Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HO, THOMAS Y

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3624 3785

This examiner grants 15% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

15.4%
Allow Rate
-54.6% vs TC avg
221
Total Applications
+31.7%
Interview Lift
1423
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 175 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.3%
§101 Eligibility
10.5%
§102 Novelty
41.8%
§103 Obviousness
11.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18185387 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPERATION RELATED TO SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18024424 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE MIGRATION RISK INDEX Final Rejection BASF SE
18416816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED ALGORITHMIC COMPLIANCE INTEGRATION IN API FRAMEWORKS Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18304971 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING EMERGING TOPICS WITHIN TEMPORALLY BOUND COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18265953 ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
18917048 PROPOSAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, PROPOSAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROPOSAL SUPPORT PROGRAM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
17978345 VALUE CHAIN PLANNING APPARATUS, VALUE CHAIN PLANNING SYSTEM, AND VALUE CHAIN PLANNING METHOD Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18964004 CONTENT BUYING AND SELLING DEVICE AND CONTENT BUYING AND SELLING METHOD Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
17985251 OPPORTUNITY CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATION BASED ON ACTIVITIES AND TASKS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18659085 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICRO-ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18996008 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRODUCTION AVAILABILITY OF AN OFFSHORE WIND FARM Non-Final OA TotalEnergies OneTech
19018723 GENERATING A GLOBAL WORKFLOW SEQUENCE FOR MULTIPLE WORKFLOW STAGES Non-Final OA OPTESSA INC.
18012713 CENTRALIZED SERVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM BASED ON A TICKET HIERARCHY FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
18807604 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TASK DETERMINATION, DELEGATION, AND AUTOMATION Non-Final OA YOHANA LLC
17823662 AUTOMATED COGNITIVE LOAD-BASED TASK THROTTLING Final Rejection Yohana LLC
17708226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TASK DETERMINATION, DELEGATION, AND AUTOMATION Final Rejection YOHANA LLC
18327746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAB MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA DIONEX CORPORATION
18735607 ENGINEERING PROGRESS DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MULTI-MODALITY TEMPORAL INFORMATION FUSION Final Rejection Hangzhou HaoLink Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
18661833 MACHINE-LEARNING DRIVEN PRICING GUIDANCE Non-Final OA Nayya Health, Inc.
17666320 OVERFLOW MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION ENGINE IN A MATERIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
18596465 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SKILLS GRAPH Non-Final OA Cobrainer GmbH
18217217 CUSTOMER VALUE FORECASTING Non-Final OA Digital First Holdings LLC
17664879 METHODS FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZED SCHEDULING CALENDAR AND DEVICES THEREOF Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18565231 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEHAVIORAL CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection KNOCKRI
18382928 PREDICTING THE PROBABILITY OF A PRODUCT PURCHASE Final Rejection HG Insights
17977967 METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VISUALIZATIONS OF VOLUME SHIFT ANALYSIS Final Rejection Nielsen Consumer LLC
17796873 METHOD OF ARRANGING DEVICES OF PROCESSING PLANT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSING PLANT Final Rejection JGC CORPORATION
18010999 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION APPARATUS Final Rejection SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

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