Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KENDALL, CHUCK O

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2192

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.1%
Allow Rate
+32.1% vs TC avg
938
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
1149
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 914 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.9%
§101 Eligibility
52.3%
§102 Novelty
22.8%
§103 Obviousness
3.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18072533 AUTOMATION OF GENERATING ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FROM AUTOMATION DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18632645 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS TESTING WITHIN A DEVSECOPS PIPELINE Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18221136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING FIRMWARE UPGRADES Final Rejection SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
18332557 APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED AUTOMATION OF SOFTWARE CHANGE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
17823206 Crowd-Sourced Continuous Update Data Collection for Automotive Applications Final Rejection Aptiv Technologies AG
17876128 CONFIGURATION AWARE FIRMWARE UPDATE Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18379690 MULTI-SOURCE DATA CENTER OBJECT MIRRORING IN A MULTI-CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA VMware LLC
18227990 COMPUTER NETWORK AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC UPDATING FIRMWARE TO PERIPHERAL DEVICE USING UNIFIED EXTENSIBLE FIRMWARE INTERFACE Final Rejection Wiwynn Corporation
18240456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR A COLLECTION OF APHERESIS DEVICES Non-Final OA Terumo BCT, Inc.
18364395 COMMUNAL UPDATING DEVICE Non-Final OA Red Bend Ltd.
18538420 FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR A PALLET OF DEVICES Non-Final OA Landis+Gyr Technology, Inc.

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