Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HALE, BROOKS T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2127 2166

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.6%
Allow Rate
-6.4% vs TC avg
112
Total Applications
+31.4%
Interview Lift
1108
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 74 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.8%
§102 Novelty
96.5%
§103 Obviousness
0.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18226758 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18078380 GENERATING AND PROCESSING DIGITAL ASSET INFORMATION CHAINS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Dell Products, L.P.
17777286 DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18671635 METHOD OF CREATING A DATA LABELING SOFTWARE PROGRAM Non-Final OA Mastercard International Incorporated
18340144 IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18659776 GUIDED CONTENT GENERATION USING PRE-EXISTING MEDIA ASSETS Final Rejection Google LLC
18343160 AUTOMATIC FILE FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEM Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18078566 LOW-CODE PROGRAMMING FOR ANALYTICS COMPUTING SYSTEM Final Rejection SAP SE
18842736 DATA ACCESS METHOD AND SYSTEM, HARDWARE OFFLOADING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED
18078574 STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING OVERHEAD OF SNAPSHOT Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19017204 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS Final Rejection Y.E. Hub Armenia LLC
18466746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A RISK OF PARTLY OVERRULED CONTENT BASED ON CITATIONALLY RELATED CONTENT Final Rejection Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
18625475 CONTACT CONFIGURATION INCLUDING EXTRACTED CONTEXT DATA Non-Final OA Motorola Mobility LLC
18749694 STAND-ALONE WEB BROWSER-BASED OR APP-BASED TREATMENT PLAN VIEWER Non-Final OA Hirsch Dynamics Holding AG
18605639 HIERARCHICAL CONTENT ORGANIZATION FOR IMPROVED INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL Final Rejection Vonix Systems, LLC
18056391 OBJECT-BASED DATA SCIENCE PLATFORM Non-Final OA Liveline Technologies Inc.

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