Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
822
Total Applications
+27.2%
Interview Lift
1099
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 782 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.5%
§102 Novelty
89.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19303597 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY Final Rejection May Patents Ltd.
18623259 PROXIMITY-BASED SMART DEVICE LOCKING/UNLOCKING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17956941 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18151876 Applying Attestation Tokens to Multicast Routing Protocols Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17490208 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING A DATA ACCESS REQUEST Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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
18901711 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18617970 DYNAMIC REGISTRATION OF INTERNET-OF-THINGS (IoT) DEVICES USING A TRANSFERABLE IoT DEVICE NETWORK Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18903778 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SEARCHABLE ENCRYPTED DATA Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18526873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE AUTHENTICATION WITHOUT PROVIDING FULL SOFTWARE DISCLOSURE TO A SOFTWARE NOTARIZER Final Rejection SAP SE
18891524 DATA PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES Non-Final OA ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18756325 INTEGRATED SECURITY MONITORING VIA WATCHDOG TRIGGER LOCKING Final Rejection Sennco Solutions, Inc.
18408218 CONTENT STREAMING APPLICATION AUTHENTICATION WITHOUT A SECOND SCREEN APPLICATION Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC
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.
17536972 MILITARY TRUSTED INTERWORKING FUNCTION TO INTEGRATE IP TACTICAL NODES INTO A 5G NETWORK Non-Final OA Rockwell Collins, Inc.
18809920 MOVEMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SweatCo Limited
18717058 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETIZING TOKENIZED PROPERTY Non-Final OA UREEQA INC.
18556448 PERSONALIZATION OF A SECURITY APPLET ON A MOBILE TERMINAL Non-Final OA Bundesdruckerei GmbH
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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