Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3623

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.3%
Allow Rate
-10.7% vs TC avg
532
Total Applications
+54.3%
Interview Lift
1239
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 491 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.4%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
35.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18381445 TARGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TARGET MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18716975 WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18348997 Information Management System and Method Final Rejection CalmWave, Inc.
18816077 WORKFLOW CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
19014494 INTELLIGENT SELF-SERVE DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18531772 DIGITAL WORKER SKILL OVERLAP MITIGATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18827031 SUPPORT DEVICE, SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18640830 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INSIGHTS INTO OPERATIONAL DATA USING A LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection PwC Product Sales LLC
18553784 ABILITY EVALUATING APPARATUS Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18197383 DYNAMIC ACTION CLASSIFICATION USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18623435 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SKILL FACTOR HIERARCHY TO A USER Final Rejection The Strategic Coach Inc.
18962404 FDA COMPLIANT QUALITY SYSTEM TO RISK-MITIGATE, DEVELOP, AND MAINTAIN SOFTWARE-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA DEEPWELL DTX
18938101 Flexible Work Breakdown Structure Non-Final OA Procore Technologies, Inc.
18661751 Production Management Analysis Method and Production Management System Non-Final OA Inventec Corporation
18926616 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Matchbox Technologies, Inc.
18916274 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION FOR RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE FIELD Non-Final OA REPIPE PTY LTD
18559653 RECEPTION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Platforms, Ltd.
18794862 ARRANGING A STORE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DATA ANALYTICS Final Rejection Techni, LLC
18762894 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA ARCTIC ALLIANCE LTD
18660572 EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Xcel Energy Inc.
18734770 Identifying Competitors of Companies Final Rejection Aurea Software, LLC
18613219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INFORMATION SECURITY EFFECTIVENESS Final Rejection RiskRecon Inc.
18377806 CENTRALIZED MILESTONE RECORDATION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Automation Anywhere, Inc.
18608753 DYNAMIC AND CONTINUOUS ONBOARDING OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IN AN ONLINE EXPERT MARKETPLACE Final Rejection TASKHUMAN, INC.
18597593 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC VISUAL WORKFLOW MODEL GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Quantiphi, Inc
18588498 INTERPRETER SERVICES LIFECYCLE APPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA INTERP, LLC
18537450 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS RISK ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ORIENTED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA VelocityEHS Holdings Inc.
18480160 INTELLIGENT DATA ORCHESTRATION AND TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA Genpact USA, Inc.
18526668 METHOD FOR ELABORATION OF ROAD LAYOUTS, PIPELINE LINES AND ESCAPE ROUTES IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO-UFRRJ
18311569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CYBERSECURITY RISK Final Rejection Quant LLC

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