Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WALSH, DANIEL I

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1726 2876 2887

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.3%
Allow Rate
-3.7% vs TC avg
870
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1138
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 802 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.6%
§102 Novelty
56.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18891909 TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT WITH FEATURES FOR DESTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18340654 DOCUMENT IMPORTATION INTO SECURE ELEMENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17709954 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19413477 TAMPER EVIDENT CARD PACKAGE AND METHOD Non-Final OA CPI CARD GROUP - MINNESOTA, INC.
19172768 TONE VERIFICATION OF A PHYSICAL CARD Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18219554 TAP TO COPY DATA TO CLIPBOARD VIA NFC Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19251478 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FOR CONSUMER DEVICE BASED SCANNING AND MOBILITY Final Rejection Hand Held Products, Inc.
17768093 SERVER APPARATUS, PURCHASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18731556 MONITORING UTILIZATION OF REUSABLE SURGICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
17849909 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DETERMINATION OF AN AVAILABILITY OF A RESOURCE IN A SPECIFIC ENTITY NETWORK Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18670834 COIL ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, COIL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19132837 POOR ANTENNA POSITIONING DETECTION Final Rejection THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
17555689 IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE SET OF DIGITAL ID DOCUMENTS USED TO VERIFY USER MEETS ID REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY OR EVENT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation

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