Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 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
657
Total Applications
+61.3%
Interview Lift
1176
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 620 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.2%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
58.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18827532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE SECURITY ASSETS DISCOVERY AND ONBOARDING Final Rejection Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
18716438 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMISSION MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA nChain Licensing AG
18960554 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING UNIQUE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON LOGS Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18895089 DETECTING STEALING OF PRINCIPALS IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
19002046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS CAPABLE OF SHARING STATE ACROSS THREADS IN A THREAD-ISOLATED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17104311 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR OBTAINING ENHANCED PRIVILEGES FOR A NETWORK-BASED RESOURCE AND PERFORMING ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18815254 VEHICLE BASED ANONYMIZATION OF LOCALIZATION VEHICLE DATA Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18164215 GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION USING DIFFUSION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18087919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING KEY MIXING HAZARD MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
17561170 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADDRESS ROW HAMMER ATTACKS AT A HOST PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18977792 DRIVING RENEGOTIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY Non-Final OA Penta Security Inc.

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