Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3625 3684 3689

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.4%
Allow Rate
-24.6% vs TC avg
170
Total Applications
+21.0%
Interview Lift
1201
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 135 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

36.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
37.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18976768 System, Platform and Method for Personalized Shopping Using a Virtual Shopping Assistant Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
18106798 DETECTING SECURITY BREACHES WITH WATCHDOG TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc
18083411 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ITEM LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
17341691 VOICE-BASED ORDER PROCESSING Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
18213747 Systems, Methods, and Media for Managing the Obtaining of Services Final Rejection Direct Supply, Inc.
18103156 PERSONALIZED SEARCH AND BROWSE RANKING WITH CUSTOMER BRAND AFFINITY SIGNAL Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18092059 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEXT BEST ACTION PREDICTION Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
18147801 AUTOMATED CART GENERATION Non-Final OA DoorDash, Inc.
18772774 USER EMBEDDING GENERATION USING LLM-GENERATED CONTENT EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
19000176 INTERACTIVE PRODUCT REVIEW INTERFACE Non-Final OA eBay Inc.
17643855 EFFICIENT SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MAAS ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18385375 INTERACTION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18754729 COMPETITIVE PRODUCT MATCHING LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

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