Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2166

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+25.3% vs TC avg
294
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
996
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 249 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
58.9%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18226094 SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING AND TRACKING RESOURCE STATE CHANGES USING A MULTICHAIN DISTRIBUTED REGISTER TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18176286 STREAMING AGGREGATION QUERIES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18515162 EFFICIENTLY CAPTURING STATISTICS ON LONG RUNNING QUERIES Final Rejection Google LLC
17817804 DIRECT ACCESS METHOD OF BYPASSING PARTITION OVERHEAD IN MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSING (MPP) ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19039705 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY CATEGORIZE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND RECOMMEND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18776918 JOIN CONSTRAINTS FOR QUERY PROCESSING Non-Final OA Snowflake Inc.
18746644 JOIN ELIMINATION Final Rejection Snowflake Inc.
18885407 DATA PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
19050200 DATA EXTRACTION WITH USER-CONFIGURABLE EXTRACT TEMPLATES Final Rejection Nasdaq Technology AB
19103230 DEVICE ORDER DATA STORAGE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE ORDER DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA THINKCAR SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
19100357 Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device Non-Final OA DIGITAL CURRENCY INSTITUTE, THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA
18646496 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE RECOVERY OF APPLICATION GROUP IN CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Druva Inc.
18395482 COLLABORATIVE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION Non-Final OA QOMPLX LLC
18318377 DATA ENRICHMENT USING NAME, LOCATION, AND IMAGE LOOKUP Non-Final OA Plaid Inc.
18852168 RETRIEVAL, MODEL-DRIVEN, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED SEARCH Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18757686 METHOD FOR DATABASE MIGRATION Non-Final OA Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
18753315 FLEXIBLE DATA PIPELINE FOR DATA STORAGE Non-Final OA Schneider Electric Industries SAS
18029040 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING AN ENTITY A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER Final Rejection Noetic Master Model Holding Company LLC.
17761320 SORTING METHOD Final Rejection Polysecure GmbH

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