Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.2%
Allow Rate
-26.8% vs TC avg
625
Total Applications
+30.3%
Interview Lift
1134
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 565 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
13.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18454382 TARGETED ANTI-SCAM EDUCATION AND FEEDBACK Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18551034 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18749685 VR TRAINING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VR TRAINING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18720601 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CALORIC INTAKE OF USER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
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
18458536 DYNAMICALLY UPDATING DIGITAL VISUAL CONTENT VIA AGGREGATED FEEDBACK Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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
18239953 WELD TRAINING SYSTEMS WITH WELDING TECHNIQUE MONITORING Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
17960356 INTELLIGENT TUTORING METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18684105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING STRING MANIPULATION Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18415036 GENERATING AND VISUALIZING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVITY SCORES FOR VIDEO CALLS Non-Final OA Dropbox, Inc.
18067006 GAS SAFETY MANAGEMENT METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR GAS SAFETY TRAINING Non-Final OA CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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
18545235 Tailored Synthetic Personas with Parameterized Behaviors Final Rejection CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
18646540 System and Method for Training a User via an Emulated Real-World Building Environment Non-Final OA Northeastern University
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.
18767799 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN AUTOMATED ONLINE PROCTORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Silicon Valley High School Inc.
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
18557756 WORKOUT INTENSITY METRICS FOR USERS OF A CONNECTED FITNESS PLATFORM Non-Final OA Peloton Interactive, Inc.
18647974 PROVIDING INTERACTIVE SERVICE TO SIMULATE OPERATIONS OF AN APPLICATION Non-Final OA Whatfix Private Limited
18611932 System and Method for Measuring and Improving Literacy by Deep Learning and Large Language Model Assisted Reading Non-Final OA Ruhul Quddus
18444362 SENSORY ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTS FOR INJECTION AID AND SOCIAL TRAINING Final Rejection Truinject Corp.
18370066 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USER FEEDBACK ON RECEIVING A SIMULATED PHISHING MESSAGE Non-Final OA KnowBe4, Inc.
18381021 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT BASED ON USER REACTIONS Non-Final OA edYou
18470954 METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING EXERCISE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Non-Final OA Avant Solution Inc.

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