Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: ADAMS, CHARLES D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2152 2154 2164 2165

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Analysis

Charles D Adams operates in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2152. The examiner has resolved 432 cases with an allowance rate of 44.9 percent. The median time to reach an allowance is 1807 days. The interview lift is 43.8 percent, which indicates an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is held compared to the 44.9 percent baseline. This 43.8 percent lift is a key metric for practitioners to consider.

The 1807-day median pendency provides a benchmark for the prosecution process in Art Unit 2152. Practitioners should use the 43.8 percent interview lift to potentially improve the 44.9 percent allowance rate. With 432 cases resolved, the data provides a signal that interviews are a productive strategy. Tech Center 2100 applicants must account for the 1807-day timeline when planning their filings. The relationship between the 44.9 percent baseline and the 43.8 percent lift is central to this profile.

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

Performance Statistics

44.9%
Allow Rate
-10.1% vs TC avg
462
Total Applications
+43.8%
Interview Lift
1807
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 432 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
56.0%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19036205 DATA LOGGING FOR CLOUD PLATFORMS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18390346 MISSING CONTROL IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
19277111 SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19072784 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF BI MODELS USING DATA INTROSPECTION AND CURATION Final Rejection ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18665071 SIMPLIFYING AND OPTIMIZING DATA LINEAGE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17885964 GEO-SCALE ANALYTICS WITH BANDWIDTH AND REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18062119 DATA DISCREPANCY DETECTION IN A SENSITIVE DATA REPLICATION PIPELINE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18970684 COMBINED CHANGE-POINT ANALYZER FOR DATABASE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18609933 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DOCUMENTS WITH MODEL ELEMENT PROPERTIES Non-Final OA SAP SE
18586034 DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18434959 REFINED QUERY RESOLUTION BASED ON RELEVANT SEARCH CLUSTERING USING REAL TIME DATA Final Rejection Optum, Inc.
18756540 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING FILE SIMILARITY Final Rejection CrowdStrike, Inc.
19063196 FRAGMENT-BASED DESIGN SEARCH Final Rejection FIGMA, INC.

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