Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715 3716

This examiner grants 22% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.8%
Allow Rate
-48.2% vs TC avg
841
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
1372
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 771 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
34.0%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17936897 SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18799602 ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING DYNAMICALLY GENERATED HELP PAGES Final Rejection Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
18957395 GAMING DEVICE WITH ADDITIONAL PRIZE AWARDS DURING HOLD AND SPIN FEATURE Non-Final OA Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited
18219607 METHOD FOR CHURN DETECTION IN A SIMULATION Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18680944 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL ITEM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18211844 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPENING OPERATIONS IN VIRTUAL SCENE Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18333692 COORDINATE AXIS DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, TERMINAL, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18204214 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION BASED ON STORY SCENE, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18321875 VIRTUAL CHARACTER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18380251 ACTION CONTROL DEVICE, ACTION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18908506 IMPROVED RACING SIMULATION USING FORCE FEEDBACK AT STEERING WHEEL Final Rejection Lenovo (United States) Inc.
17517329 GROUNDED MULTIMODAL AGENT INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18948153 AI BASED RESOURCE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA IGT
18798440 MODIFYING A GAME FEATURE BASED ON A CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN Non-Final OA IGT
18753734 PLAYER SPECIFIC PROGRESSIVE AWARD RESET INSURANCE Final Rejection IGT
18609775 RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS Non-Final OA IGT
17934026 CONTEXTUAL VIRTUAL REALITY RENDERING AND ADOPTING BIOMARKER ANALYSIS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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