Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BAHL, SANGEETA

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3626 3629

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sangeeta Bahl is an examiner in Art Unit 3626 within Tech Center 3600. The examiner has 463 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 20.7 percent. This rate indicates the proportion of applications that reach allowance under this examiner's review. The median days to allowance is 1689, which defines the prosecution cycle for those applications that are granted.

The interview lift is 19.7 percent, providing a measure of how an interview can change the 20.7 percent allowance rate. The 1689-day median pendency is a factor for applicants to consider when deciding whether to continue prosecution. The 463 resolved cases provide a dataset for understanding the examiner's tendencies. Practitioners should use the 19.7 percent lift to address rejections directly with the examiner. The 20.7 percent allowance rate and the 1689-day median are the primary metrics.

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

Performance Statistics

20.7%
Allow Rate
-31.3% vs TC avg
504
Total Applications
+19.7%
Interview Lift
1689
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 463 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

37.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19078758 VAPING POLICY ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
18707449 REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM OF HOME APPLIANCES SOLD BY REGION AND METHOD FOR CONTROL THEREOF Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18637163 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVELY PROVIDING EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT INTERACTION GUIDANCE USING A MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18628920 RETURN MANAGEMENT SERVICE Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18303516 DISPLAY SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18248178 ANSWERING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, ANSWERING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19376197 DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DAY-BY-DAY DIARIES OF VEHICLE USAGE FOR DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS Non-Final OA Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
18342589 DOMAIN ADAPTION FOR SERVICE REQUESTS USING A GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18647421 AI ENHANCED CUSTOMER SUPPORT AUTOMATION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18770094 CONFIGURING SERVICE CONSOLES BASED ON SERVICE FEATURE TEMPLATES USING A DATABASE SYSTEM Non-Final OA salesforce.com, inc.
18072195 CHANNEL RECOMMENDATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
15353356 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE ENGINE Final Rejection Jabil, Inc.

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