Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2171 2178 2179 2425 3667

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Keith D. Bloomquist is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3600, assigned to Art Unit 2171. He has 722 resolved cases, providing a substantial dataset for evaluating his performance. The allowance rate pct for Bloomquist is 63.0, indicating that a majority of applications result in a patent grant. This 63.0 allowance rate pct suggests a balanced examination environment in Art Unit 2171.

Practitioners should note the interview lift pct of 18.4, which shows that conducting an interview is a productive strategy for increasing the chances of allowance. The median days to allowance is 1119, reflecting the typical duration for successful prosecution. Given the 18.4 interview lift pct, direct communication may help resolve issues more effectively than written responses alone. The 1119 median days to allowance and the 722 resolved cases indicate that Bloomquist follows a consistent timeline for applications in Tech Center 3600, where interviews can play a meaningful role in securing a positive outcome.

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

Performance Statistics

63.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
770
Total Applications
+18.4%
Interview Lift
1119
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 722 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
62.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18670598 Manipulating a Rig Based on an Interaction in a Physical Environment Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18694354 Object Manipulation in Graphical Environment Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18373186 USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING WIDGETS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17897245 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18680581 AUTO-ADVANCE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18520262 INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18665695 CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18555109 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18199510 VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18240016 Multidimensional Multivariate Multiple Sensor System Final Rejection SNBR INC
18355532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORRELATED USERS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18918292 DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING DISPLAY PROGRAM Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18817162 ACCELERATED EXECUTION OF A WEB APPLICATION BY A TERMINAL FOR PLAYING BACK AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT, THROUGH A GATEWAY Final Rejection Orange
17921647 CENTRAL APPARATUS, MAP GENERATION SYSTEM, AND MAP GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17785910 COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM, SURGICAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND SURGICAL CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18897111 ELECTRONIC RED ENVELOPE SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18868153 MULTIMEDIA PLAYING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18860594 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MESSAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18730742 OBJECT PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18858188 HAPTICS EFFECT COMPRISING A WASHOUT Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18897460 CONTEXTUALIZATION AND OPTIMIZED USER PROMPTING IN AUTOMATED NOTE TAKING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18954935 MEDIA CONTENT INTERACTION Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18819054 HANDLING COMPLEX STRUCTURES FOR SENTENCE PARAPHRASING UTILIZING A LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18680983 ATTRIBUTION OF DECOMPOSED PARAGRAPHS TO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18664738 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT OF WEB CONTENT Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18639210 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZING INFORMATION FOR AND FROM AN AI ENGINE IN A VIRTUAL CANVAS Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18637896 CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18012205 ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18812815 GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FORMATTED CONTENT USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA Twilio Inc.
18798254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DELIBERATION PLATFORMS Non-Final OA University of Houston System

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