Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Stephen David Berman, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2192 2431

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
378
Total Applications
+58.3%
Interview Lift
971
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 343 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18470675 GENERATING A TEST SUITE FOR AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18896090 STORAGE DEVICE SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF ZONAL CONTROL UNITS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18537632 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD FOR SOFTWARE CODE AND ANALYZATION METHOD FOR TEST COVERAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18770230 Read, Write, And Array Tracking In Code Representations Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18357358 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR VERIFYING AT LEAST ONE SOFTWARE COMPONENT OF AN AUTOMATED DRIVING FUNCTION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18226004 Orchestrating Parallel Rollouts of Independent Aspects of Production Assets Non-Final OA Google LLC
18353009 DELTA PATCHING FOR SHARED LIBRARIES Non-Final OA Google LLC
18936421 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18904249 INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
18198421 Firmware update method having self-restoration mechanism Non-Final OA REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18891606 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING BLOCKS OF CODE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
17613452 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection connectFree Corporation
18891192 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SELECTION OF CONTROL SET Non-Final OA FMR LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Stephen David Berman's allowance rate?

78.4% of resolved applications examined by Stephen David Berman were allowed (343 resolved cases), compared with 75.3% across Art Unit 2192 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Stephen David Berman?

This examiner's interview lift is +58.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Stephen David Berman take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Stephen David Berman took 971 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Stephen David Berman work in?

Stephen David Berman examines applications in Art Unit 2192 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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