Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SWIFT, CHARLES M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2191 2196

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.2%
Allow Rate
+26.2% vs TC avg
925
Total Applications
+22.0%
Interview Lift
1104
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 883 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.3%
§102 Novelty
82.7%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18050159 COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18177508 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING SYSTEM PERFORMANCES Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18506548 COMPUTING NODE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18457435 DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED TIMEOUT VALUE FOR PROXY SERVER Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17980650 DYNAMIC RE-EXECUTION OF PARTS OF A CONTAINERIZED APPLICATION PIPELINE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18382795 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PRIORITIZATION RECOMMENDATION FOR A SET OF TASKS Non-Final OA JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18234719 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ACTIONABLE RECOURSES FOR RESOLVING CONSTRAINED RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEMS Final Rejection JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
17957919 SEQUENCING CIRCUIT FOR A PROCESSOR Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18123515 Automated Batch Sizing of Background Jobs Final Rejection SAP SE
18325760 NETWORK TELEMETRY-AWARE SCHEDULER Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
18357886 STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
17487472 SYNCHRONOUS LABELING OF OPERATIONAL STATE FOR WORKLOADS Final Rejection ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
18073662 SEGREGATED FABRIC CONTROL PLANE Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18377830 OPTIMIZING A NIC THAT EMULATES A LOCAL NVME STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROCESSES OF A HOST COMPUTER Non-Final OA VMware LLC
18155689 FLEXIBLE COMPUTING RESOURCE CLUSTER ALLOCATION Non-Final OA Target Brands, Inc.
18502529 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTE INSTANCES Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18259684 INTER-CHIP COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT, METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18382341 PREDICTIVE HARDWARE LOAD BALANCING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18167189 SIMULATION FOR SCHEDULERS ASSOCIATED WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SOFTWARE BUILDS Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18534828 METHOD FOR MAPPING API FUNCTIONS TO THREAT ACTIONS IN MULTIPLE CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA ASTRON SECURITY INC.
18381659 PRE-DEPLOYMENT APPLICATION EVALUATION Non-Final OA VMWARE, INC.
18451624 ENTITLEMENT SERVICE HIERARCHY IN A CLOUD Non-Final OA VMware, Inc.
17967388 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCALING CLUSTERS OR APPLICATIONS IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Citrix Systems, Inc.

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