Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WILCOX, JAMES J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2169 2439 2494

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.3%
Allow Rate
+12.3% vs TC avg
646
Total Applications
+60.3%
Interview Lift
1265
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 609 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
55.5%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18723978 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18634007 SCALABLE PUBLIC TURING TEST USING ANIMATION CLIPS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18716438 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMISSION MANAGEMENT Final Rejection nChain Licensing AG
18827532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE SECURITY ASSETS DISCOVERY AND ONBOARDING Non-Final OA Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
18428465 RADIO DEVICES Final Rejection Nordic Semiconductor ASA
18701724 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
18159899 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRUSION DETECTION IN MODULAR SYSTEMS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18164215 GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION USING DIFFUSION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18087919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING KEY MIXING HAZARD MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
17561170 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADDRESS ROW HAMMER ATTACKS AT A HOST PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18929604 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL EVIDENCE USING A BLOCKCHAIN Non-Final OA Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre Gmb
18427030 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS SUBSTITUTION WITH CONNECTION-PRESERVING CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA U.S. Army DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory
18848305 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING OPERATION OF A CLIENT-DIRECTED DISTRIBUTED NETWORK AND A NODE AND A CLIENT IN A CLIENT-DIRECTED DISTRIBUTED NETWORK Non-Final OA DANDELION NETWORKS INC.
18516060 SECURE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES Final Rejection McAfee, LLC
18676881 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
18595959 METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A RESOURCE Final Rejection Adam Networks Inc.
18218352 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection BIOCONNECT INC.
17980116 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRACE ID VALIDATION AND TRUST Non-Final OA Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC

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