Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: DUNCAN, MARC M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2113 2139

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.1%
Allow Rate
+32.1% vs TC avg
882
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
860
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 859 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
29.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19220762 Node Anomaly Event Processing Method, Network Interface Card, and Storage Cluster Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18565945 AUTONOMOUS ADAPTATION OF SOFTWARE MONITORING OF REALTIME SYSTEMS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19252521 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING A STATE OF A BUS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19191962 PREVENTING FIRST PAGE READ ERRORS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18542440 SECURE FIRMWARE UPDATE THROUGH A PREDEFINED SERVER Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18918216 PRIORITIZED STORAGE ARRAY REBUILD Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18523988 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCIDENT DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION Final Rejection Dell Products, L.P.
18980527 Partition-based Escrow in a Distributed Computing System Final Rejection Ab Initio Technology LLC

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