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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Bryan S Blankenagel, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2653 2658

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S is assigned to Technology Center 2600 and art unit 2653. The profile records 395 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 67.1%. Median time to allowance is 1000 days. Interview lift is 33.0%, indicating a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

The listed companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Google LLC, and The Toronto-dominion Bank. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, Astute IP Law Group, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP. The case volume provides a useful basis for expectation setting, and the interview result supports considering examiner discussions early when they can clarify claim scope or technical distinctions.

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

Performance Statistics

67.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
425
Total Applications
+33.0%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 395 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.1%
§101 Eligibility
12.1%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18898383 USING AUTONOMOUS AI AGENTS TO PERFORM COMPLICATED TASKS IN FUSION CLOUD APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
19107238 Systems and Methods for Prompt-Based Query Generation for Diverse Retrieval Non-Final OA Google LLC
18562663 Enhancing Audio Content of a Captured Sense Non-Final OA Google LLC
18521944 THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18921306 PRONUNCIATION FEEDBACK GENERATOR Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18258824 VOICE EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
19062448 CHARACTER STRING DIVIDING APPARATUS, VOCABULARY GROUP GENERATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18894872 Active Listening for Assistant Systems Final Rejection Meta Platforms, Inc.
19061533 LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN COMPETITION TO SELECT AN OPTIMAL RESPONSE TO A PROMPT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19057428 MEMORY-EFFICIENT DECODING WITH KV CACHE COMPRESSION FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18175845 ACTIVE COMMUNICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17521232 UNSTRUCTURED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL IN CONVERSATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18336578 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH TEXT CLASSIFICATION BASED ON SALIENT WORD REPLACEMENT Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Bryan S Blankenagel's allowance rate?

67.1% of resolved applications examined by Bryan S Blankenagel were allowed (395 resolved cases), compared with 75.1% across Art Unit 2653 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Bryan S Blankenagel?

This examiner's interview lift is +33.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Bryan S Blankenagel take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Bryan S Blankenagel took 1,000 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Bryan S Blankenagel work in?

Bryan S Blankenagel examines applications in Art Unit 2653 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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