Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SCHMIDT, KARI L

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2139 2439

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
774
Total Applications
+42.4%
Interview Lift
1370
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 752 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.9%
§102 Novelty
50.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18903472 UMBRELLA USER CONTEXT DATABASE Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
19006714 CROSS PLATFORM CREDENTIAL SHARING Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18882835 FIRMWARE PROTECTING METHOD AND FIRMWARE PROTECTING DEVICE Non-Final OA ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
18471505 VERIFICATION OPERATIONS BASED ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18704857 CONTAINER TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER TREATMENT MACHINE FOR TREATING CONTAINERS AND A CENTRAL RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection KRONES AG
18470812 COMPLIANT AND AUDITABLE WAY FOR A USER TO PERFORM AN ACTION WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PRIVILEGES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18795982 Universal Digital Identity Authentication Service Non-Final OA FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
18879618 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POINTER SECURITY Final Rejection Arm Limited
18611067 ENCRYPTION OF SCAN CHAIN OUTPUT Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18328213 Domain Name System Threat Hunting Using Domain Name Tokenization Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18327102 LOW BANDWIDTH ROTATION KEYS GENERATION FOR A HIERARCHICAL THREAT MODEL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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