Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Ryan S Barrett, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BARRETT, RYAN S

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2145 2148 2171 2175 4100

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

BARRETT, RYAN S works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2145. The record includes 430 resolved cases, a 65.6% allowance rate, and a 40.9% interview lift. The interview result is a strong practical signal for counsel evaluating whether to pursue direct discussion with the examiner.

The median time to allowance is 1209 days. The leading companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Canon Inc., and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, Dickinson Wright PLLC - Washington DC, and Joywin IP Law PLLC.

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

Performance Statistics

65.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
453
Total Applications
+40.9%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 430 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
38.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274531 DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING WITH NEW LABELS USING HETEROGENEOUS LABEL DISTRIBUTION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18582664 PREDICTION DEVICE FOR PREDICTING INFORMATION RELATED TO PATIENT, OPERATION METHOD OF PREDICTION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18351417 TRAINING AND APPLICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18451726 RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR FUSED DEPTH-WISE SEPARABLE CONVOLUTION (DSC) Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18571196 FINE-TUNING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPLICATION FOR CLASSIFICATION MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION DECOUPLING Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18429072 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING METRIC OBJECTS USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18279754 PARALLELIZING MOMENT-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS WITH BLOCKWISE MODEL-UPDATE FILTERING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18731451 PHASED MIXER MASKED AUTOENCODER Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18382029 OPTIMIZING DEVELOPMENT OF A QUANTUM CIRCUIT OR A QUANTUM MODEL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18473217 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PREDICTION SUPERVISION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Who Appears Before This Examiner

Top companies before this examiner

Law firms appearing most often

Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Ryan S Barrett's allowance rate?

65.6% of resolved applications examined by Ryan S Barrett were allowed (430 resolved cases), compared with 52.6% across Art Unit 2145 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Ryan S Barrett?

This examiner's interview lift is +40.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Ryan S Barrett take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Ryan S Barrett took 1,209 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Ryan S Barrett work in?

Ryan S Barrett examines applications in Art Unit 2145 in Tech Center 4100.

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month