Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2137 2437 2492

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.8%
Allow Rate
-4.2% vs TC avg
563
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
1643
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 500 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
23.9%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18682080 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SECRET KEY USING NON-COMMUNICATING ENTITIES Non-Final OA Visa International Service Association
18735997 CLUSTERED CONTINUOUS DATA CONTENT INTEGRITY COMPROMISE DETECTION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18426943 MANAGING DEVICE ONBOARDING AFTER COMPONENT REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18933808 AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17618212 Methods, UE and Network Node for Handling System Information Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17735443 Forecasting Malware Capabilities from Cyber Attack Memory Images Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18858918 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DECENTRALIZED DATA CONTROL AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18070203 KEY OBTAINING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17211178 CLOUD-BASED IDENTITY PROVIDER INTERWORKING FOR NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18785740 VIRTUALIZING DISCRETE AND MIGRATABLE TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULES (TPMS) Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18122630 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FUNCTION OPERATION CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18588673 Container Image Vulnerability Scanning Based on Vulnerability Signatures Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
16424588 APPROXIMATE HASH VERIFICATION FOR BLOCKCHAIN Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17631836 SDN-BASED INTRUSION RESPONSE METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE NETWORK, AND SYSTEM USING SAME Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18089398 Systems And Methods For Securing Input/Output Data Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
16764588 MANAGEABILITY ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC FIRMWARE VALIDATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18135582 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING PRIVATE DATA Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18431415 TRUSTED NETWORK TO PREVENT REPLACEMENT AND CLONING ATTACKS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18237247 SECURE BOOT PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18688166 POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL (PRS) SECURITY FROM SPOOFING ATTACKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18450035 ELECTRONIC PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION VIA DATA EMBEDDING AND NOISE ADDITION Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18656520 AUTOMATED THREAT MODELING USING APPLICATION RELATIONSHIPS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18861955 CALCULATION RESULT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, CALCULATION RESULT PROTECTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION RESULT DISTRIBUTION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18855464 APPLICATION KEY DELETION METHOD, KEY ANCHOR NODE, SERVER, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
17168577 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE LOCATION VERIFICATION Non-Final OA Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
17918070 RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR IOT NETWORKS Final Rejection Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
16836753 PORTABLE, HARDWARE-BASED AUTHENTICATION CLIENT TO ENFORCE USER-TO-SITE NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL RESTRICTIONS Final Rejection Fortinet, Inc.
17460195 METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING AND/OR IMPLEMENTING DETECTION SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.
18452673 TAG-BASED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Non-Final OA Galiant Arts, LLC
17937369 Determining Trend Records for Vulnerability Detection and Management in IT Systems Non-Final OA Nucleus Security, Inc.

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