Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIPMAN, JACOB

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2134 2431 2434

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.6%
Allow Rate
+25.6% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
1044
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 782 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
31.0%
§102 Novelty
39.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18222021 SYSTEM FOR SECURE CROSS PARTITION ACCESS AND COMPUTING DEVICE RECOVERY Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18736698 COMPOSITION IN RECYCLING DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18864598 TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18935069 BLOCKCHAIN-INTEGRATED AUTHENTICATION MECHANISMS FOR FIFTH GENERATION COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18777887 PARALLEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN IDENTITY CHECKING Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18493172 USER ACCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM, USER ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM USER ACCESS CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
18524591 DATA PROTECTION METHOD AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19013133 QUANDLE-BASED CRYPTOPGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
18601308 PROVING WHETHER SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY HAS CHANGED FOLLOWING A SOFTWARE CHANGE Non-Final OA Aurora Labs Ltd.
18777056 MANAGING USE OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER SECRETS BASED ON FIRMWARE OWNERSHIP HISTORY Non-Final OA Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
18778140 MODIFICATION OF CONNECTIONS Non-Final OA Darktrace Holdings Limited
18128549 METHOD, PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SECURITY MANAGEMENT USING A REASONING AND INFERENCE ENGINE Non-Final OA Vectra AI, Inc.
18533434 BIOMETRIC ACCESS TO PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION CONTROLLER Final Rejection Schneider Electric Industries SAS
18504999 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTING ENCRYPTED CRYPTOGRAPHIC DATA Non-Final OA Virtru Corporation
18550295 File Encapsulation Validation Final Rejection BULLWALL LAB A/S

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