Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HEADLY, MELISSA A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2126 2196 2197 2199 4100

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.1%
Allow Rate
+15.1% vs TC avg
442
Total Applications
+40.1%
Interview Lift
1256
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 413 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.8%
§101 Eligibility
5.2%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17532844 SELF-HEALING SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSDS) Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18208699 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18703823 DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18424643 OUT-OF-ORDER EXECUTION FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT HARDWARE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18548072 APPARATUS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PROCESSING UNITS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17560231 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE-BASED EDGE COMPUTING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18678042 COLLECTIVELY MANAGING SUSPENDED OPERATIONS USING A USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA Truist Bank
18589532 CONSERVING COMPUTING RESOURCES BY TIME SHIFTING ELECTRONIC ACTION REQUEST EXECUTION OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Truist Bank
18473736 System and method for interacting with a physical device through a virtual twin of the device Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18527820 SYNCHRONOUS TO ASYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL SERVICE CALL CONVERSION Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18500110 WORKLOAD MIGRATION BETWEEN CLIENT AND EDGE DEVICES Final Rejection DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
18477273 CONCURRENT DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18177831 Storage Assignment Using Application Storage Requirements Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17933566 METRIC GROUPS FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18607191 LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA VMware LLC
18441980 DISTRIBUTED TASK QUEUING AND PROCESSING FOR LIGHTWEIGHT EDGE DEVICES Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.

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