Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WALSH, DANIEL I

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2876 2887

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.8%
Allow Rate
-3.2% vs TC avg
861
Total Applications
+11.4%
Interview Lift
1119
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 787 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
54.9%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18891909 TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT WITH FEATURES FOR DESTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18219554 TAP TO COPY DATA TO CLIPBOARD VIA NFC Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
17444684 INDICATING FAILED CARD READING TO IDENTIFY DEFECTIVE TRANSACTION CARD AND/OR DEFECTIVE TRANSACTION TERMINAL Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
17672263 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GUIDED LOCK-TAG-TRY PROCESS Final Rejection Columbia Insurance Company
17468835 STYLUS FEATURE FOR HANDHELD BARCODE SCANNER Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
19251478 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FOR CONSUMER DEVICE BASED SCANNING AND MOBILITY Non-Final OA Hand Held Products, Inc.
18452774 HYBRID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR READING INDICIA Final Rejection Hand Held Products, Inc.
13187458 CARDS WITH SERIAL MAGNETIC EMULATORS Final Rejection DYNAMICS INC.
12640584 ELECTRONIC MAGNETIC RECORDED MEDIA EMULATORS IN MAGNETIC CARD DEVICES Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
12339061 PAYMENT CARDS AND DEVICES WITH ENHANCED MAGNETIC EMULATORS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
12339066 CARDS WITH SERIAL MAGNETIC EMULATORS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
12339090 ADVANCED DYNAMIC CREDIT CARDS Final Rejection DYNAMICS INC.
12339071 CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND MAGNETIC READ-HEAD DETECTORS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
12339065 ADVANCED DYNAMIC CREDIT CARDS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
12339069 CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MULTIFUNCTION MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME Final Rejection DYNAMICS INC.
12339094 CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND MAGNETIC READER READ-HEAD DETECTORS Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
17969261 Memory Card and Terminal Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18340654 DOCUMENT IMPORTATION INTO SECURE ELEMENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19174842 RFID TAG COMPONENT AND TOOL INCLUDING RFID TAG COMPONENT Final Rejection SHUYOU (SHANGHAI)TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17537977 LOCATION-GUIDED SCANNING OF VISUAL CODES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
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
19225165 SELF-CENTERED INLAY AND CORE LAYER FOR INFORMATION CARRYING CARD, PROCESS AND RESULTING PRODUCTS Non-Final OA X-Card Holdings, LLC
19017214 System and Method of Controlling Lifecycles of Ambient Electromagnetic Power Harvesting Chips Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
16486967 Chip Card and Method for Fabricating a Chip Card Non-Final OA Linxens Holding
18611357 DISSUASION CASSETTE, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS AGAINST CURRENCY THEFT FROM MEDIA DEPOSITORY Final Rejection NCR Atleos Corporation
18670834 COIL ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, COIL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19030876 IDENTIFICATION SCAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH JURISDICTIONAL OR OTHER RULES Non-Final OA Intellicheck, Inc.
16459582 IDENTIFICATION SCAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH JURISDICTIONAL OR OTHER RULES Non-Final OA Intellicheck, Inc.
18783477 DEVICE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection S.C.R. (ENGINEERS) LIMITED
18866826 SYSTEM FOR LINKING DIGITAL CONTENT WITH PHYSICAL BOOKS Final Rejection TUK ApS

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