Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2188

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

26.7%
Allow Rate
-28.3% vs TC avg
49
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1640
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
34.1%
§103 Obviousness
21.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17486514 ACCELERATING AN INVERSE DESIGN PROCESS USING LEARNED MAPPINGS BETWEEN RESOLUTION LEVELS Non-Final OA X Development LLC
17577463 OPTIMIZING HYDROCARBON RECOVERY THROUGH INTEGRATED UTILIZATION OF GEOMECHANICS AND INJECTION/PRODUCTION USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17458935 RESERVOIR FLUID FLOW PROFILING IN A WELLBORE ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17523503 REAL-TIME WELL TRAJECTORY PROJECTION USING STOCHASTIC PROCESSES Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17889223 VIRTUAL DRIVING SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SENSATION OF IMMERSION THEREFOR Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17724073 ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS ANALYSIS ON A STRUCTURAL SECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
17557666 NEURAL OPERATORS FOR FAST WEATHER AND CLIMATE PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17747953 GENERATING PRISMATIC CAD MODELS BY MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Autodesk, Inc.
17874050 PERFORMING SIMULATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17888810 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNSAMPLING DATA Final Rejection Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
17681080 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
17764464 VIBRATION NOISE REDUCTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYZER FOR AUTOMOTIVE PANEL PARTS Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
17769247 COMPUTER-SUPPORTED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF A TECHNICAL STRUCTURE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Innomotics GmbH
17458760 Method and System for Simulating Propagation of a Composite Electromagnetic Beam Non-Final OA Ansys, Inc.
18000331 MODELING METHODS FOR MINIMIZING GRID SENSITIVITY FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FRACTURE PROPAGATION Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
17731164 SIMULATION-DRIVEN LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING OF PEOPLE Final Rejection Armored Things, Inc.
17719020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SIMULATION TESTING Final Rejection Iris Automation, Inc.
17654737 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR PARAMETERIZING BUILDING INFORMATION FROM BUILDING IMAGES Final Rejection Hypar Inc.
17640797 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TOPOLOGY OF A DEFINED BOUNDED SURFACE FOR DEWATERING SAID SURFACE Final Rejection UDS Urbane Daten-System GMBH

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