Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 3622 3628 3667 3681 4100

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alexandru Cirnu operates in Art Unit 2122 of Tech Center 4100. With 443 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 42.7 percent. This baseline indicates a challenging prosecution environment where fewer than half of the applications result in a patent grant.

The interview lift is 21.3 percent, which suggests that interviews can help improve the odds of success over the 42.7 percent base rate. By engaging the examiner directly, practitioners may be able to clarify technical points and reach an agreement on claim language more effectively. This lift makes interviews a valuable tool in this art unit.

The median days to allowance is 1150. This data indicates a prosecution environment where proactive communication is beneficial for navigating the process. While the allowance rate is 42.7 percent, the 1150 day timeline for successful cases is within a standard range. These figures provide a data-grounded foundation for practitioners to develop an effective prosecution strategy when working with this examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

42.7%
Allow Rate
-17.3% vs TC avg
500
Total Applications
+21.3%
Interview Lift
1150
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 443 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

47.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
29.4%
§103 Obviousness
10.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18904652 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINANCIAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE RULES MANAGEMENT USING A CUSTOMIZED DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE Final Rejection WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
19263237 SERVER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18382783 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PROGRAM FOR PRESENTING AN INTERVENTION FOR AN ERRONEOUS CAUSE OF BELIEF Final Rejection Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
18286304 NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE SEARCH DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE SEARCH METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19026067 STORE SERVER, METHOD, AND STORE SYSTEM Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
19059463 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING MAINTENANCE ISSUES FOR AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
18502167 Advanced Audience Deduplication Using Exposure Sketches and Audience Sketches Final Rejection The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18974095 Intelligent Services and Training Agent for Application Dependency Discovery, Reporting and Manageme Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18829913 PRESENTATION AND CONTROL OF USER INTERACTION WITH A MULTI-TAB USER INTERFACE ELEMENT Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19285248 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18564937 DESIGN CREATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN CREATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND DESIGN CREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18335468 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ATTRIBUTING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS TO TARGETED ELECTRONIC CONTENT DISTRIBUTION CAMPAIGNS Non-Final OA Worldpay, LLC
18749110 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT CONSUMED ON A DIFFERENT DEVICE WITHIN A THRESHOLD TIME PERIOD BASED ON HISTORICAL USER INTERACTIONS Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
19372179 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING RESPONSES, RATINGS, AND FEEDBACK OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGNS Non-Final OA Intuit Inc.
18871822 VERIFICATION DEVICE, VERIFICATION METHOD AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18855608 Automated Testing based on Intelligent Exploration Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18529815 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18454731 PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED UPON USER INTERACTION AT A PORTAL Final Rejection STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
19143682 VIRTUAL SPACE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND VIRTUAL SPACE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
19075715 REMOTE CUSTOMER SERVICE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND REMOTE CUSTOMER SERVICE METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18539428 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AI-BASED CONTENT PLATFORM Final Rejection YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18882869 LOCATION-BASED COMMUNICATION USING WIRELESS DEVICE Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18798660 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE Final Rejection KAKAO CORP.
18791877 RANDOM GAMING ESTABLISHMENT LOYALTY BENEFITS BASED ON NON-GAMEPLAY ACTIVITY TRACKED AT A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE Final Rejection IGT
18903065 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR HOME BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING Non-Final OA IoTecha Corp.
17531214 IN-VEHICLE CONTEXTUAL PROMOTIONS Final Rejection Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services Inc.

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