Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2137 2437 2492

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.9%
Allow Rate
-4.1% vs TC avg
557
Total Applications
+22.9%
Interview Lift
1667
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 499 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
26.5%
§103 Obviousness
39.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18604008 THREAT MODELING AT SCALE Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18933808 AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17735443 Forecasting Malware Capabilities from Cyber Attack Memory Images Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17618212 Methods, UE and Network Node for Handling System Information Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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
18434628 POLICY-DRIVEN KERNEL EXTENSION SECURITY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
16424588 APPROXIMATE HASH VERIFICATION FOR BLOCKCHAIN Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18450035 ELECTRONIC PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION VIA DATA EMBEDDING AND NOISE ADDITION Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18089398 Systems And Methods For Securing Input/Output Data 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.
18682080 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SECRET KEY USING NON-COMMUNICATING ENTITIES Non-Final OA Visa International Service Association
17466830 PROTECTIONS FOR SENSITIVE CONTENT ITEMS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dropbox, Inc.
17211178 CLOUD-BASED IDENTITY PROVIDER INTERWORKING FOR NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
17859895 PER-HOST ACCESS LISTS Non-Final OA Arista Networks, Inc.
18656520 AUTOMATED THREAT MODELING USING APPLICATION RELATIONSHIPS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18676775 REMOTE TRIGGERING OF EVENTS BY PERSONAL DEVICES Final Rejection WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
18429177 TOPOLOGICAL CO-RELATION Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18735997 CLUSTERED CONTINUOUS DATA CONTENT INTEGRITY COMPROMISE DETECTION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18861955 CALCULATION RESULT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, CALCULATION RESULT PROTECTION SYSTEM, AND CALCULATION RESULT DISTRIBUTION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18681498 COMPACT ADAPTIVELY SECURE FUNCTIONAL ENCRYPTION FOR ATTRIBUTE-WEIGHTED SUMS Non-Final OA NTT RESEARCH, INC.
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.
17348750 DEVICE-TO-DEVICE AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM BASED ON VIRTUAL AUTHENTICATION CODE Non-Final OA SSENSTONE INC.
18758283 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DETECTION ENGINE CONFIGURATION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY RANKING Non-Final OA Acronis International GmbH
17460195 METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING AND/OR IMPLEMENTING DETECTION SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.

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