Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: POPHAM, JEFFREY D

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2137 2432 2437 2491

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.6%
Allow Rate
-20.4% vs TC avg
504
Total Applications
+24.2%
Interview Lift
1685
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 471 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18315465 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
17131908 Administrative policy override in microsegmentation Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.
17830262 TECHNIQUES FOR BOOTSTRAPPING ACROSS SECURE AIR GAPS WITH PROXYING SIDECAR Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18534291 DETECTION OF ANOMALIES ASSOCIATED WITH INTERFERING PROCESSES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18214960 SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING HARDWARE MODELS TO DETECT SIDE-CHANNEL VULNERABILITIES IN PROCESSOR DESIGNS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17456738 SOFTWARE ISOLATION USING EVENT DRIVEN MULTI-THREADING Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18115830 PRE-FETCH ENGINE WITH OUTSIDE SOURCE SECURITY FOR MESH DATA NETWORK Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18115704 DETECTING MALICIOUS SOFTWARE AND RECOVERING A STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
17014875 ENHANCED TRUSTED APPLICATION MANAGER UTILIZING INTELLIGENCE FROM A SECURE ACCESS SERVER EDGE (SASE) Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
16668536 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAMERA AUTHENTICATION USING A VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA GENETEC INC.
18189554 ZOOM-IN SNAPSHOTS FOR WRITING PROCESSES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18032812 IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
17539354 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING URLS USING RENDERED CONTENT MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection UAB 360 IT

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