Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715 3716

This examiner grants 22% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.5%
Allow Rate
-48.5% vs TC avg
829
Total Applications
+6.8%
Interview Lift
1373
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 755 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
57.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17910893 STRESS TOLERABLE AMOUNT CALCULATION APPARATUS, STRESS TOLERABLE AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17454523 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDUCATING USERS, INCLUDING RESPONDING TO PATTERNS Non-Final OA DexCom, Inc.
17934026 CONTEXTUAL VIRTUAL REALITY RENDERING AND ADOPTING BIOMARKER ANALYSIS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18680944 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL ITEM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18341741 VIRTUAL OBJECT CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18211844 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPENING OPERATIONS IN VIRTUAL SCENE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18333692 COORDINATE AXIS DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, TERMINAL, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18321875 VIRTUAL CHARACTER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18776886 MEASURING TOOL FOR ASSESSING GOLF BALL ALIGNMENT Final Rejection Acushnet Company
17956161 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18139222 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Universal City Studios LLC
17995127 INDICATION-DEPENDENT NUTRIENT CALCULATION AND PRESERVATION PLATFORM Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18446885 SIMULATOR AND SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR BRAIN TRAINING BASED ON BEHAVIOR MODELING Final Rejection DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18611322 RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS Final Rejection IGT
18609775 RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS Non-Final OA IGT
17991285 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING GAME CLIENT Non-Final OA NEXON KOREA CORPORATION
18465667 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NINTENDO CO., LTD.
17936708 COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO ASSESSING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY USING A DIGITAL TABLET AND STYLUS Final Rejection Linus Health, Inc.
18740357 GAME SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
17875692 GENERATING A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Enduvo, Inc.
17488482 SELECTING A LESSON PACKAGE Non-Final OA Enduvo, Inc.
18660163 INTERACTIVE AI TOY CAPABLE OF HOLDING A CONVERSATION WITH A PERSON, AND METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH SAME Final Rejection FRIENDLYBUZZ COMPANY, PBC
18579397 MOBILE PLATFORM FOR PHYSICAL STIMULATION AND REHABILITATION Final Rejection INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
18544095 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER ATTRIBUTE SCORE Non-Final OA BREAKOUT LEARNING Inc.
18374546 CATHETER SIMULATOR AND CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSEL MODEL Non-Final OA JMC CORPORATION
18141324 Virtual Immersive Sensorimotor Training System for Improving Functional Performance Final Rejection University of Mississippi Medical Center
18466176 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING A CRITICAL VELOCITY OF A PUTT USING A MOBILE DEVICE Final Rejection GOLFTEC ENTERPRISES LLC
18466158 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AN OPTIMAL PUTTING LINE AND PUTTING STROKE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE Final Rejection GOLFTEC ENTERPRISES LLC
18333557 METHOD FOR WAKING UP SMART MAGIC CUBE AND SMART MAGIC CUBE Non-Final OA GANCUBE LTD.
18137219 HUMAN BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON IOT POSITIONING AND WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA JUNG-TANG HUANG

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