Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RINES, ROBERT D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3623 3624 3625 3626 3683 3686

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.3%
Allow Rate
-13.7% vs TC avg
562
Total Applications
+46.9%
Interview Lift
1830
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 522 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

36.0%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
35.6%
§103 Obviousness
16.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18403987 OPERATIONAL CYBERSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18820910 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING A VEHICULAR TRIP AS FOR PERSONAL USE OR FOR WORK BASED UPON SIMILARITY IN OPERATION FEATURES Final Rejection Quanata, LLC
18586223 System and method to determine out of balance conditions Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18025230 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREDICTING FILL RATES Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
17871319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SALES EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
17535208 INVENTORY ITEM NORMALIZATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19272109 Threat Mitigation System and Method Final Rejection ReliaQuest Holdings, LLC
18594205 METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18444573 Triggering Expert Assistance for Item Collection Based on User Preference and Fulfillment Expertise Predicted by a Machine-Learning Model Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
17884265 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17402966 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABSENTEE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Matrix Absence Management, Inc.
18809944 AGENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
18670423 Systems and Methods for Automating Operational Due Diligence Analysis to Objectively Quantify Risk Factors Non-Final OA AON GLOBAL OPERATIONS SE, SINGAPORE BRANCH
17977769 Techniques for Providing Alerts in a Time and Attendance System Non-Final OA People Center, Inc.
18187298 SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS MODELLING SYSTEM FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE Final Rejection Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Limited
18194655 INFORMATION TRANSLATION IN AN ONLINE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Indigo Ag, Inc.
17941234 System and Method for Schedule Optimization Including Location Clustering Non-Final OA Hubstar International Limited
17880405 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATAFLOW EXECUTION IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Havelock JSC
16796451 Systems and Methods for Cross-Platform Scheduling and Workload Automation Final Rejection Rocket Software Technologies, Inc.
09986354 System and method for personalizing and delivering insurance or financial services-related content to a user Final Rejection GENWORTH HOLDINGS, INC.

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