Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WHITAKER, ANDREW B

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3629

This examiner grants 19% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

18.8%
Allow Rate
-33.2% vs TC avg
613
Total Applications
+19.1%
Interview Lift
1536
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 558 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
79.2%
§103 Obviousness
0.3%
§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.
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
18117040 GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNER RECOMMENDER Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
17681418 MULTI-LEVEL GRAPH EMBEDDING Final Rejection 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.
16677381 TRANSFORMING PARALLEL PROCESS MODELS INTO STATECHARTS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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.
19169026 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING GAS REGULATORY INFORMATION Non-Final OA CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18353432 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
17084559 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION, MAINTENANCE, AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA BY CUSTOMERS Final Rejection Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
18909013 FINITE STATE MACHINES FOR IMPLEMENTING WORKFLOWS FOR DATA OBJECTS MANAGED BY A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Ab Initio Technology LLC
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
18004446 METHOD FOR SHARING DATA RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURING OF A PRODUCT Final Rejection THALES
18365525 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING PROJECT MANAGEMENT RISK Final Rejection Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
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
18835769 PROGRESS TRACKING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CRIMSON CONSULTING LIMITED
17761732 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIGITAL TRIGGERS AND DIGITAL TWINS Final Rejection Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
18645169 OPTIMIZATION OF POWER GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION Non-Final OA LevelTen Energy, Inc.
18644614 EMISSION BASED ENERGY USAGE MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS Final Rejection Voltus, Inc.
18640506 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMMUTABLE ELECTRONIC PROCESSING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION DATA FOR ISSUING DIGIRECs Final Rejection CARBON PESA LIMITED
18609366 PROMOTING COMPETITION BETWEEN USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK Final Rejection CALL-OUT LLC

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