Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WASAFF, JOHN S.

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3626 3628 3629 3689 3742

This examiner grants 34% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.0%
Allow Rate
-36.0% vs TC avg
422
Total Applications
+44.5%
Interview Lift
1293
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 388 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
41.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18662015 CONTRACT ADVISOR Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18399165 Deep Learning System for Casing Centralization Estimation Through Pulse-Echo TIE Interference Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18404337 DAMAGE DEGREE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR STEAM TURBINE HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18675768 CAUSAL DISCOVERY USING KNOWLEDGE GRAPH LINK PREDICTION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18194887 BOREHOLE HOLDUP PREDICTION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND PULSED NEUTRON LOGGING TOOL DATA Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18595977 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SERVICE RECOMMENDATION Non-Final OA Cummins Power Generation Inc.
19186399 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING A MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEM Non-Final OA Lyft, Inc.
17664918 NOTIFYING CONTENT EXPERT OF CONTENT CREATED BY USER OUTSIDE COLLABORATION CIRCLE OF CONTENT EXPERT Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18631317 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM TO REPLACE OR REPAIR AN EXISTING DEVICE TO IMPROVE A HOME SCORE Final Rejection STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
18111218 Extended Reality Methods and Systems for Handling Estate Dispositions Non-Final OA STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
18935512 Deep Learning and Language Model Enhanced System for Wind Turbine Monitoring Using DistributedFiber Optic Sensing (DL-LM-DFOS) Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18360140 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK MULTIPLE TASK ADAPTATION Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18374930 SYSTEM FOR MAPPING AND EXECUTING USAGE OF MULTIPLE SOURCE ELEMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF A RESOURCE REQUEST Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18648910 USER INTERFACE AND NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18769715 SERVICE CALL TOPIC PREDICTION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18650749 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection SUBARU CORPORATION
17948129 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING USING EXCHANGE DATA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18589139 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DONOR SELECTION FOR SYNTHETIC CONTROL MODELS Non-Final OA Spotify AB
18684558 METHOD FOR CONVERTING METROLOGY DATA Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18758683 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRUST INDICATORS Non-Final OA Actimize Ltd.

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