Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2496 2497

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.8%
Allow Rate
+20.8% vs TC avg
492
Total Applications
+7.8%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 433 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
52.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18608321 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MULTI-SIGNED APK FILE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18116400 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME PERMISSIONING FOR DIGITAL RESOURCES IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18709977 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRODUCT DEVICE, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
16147096 PERSONAL DOMAIN FOR A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT SYSTEM ON A COMMUNAL DEVICE Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19012068 MITIGATION OF RANSOMWARE IN INTEGRATED, ISOLATED APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18434289 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR GENERATING ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR A COMPANY Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17335118 CERTIFICATE-BASED MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18356783 Label and Network Graph Expansion Using Multiple Feature Extraction Procedures Non-Final OA PayPal, Inc.
18907060 ENABLING USING EXTERNAL TENANT MASTER KEYS Non-Final OA Workday, Inc.
18235094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING PRIVATE DEVICES TO PUBLIC DEVICES ACCORDING TO CONNECTION PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
16181099 Localized Multi-Factor Network Authentication Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17652326 COLLECTION FOLDER FOR COLLECTING FILE SUBMISSIONS Final Rejection Dropbox, Inc.
17214185 FILE CONTENT ANALYSIS AND DATA MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Rubrik, Inc.
16953610 PHONE CALL ENDPOINT SECURITY Final Rejection Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18524058 METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17975832 LEGAL HOLD AND RELATED DATA ACCESS CONTROLS USING STATIC CONTENT-BASED DATASETS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18772026 SECURE FIREWALL CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA Sophos Limited
18500876 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESS PROTECTION OF SYSTEM PERIPHERALS Non-Final OA Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
18942181 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY COMMUNICATING A TEXT MESSAGE CONTENT BETWEEN A SENDER AND A RECIPIENT Non-Final OA Paubox, Inc.
18928994 EVENT DETECTION MODEL Non-Final OA CrowdStrike, Inc.
17095884 ZERO-TOUCH SECURITY SENSOR UPDATES Final Rejection CrowdStrike, Inc.
18425297 COMMAND VALIDATION AT AN INTERMEDIARY DEVICE Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18902277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Blockchains, Inc.
17547568 DATA BLURRING Final Rejection Business Objects Software Ltd.
18480057 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Monitoring Systems and Methods Non-Final OA PKI Solutions LLC
18280558 Devices and Methods for Performing Cryptographic Handshaking Non-Final OA Garrison Technology Ltd.

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