Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715 3716

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.4%
Allow Rate
-48.6% vs TC avg
825
Total Applications
+6.6%
Interview Lift
1345
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 751 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.1%
§102 Novelty
33.2%
§103 Obviousness
19.6%
§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
18776886 MEASURING TOOL FOR ASSESSING GOLF BALL ALIGNMENT Final Rejection Acushnet Company
17517329 GROUNDED MULTIMODAL AGENT INTERACTIONS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18680944 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL ITEM 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 Non-Final OA 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
17934026 CONTEXTUAL VIRTUAL REALITY RENDERING AND ADOPTING BIOMARKER ANALYSIS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17956161 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18610807 AUTOMATED GAME DATA USING AI RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18139222 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Universal City Studios LLC
18446885 SIMULATOR AND SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR BRAIN TRAINING BASED ON BEHAVIOR MODELING Final Rejection DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17875692 GENERATING A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Enduvo, Inc.
17488482 SELECTING A LESSON PACKAGE Non-Final OA Enduvo, Inc.
17991285 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING GAME CLIENT Final Rejection NEXON KOREA CORPORATION
18611322 RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS Non-Final OA IGT
18609775 RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS Non-Final OA IGT
17936708 COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO ASSESSING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY USING A DIGITAL TABLET AND STYLUS Final Rejection Linus Health, Inc.
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.
18740357 GAME SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
18658622 GAMING MACHINE WITH POSITIONALLY CORRELATED SECONDARY EVENT FEATURE Non-Final OA LNW Gaming, Inc.
17319841 GAMING ENVIRONMENT TRACKING SYSTEM CALIBRATION Non-Final OA LNW Gaming, Inc.
18031175 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ESTIMATING INFORMATION ON GOLF SWING POSTURE Final Rejection MOAIS, 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
18466158 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AN OPTIMAL PUTTING LINE AND PUTTING STROKE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA GOLFTEC ENTERPRISES LLC
18466176 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING A CRITICAL VELOCITY OF A PUTT USING A MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA GOLFTEC ENTERPRISES LLC
18544095 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER ATTRIBUTE SCORE Non-Final OA BREAKOUT LEARNING Inc.
18141324 Virtual Immersive Sensorimotor Training System for Improving Functional Performance Final Rejection University of Mississippi Medical Center
18333557 METHOD FOR WAKING UP SMART MAGIC CUBE AND SMART MAGIC CUBE Non-Final OA GANCUBE LTD.

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