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

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