Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2400 2419 2437 2441 2446 2451 2453 3600 3667

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.5%

Allow Rate

+11.5% vs TC avg

516

Total Applications

+47.2%

Interview Lift

1345

Avg Prosecution Days

Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

19.6%

§101 Eligibility

9.0%

§102 Novelty

48.4%

§103 Obviousness

17.1%

§112 Clarity

App #	Title	Status	Assignee
18638515	PROCESSING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACCORDING TO RECIPIENT POINTS OF VIEW	Final Rejection	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17970077	ON-DEMAND SERVICE INSTANTIATION	Non-Final OA	Cisco Technology, Inc.
16685474	Protecting information embedded in a machine learning model	Non-Final OA	International Business Machines Corporation
18521936	CONTAINERIZED ROUTER SERVICE CHAINING FOR CONTAINERIZED NETWORK FUNCTIONS	Non-Final OA	Juniper Networks, Inc.

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