Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2128 2147 2188

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.8%
Allow Rate
-26.2% vs TC avg
261
Total Applications
+35.5%
Interview Lift
1349
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 212 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
69.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17497101 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERATING DIGITAL ASSET REPRESENTING FOOTWEAR Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
17550064 System to Correlate Suitable Slurry Designs with Petrophysical While-Drilling Measurements in Real Time Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17504662 PATTERN DETECTION AND PREDICTION USING TIME SERIES DATA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17987417 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMI-DISCRETE MODELING OF DELAMINATION MIGRATION IN COMPOSITE LAMINATE MATERIALS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17127500 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FRAME GRIDS FOR STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS Non-Final OA AUTODESK, INC.
18062878 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING LIMITATIONS IN CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW DURING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
17603803 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING BLOCK LAYOUTS FOR USE IN BLOCK PLACEMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA FASTBRICK IP PTY LTD
17603834 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING A BLOCK SEQUENCE FOR USE IN ORDERING BLOCKS FOR PLACEMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA FASTBRICK IP PTY LTD
18008145 SIMULATION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING Non-Final OA FIVE AI LIMITED
17143244 FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
17926911 OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE OF JOINING POSITION OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18827251 COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM/PLATFORM CONFIGURED FOR NETWORK ACCESSIBLE VIRTUALLY SIMULATED LOCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Equilibria Group Inc.
17487161 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SOLVING COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM Final Rejection TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17098341 METHOD FOR MODELLING A PRODUCT, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-REAABLE MEDIUM TO CAUSE A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM TO PERFORM A METHOD FOR MODELLING A PRODUCT Final Rejection Siemens Industry Software Inc.
18678667 SIMULATION AND VALIDATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS Final Rejection Foretellix Ltd.
18096009 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SIMULATIONS USING CONVERGENCE STOPPING CRITERION Non-Final OA ANSYS, INC.
18541709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE FLOW ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Pie Medical Imaging B.V.
18093666 SIMULATION TEST VALIDATION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18074016 ATTRIBUTION OF REPRODUCIBILITY RESULTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18059084 INCREASE SIMULATOR PERFORMANCE USING MULTIPLE MESH FIDELITIES FOR DIFFERENT SENSOR MODALITIES Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
17684100 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES Non-Final OA Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
17612154 RECOMBINATION OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR IMPACT SIMULATION Non-Final OA Safran Seats USA LLC
17681482 PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WHOLE ATOMIZATION PROCESS OF AEROENGINE FUEL Non-Final OA Beijing Institute of Aerospace System Engineering
17536660 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING MODEL ADAPTORS Final Rejection The MathWorks, Inc.
17459608 GENERATING OPERATIONAL AND REALISTIC MODELS OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Final Rejection INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY COUNCIL LLC

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