Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: KIM, EUNHEE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2123 2127 2146 2147 2187 2188 4100

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.8%
Allow Rate
+17.8% vs TC avg
776
Total Applications
+11.0%
Interview Lift
1232
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 743 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
37.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17184169 SIMULATED AGENTS BASED ON DRIVING LOG DATA Final Rejection Zoox, Inc.
17863041 Asphaltene Onset Pressure Map Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17888301 DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18060792 RESERVOIR SIMULATION DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18055484 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AVERAGE VELOCITY MAPS OF SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
17805579 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING WELL STIMULATION CANDIDATES AND PERFORMING ACID STIMULATION ON THE IDENTIFIED CANDIDATES Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17943910 Systems, Methods, and Apparatus For Synchronizing Digital Twins Final Rejection The Boeing Company
17719022 GENERATING A RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE FORECAST Final Rejection CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
17628638 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATING A FILLING PROCESS OF A MOLD CAVITY Final Rejection BASF SE
18175756 USER ELEMENT TECHNIQUE FOR ENABLING COARSE-MODE/HIGH-FIDELITY COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING DURABILITY EVALUATION OF SPOT-JOINED STRUCTURES Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18253520 ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING VUG CONNECTIVITY Non-Final OA University of Kansas
18417786 VIRTUAL TESTING OF AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17534838 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-STAGE DETECTION OF FURNACE FLOODING OR OTHER CONDITIONS Final Rejection Honeywell International, Inc.
17648036 METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A LANE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND OTHER ACTORS NEAR AN INTERSECTION Non-Final OA FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18340925 STORAGE MEDIUM, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17806047 GENERATING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS POTENTIALS AND SIMULATING THEREOF FOR PREDICTING PROPERTIES OF MULTI-ELEMENT ALLOY STRUCTURES Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
17506888 MODULARIZED DIGITAL TWIN CREATION FOR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18306300 BUILDING PRODUCT MODELS THAT INDICATE SENSITIVITY TO ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18185534 USING COMPUTER MODELS TO DESIGN OBJECTS WITH SELF-HEALING MATERIAL ZONES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17982472 PLASMA HYPERMODEL INTEGRATED WITH FEATURE-SCALE PROFILE MODEL FOR ACCELERATED ETCH PROCESS DEVELOPMENT Final Rejection KLA CORPORATION

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