Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NEWLON, WILLIAM D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3696

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.3%
Allow Rate
-7.7% vs TC avg
149
Total Applications
+27.9%
Interview Lift
1062
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 122 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.3%
§102 Novelty
57.9%
§103 Obviousness
2.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18921262 INTELLIGENT DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN PARTIES Non-Final OA Truist Bank
18958545 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED TRANSIT GUIDES Final Rejection Quanata, LLC
18950560 LARGE LANGUAGE MODELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RESPONSES TO INQUIRIES Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17978059 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A BASE-LINE PROBABLE ROOF LOSS CONFIDENCE SCORE Final Rejection STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
17864912 MOVEMENT-BASED DEVICE CONTROL Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18122875 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO BUDGETING TOOL Non-Final OA Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
17934678 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSACTION CONVERSION RATE USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Worldpay, LLC
18971679 METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONFIDENCE MEASUREMENT IN THE IMPAIRMENT RATING PROCESS Non-Final OA Alchemy Logic Systems Inc.
18944484 REMEDIATION SITE PORTFOLIO RISK SCORING Non-Final OA GHD, INC.
18439640 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADMINISTERING LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS WITH DEATH BENEFITS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED WITHOUT UNDERWRITING BASED ON INDEPENDENT DATA CORRELATED WITH AN INSURED INDIVIDUALS NEED FOR LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS Non-Final OA AmerUs Group Inc.
18526961 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING REVISIONS AND TRACKING OF INSURANCE POLICY ELEMENTS Final Rejection Guidewire Software, Inc.

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