Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: STEINLE, ANDREW J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2124 2199 2407 2497

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.5%
Allow Rate
+29.5% vs TC avg
566
Total Applications
+19.7%
Interview Lift
796
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 552 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
82.3%
§103 Obviousness
2.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17927055 Information Leakage Detection Method and Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Medium Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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.
18226527 NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH Non-Final OA Google LLC
18351929 MONITORING GENERATIVE MODEL QUALITY Non-Final OA Google LLC
18738182 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18915780 SHORT SIGNATURES AND SHORT AUTHENTICATED SERIAL NUMBERS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES Non-Final OA Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC
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
18759684 EVENT LOG-BASED ATTESTATION FOR DISTRIBUTED EDGE DEVICES Final Rejection Zededa Inc.

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