Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2142 2151 2176 2198

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.0%
Allow Rate
-8.0% vs TC avg
566
Total Applications
+32.5%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 500 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.6%
§102 Novelty
40.7%
§103 Obviousness
20.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18369992 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT SEARCH USING KEYPAD IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18208151 SYSTEM ENABLING REMOTE CONTROL OF A USER OPERABLE DEVICE VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection HYTTO PTE. LTD
18580933 Information Processing System And Control Method Employing Gesture Control Final Rejection Saturn Licensing LLC
18212577 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE CONVENIENCE EQUIPMENT, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17850654 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18617066 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLISHING VIRTUAL OBJECT, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18518186 CHAT INTERFACE CREATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18616383 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DETECTING INPUTS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18169064 Intelligent Media Queue Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17714950 Systems, Methods, and User Interfaces for Interacting with Multiple Application Views Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18396189 COHORT ASSIGNMENT AND CHURN OUT PREDICTION FOR ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
17920628 TERRAIN-BASED VEHICLE NAVIGATION AND CONTROL Non-Final OA ClearMotion, Inc.
18505103 LOCATION AWARE DIGITAL SIGN THAT DISPLAYS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF A BUILDING THAT ARE TAILORED TO THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE DIGITAL SIGN WITHIN THE BUILDING Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18397864 INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18575867 ACTUAL MACHINE DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
18380631 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGE Final Rejection STUDIO LAB CO., LTD
18119046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING VEHICLE OPERATIONAL RULES ON DEMAND AND OVER THE AIR Non-Final OA WOVEN BY TOYOTA, INC.
18583521 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBJECT-AWARE FUZZY PROCESSING BASED ON ANALOGIES Non-Final OA LVT Enformasyon Teknolojileri Ltd. Sti.
18404693 GENERATING COMPOUND ACTION LINKS IN A MULTI-MODAL NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Promethean Inc.
17840389 USER INPUT ROUTING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Promethean Limited
16897148 PROVIDING A NOTIFICATION TO INVITE USER INTERACTION IN A MANNER SYNCHRONIZED TO A DETECTED CHANGE IN A USER CHARACTERISTIC Final Rejection Xylon LLC

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