Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3623 3625

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.3%
Allow Rate
-20.7% vs TC avg
577
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
1731
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 530 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
4.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18529650 DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS BASED ON LOAD Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18535720 AUTOMATED COSTING OF INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF A CRUDE DISTILLATION UNIT IN A REFINERY Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18421951 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A WORKFLOW USING RESPONSES TO AI-GENERATED INQUIRIES AS INPUTS TO A GENERATIVE AI MODEL Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18734458 WORK RECOGNITION SYSTEM, WORK RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18626943 HOUSEWORK POINT CALCULATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17984778 Exploratory Orchestration of Mixed Methodology Incident Remediation Workflows Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18902378 NETWORK SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A ROUTE BASED ON TIMING DATA Non-Final OA Uber Technologies, Inc.
17612361 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING COLLECTIVE PERCEPTION IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18813182 Scheduling System Maintenance Operations In A Cloud Environment Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18535060 INTELLIGENT RULE CONFIGURATION IN A COLLABORATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAP SE
17819827 INTELLIGENT SHELFWARE PREDICTION AND SYSTEM ADOPTION ASSISTANT Final Rejection SAP SE
18427910 PREDICTIVE WORKSPACE ORCHESTRATION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18946713 PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING PROXIMITY-BASED ASSOCIATION Non-Final OA Finning International Inc.
18857055 VIRTUAL POWER FLUID PLANT, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND INPUT RESOURCE EVALUATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ORGANO CORPORATION
18708621 PICKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND PICKING GUIDANCE METHOD Non-Final OA FUJI CORPORATION
18590392 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK DATA NAVIGATION Non-Final OA 1nteger, LLC
18158646 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIMEKEEPING AND SCHEDULING Final Rejection UKG Inc.
18327816 Remote Collaboration Platform For Non-Destructive Evaluation Non-Final OA Ooga Technologies, Inc.
18327393 METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING FARE AVAILABILITIES, SUCH AS AIRFARE AVAILABILITIES Non-Final OA SKYSCANNER LIMITED
17340497 METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A SET OF PRICE ESTIMATES, SUCH AS AIR FARE PRICE ESTIMATES Final Rejection SKYSCANNER LIMITED
17401768 SCREEN SHARE FEATURE FOR ONLINE MEETINGS Non-Final OA Citrix Systems, Inc.
17941693 STAFFING FORECASTING AND REALLOCATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
17802704 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING SUPPLIERS, SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND PROVIDING/RECEIVING A SERVICE IN A MEANS OF TRANSPORT OR AT A PREDETERMINED ADDRESS Non-Final OA Beyond the Reset, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
17143978 DATA TRACKING AND GENERATION FOR WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection GLADLY, INC.

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