Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HANKS, BENJAMIN L

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3626 3684

This examiner grants 22% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.5%
Allow Rate
-30.5% vs TC avg
167
Total Applications
+30.9%
Interview Lift
1273
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 135 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
32.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17693882 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR DETERMINING PANIC DISORDER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18759562 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING PROVISION OF MESSAGES WITH CONTENT FROM DISPARATE SOURCES BASED ON RISK AND FEEDBACK DATA Non-Final OA Click Therapeutics, Inc.
18601026 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18471564 DYNAMIC CAUSAL DISCOVERY IN IMITATION LEARNING Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
17972105 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS USING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA AND PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18806292 CUSTOMIZING HEALTHCARE APP DASHBOARD BASED ON CLINICAL RECORDS Non-Final OA CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
18908495 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PERSONALIZED SONIFICATION MODELS TO COMMUNICATE HEALTH INFORMATION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
17279904 AUTOMATIC SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS Final Rejection Brainlab AG
18865622 MOOD ESTIMATING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
18931823 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA Aktivolabs Pte. Ltd.
18626101 WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM USING LOW-POWER CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS Final Rejection CareBand Inc.
18145504 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS Final Rejection MAKO Surgical Corporation
18763361 IDENTIFYING AND ADVANCING PROGRESS THROUGH ANALYTIC METHODS REPRESENTING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE BASED ON MONITORING A SPOKEN CONVERSATION Non-Final OA Providence St. Joseph Health
18659392 AI TCM DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVICE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Maishen Inc.
18552531 PATIENT-CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE SYSTEM, MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE TERMINAL, AND MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD USING SAME Final Rejection HD JUNCTION, INC.
18248382 SYSTEM AND A WAY TO AUTOMATICALLY MONITOR CLINICAL TRIALS - VIRTUAL MONITOR (VM) AND A WAY TO RECORD MEDICAL HISTORY Final Rejection VIRTUAL MONITOR SYSTEMS SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA
18162960 EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS Final Rejection INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (INDIA) LIMITED
18101102 SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE, AND METHODS FOR MULTIOMIC SINGLE CELL CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION AND LONGITUDINAL TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS Final Rejection lmmunai Inc.
17921928 TREATMENT RECOMMENDATION Non-Final OA Arine Inc.
17763736 NOVEL SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ADVANCED NEURO REHABILITATION Final Rejection PRS NEUROSCIENCES & MECHATRONICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PRIVATE LIMITED

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