Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Charles E Anya, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ANYA, CHARLES E

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2194 2492 3624

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

ANYA, CHARLES E is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3600 and art unit 2194. The profile records 913 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 81.7%, and a median of 1131 days to allowance. Interview lift is 32.9%, showing a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

Intel Corporation, Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, and ORACLE INTERNATIONAL Corporation are the leading companies. The leading firms are Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC, BakerHostetler, and DAY PITNEY LLP. The combination of an 81.7% allowance rate and 32.9% interview lift supports integrating interviews into prosecution strategy. The 1131-day median indicates that favorable outcomes may still require sustained prosecution attention and careful sequencing of claim amendments.

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

Performance Statistics

81.7%
Allow Rate
+29.7% vs TC avg
965
Total Applications
+32.9%
Interview Lift
1131
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 913 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
69.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18643300 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AN EVENT IN RESPONSE TO A POINT-OF-SALE TRANSACTION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18960949 MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS CONSIDERING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18884044 Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Automatically Providing Shared Content to Applications Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18825612 FRAMEWORK FOR TOKEN EXCHANGE BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18640932 AUTOMATIC DEFRAGMENTATION SERVICE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18818440 METHOD FOR SHARING DATA BETWEEN CROSS-END CONTAINER AND NATIVE RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
18474081 LICENSE MANAGEMENT FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED SILICON Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18213189 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURE RESOURCE ALLOCATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17855314 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SYNCHRONIZE THREADS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17721578 DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF STACK MEMORY SPACE UPON THREAD START IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18401060 Resource-Efficient and Time-Efficient Prompting of a Language Model to Invoke Functions Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17852171 PROVIDING NAME RESOLUTION SERVICES TO COMPONENTS EXECUTING IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18576579 DEPLOYMENT OF AN ACCELERATION SERVICE IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18526313 SYNCHRONIZING MIDDLEWARE PROCESS EXECUTION ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS WITH CALLBACK CAPABILITIES Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18752690 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO IDENTIFY THREAD PREVENTION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17949817 OFFLOADED TASK COMPUTATION ON NETWORK-ATTACHED CO-PROCESSORS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18813080 CONTIGUOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION DEVICE AND CONTIGUOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION METHOD Non-Final OA REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
17936798 Synchronization Method for Low Latency Communication for Efficient Scheduling Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18774335 SECURE LCS PROVISIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18647251 COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Charles E Anya's allowance rate?

81.7% of resolved applications examined by Charles E Anya were allowed (913 resolved cases), compared with 68.9% across Art Unit 2194 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Charles E Anya?

This examiner's interview lift is +32.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Charles E Anya take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Charles E Anya took 1,131 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Charles E Anya work in?

Charles E Anya examines applications in Art Unit 2194 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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