Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GRACIA, GARY S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2491 2499

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.5%
Allow Rate
+13.5% vs TC avg
586
Total Applications
+48.7%
Interview Lift
1243
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 564 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
65.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19040235 Protection of Snapshots of Storage System Data Using a Dedicated Data Store Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18647057 Multi-Party Authorization for Requests Initiated by a Storage Management System Final Rejection Pure Storage, Inc.
19184816 Sharing Keys for a Wireless Accessory Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18932415 PROOF OF AFFINITY TO A SECURE EVENT FOR FRICTIONLESS CREDENTIAL MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19102602 SECURE ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVICE SHARE REQUESTS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18794688 DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLICATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SERVERLESS ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection MONDAY.COM LTD.
17999117 FAMILY EVENT COMBINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18525965 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18399035 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17476526 MEDICAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18673883 PROCESSING ACCESS BY DATABASE QUERY Non-Final OA Truist Bank
18788024 A system and method for generating real-time obfuscated data Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
19045151 ENCRYPTION FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILESYSTEM Non-Final OA Weka.IO Ltd.
18932151 POLICY-BASED TRANSPARENT PACKET INSPECTION FOR LAST MILE ZERO-TRUST WORKLOAD PROTECTION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17015384 RASP-BASED IMPLEMENTATION USING A SECURITY MANAGER Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18394305 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORISING OPERATIONS FOR DEVICES IN A NETWORK Non-Final OA NAGRAVISION SARL
18276968 DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
19059595 AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18102237 VALIDATION SERVER IN TAPE-BASED BACKUP AND ARCHIVE ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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