Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2137 2431 2437 2492

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.7%
Allow Rate
-4.3% vs TC avg
568
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1639
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 508 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
30.8%
§103 Obviousness
38.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18604008 THREAT MODELING AT SCALE Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18429852 STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMING DATA RECOVERY IN MULTI-TENANCY ENVIRONMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17735443 Forecasting Malware Capabilities from Cyber Attack Memory Images Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18189889 Method and Apparatus for Critical Control Message Transfer Across Networks Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18160118 ASSOCIATION CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18070203 KEY OBTAINING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18503692 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
19125835 RESOURCE ACCESS IN PERSONAL IOT NETWORK Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18477370 HARDWARE ENFORCED SECURITY FOR SERVICE MESH Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18656520 AUTOMATED THREAT MODELING USING APPLICATION RELATIONSHIPS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18785740 VIRTUALIZING DISCRETE AND MIGRATABLE TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULES (TPMS) Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18933808 AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17590418 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MEDIATION DEVICE AND POINT OF INTERCEPT Final Rejection Charter Communications Operating, LLC
19004697 HARDWARE PROTECTION OF INLINE CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17918070 RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR IOT NETWORKS Non-Final OA Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
18240099 Information Security AI-Based Border Endpoint Zero-Day Block Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
17211178 CLOUD-BASED IDENTITY PROVIDER INTERWORKING FOR NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
17987664 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING SERVICES ACCESS TO PROTECTED RESOURCES Final Rejection OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
18426943 MANAGING DEVICE ONBOARDING AFTER COMPONENT REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18429177 TOPOLOGICAL CO-RELATION Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
19208280 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING SECURITY DATA STORED IN A MEMORY OF A MICROCONTROLLER Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
16424588 APPROXIMATE HASH VERIFICATION FOR BLOCKCHAIN Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17859854 CYBER SECURITY SANDBOX ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Darktrace Holdings Limited
16227098 PROTECTION AGAINST OBSOLETE FILE FORMATS Final Rejection Fortinet, Inc.
19089841 FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED PENETRATION TESTING Non-Final OA Twilio Inc.
17838163 System, Method, and Apparatus for Control of Remote Desktop Connections Non-Final OA PC Matic, Inc.

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