Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2142 2400 2442 2454

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+9.6% vs TC avg
709
Total Applications
+27.6%
Interview Lift
1374
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 676 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
53.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18781840 DYNAMIC QUARANTINE ENGINE INTEGRATION WITH A VALIDATED NETWORK RESOURCE COMPONENT LIBRARY FOR NETWORK SECURITY Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18481024 DOUBLE BLIND SECRET Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18643165 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18901444 Communication Authentication Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18406468 PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18678756 ROLE INFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION GRAPHS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18414511 RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION USING ENTERPRISE GROUP MEMBERSHIP Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18347388 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO UNIQUELY IDENTIFY DEVICES Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18828293 Automating a Software-Defined Wide Area Network Policy for Internet of Things End Points Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18460786 VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY CONTEXT Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17979296 MOTIF IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS FROM HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK TELEMETRY Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17971273 INFERRING APPLICATION EXPERIENCE FROM DNS TRAFFIC PATTERNS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
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.
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
18411632 CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR SECURITY OBJECTS Final Rejection Entrust Corporation
18559519 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK CONNECTION BASED ON CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR SAME Non-Final OA PRIBIT Technology, 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.
17860637 User Interface Activation in a Secure Network System Final Rejection Citrix Systems, Inc.

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