Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STEINLE, ANDREW J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2124 2199 2407 2497

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.6%
Allow Rate
+29.6% vs TC avg
564
Total Applications
+19.5%
Interview Lift
850
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 547 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
46.2%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18782136 ENCRYPTION DEVICE, DECRYPTION DEVICE, CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION METHOD, AND DECRYPTION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18896057 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING ENCRYPTED DATA Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18214905 GENERATIVE COLLABORATIVE MESSAGE SUGGESTIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18226527 NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH Non-Final OA Google LLC
18351929 MONITORING GENERATIVE MODEL QUALITY Non-Final OA Google LLC
18157856 AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17927055 Information Leakage Detection Method and Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Medium Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18738182 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18347764 HYPERVISOR-BASED MONITORING OF SAMPLES EXECUTING IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE VIA AMSI INTERCEPTION Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18804404 5G KEY GENERATION / ECC KEY GENERATION AND SUCI CALCULATION Non-Final OA Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security Germany GmbH
18914179 Interactive Security Orchestration Non-Final OA SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18854344 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY Non-Final OA XEN QUANTUM LTD
18412128 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP RIGHTS Non-Final OA Data Vault Holdings, Inc.
18841653 PSEUDONYMISATION METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD Non-Final OA THE EUROPEAN UNION, REPRESENTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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