Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2431 2442 2492 4100
This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases
Michael W Chao is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2431. The examiner has 555 resolved cases. This volume of resolutions provides a basis for analyzing the examiner's prosecution patterns. The data offers a view of how applications are examined within this specific technical unit and the examiner's consistency in decision-making.
The allowance rate is 70.1 percent. This percentage shows the frequency of grants for applications that reach a final resolution with this examiner. The median days to allowance is 1186. This figure indicates the time from filing to the grant of a patent. Practitioners can use this duration to estimate the timeline for their own applications in this art unit and plan their intellectual property strategy accordingly.
The interview lift is 39.7 percent. This metric indicates that an interview is associated with a significant increase in the probability of an allowance. The positive lift suggests that verbal communication is a highly effective method for resolving rejections with this examiner. Applicants might prioritize scheduling an interview to address the examiner's concerns and potentially accelerate the path to a patent grant.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18892281 | SIGNALING FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING AGGREGATION AND PRIVACY-AWARE DATA COLLECTION AND LEARNING | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 17628896 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ATTEST OBJECTS IN EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | Final Rejection | INTEL CORPORATION |
| 19299604 | DISTRIBUTED ATTESTATION IN HETEROGENOUS COMPUTING CLUSTERS | Non-Final OA | Altera Corporation |
| 19275483 | APPLICATION IDENTITY ACCOUNT COMPROMISE DETECTION | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 16332681 | NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | Final Rejection | ZTE CORPORATION |
| 19254576 | DECENTRALIZED INTERNET PROTOCOL SECURITY KEY NEGOTIATION | Non-Final OA | Cisco Technology, Inc. |
| 18487358 | ENHANCED SECURE AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUES USING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL | Non-Final OA | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION |
| 18603064 | ENDPOINT AGENT EXTENSION OF A MACHINE LEARNING CYBER DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR EMAIL | Final Rejection | Darktrace Holdings Limited |
| 18219552 | MALICIOUS SITE DETECTION FOR A CYBER THREAT RESPONSE SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Darktrace Holdings Limited |
| 18910979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING CYBER RESILIENCE DATA TO THIRD PARTY REQUIREMENTS AND GAPS TO MARKETPLACE SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS | Non-Final OA | AS0001, Inc. |
| 18757995 | THREAD-BASED MALWARE DETECTION | Final Rejection | MICRO FOCUS LLC |
| 18498667 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION OF HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTED DATA | Non-Final OA | Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University |
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