Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MITCHELL, NATHAN A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2617 2641 2646 3627 3687

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
976
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
1024
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 940 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
44.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18048195 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT USING CMMIS Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18789002 STATEFUL INVENTORY FOR MONITORING RFID TAGS Final Rejection Automaton, Inc.
18603242 COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM AND COMMODITY SALES METHOD Final Rejection Glory Ltd.
18394079 WORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18885042 SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK CREATION APPARATUS, SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK CREATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18955416 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH Non-Final OA KINAXIS INC.
18627469 PRODUCT SALES DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18443140 SELF-SERVICE POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18627862 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18590731 DIVERSITY CREDIT SYSTEM AND METHODS Final Rejection UNM Rainforest Innovations
17879709 Computer Systems and Methods for Determining Recommended Cost Codes for Time Entries Non-Final OA Procore Technologies, Inc.
18393503 LOW FREQUENCY PERIODIC SIGNALING (LFPS) AND LOSS OF SIGNAL (LOS) DETECTION Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18397242 DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED CAMERAS Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18947654 METHOD FOR STOCK KEEPING IN A STORE WITH FIXED CAMERAS Non-Final OA Simbe Robotics, Inc.
18946898 CONTACTLESS VEHICLE ORDERING AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Pied Parker, Inc.
18844567 AUTOMATED STORAGE SYSTEM AND LOAD STORAGE METHOD Final Rejection Murata Machinery, Ltd.
18791325 PLATFORM FOR BROWSING AND ORDERING FOOD Non-Final OA Kezo Inc.
18525791 PORTABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
18606972 SUPPLY AND INVENTORY PREDICTIONS IN SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS Non-Final OA Noodle Analytics, Inc.
18685709 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ABOVE GROUND COVERAGE OF A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA VODAFONE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
18562585 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNMANNED STORE Final Rejection Intelligent Fridges B.V.
18461279 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDING A NEW ITEM TO A CONTACTLESS SALES SYSTEM Non-Final OA ALWAYSAI, INC.
18200624 ARTICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, ARTICLE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ARTICLE ACQUISITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
17947923 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FLOWS BETWEEN ECONOMIC ENTITIES Final Rejection FOREST SIDE PARTNERS LLC
17837004 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING METRIC FORECASTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELATED ENTITIES WITH MORE ACCURACY BY USING A METRIC FORECAST ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA SAMYA.AI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
17579175 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TRACKING GOODS OF A VALUE CHAIN ORIGINATING FROM A LOCATION Final Rejection Chektec Pte. Ltd.

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