Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: REFAI, SAM M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3621 3626 3681 3688

This examiner grants 34% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
461
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
1157
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 427 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
25.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19022283 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18424020 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS NEEDED TO DETECT SALES LIFT Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
18072938 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
19218320 AUTOMATED EVALUATATION OF USER SUBJECT MATTER MASTERY STATUS BASED ON ONE OR MORE ACADEMIC STANDARDS Non-Final OA 2hr Learning, Inc.
18979698 TRANSACTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18588856 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION OF DEVELOPING ADVERTISEMENTS Final Rejection FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
18560048 STAKE SHARING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
19040483 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF REQUESTS ACROSS DISPARATE ENTITIES Non-Final OA RiskJockey, Inc.
17409323 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING PREDICTED INFORMATION RELATED TO ADVERTISEMENT VIEWABILITY Non-Final OA Integral Ad Science, Inc.
18653822 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARRANTY CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON CUSTOMER NEED AND PART FAILURE RATE Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
19013450 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT SWITCHING METHOD, VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18907609 Automatic Generation of In-Store Product Information and Navigation Guidance, Using Augmented Reality (AR) and a Vision-and-Language Model (VLM) and Multi-Modal Artificial Intelligence (AI) Non-Final OA WE.R AUGMENTED REALITY CLOUD LTD.
18777179 PLATFORM FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS FOR ON-LINE ADVERTISING Final Rejection Yeiser Research & Development LLC
18776128 RESOLUTION GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Verint Americas Inc.
18676560 SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS AND METHOD OF OPERATING Non-Final OA Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
18208097 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A CAMPAIGN QUEUE WITH CONTEXTUALIZATION Non-Final OA FANATICAL, INC.
17305688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY FOR NON-MEASURABLE USERS Final Rejection Verizon Media Inc.

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