Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ALVARADO DAVID, DORIANNE

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2436 2499

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dorianne Alvarado David is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2436. She has 52 resolved cases, providing a dataset to assess her examination style. This volume of work suggests a steady pace of resolutions in the communications-related technologies of her tech center.

The allowance rate for this examiner is 73.1 percent. This percentage represents the portion of applications reaching a final resolution that result in a patent grant. For practitioners, this 73.1 percent rate indicates the likelihood of success for applications assigned to this examiner in Art Unit 2436.

The interview lift is 8.8 percent. This figure shows the increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. The 8.8 percent lift indicates that interviews are a useful tool for clarifying the invention and reaching an agreement on the claims in Tech Center 2400.

The median days to allowance is 1194. This metric provides a clear expectation for the duration of the prosecution process. The 1194 day median reflects the time typically required to navigate the examination process to a successful conclusion under this examiner's supervision, allowing for effective planning of patent strategies.

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

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+15.1% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
+8.8%
Interview Lift
1194
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18945068 CALLER VERIFICATION Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
19013075 PRIVATE KEY RECOVERY DEVICE, PRIVATE KEY RECOVERY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18837231 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18905179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING CONTENT Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18121462 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARD EMULATION ON A WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19123559 Local Authorization for AI/ML Model Storage and Sharing Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18790666 Invitation-Less Unauthenticated Software Application Access Final Rejection Zoom Communications, Inc.
19226034 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ENCODING/ENCRYPTION KEY GENERATION Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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