Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2142 2400 2442 2454

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
+9.7% vs TC avg
709
Total Applications
+27.3%
Interview Lift
1452
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 678 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
91.3%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18481024 DOUBLE BLIND SECRET Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18696409 CONTROL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A PRESENCE OR AN ABSENCE OF UNAUTHORIZED DATA Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18643165 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18901444 Communication Authentication Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18828293 Automating a Software-Defined Wide Area Network Policy for Internet of Things End Points Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18625739 IPV6 EXTENSION HEADERS AND OVERLAY NETWORK METADATA FOR SECURITY AND OBSERVABILITY Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18460786 VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY CONTEXT Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18678756 ROLE INFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION GRAPHS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18781840 DYNAMIC QUARANTINE ENGINE INTEGRATION WITH A VALIDATED NETWORK RESOURCE COMPONENT LIBRARY FOR NETWORK SECURITY Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18347388 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO UNIQUELY IDENTIFY DEVICES Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18544864 STORAGE LAYER ABSTRACTION FOR DISTRIBUTED, SELF-SOVEREIGN CONTENT SHARING Non-Final OA SAP SE
18815417 ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTOGENERATION IN A CLOUD NATIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18419797 OPTIMIZING BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18399987 APPLICATION SESSION-SPECIFIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY GENERATION FOR TROUBLESHOOTING THE APPLICATION SESSION Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
18551951 CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ALIBABA (CHINA) CO., LTD.
17993709 ASSESSING ENTITY RISK BASED ON EXPOSED SERVICES Final Rejection FORESCOUT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18401570 TRANSPARENT PROXY MODE AUTHENTICATION IN DNS DDOS MITIGATION Final Rejection Fortinet, Inc.
18794535 ONLINE GAME NETWORK DEMULTIPLEXER WITH DENIAL-OF-SERVICE PREVENTION Non-Final OA Roblox Corporation
18145642 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INITIAL DEPLOYMENTS OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSETS ACROSS COMPUTER NETWORKS IN A CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE MANNER Non-Final OA Coinbase, Inc.
18633055 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURITY APPLICATION BALANCING USING A PACKET SWITCH Non-Final OA CORSA TECHNOLOGY INC.
18604114 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING Final Rejection CradlePoint, Inc.
18559519 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK CONNECTION BASED ON CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR SAME Final Rejection PRIBIT Technology, Inc.

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