Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3625 3684 3689

This examiner grants 28% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.3%
Allow Rate
-23.7% vs TC avg
168
Total Applications
+23.9%
Interview Lift
1341
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 127 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
38.1%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18866013 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION Non-Final OA LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC.
18103156 PERSONALIZED SEARCH AND BROWSE RANKING WITH CUSTOMER BRAND AFFINITY SIGNAL Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
17587659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A CONSIDERATION INTENT CLASSIFICATION FOR AN EVENT Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18092614 MACHINE LEARNING FOR IMAGE-BASED DETERMINATION OF USER PREFERENCES Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18148711 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A VEHICLE SUGGESTION BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18540282 Artificial Intelligence Generated Business Profiles Final Rejection Google LLC
17860115 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18772774 USER EMBEDDING GENERATION USING LLM-GENERATED CONTENT EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18147801 AUTOMATED CART GENERATION Final Rejection DoorDash, Inc.
18709656 RECOMMENDATION DEVICE Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18185458 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OWNERSHIP DETERMINATION Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
17980790 PREDICTIVE AGENTS FOR MULTI-ROUND CONVERSATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF BUNDLED ITEMS Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18754729 COMPETITIVE PRODUCT MATCHING LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18532452 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE Final Rejection KAKAO CORP.
18794227 VIRTUAL REALITY SHOPPING Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18753296 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND ONLINE SHOPPING INTEGRATION Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18651175 PERSONA-BASED CONTENT RENDERING Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
18083411 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ITEM LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA Non-Final OA NCR Voyix Corporation
17537360 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VETERINARIAN PHARMACY TRANSACTIONS Final Rejection Chewy, Inc.
18811566 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR UNIFIED E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS FOR UNIQUE ITEMS Non-Final OA VAST.COM, INC.
18798698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE INCLUDING EXECUTABLE TRANSACTIONS AND CONTENT DELIVERY Non-Final OA Global Sports & Entertainment Marketing, LLC
18774121 HOME AUTOMATION AND CONCIERGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PHYSICAL COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD Non-Final OA Devcore Group
18518286 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFYING ON-LINE BROWSING ON WEBSITES USING EMBEDDABLE CLICKABLE PROMPT BUTTONS Non-Final OA Alby Al, Inc
18150416 Scalable Systems and Methods to Transfer Control of Virtual Objects of a Virtual World Implemented on Multiple Hosts Final Rejection Linden Research, Inc.
17751521 INFERRING ATTRIBUTION OF TARGET ACTIONS FOR RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)

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