Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3685 3698

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.4%
Allow Rate
-2.6% vs TC avg
184
Total Applications
+44.9%
Interview Lift
1308
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 156 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
16.6%
§103 Obviousness
37.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18452228 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18034241 PAYMENT METHOD AND DEVICE USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18207941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING BASED ON USER AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18421939 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18284343 ELECTRIC POWER TRANSACTION SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSACTION METHOD Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18987748 PERSONALIZATION OF A PAYMENT INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Block, Inc.
18987615 PRESENTING RELEVANCE RANKING BASED ON LOCATION Non-Final OA Block, Inc.
18762385 VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
18540576 DIGITAL ASSET TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
16667372 AUTHENTICATION NETWORK FOR TRANSACTION DATA Final Rejection NCR Atleos Corporation
18762189 SECURE REGISTER UNIT, SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOOKUP SERVICE Non-Final OA Giesecke+Devrient advance52 GmbH
18828701 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING DIGITALLY IMAGED SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Gogigit, LLC
18491069 Location Based Transaction Authentication Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC
18673000 PROPRIETARY TOKEN-BASED UNIVERSAL PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection TREC Corporation
18401915 DIGITAL WALLET MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Concentrix CVG Customer Management Delaware LLC
18107111 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING INTELLIGENT CODES IN CONJUNCTION WITH NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS Non-Final OA BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC.
17729860 SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MODIFYING A SUPPLY OF STABLE VALUE DIGITAL ASSET TOKENS Final Rejection Gemini IP, LLC

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