Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2134 2434 2439

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+17.4% vs TC avg
743
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1292
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 707 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.4%
§102 Novelty
54.6%
§103 Obviousness
11.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18186009 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY BASELINE CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18226149 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NETWORK VULNERABILITY VIA NETWORK COMPONENT FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18491384 SECURITY VULNERABILITY TRACKING AND RESOLUTION Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18845927 AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18440728 PERSONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18707738 Generating a Security Metric Using a Machine Learning Model Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18074972 Data Processing Method and Apparatus, Computing Device for Data Processing, and Storage Medium Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18349124 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18186768 CREDENTIAL-BASED SECURITY POSTURE ENGINE IN A SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18453593 DETECTING VULNERABILITIES BY SEEDING A COMPUTING RESOURCE WITH MONITORED SCRIPTS Final Rejection Google LLC
18356415 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR LIGHT-WEIGHT MODEL THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF SUBNETWORK OF TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18168739 CREATION AND RETENTION OF IMMUTABLE SNAPSHOTS TO FACILITATE RANSOMWARE PROTECTION Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18506840 NF CONSUMER AUTHENTICATION WITH MODEL-D INDIRECT COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18291234 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENFORCING SECONDARY USAGE CONTROL ON DATA ANALYTICS SERVICE Final Rejection NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
18718003 Communication Monitoring Method, Apparatus and System Non-Final OA DIGITAL CURRENCY INSTITUTE, THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA
18365499 SMART, CUSTOMER CENTRIC, PERSONALIZED DIGITAL HUMAN FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18162406 TECHNIQUES FOR CLOUD COMPUTING FORENSICS UTILIZING A SECURITY GRAPH Final Rejection Wiz, Inc.
18446964 GENERATING AI DATASET USING 3D ENGINE Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
18555083 NETWORK PROTECTION Non-Final OA BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
18373157 METHOD FOR SHARING CYBERSECURITY THREAT ANALYSIS AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES AMONGST A COMMUNITY Non-Final OA Darktrace Holdings Limited
18375027 METHODS FOR SECURITY CONTROL AND DEVICES THEREOF Non-Final OA F5, Inc.
18760137 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK RISK MANAGEMENT, CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT, SECURITY RATINGS, AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THE SAME Non-Final OA FortifyData Inc.
18621714 Continuously Assessing External Risk for Internet-Facing Assets Final Rejection Abricto Security LLC
17313487 System for automatically discovering, enriching and remediating entities interacting in a computer network Final Rejection Noetic Cyber Inc.

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