Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2408

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jacob Benedict Knackstedt has 57 resolved cases in Art Unit 2408. The examiner has an allowance rate of 87.7 percent. This percentage indicates a high frequency of granted applications in Tech Center 2400.

The interview lift is 16.3 percent. This 16.3 percent lift can further help in securing an allowance beyond the 87.7 percent baseline. Practitioners should consider these figures when evaluating the benefits of an interview.

The median days to allowance is 911. This 911 figure suggests a relatively standard prosecution path. With 57 resolved cases, these metrics provide a clear statistical basis for managing expectations and developing strategy with this examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

87.7%
Allow Rate
+29.7% vs TC avg
76
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
911
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 57 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
69.5%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19196344 SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DIES AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING SECURITY BETWEEN THE PLURALITY OF DIES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18840158 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18733447 ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18978157 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18966523 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DATA ESCROW SERVICE Final Rejection Google LLC
19221489 GENERATING USER GROUP DEFINITIONS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18311253 Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional attestation for a software application Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18963093 APPLICATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH APPLICATION STATUS AND SENSOR DATA USE PATTERNS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19126251 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, INC.
18360002 ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE OVER-ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19205046 CONTROL FLOW DIRECTED GRAPH FOR USE WITH PROGRAM DISASSEMBLER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
19097511 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS ON ATTACK PATHS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18902707 Hardware Mitigation of Cache Side-Channel Attacks Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18333020 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A UNIFIED SECURITY POLICY ON A SOFTWARE CONTAINER Non-Final OA Wiz, Inc.
18179195 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMEDIATION IN CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE Final Rejection Wiz, Inc.
19215826 Multimodal Cryptographic System, Computer Executable Instructions and Method Non-Final OA evolutionQ Inc.
18791200 TRUSTED LOCATION BASED DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND LOCKING Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC
18783523 Autonomous Cyber-Security Investigation and Response using Graphs Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks (Israel Analytics) Ltd.
18350055 SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR AUTO LABELING VULNERABILITIES Non-Final OA CloudBlue LLC

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