Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3624 3625 3683

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.4%
Allow Rate
-22.6% vs TC avg
175
Total Applications
+41.1%
Interview Lift
1314
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 126 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

46.3%
§101 Eligibility
10.9%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18723388 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DATABASE FOR CONTROLLING A WORKFLOW OF A PRODUCTION PROCESS Final Rejection BASF SE
18243714 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATING EXTENDED REALITY TO GENERATE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
18457757 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRICE COMPARISONS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18137671 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION AND RECORD AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18174848 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF TRANSACTIONAL DATA Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18447745 RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, OPERATION PROGRAM OF RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17150947 FOOD SAFETY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MODELS Non-Final OA Ecolab USA Inc.
18673758 ACTIVITY NOTIFICATIONS OF USERS HAVING CUSTOMIZED CALENDARS WITH SHORTENED ATTENDANCE PERIODS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17934689 REDUCED USER AVAILABILITY Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18633438 AI-DRIVEN ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18341236 TARGETED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR IMPACT ALERTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18318389 SCHEDUALIZATION OF ACTIVITIES THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY BASED ON PREDICTED EVENTS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17656229 AUTOMATIC MACHINE ASSEMBLY GUIDANCE Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17930444 FLEET SIZE AND DISPATCH SCHEME OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
18332959 CUSTOMIZABLE AND GRANULAR ANALYTICS TOOL FOR SHARED CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON CUSTOM LINKS Final Rejection Dropbox, Inc
18732081 CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT BUNDLES Non-Final OA STRIPE, INC.
18077264 AGENDA GENERATION SYSTEM Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18509192 POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM AND STORE SERVER Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18417173 GENERATING A PREBUILT WORKFLOW BASED ON A PROMPT Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
17344191 ANALYZING LEARNING CONTENT VIA AGENT PERFORMANCE METRICS Non-Final OA Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
17574304 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PERSONALITY PROFILE BASED ON USER DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES Final Rejection ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
18592044 TECHNIQUES TO PERSONALIZE CONTENT USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
17832746 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF AGENTS IN A CONTACT CENTER BY IMPROVING AN AUTOMATIC-SCHEDULING GENERATION IN A WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT (WFM) APPLICATION Non-Final OA NICE LTD.
18757471 PREDICTING EMPLOYEE WELLNESS USING PASSIVELY COLLECTED DATA Non-Final OA Holmetrics Inc.
18644737 DIGITAL FORECASTER Non-Final OA NBCUniversal Media, LLC
18410764 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ADAPTIVE PERSONALIZATION AND COACHING Final Rejection Mitel Networks Corporation
18373213 Automated Property Access Control And Coordination Using Multiple Computing Devices In Multiple Locations Final Rejection MFTB Holdco, Inc.
17324742 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF EMPLOYEE MESSAGE EXCHANGES FOR A SIMULATED PHISHING CAMPAIGN Final Rejection KnowBe4, Inc.
18498923 SELLER INTELLIGENCE TOOL TO ASSESS CURRENT SALES AGENT POTENTIAL AND PROVIDE REVENUE POTENTIAL INSIGHTS Final Rejection MINDTICKLE, INC.
17525630 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MISSION PLANNING, TASK MANAGEMENT AND ROUTING FOR AUTONOMOUS YARD TRUCKS Final Rejection Outrider Technologies, Inc.

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