Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2152 2447 2448 2452 2453 2454 2456

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.4%
Allow Rate
+28.4% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+7.6%
Interview Lift
1108
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 804 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.3%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
37.3%
§103 Obviousness
19.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18691551 AUTHENTICATION TERMINAL, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18513748 System, Method, and Apparatus for Communicating Data Final Rejection DEKA Products Limited Partnership
18907204 COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18841899 Iterative Learning Process using Over-the-Air Transmission and Unicast Digital Transmission Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18906599 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL USING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS Non-Final OA nChain Licensing AG
18639825 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ENDPOINT ALLOCATION COMPLIANCE Final Rejection Twilio Inc.
18829225 Systems and Methods for Implementing Autonomous Discovery of and Peer-to-Peer Connections Between Blockchain Nodes Non-Final OA Collaborative Digital Innovations LLC
18654753 CROSS-PLATFORM SECURITY THREAT DETECTION Non-Final OA Abnormal AI, Inc.

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