Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: COOK, BRIAN S

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2123 2127 2146 2187

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
519
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
1338
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 489 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.1%
§101 Eligibility
5.6%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18145740 VIRTUAL FLOW RATE TEST Non-Final OA Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
17725964 SIMULATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO AN ELECTRICAL GRID Final Rejection X Development LLC
17820246 GENERATING ENHANCED EXPLODED VIEW FOR DESIGN OBJECT Final Rejection CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.
16514670 Detecting Fluid Types Using Petrophysical Inversion Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
17990391 CALCULATING, STORING, AND RETRIEVING HIGH-ACCURACY AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE DATA Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
17501798 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ANALYTICAL CRITERIA FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURE DURABILITY AND CERTIFICATION Final Rejection The Boeing Company
17710226 SURGICAL STAPLER RELOAD SIMULATION Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
17762837 Method for Generating a Digital Twin of a System or Device Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
17699395 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING PROXY MODELS FOR PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATORS Final Rejection C3.ai, Inc.
17747017 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING TUBE ELEMENTS Final Rejection HCL Technologies Limited
17934821 DESIGN EXPLORER FOR COMPOSING PRODUCTS USING COMMON MODULAR SUBSYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
17915005 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATION Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
17950594 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN Non-Final OA FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
17571372 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION USING WHOLE EYE FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF HUMAN OCULAR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA ACE VISION GROUP, INC.
17011088 Method and Apparatus for Automatic Underhood Thermal Modeling Non-Final OA Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
17994772 METHOD OF MODELING USER-CUSTOMIZED ASSISTIVE TOOL, PROGRAM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA SeeAnn Solution Co., Ltd.
18415394 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A COLD-ATOM DEVICE USING A SEPARATE RESERVOIR ARRAY Final Rejection Atom Computing Inc.
18448641 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATABASE CHANGE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Liquibase, Inc.
17821660 REAL-TIME DRILLING OPTIMIZATION IN A METAVERSE SPACE Non-Final OA Landmark Graphics Corporation
17920700 NUCLEAR CROSS SECTION DOPPLER BROADENING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Changyuan LIU
17324704 DISTINCT ELEMENT ROCK BLASTING MOVEMENT METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Dyno Nobel Inc.

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