Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: POPHAM, JEFFREY D

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2137 2432 2437 2491

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.3%
Allow Rate
-20.7% vs TC avg
500
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1748
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 469 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
45.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18115830 PRE-FETCH ENGINE WITH OUTSIDE SOURCE SECURITY FOR MESH DATA NETWORK Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18054754 System and method for authenticating an avatar associated with a user within a metaverse using biometric indicators Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18009012 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17830262 TECHNIQUES FOR BOOTSTRAPPING ACROSS SECURE AIR GAPS WITH PROXYING SIDECAR Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
17452837 NETWORK THREAT ANALYSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
17773491 INTERNET OF THINGS SECURITY ANALYTICS AND SOLUTIONS WITH DEEP LEARNING Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18788410 Determining Authenticity of Reported User Action in Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Non-Final OA Proofpoint, Inc.
17014875 ENHANCED TRUSTED APPLICATION MANAGER UTILIZING INTELLIGENCE FROM A SECURE ACCESS SERVER EDGE (SASE) Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18072452 DEPENDENCY EMULATION FOR EXECUTABLE SAMPLES Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18363312 DIGITAL SECURITY PLATFORM FOR ELEVATING COMPUTING DEVICE SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR NETWORK EVENTS Final Rejection Chime Financial, Inc.
18032812 IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18189554 ZOOM-IN SNAPSHOTS FOR WRITING PROCESSES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18046798 CYBER RECOVERY FORENSICS KIT - RUN AND OBSERVE OVER TIME Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18115704 DETECTING MALICIOUS SOFTWARE AND RECOVERING A STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
17918824 WATERMARKING OF GENOMIC SEQUENCING DATA Non-Final OA University of Southern California
17131908 Administrative policy override in microsegmentation Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.
18160880 MANAGING DYNAMIC UPDATES FOR SECURITY GROUPS Non-Final OA DISH Wireless L.L.C.
17461812 System, Method and Apparatus for Increasing Website Relevance While Protecting Privacy Non-Final OA YOUR COMMAND, LLC
17161497 KERNEL BASED EXPLOITATION DETECTION AND PREVENTION USING GRAMMATICALLY STRUCTURED RULES Final Rejection Malwarebytes Corporate Holdco Inc.
16950404 NON-STORED MULTIPLE FACTOR VERIFICATION Non-Final OA Titaniam, Inc.
16914148 PERSONAL INFORMATION VAULT Non-Final OA AppDirect, Inc.

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