Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BROWN, VERNAL U

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2681 2683 2684 2686 2689

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.7%
Allow Rate
+7.7% vs TC avg
1222
Total Applications
+10.4%
Interview Lift
1158
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1173 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
27.5%
§102 Novelty
52.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18883335 PASSAGE PERMIT DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18811907 Method for Activator-Tag Post-Transmission Orthogonalization Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18594150 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS TAG READER PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATION OF TAG CHARGE TIME WITH PERIODIC POSITIONING ACTIVATION REFERENCE SIGNALS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18418843 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18814834 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID TAG ORIENTATION PREDICTION Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18921441 CREDIT, SECURITY, DEBIT CARDS AND THE LIKE WITH BUTTONS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
18758830 CLASSIFYING RFID TAG READS TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE OF TAG INVENTORY Final Rejection United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
18787800 AUTHORIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18468101 Authentication Method and Apparatus, and Storage Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18748726 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLED LASER DEVICES Non-Final OA Black & Decker Inc.
18884627 Method and Apparatus for Checking a Digital Key for a Vehicle Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18541408 POSITIONING SYSTEM, ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, AND POSITIONING METHOD Final Rejection ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
18803285 SCANNING FOR A BEACON TRANSMISSION FROM A WIRELESS ENERGY CHARGING-CAPABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18615021 VEHICULAR DIGITAL KEY SYSTEM, VEHICULAR DIGITAL KEY MANAGEMENT METHOD, VEHICULAR DEVICE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL Final Rejection IDEMIA FRANCE
18028829 SMART ENTRY SYSTEM, CENTRAL DEVICE, SMART ENTRY PROGRAM, AND SMART ENTRY METHOD Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18491430 POWER AND TRAFFIC OPTIMIZED METHODS OF OPERATING RF ACCESS SYSTEMS Final Rejection NXP B.V.
18869769 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH BARRIER-FREE ACCESS Non-Final OA Inventio AG
18904121 ULTRA-WIDE BAND RADAR FOR TAILGATING DETECTION IN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ASSA ABLOY AB
18981932 TIME EFFICIENT BORDER CROSSING Non-Final OA HID Global CID SAS
18973912 PORTABLE AND SINGLE-USE DEVICE FOR ACCESSING AN AREA WITH RESTRICTED ACCESS, ASSOCIATED ACCESS KEY GENERATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA GRAPHEAL
18586978 METHOD FOR SECURING A MEANS OF ACCESS TO A TARGET AREA BY PEOPLE, WITH DETERMINATION OF THE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION Non-Final OA IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY FRANCE
18824723 AUTOMOTIVE ACCESS/AUTHENTICATION USING A WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection Oura Health Oy
18583318 INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING USER-AUTHENTICATING CAPABILITIES Final Rejection EI Electronics, LLC, d/b/a Electro Industries/Gauge Tech
18792579 Indicating a process position for a radio-frequency tag Non-Final OA Voyantic Oy
18758188 UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION USING 2D CAMERA IN DARK ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
18581879 ON-PREMISES SMARTBOX Final Rejection PT INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS IV, LLC
18247605 SEPARATION SYSTEMS, PIGGYBACKING DETECTION DEVICES, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A RESTRICTED AREA AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Boon Edam, Inc.

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