Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AYERS, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2194 2195

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael W. Ayers is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2194. He has managed 309 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 70.6%. This 70.6% rate indicates that a majority of the applications in his portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1191, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 309 resolved cases, this 1191-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 51.0%. This 51.0% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 70.6% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a highly effective method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 51.0% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a much higher success rate than the baseline. The 1191-day median suggests that such engagement is a critical part of the process in Art Unit 2194.

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

Performance Statistics

70.6%
Allow Rate
+15.6% vs TC avg
328
Total Applications
+51.0%
Interview Lift
1191
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 309 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
26.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18698750 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITIES Non-Final OA nChain Licensing AG
18593543 PROACTIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A DETERMINISTIC PROCESSOR TO IMPROVE LATENCY, THROUGHPUT, AND RELIABILITY Non-Final OA Groq, Inc.
18326773 DYNAMIC HARDWARE PROFILE MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18262107 PERIPHERAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE REPRESENTATION VIA UNIFORM TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18550159 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18487673 TRANSMITTING DATA USING A SHARED NETWORK ADAPTER Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18590674 DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEM, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, AND DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18362617 RACE FREE VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.
18488537 ENFORCING LIMITS ON USE OF ENDPOINT DEVICES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18217438 INFRASTRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT SCALING OF HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING NODES Final Rejection Nutanix, Inc.

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