Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CORTES, HOWARD

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2118 2144 2177

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
526
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 507 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.2%
§102 Novelty
55.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18551737 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17795495 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18024968 CONTROL MANAGEMENT DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18313994 TELEMETRY SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING COOLING OF COMPUTE COMPONENTS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18505395 CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SMART OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18509594 AUTOMATED CONTENT GENERATION AND DELIVERY Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18560850 ROLE MANAGEMENT OF DEVICE NODES IN AN AGGREGATED NODE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18452313 Method and System for Event Handling in Industrial Process Automation Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18548466 MACHINE TOOL CONTROLLER Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18430306 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNISING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MEANS IN A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE Non-Final OA ARKU MASCHINENBAU GMBH
18409941 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND RENDERING A SELF-CONTAINED REPORT DATA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Digits Financial, Inc.
18528661 MULTIPLE HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Non-Final OA NORITZ CORPORATION
18557783 Valve Control Device Non-Final OA GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
18553467 CONTROL TERMINAL IN POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWER GENERATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Laplace System Co., Ltd.
18251829 INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR OUTPUTTING COMPREHENSIVE DETERMINATION RESULT ON THE BASIS OF A PLURALITY OF DETERMINATION MATERIALS Final Rejection PLM REVOLUTION CO., LTD.
17901446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN ENERGY AND ENERGY AGGREGATION Final Rejection Orega Hydrogen Technologies, Inc.

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