Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
259
Total Applications
+35.5%
Interview Lift
1465
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 212 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
32.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§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 Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17647577 EARTH-BORING TOOL STICK-SLIP PREDICTION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
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
16678898 Automated Analysis of Mechanical Designs Final Rejection Disney Enterprises, Inc.
17982514 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DENTAL ATTACHMENT TEMPLATES Non-Final OA Align Technology, 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
17352160 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING ELEMENTS OF A PRODUCT Final Rejection HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18008145 SIMULATION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING Non-Final OA FIVE AI LIMITED
17143244 FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
17782886 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DESIGN CHANGES IN BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL Final Rejection Tsinghua University
17926911 OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE OF JOINING POSITION OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY Non-Final OA 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.
17487719 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SOLVING COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM Non-Final OA TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17487179 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SOLVING COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM Non-Final OA TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17487161 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SOLVING COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM Final Rejection TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18059084 INCREASE SIMULATOR PERFORMANCE USING MULTIPLE MESH FIDELITIES FOR DIFFERENT SENSOR MODALITIES Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings 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 Non-Final OA SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
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.
15757017 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
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.
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
18093510 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR POSITION OPTIMIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Non-Final OA QPIAI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
17938416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMPERFECT EMULATION OF STATE OF MODEL Non-Final OA Srinivas Bharadwaj
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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