Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2128 2147 2186 2188

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.0%
Allow Rate
-24.0% vs TC avg
262
Total Applications
+38.9%
Interview Lift
1370
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 226 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
34.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18655784 SPATIAL GRADIENT OF TIME AVERAGE VELOCITY TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN GENERATION Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18044395 EFFECTIVE PERFORATION CLUSTER DETERMINATION FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING DATA Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
17487144 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18187472 Petrophysical Modeling of a Subterranean Formation Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17982514 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTACHMENT TEMPLATES Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
17612154 RECOMBINATION OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR IMPACT SIMULATION Non-Final OA Safran Seats USA LLC
17098340 METHOD FOR DEFINING A POINT ON A MESH REPRESENTATION OF A PART OF A PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATING THE POINT TO A BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION MODEL Final Rejection SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
17782886 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DESIGN CHANGES IN BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL Non-Final OA Tsinghua University
17504662 PATTERN DETECTION AND PREDICTION USING TIME SERIES DATA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17926911 OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE OF JOINING POSITION OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION

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