Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2193 2197

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.4%
Allow Rate
+6.4% vs TC avg
413
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
1495
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 376 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18063184 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18334089 MANAGING UPDATES ACROSS PARTITIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED CLOUD ALLOCATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17980659 Structured Product Assembly Final Rejection Google LLC
18582715 ENERGY CONSUMPTION AWARE CREATION OF SOFTWARE CODE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18474910 IMPLEMENTING UI TASK AUTOMATION WITH GUIDED TEACHING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18366330 HETEROGENEOUS AUTOMATION SCRIPT MANAGEMENT WITH DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT PREPARATION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17953688 AUTOMATION POWERED ENDPOINT LEGACY DUPLICITY Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18410728 COMPUTER AND METHOD Non-Final OA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18593470 TECHNIQUES FOR CODE FINGERPRINTING Non-Final OA Dazz, Inc.
18615741 RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED DIGITAL WORKFLOW GENERATION Non-Final OA ServiceNow, Inc.
16720969 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RECONSTITUTING AN OBJECT IN A RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT USING HEAP MEMORY Non-Final OA CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
18618115 ERROR CODE GENERATION FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION EXECUTIONS Non-Final OA RED HAT, INC.
18316290 MOBILE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM EMBEDDED CONTENT UNLOCKING AND NEW CONTENT INSTALLATION Final Rejection Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18102854 NON-INTRUSIVE BUILD TIME INJECTION TOOL FOR ACCELERATING LAUNCHING OF CLOUD APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
17623351 EVALUATING A FLOATING-POINT ACCURACY OF A COMPILER Non-Final OA Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
17800887 SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
17840689 PARALLEL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE USING DISTRIBUTED REGISTER FILES Final Rejection Ascenium, Inc.
18153530 SECOND PARTY SOFTWARE COMPONENTS DISCOVERY Final Rejection Veracode, Inc.

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