Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHITAKER, ANDREW B

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3629

This examiner grants 19% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

18.6%
Allow Rate
-33.4% vs TC avg
610
Total Applications
+19.2%
Interview Lift
1737
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 553 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274516 METHOD FOR DETERMINING DANGEROUSNESS OF PERSON, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18180737 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COLLABORATION AND INTEGRATION ACROSS CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT INSTANCES Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18571912 CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANCE DEVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18533386 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, BUSINESS ACTION EXTRACTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18025325 SERVER DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18117040 GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNER RECOMMENDER Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
17681418 MULTI-LEVEL GRAPH EMBEDDING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17349870 Smart Notifications Based Upon Comment Intent Classification Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19021213 MOVING OBJECT AND REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18581490 SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
17645789 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF WORK MACHINE, WORKER'S TERMINAL DEVICE, CONSTRACTOR'S TERMINAL DEVICE Final Rejection SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18351428 SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC REMINDERS FOR ITEMS WITH LEGAL DEADLINES Non-Final OA Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC
19169026 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING GAS REGULATORY INFORMATION Non-Final OA CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18148877 ITEM VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAIL CHECKOUT STANDS Non-Final OA Datalogic USA, Inc.
19175600 MATCHMAKING ATTENDEES FOR VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, AND HYBRID EVENTS Non-Final OA RingCentral, Inc.
18353432 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
17761732 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIGITAL TRIGGERS AND DIGITAL TWINS Final Rejection Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
18909013 FINITE STATE MACHINES FOR IMPLEMENTING WORKFLOWS FOR DATA OBJECTS MANAGED BY A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Ab Initio Technology LLC
18180160 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18365525 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING PROJECT MANAGEMENT RISK Non-Final OA Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
19014027 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION REPORTING AND MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Secure Compliance, LLC
18365849 Fingerprinting Physical Items to Mint NFT's Final Rejection eBay Inc.
17360604 SYNDICATED RATINGS AND REVIEWS Final Rejection YAHOO AD TECH LLC
18678820 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VISUALIZATIONS INDICATIVE OF LEARNER PERFORMANCE IN AN eLEARNING SYSTEM Final Rejection D2L Corporation
18004446 METHOD FOR SHARING DATA RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURING OF A PRODUCT Final Rejection THALES
18027011 GRAPH DATABASE REPORTING Non-Final OA RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC
18957691 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Optiks Solutions, Inc.
18918341 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING WORKER FATIGUE Final Rejection Makusafe Corp.
18906867 INCIDENT RESPONSE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Subrahmanyam Pilaka Venkata
18823174 System and Method for Matching Job Services Using Deep Neural Networks Non-Final OA Payscale

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