Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RICHARDSON, JAMES E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2167 2169

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.0%
Allow Rate
+26.0% vs TC avg
520
Total Applications
+31.6%
Interview Lift
1130
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 506 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
44.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19078662 ENTITY-AWARE MULTI-TASK MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18988340 MANAGEMENT OF CONTENT Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18749115 DECOUPLED DATABASE SEARCH SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA MongoDB, Inc.
19186809 DATABASE LOCKING USING LOGICAL LOCK MECHANISM Non-Final OA NEUSTAR, INC.
18848805 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Douyin Vision (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
19170787 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER WITH A USER Non-Final OA GENETEC INC.
18927109 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING GRID FORMAT OBJECT IN ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
19051096 ENCODING AND DECODING TRIE DATA STRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED GENERATION OF CUSTOMER JOURNEY ANALYTICS Non-Final OA Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
18676201 HASHING A DATA SET WITH MULTIPLE HASH ENGINES Non-Final OA MaxLinear, Inc.

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