Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MIKELS, MATTHEW

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2876

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.8%
Allow Rate
+12.8% vs TC avg
1324
Total Applications
+20.4%
Interview Lift
848
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1292 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
38.4%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19321689 DECODING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODES UNDER UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS Non-Final OA ABBYY Development Inc.
19224885 ACCESSING APPLICATION CONTENT AND FEATURES USING DEEP LINKING WITH WIRELESS PROTOCOLS OR SCANNABLE CODES Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19306329 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR SECURE PRODUCT LABELLING, VERIFICATION, AND ENFORCEMENT Non-Final OA MYORI SERVICES SDN. BHD.
19300316 RFID TAG Non-Final OA FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
19258112 Reading optical codes Non-Final OA SICK AG
19258296 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-ACCURACY SYMBOL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Cognex Corporation
19248102 RFID TAG ASSEMBLY AND OBJECT TO BE IDENTIFIED INCLUDING RFID TAG ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SHUYOU (SHANGHAI)TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18227667 Polarization-Insensitive Optical Amplifier Non-Final OA Google LLC
18114400 CLIENT DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION FROM AN OPTICAL CODE ASSOCIATED WITH A SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection ARRIS Enterprises LLC
18780471 RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SCANNING SYSTEM HAVING GIMBAL Final Rejection Genuine Inc.
18472597 LASER DEVICE AND PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
19098728 System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Merchandise Non-Final OA Indyme Solutions, LLC
18841142 SYSTEM INTEGRATION Final Rejection BAE SYSTEMS plc
19064177 MULTIPLEXING-BASED VALIDATION VIA A PROXY CARD AT A TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Aurus
18949181 SCANNER, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A SCANNER IMAGING ILLUMINATION FILTER Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18865904 CONSUMER PRODUCT COMPRISING OUTER PACKAGING WITH A VISIBLE CODE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PRODUCT Final Rejection NUEVOS SISTEMAS TECNOLOGICOS, S.L.
18420586 BARCODE SCANNING WITH AUTOMATIC PICK MODE OPERATION Non-Final OA Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
18709203 A Radio Frequency Identification Reader Non-Final OA FriSense Limited

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