Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2408

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.1%
Allow Rate
+30.1% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
989
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 42 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
61.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18785633 STORAGE DEVICE AND AN OPERATION METHOD OF A STORAGE CONTROLLER INCLUDED THEREIN Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18818834 OPERATOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE, VESSEL, OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18212455 Intelligent Search Engine for Detecting Unauthorized Activity Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18840158 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18226146 VISUALIZING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TACTICS USED TO ACCESS MACHINES LOCATED ON INDUSTRIAL FLOOR Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17823923 MULTI-LAYERED GRAPH MODELING FOR SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18935843 Detecting and Preventing Transmission of Spam Messages Using Modified Source Numbers Non-Final OA Proofpoint, Inc.
18627414 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CYBER SECURITY Final Rejection ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
18960638 DETECTION AND PROTECTION MECHANISM FOR FAKE RELAY STATION IN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
18333020 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A UNIFIED SECURITY POLICY ON A SOFTWARE CONTAINER Non-Final OA Wiz, Inc.
18338137 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CYCLIC ACTIVITY IN AN EVENT FLOW FOR DYNAMIC APPLICATION ANALYSIS Non-Final OA AO Kaspersky Lab
18227589 PROTECTION OF NEURAL NETWORKS AGAINST CLONING ATTACKS Non-Final OA Irdeto B.V.
18551600 A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND EMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA THE ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION LTD.

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