Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2186 2188

This examiner grants 23% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

23.1%
Allow Rate
-31.9% vs TC avg
49
Total Applications
+69.2%
Interview Lift
1536
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 13 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
31.0%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17759052 FIELD-WIDE CONTINUOUS GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION UNDER RESOURCE AND OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
17551514 DERIVING FOUNDRY FABRICATION MODELS FROM PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS OF FABRICATED DEVICES Final Rejection X Development LLC
17735727 FORMATION AND RESERVOIR ROCK MODELING USING SYMBOLIC REGRESSION Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18188975 Environment Warped Gait Trajectory Optimization for Complex Terrains Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
17647792 METHOD OF MODELING STONELEY DISPERSION Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18251800 PREDICTIVE PESTICIDE RESISTANCE MAP GENERATION AND USE Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17949243 LAYOUT CREATION DEVICE, LAYOUT CREATION METHOD, LEARNING MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, AND LEARNING MODEL GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18305591 Change Point Determination Non-Final OA SAP SE
17585433 Automated Building Floor Plan Generation Using Visual Data Of Multiple Building Images Non-Final OA MFTB Holdco, Inc.
17634734 OPTICAL DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR 3D LIGHT FIELD DISPLAYS Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
17852191 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD Final Rejection Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
17805327 BEADING DESIGN TOOL METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
17825235 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE SIMULATION Non-Final OA CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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