Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KANG, TIMOTHY J

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3625 3688 3689

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.1%
Allow Rate
-5.9% vs TC avg
329
Total Applications
+26.0%
Interview Lift
1127
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 280 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

45.8%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
37.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18427118 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CROSS-POLLINATION PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
18497792 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEASONALITY/EVENT-BASED RENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18217424 ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF VISUALLY SIMILAR ITEMS Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18209828 Accessing Information Associated With Digital Components Final Rejection Google LLC
18219170 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18607877 MOVING COST ESTIMATOR Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18643890 GENERATING ITEM REPLACEMENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING BASED LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18587655 GENERATING QUERIES FOR USERS OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS AND PRESENTING THE QUERIES ON A USER INTERFACE Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18488811 TRAINED COMPUTER MODELS FOR AUTOMATIC SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATIVE ITEMS IN AN ORDER Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18093644 Content Recommendation System Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17943903 SERVER, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18784511 SYSTEM, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT COMPUTER SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY FOR LOCATING ITEMS OF INTEREST NEAR USERS Non-Final OA eBay Inc.
18917485 Distributed and Automated Transaction Systems Non-Final OA 365 Retail Markets, LLC
18907364 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA RemoteRetail, Inc.
18822460 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PRODUCT SOLUTION Non-Final OA Belly Technologies LLC
18429682 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND RECOMMENDING PURCHASE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICES FOR AN EXISTING PERIPHERAL DEVICE WORKSPACE BASED ON PERIPHERAL DEVICE WORKSPACE CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA Dell Products, LP
18771246 Automatic webstore generation and stocking Non-Final OA Sociate AI Limited
18678748 RECOMMENDING CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE Non-Final OA Pinterest, Inc.
18737796 CENTROID-BASED MACHINE LEARNING ITEM RANKING WITHIN AN EMBEDDING SPACE Final Rejection Expedia, Inc.
18679883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DEAL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Cox Automotive, Inc.
18628898 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING-BASED OVERSEAS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CUSTOMIZED BIDDING INFORMATION PROVISION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Global Procurement Development Institute
18593326 IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING IN A LOW LATENCY ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Etsy, Inc.
18044723 ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROL FOR ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection MISUMI GROUP INC.
18430345 INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ONE OR MORE LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS Final Rejection Modaviti eMarketing Private Limited
18424976 SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING E-COMMERCE PLATFORM SERVICE THAT INVITES USERS TO A LAYER STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SELLERS Final Rejection CONIALAB CO., LTD.
17484604 DISCOVERY ENGINE FOR INTERACTIVE VIDEOS Final Rejection JBF Interlude 2009 LTD
18213764 SUGGESTING FULFILLMENT SOURCES FOR A USER AT A NEW LOCATION BASED ON USER'S HISTORICAL ACTIVITY Final Rejection Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)
18327817 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING GIFTERS WITH FINDING GIFTS FOR RECIPIENTS Final Rejection GiftText.com Inc.
17988882 CONVERSATIONAL PERSUASION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection ZOOVU Limited (UK)
17284909 ITERATIVE, MULTI-USER SELECTION AND WEIGHTING RECOMMENDATION ENGINE Non-Final OA Ask Sydney, LLC

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