Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 07, 2026

Examiner: SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3623 3625 3661

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.5%
Allow Rate
-20.5% vs TC avg
589
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
1574
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 542 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.1%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18529650 DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS BASED ON LOAD Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18245172 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING QUEUING SOLUTION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18734458 WORK RECOGNITION SYSTEM, WORK RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18389343 CONTRIBUTION DEGREE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, CONTRIBUTION DEGREE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18421951 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A WORKFLOW USING RESPONSES TO AI-GENERATED INQUIRIES AS INPUTS TO A GENERATIVE AI MODEL Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18298478 Real-Time, Context-Aware Resource Delivery for Enterprise Applications Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17494206 COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR OVER TIME ANALYTICS USING GRAPH INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17984778 Exploratory Orchestration of Mixed Methodology Incident Remediation Workflows Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18427910 PREDICTIVE WORKSPACE ORCHESTRATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18785504 CLAMP MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ERROR PROOFING HOSE CLAMP INSTALLATION Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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