Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: RICHARDSON, JAMES E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2167 2169

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.4%
Allow Rate
+26.4% vs TC avg
527
Total Applications
+31.5%
Interview Lift
1120
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 515 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
45.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19160398 CONTENT SEARCH METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18988340 MANAGEMENT OF CONTENT Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19322127 SPARSE COLUMN-AWARE ENCODINGS FOR NUMERIC DATA TYPES Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18990681 STREAMING CONVERSION OF VIRTUAL DISK IMAGES FOR ORCHESTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING RESOURCES Final Rejection Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

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