Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BARRETT, RYAN S

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2145 2148 2166 2171 2175 4100

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ryan S. Barrett serves in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2145. He has 429 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 65.5 percent. The median days to allowance for his granted patents is 1209. This 1209-day figure provides a timeline for applicants to expect when their cases are granted.

The interview lift for this examiner is 41.2 percent. This 41.2 percent lift is an increase when compared to the 65.5 percent baseline. It suggests that cases involving an interview have a higher probability of allowance than those that do not. For practitioners in Art Unit 2145, this data point indicates that direct communication is an effective strategy.

With 429 resolved cases, the data for this examiner is established. The allowance rate and median pendency describe the typical outcome and timing for his docket. The interview lift is a significant metric, showing a statistical benefit to conducting an interview during the prosecution process.

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

Performance Statistics

65.5%
Allow Rate
+5.5% vs TC avg
444
Total Applications
+41.2%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 429 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
38.2%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18351417 TRAINING AND APPLICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18274531 DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING WITH NEW LABELS USING HETEROGENEOUS LABEL DISTRIBUTION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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
18123710 CROSSOVER SIMULATION AND CAUSATION DETECTION USING SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18429072 AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING METRIC OBJECTS USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18571196 FINE-TUNING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPLICATION FOR CLASSIFICATION MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION DECOUPLING Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18308473 INTELLIGENT SELF-ADJUSTING METRIC COLLECTION Final Rejection NetApp, Inc.
18640851 BATCH SELECTION POLICIES FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING ACTIVE LEARNING Non-Final OA Sanofi
18185281 FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATING GENERAL MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS Final Rejection Brown University

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