Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FEATHERSTONE, MARK D

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2111 2166 2423 2623 4164

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.4%
Allow Rate
-1.6% vs TC avg
315
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1669
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 305 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
52.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18211511 Iterative Distillation into Memory for Incremental Domain Adaptation Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18676811 SECURE ERROR CORRECTING CODE (ECC) TRUST EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT (TEE) CONFIGURATION METADATA ENCODING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18256602 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A USER INTERFACE KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTING MACHINE Non-Final OA Orange
18358920 TRAINING GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORKS THROUGH REINFORCED SELF-TRAINING Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
18579725 DATA STORAGE CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Dream CHIP Technologies GmbH
18450293 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING DATA TRANSFER PROCESSES BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A TEST SYSTEM Final Rejection National Instruments Corporation

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