Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CHAO, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2442 2492 4100

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.1%
Allow Rate
+10.1% vs TC avg
585
Total Applications
+40.5%
Interview Lift
1189
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 551 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.6%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
45.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18892281 SIGNALING FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING AGGREGATION AND PRIVACY-AWARE DATA COLLECTION AND LEARNING Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19194725 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CANDIDACY DETERMINATIONS AND REQUEST PROCESSING WHILE MAINTAINING USER DATA ANONYMITY Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18905181 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING CONTENT Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18107556 Access to Second Network by Wireless Device Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18486581 DETERMINING AUTHENTICATION SUB-FLOW AND CLIENT AUTHENTICATION BASED ON TESTS TRANSMITTED TO SERVER-SIDE SOFTWARE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
19045413 ABNORMALLY PERMISSIVE ROLE DEFINITION DETECTION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17818883 TECHNIQUES FOR TECHNOLOGY STACK DISCOVERY USING EXTERNAL EXPOSURE IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Wiz, Inc.
18487358 ENHANCED SECURE AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUES USING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
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

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