Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Connor Imiola Blackburn, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2194

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Analysis

BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA is assigned to Technology Center 2100 and art unit 2194. The profile contains 1 resolved case, with an allowance rate of 100.0% and a median of 1048 days to allowance. The interview lift is 0.0%, so the available record does not show an interview-associated change in allowance outcomes.

The listed company experience includes Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, International Business Machines Corporation, and NVIDIA Corporation. The listed firms are AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, Dority & Manning, P.A. and Red Hat, Inc., and Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Services Inc. Because the resolved-case sample is limited, practitioners should treat these figures as an initial case signal rather than a broad prosecution pattern.

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

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+45.0% vs TC avg
17
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1048
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.2%
§101 Eligibility
27.7%
§102 Novelty
40.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18700476 ADAPTIVE RESOURCE DIMENSIONING FOR CLOUD STACK HAVING PLURALITY OF VIRTUALIZATION LAYERS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18448192 MANAGING INSTANCES OF SERVERLESS FUNCTIONS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18632279 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO PERFORM INSTRUCTIONS USING PROCESSOR SETTINGS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18362648 EFFICIENT INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) FOR NESTED VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH MEMORY OVERCOMMIT Non-Final OA RED HAT, INC.
18621712 COMPUTE ISLAND ALLOCATION BASED ON POWER PRIORITIES Non-Final OA ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18639675 Sidecar Container Orchestration Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Connor Imiola Blackburn's allowance rate?

100.0% of resolved applications examined by Connor Imiola Blackburn were allowed (1 resolved cases), compared with 68.9% across Art Unit 2194 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Connor Imiola Blackburn?

This examiner's interview lift is +0.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Connor Imiola Blackburn take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Connor Imiola Blackburn took 1,048 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Connor Imiola Blackburn work in?

Connor Imiola Blackburn examines applications in Art Unit 2194 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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