Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHOLEMAN, ABU S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2437 2495 2496

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.5%
Allow Rate
+20.5% vs TC avg
821
Total Applications
+26.8%
Interview Lift
1155
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 778 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.5%
§101 Eligibility
3.9%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18670142 IDENTITY RELATIONSHIP MAPPING ATTESTATION UTILITY TOKEN Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
19303597 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY Final Rejection May Patents Ltd.
18545489 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY Final Rejection May Patents Ltd.
17956941 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18793545 SECURELY AND RELIABLY TRANSMITTING MESSAGES BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18933390 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATED CONTROL OF CONTENT DELIVERY Non-Final OA Google LLC
18903778 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SEARCHABLE ENCRYPTED DATA Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17490208 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING A DATA ACCESS REQUEST Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18151876 Applying Attestation Tokens to Multicast Routing Protocols Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18891524 DATA PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES Non-Final OA ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18623259 PROXIMITY-BASED SMART DEVICE LOCKING/UNLOCKING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18532714 ADAPTIVE SECURITY FOR SMART CONTRACTS USING HIGH GRANULARITY METRICS Final Rejection eBay Inc.
17732991 Preventing Exposure of Video Conference Media to Unauthorized Persons Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
17320808 NETWORK VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA SecurityMetrics, Inc.
18809920 MOVEMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SweatCo Limited
18741332 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR A RESOURCE USING CONTEXT BASED ENCRYPTION OF AUTHENTICATION TOKENS Final Rejection CyberArk Software Ltd.
18717058 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETIZING TOKENIZED PROPERTY Non-Final OA UREEQA INC.
18584894 TAMPER DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES Final Rejection Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
18470168 METHOD OF COMMUNICATING VEHICLE DATA FOR VEHICLE CONTROL Non-Final OA UNIONPLACE CO., LTD.
17781236 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection PAXTON ACCESS LIMITED

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