Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: VILLENA, MARK

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2658

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.9%
Allow Rate
+8.9% vs TC avg
510
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
1342
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 495 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.4%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
52.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19445326 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTED NATURAL LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection CurioXR, Inc. (f/k/a VR-EDU, Inc.)
18441384 SPEECH INPUT SUPPORT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18972207 SELECTIVELY USING RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR GENERATIVE MODEL PROMPTING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18488623 Signal Processing Coordination Among Digital Voice Assistant Computing Devices Final Rejection Google LLC
18177727 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18921032 COMMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND COMMENT ANALYSIS METHOD Non-Final OA Innolux Corporation
18675672 PROFILE-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Palantir Technologies Inc.
18827340 Use of Relative Time of Receipt of Voice Command as Basis to Control Response to Voice Command Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.
18911615 REDUNDANT AND SCALABLE AUDIO ENCODING AND TRANSCODING Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18090105 Voice Assistant Controller Non-Final OA Spotify AB

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