Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SHOLEMAN, ABU S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2437 2495 2496

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+20.6% vs TC avg
831
Total Applications
+27.4%
Interview Lift
1098
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 788 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18593468 AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION LAYERS OF A STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
17490208 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING A DATA ACCESS REQUEST Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18659289 TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17423643 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SHARED DIGITAL KEY Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18901711 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18962229 ENHANCED SECURITY IN SENSITIVE DATA TRANSFER OVER A NETWORK Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
18933390 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATED CONTROL OF CONTENT DELIVERY Final Rejection Google LLC
18816271 DYNAMIC CODE SEGMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18488467 DETECTING PATTERNS IN EVENT DATA Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19096025 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19060840 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17536972 MILITARY TRUSTED INTERWORKING FUNCTION TO INTEGRATE IP TACTICAL NODES INTO A 5G NETWORK Non-Final OA Rockwell Collins, Inc.
19072371 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN NETWORK DEVICES Non-Final OA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18793545 SECURELY AND RELIABLY TRANSMITTING MESSAGES BETWEEN NETWORK DEVICES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18615793 TESTING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL POLICIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION CONSISTENCY USING SYMBOLIC ABSTRACTION MODELS AND SATISFIABILITY SOLVER MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18903778 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SEARCHABLE ENCRYPTED DATA Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17534671 NETWORK TRUST WITH NON-PERMANENT DEVICE IDENTIFIERS Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18663362 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK Inc.
19095248 SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED HASH-BASED PORTIONING OF NON-FUNGIBLE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FOR DETECTION OF UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATES Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18151876 Applying Attestation Tokens to Multicast Routing Protocols Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18709613 BEAM CAPABILITY REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18702719 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AUXILIARY INFORMATION, METHOD FOR RECEIVING AUXILIARY INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18401838 SECOND FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IN AGENTLESS SOFTWARE AUTOMATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19170178 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTING PARAMETERS OF A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Constructor Education and Research Genossenschaft
18513539 SYSTEM AND METHODS DIRECTED TO SIDE-CHANNEL POWER RESISTANCE FOR ENCRYPTION ALGORITHMS USING DYNAMIC PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION Non-Final OA UNM Rainforest Innovations
17320808 NETWORK VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA SecurityMetrics, Inc.

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