Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCNALLY, MICHAEL S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2136 2432 2436 2437

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.6%
Allow Rate
+31.6% vs TC avg
1077
Total Applications
+8.7%
Interview Lift
995
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1060 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18895027 METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURITY, DEVICE, NETWORK ELEMENT, AND CHIP Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18864350 Home Network-Triggered Authentication Procedure Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18798398 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WATERMARKING CONTENT Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18901354 AUTOMATIC ENCRYPTION FOR CLOUD-NATIVE WORKLOADS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18621672 UNIQUE INITIALIZATION VECTORS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION OVER MULTIPATH NETWORKS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18892382 Security Privilege Escalation Exploit Detection and Mitigation Non-Final OA Open Text Inc.
18818192 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING DATA RETENTION POLICIES IN A COMPUTING PLATFORM Non-Final OA Twilio Inc.
18522507 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18952351 AUTHENTICATION HARDWARE TOKEN ENSURING CONTROL OF USER DATA Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18970204 System and Method for Performing Secure Key Exchange Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
18959213 VERIFYING, MONITORING, AND TOKENIZING DIGITAL ASSETS AS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND VALUATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSETS Non-Final OA TULIP DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGE, INC.
18949227 DOMAIN NAME SERVICE PROTECTION FOR SECURE WEB GATEWAY Non-Final OA Sophos Limited
18536356 SECURE VERIFICATION OF DETECTION RULES ON TEST SENSORS Non-Final OA Rapid7, Inc.

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