Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Blaine T Basom, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BASOM, BLAINE T

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2141 2173 2483

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

BASOM, BLAINE T is assigned to Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2141. Across 339 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 43.1%, and the interview lift is 20.3%. The positive interview result supports using interviews as one avenue for addressing prosecution obstacles.

The median time to allowance is 1651 days, the longest pendency figure in this profile. The leading companies are Google LLC, Toyota Motor Corporation, and International Business Machines Corporation. The listed firms are DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP, SUGHRUE MION, PLLC, and BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.

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

Performance Statistics

43.1%
Allow Rate
-14.9% vs TC avg
376
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
1651
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 339 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
60.6%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17825962 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17751083 DEPENDENCY CHECKING FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18585709 Autonomous LLM Agent Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Google LLC
17801455 Neighborhood Distillation of Deep Neural Networks Non-Final OA Google LLC
18233447 MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MODEL TRAINING SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18233443 TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD AND TRAINING DATA GENERATION SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18589754 NIMBLE AND MODIFIABLE OUTER LAYER FOR FOUNDATIONAL GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS TO DELAY MODEL DECAY AND EXTEND MODEL LIFE Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18422482 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REVISE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL OUTPUTS VIA INTRODUCED PERIODIC CONTEXT AND DATA REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
17896747 ORDINAL CLASSIFICATION THROUGH NETWORK DECOMPOSITION Final Rejection NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA INC.
17201152 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PREDICTING INFORMATION Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
17931538 LEARNED COLUMN-WEIGHTS FOR RAPID-ESTIMATION OF PROPERTIES OF AN ENTIRE EXCITATION VECTOR Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17650798 EDGE-BASED FORECASTING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17440068 NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
19300456 DATA GENERATION AND RETRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR FINE-TUNING OF BI-ENCODING AND CROSS-ENCODING MODELS FOR EFFICIENT DATA RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
16740658 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING EMAIL MESSAGES Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18105328 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR ON-DEMAND INTERACTIVE SESSIONS DURING VIRTUAL CONFERENCES Final Rejection Adobe Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Blaine T Basom's allowance rate?

43.1% of resolved applications examined by Blaine T Basom were allowed (339 resolved cases), compared with 26.4% across Art Unit 2141 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Blaine T Basom?

This examiner's interview lift is +20.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Blaine T Basom take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Blaine T Basom took 1,651 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Blaine T Basom work in?

Blaine T Basom examines applications in Art Unit 2141 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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