Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WILCOX, JAMES J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2169 2439 2494

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.2%
Allow Rate
+12.2% vs TC avg
648
Total Applications
+61.0%
Interview Lift
1176
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 617 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
89.0%
§103 Obviousness
0.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18923116 MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18159899 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRUSION DETECTION IN MODULAR SYSTEMS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
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
18428465 RADIO DEVICES Final Rejection Nordic Semiconductor ASA
18164215 GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION USING DIFFUSION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17561170 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADDRESS ROW HAMMER ATTACKS AT A HOST PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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.
18595959 METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A RESOURCE Final Rejection Adam Networks Inc.
18406113 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON DEMAND DEFENSE-IN-DEPTH SECURITY POLICY TRANSLATION AND ENFORCEMENT Final Rejection ACCUKNOX, INC
18396441 NETWORK-ENABLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE Final Rejection Zorday IP, LLC
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
16750057 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING ENCRYPTED DATA REMOTELY Non-Final OA Logonsafe LLC

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