Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WORKU, SARON MATTHEWOS

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2408 2496

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Saron Matthewos Worku is assigned to Art Unit 2408 in Tech Center 2400. The examiner has 22 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 59.1%. This rate reflects the proportion of applications reaching a final disposition that result in a patent grant. The median days to allowance is 993, which is the recorded timeframe for the prosecution history. Practitioners can note this 993 figure when setting expectations for the duration of the process. The 22 resolved cases provide the data for these observations.

The interview lift for this examiner is 58.3%. This figure indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. With the 58.3% lift and the 59.1% allowance rate, practitioners can evaluate the impact of direct communication on their strategy. These metrics are the available data for this docket in Art Unit 2408. The recorded data points provide the basis for understanding the prosecution environment under this examiner. This analysis relies on the specific figures provided for this profile.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
+1.1% vs TC avg
55
Total Applications
+58.3%
Interview Lift
993
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.0%
§102 Novelty
59.5%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18896031 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANSOMWARE DETECTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18652674 PROTECTING TOKENIZED STRUCTURES USING A PROTECTION ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18502480 INFORMATION SHARING FOR CYBERATTACK RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
19088444 VEHICLE AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18456500 MULTIPLEXING DEVICE, QKD SYSTEM, QKD DEVICE, MULTIPLEXING METHOD, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18819272 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING CAPTURE PROTECTIONS POLICIES Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18212552 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIDING/UNHIDING CONTENT BASED ON METADATA CATEGORIES Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18861881 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18656645 MAINTAINING STABLE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR VERDICTS WITH INTELLIGENT RECRAWLING Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18161209 Management of Storage Devices Utilizing Non-Fungible Tokens Non-Final OA Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
18759776 PROTECTION-LEVEL BASED MECHANISM FOR SECURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18538355 INTEGRATING WEB3 ASSET ATTRIBUTES WITH WEB2 SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18624775 PURGING DATA AT A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18207920 Identifying Constraints on Media Content Usage using Watermarks Final Rejection Disney Enterprises, Inc.
17945740 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING MACHINE-READABLE INDICIA FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION COMPONENTS Non-Final OA ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17911093 DIGITAL PATHOLOGY RECORDS DATABASE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

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