Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: POUNCIL, DARNELL A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3621 3622 3624 3688

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.3%
Allow Rate
-30.7% vs TC avg
439
Total Applications
+30.6%
Interview Lift
1899
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 403 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
35.9%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
13974708 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL MESSAGING IN A LOCATION-BASED NETWORK Final Rejection Foursquare Labs, Inc.
13949465 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING ITEMS WITHIN A LOCATION-BASED SERVICE Final Rejection Foursquare Labs, Inc.
19347354 MULTI-GOAL CONTENT OBJECT DATA-PLACEMENT CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA STACKADAPT, INC.
19294894 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA LY Corporation
18917136 Generating Sponsored Content Pages Using Large Language Machine-Learned Models Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18692666 PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON LOCALLY HOSTED INTERACTION Non-Final OA Viasat, Inc.
18891716 ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Non-Final OA Allstate Insurance Company
19096441 System and Method for Linking Video-Game Activation on Consoles to Connected Television Advertisement Delivery Non-Final OA tvScientific, Inc.

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