Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: KENDALL, CHUCK O

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2192

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.8%
Allow Rate
+31.8% vs TC avg
948
Total Applications
+7.8%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 927 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.9%
§101 Eligibility
50.4%
§102 Novelty
22.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18914854 METHOD FOR CHECKING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF LLM-GENERATED CODE USING DIFFERENTIAL FUZZING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18671352 PATCHING HARDWARE FOR PATCHING READ-ONLY MEMORY FIRMWARE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18668454 CODE CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18671736 COMPOSITE RISK SCORE FOR CLOUD SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENTS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18221136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING FIRMWARE UPGRADES Non-Final OA SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
17876128 CONFIGURATION AWARE FIRMWARE UPDATE Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18476983 FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD AND FIRMWARE UPDATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18177540 MODIFYING OUTPUT CODE IN SOURCE CODE TO OUTPUT COMPRESSED OUTPUT STATEMENTS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18050094 AUTOMATED TEST CASE GENERATION USING COMPUTER VISION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18911312 Fast In-Service Software Updating using Multi-Layer Memory Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18326927 INTRA-VEHICLE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES BASED ON INSTALL TIMESTAMP Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.
18477668 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR GENERATING CODE SNIPPETS AND TEMPLATES Non-Final OA Kyndryl, Inc.

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