Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2153 2156 2161 2164 2167

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.8%
Allow Rate
-1.2% vs TC avg
522
Total Applications
+25.8%
Interview Lift
1407
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 494 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18858806 RETRIEVAL TOKEN GENERATION FROM QUERIES USING LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Google LLC
18560756 CLASSIFYING DATA OBJECTS USING NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIONS Non-Final OA Google LLC
17870887 METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL TABLE WITH GUARANTEE ON REPLICA DATA FRESHNESS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18932990 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLEMENTING MEDIA ASSETS DURING FAST-ACCESS PLAYBACK OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18820794 GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE ITEM RANKING Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
19259455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DATA PREPARATION FLEXIBILITY Non-Final OA The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
18811521 HYBRID STORAGE OF REGISTER INFORMATION FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19050687 RE-PERFORMING DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION OF A SET OF OPERATORS VIA A DATABASE SYSTEM BASED ON IMPLEMENTING A REPLAY OPERATOR Final Rejection Ocient Holdings LLC
18962896 GENETIC RECIPROCAL RANK FUSION: A METHOD FOR COMBINING GENETIC ALGORITHM AND RANK FUSION FOR RERANKING IN RAG APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18784799 LEVERAGING PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DATASET BUILDING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18646427 PREVENTION OF VIOLATION OF SECURITY POLICIES AND COMPLIANCE DURING ENROLLMENT ON WEB APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection Kyndryl, Inc.

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