Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOPE, DARRIN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2173 2178

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
483
Total Applications
+19.3%
Interview Lift
1535
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 449 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
24.7%
§102 Novelty
54.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18546598 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
19281466 Systems and Methods for Controlling Content Playback using Remote Server Systems Non-Final OA Touchstream Technologies, Inc.
19273025 Systems and Methods for Controlling Content Playback on Televisions using Mobile Devices Final Rejection Touchstream Technologies, Inc.
19273014 Systems and Methods for Playing Content on Televisions using Downloadable Media Players Non-Final OA Touchstream Technologies, Inc.
19273020 Systems and Methods for Controlling Media Playback using Speech Non-Final OA Touchstream Technologies, Inc.
18586750 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTEXT-AWARE CONTENT ACROSS APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18240109 ASYNCHRONOUS EMBEDDED USER INTERFACE AGENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18231499 MUSIC-FOCUSED PRESENTATION METHOD Non-Final OA LEMON INC.
17201726 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING VIDEO MATERIAL Final Rejection MICRO FOCUS LLC
18294330 CONFIGURATION OF USER INTERFACE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA EQUIFAX INC.
18682138 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER RANKING AND ADAPTATIONS THEREOF FOR VOICE BASED INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA HISHAB INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
18280667 PLANT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection JGC CORPORATION
18312961 Distributed Actor-Based Information System and Method Final Rejection Grokit Data, Inc.
16852392 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROCESSING A CONTEXTUAL CHANNEL IDENTIFIER Non-Final OA SITTING MAN, LLC

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