Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3621 3681 3682

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.9%
Allow Rate
-23.1% vs TC avg
387
Total Applications
+20.9%
Interview Lift
1233
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 353 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

41.9%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
35.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18430043 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ITEM RECOMMENDATION Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
18626673 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING BID AND POSITION FOR A KEYWORD Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18883257 ENGAGEMENT MEASUREMENT AND LEARNING AS A SERVICE Final Rejection Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
19118049 NEGOTIATION DEVICE, NEGOTIATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19078387 MANAGEMENT SERVER AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
19012066 Expandable Content Items for Presenting Additional Content Non-Final OA Google LLC
19022768 PORTABLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MAINTENANCE EVENTS FOR AIRCRAFTS Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
19204428 ADVERTISEMENT MATCHING FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING (AI/ML) MODELS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19072794 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA LY Corporation
18549891 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE Final Rejection PIONEER CORPORATION
19115681 ADVERTISING SYSTEM, ADVERTISING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA DOOOGA TEC PTE. LTD.
19087303 INTEGRATED BEVERAGE CONTAINER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFIER TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA PerfectWerks Solutions Inc.
19013184 E-COMMERCE INCENTIVE TASK SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
19047815 WIRELESS DEVICE POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Non-Final OA Tabletop Media, LLC
18893261 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATIONS BASED ON CONSUMER DEVICE ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Worldpay, LLC
17935738 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING ACCOUNT HOLDER CONSENT FOR TRANSACTION DATA COLLECTION Final Rejection Worldpay, LLC
18990666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-BROWSER ADVERTISING ID SYNCHRONIZATION Final Rejection Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
18932007 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC BIDDING DATA WITH AUXILIARY ELECTRONIC DATA Final Rejection Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
18944501 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING WITH AN ENTITY Final Rejection sticky.io, Inc.
18481851 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI BANNER GENERATION COMBINING DESIGN INTELLIGENCE AND DATA INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
18542428 SOCIAL MEDIA ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection SPRINKLR, INC.
17660666 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND PROGRAMMED PRODUCTS FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING CONTENT ON PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC DIGITAL DISPLAYS Final Rejection Intersection Media, LLC

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