Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+20.3% vs TC avg
822
Total Applications
+31.1%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 799 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.3%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
35.5%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18918910 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18396632 ROUTING DEVICE, MANAGEMENT CENTER DEVICE, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18456658 COMMAND TO PROVIDE SHARED CONFIDENTIAL DATA Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18930825 TECHNIQUES FOR SECURELY PERFORMING OFFLINE AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA Visa International Service Association
18230627 Device Access Control in a Distributed Storage System Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18631160 GRANULAR ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL OF USER COMMANDS AND ACTIONS IN REMOTE ACCESS SESSIONS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18956281 MODEL TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
18947964 AUTOMATIC NETWORK SIGNATURE GENERATION Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18333198 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTI-LABEL CLASSIFICATION USING ADAPTED MULTI-CLASS CLASSIFICATION MODEL Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18104277 DATA INTERMEDIARY REGISTRY SECURITY Final Rejection MX Technologies, Inc.
18543508 THREAT-DETECTION TELEMETRY IN A ZERO-TRUST COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Dell Products, L.P.
18595475 Network device with datagram transport layer security Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18525623 PERFORMING FINGERPRINT-BASED DATA LOSS PREVENTION (DLP) USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CLOUD-NATIVE SERVICES Final Rejection Fortinet, Inc.
18567386 PROTECTING A COMPUTER STRUCTURE Final Rejection 11active GmbH
18380851 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION WITH ONE OR MORE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Non-Final OA Drone Delivery Canada Corp.
17805811 DATA CLUTCH FOR UNMATCHED NETWORK RESOURCES Final Rejection Forgence, Inc.

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