Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCNALLY, MICHAEL S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2136 2432 2436 2437

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.7%
Allow Rate
+31.7% vs TC avg
1,083
Total Applications
+8.7%
Interview Lift
940
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1066 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
59.8%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§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.
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.
18864350 Home Network-Triggered Authentication Procedure Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18798398 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WATERMARKING CONTENT Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18522507 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18818192 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING DATA RETENTION POLICIES IN A COMPUTING PLATFORM Non-Final OA Twilio Inc.
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
18751169 SECURITY RING FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Final Rejection XILINX, INC.
18803022 PEER TO PEER NETWORK INTERCONNECTING PROOF OF ORIGIN-ENABLED NODES WITH APPLICATION-LEVEL INTERFACE Non-Final OA CROSSBAR, INC.

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