Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.6%
Allow Rate
-26.4% vs TC avg
622
Total Applications
+30.8%
Interview Lift
1147
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 557 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
20.0%
§103 Obviousness
28.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18551034 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18454382 TARGETED ANTI-SCAM EDUCATION AND FEEDBACK Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18749685 VR TRAINING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VR TRAINING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18684105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING STRING MANIPULATION Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18740406 VIRTUAL OBJECT CONTROL Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18662251 VIRTUAL WORLD-BASED CAPTURE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18404105 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18210734 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18239953 WELD TRAINING SYSTEMS WITH WELDING TECHNIQUE MONITORING Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18931473 METHOD FOR REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE DANCE EDUCATION USING AVATAR AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17960356 INTELLIGENT TUTORING METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18415036 GENERATING AND VISUALIZING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVITY SCORES FOR VIDEO CALLS Non-Final OA Dropbox, Inc.
18568119 METHOD FOR GENERATING A PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING OF A COSMETIC PRODUCT Non-Final OA L'Oreal
17960951 SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTED FOOD PREPARATION Non-Final OA WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
19035672 GENERATING AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Enduvo, Inc.
17831030 PHYSICAL THERAPY PREDICTION Final Rejection CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
18484362 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING: GUESS-THEIR-ADVENTURE FOR PRACTICING PERSPECTIVE TAKING Final Rejection TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18545235 Tailored Synthetic Personas with Parameterized Behaviors Non-Final OA CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
18751129 GAME ASSET BASED DISPLAY CONTROL IN STORAGE DEVICES Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18598504 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED AUTOMATED COACHING POWERED BY GENERATIVE AI Non-Final OA NICE LTD.
18378714 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONSISTENTLY IDENTIFYING AN AGENT FOR A COACHING SESSION, AND ASSESSING RELEVANT COACHING SUBJECT TO THE COACHING SESSION, IN A CONTACT CENTER Final Rejection NICE LTD.
18557756 WORKOUT INTENSITY METRICS FOR USERS OF A CONNECTED FITNESS PLATFORM Final Rejection Peloton Interactive, Inc.
18730451 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA MIXI, INC.
18767799 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN AUTOMATED ONLINE PROCTORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Silicon Valley High School Inc.
18747023 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN Non-Final OA NINTENDO CO., LTD.
18748805 Mobile Application and Method for Assisting Visually Impaired Users in Accurate Makeup Application Final Rejection ELC MANAGEMENT LLC
18680200 INTENDED ZONE TRACKER Non-Final OA Driveline Baseball Enterprises LLC
18647974 PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SERVICE TO SIMULATE OPERATIONS OF AN APPLICATION Non-Final OA Whatfix Private Limited
18625454 CONVERSATIONAL TEACHING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND SERVER THEREOF Final Rejection ASIA UNIVERSITY
18611932 System and Method for Measuring and Improving Literacy by Deep Learning and Large Language Model Assisted Reading Non-Final OA Ruhul Quddus

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