Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DISTEFANO, GREGORY A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2126 2174 2175 2176 2871

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.4%
Allow Rate
+1.4% vs TC avg
559
Total Applications
+22.8%
Interview Lift
1313
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 536 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.6%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18770282 AUTOMATED ASSISTANT SUGGESTIONS FOR THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE COMPUTING DEVICES WITH RESTRICTED ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18660663 TEXT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18622693 VIRTUAL RESOURCE TRANSFER METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND PRODUCT Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18572632 PAGE SWITCHING METHOD, PAGE SWITCHING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18552306 VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18279788 DOCUMENT RELATIONSHIP QUERY METHOD, SEARCH METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18758009 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND RELATED APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18565936 CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18587226 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18895172 Methods And Systems For Monitoring Of Infrastructure Non-Final OA Siemens Schweiz AG
18212524 METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM CREATION AND EMBEDDING INSIDE CLOUD-HOSTED PROCESS SIMULATION SYSTEM LIVE WEB APPLICATION Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18715754 MICROSCOPE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MICROSCOPE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
18584128 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.

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