Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LEE, MICHAEL M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431 2436

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.5%
Allow Rate
+25.5% vs TC avg
288
Total Applications
+43.2%
Interview Lift
1007
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 266 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
0.5%
§102 Novelty
88.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18857556 Using Multi-Perspective Image Sensors for Topographical Feature Authentication Non-Final OA Google LLC
18802630 Hybrid Approach To Data Governance Non-Final OA Egnyte, Inc.
18109208 MANAGING AN ENCRYPTED CONNECTION WITH A CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18892250 AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION OF DECENTRAILIZED PROTOCOLS Non-Final OA PayPal, Inc.
18869758 IDENTITY VERIFICATION METHOD FOR HANDSHAKE PROCESS FOR TLCP PROTOCOL Non-Final OA Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18961594 Malicious C&C channel to fixed IP detection based on packet volume Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18589798 INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18830696 SECURITY ASSESSMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18559429 Method for defending against an attempt to disconnect two entities, and associated system Final Rejection ORANGE
18869861 REPAIRING DEVICE, REPAIRING METHOD AND REPAIRING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18182260 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection TMRW Group IP
18835279 PERFORMING A TRUST EVALUATION SERVICE AT A NETWORK FUNCTION Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18607364 Process-Aware Identity Firewall Non-Final OA VMware LLC
18912009 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF NETWORK SECURITY ANOMALY DETECTION Non-Final OA L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
18819954 Data Plane Management Systems and Methods Using Native Modules Non-Final OA F5, Inc.
18883469 Efficient Access Control for Network Event Data Non-Final OA Censys, Inc.
18833112 Conditional Filtering For Time-Deterministic Firewall Non-Final OA HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN
18650276 Dynamic Language Model Prompts for Fraud Detection Final Rejection Bitdefender IPR Management Ltd.
18338675 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACK USING TRAINED MACHINE-LEARNING BASED MODEL Non-Final OA ID.me, LLC

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