Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, ZHI

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2127 2196 2198

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+5.9% vs TC avg
279
Total Applications
+40.5%
Interview Lift
1199
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 253 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
4.6%
§102 Novelty
84.4%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18367809 MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE MESHES ESTABLISHED BETWEEN VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCES AND EXTERNAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18298632 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT USING FLEXIBLY-SCHEDULED PROCESSING Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18299260 GLOBAL VERTICAL AUTO-SCALING FOR APPLICATION CONTAINERS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18062182 PROVISIONAL RESOURCE SCHEDULING IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18470967 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A MIDDLE-TIER FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18521396 MACHINE LEARNING PARALLELIZATION METHOD USING HOST CPU WITH MULTI-SOCKET STRUCTURE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18112996 Methods and Systems for Protecting and Restoring Virtual Machines Non-Final OA NETAPP, INC.
18488136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ODATA API PERFORMANCE TESTING Non-Final OA SAP SE
18169410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING SOFTWARE MIGRATIONS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18242682 GPU-INITITATED DATA ACCESS OF SCALED STORAGE Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18513881 System And Method For Determining Application Programming Interface (API) Version Compatibility And Related API Upgrade Process Non-Final OA Shopify Inc.
18618514 Event Scheduling in a Hybrid Computing System Non-Final OA Rigetti & Co, LLC
18237387 ASSIGNMENT OF CONTAINERIZED WORKLOADS TO VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD SUBNETS IN A MULTI-TENANT NETWORK Non-Final OA VMware, Inc.
18280249 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPOT LIFE CYCLE MANGEMENT Non-Final OA PROFISEA LABS LTD

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