Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Christopher Palaca Cadorna, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2442 2444

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA handles matters in USPTO Technology Center 2400 and art unit 2442. The profile reports 238 resolved cases and a 66.4% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1197 days, indicating that applicants should plan for extended prosecution and preserve flexibility in amendment and continuation decisions.

The reported interview lift is 19.1%. Intel Corporation, Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, and Dell Products L.P. are the listed companies. BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC, Compass IP Law PC, and Fogarty LLP are the identified firms. The concentration in computing applicants makes careful articulation of system architecture and functional relationships important. Interviews can help focus the record, but claim drafting and written technical support remain central to the prosecution approach.

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

Performance Statistics

66.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
273
Total Applications
+19.1%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 238 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
54.1%
§103 Obviousness
19.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18291613 First Node, Second Node, Third Node Communications System and Methods Performed Thereby for Handling Provision of a Service to a Device Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19238831 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18366380 WEBRTC SIGNALING AND DATA CHANNEL IN FIFTH GENERATION (5G) MEDIA STREAMING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
16780609 OFFLOAD OF STREAMING PROTOCOL PACKET FORMATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18024063 CONTROL MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO FREQUENCY SENSING Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18641249 ADDING A SERVER TO A CALL Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
17692519 MUTE MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18674602 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTI-STAGE HASH TABLE Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18770810 Communication Network Prediction Method, Terminal, and Network-Side Device Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
19105834 COMMUNICATION METHOD, REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING-RELATED SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION NODE Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18665340 DATA PLANE REDUNDANCY MANAGEMENT WITH INTELLIGENT LINECARD Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18358719 Dynamic and QOS bandwidth aware load balancing in multi-path software defined wan area networks Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18676556 USING SOURCE ROUTING FOR AUTHORIZATION Final Rejection Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
18505001 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW ON INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE Final Rejection KAKAO CORP.
18443727 SMART INFRASTRUCTURE ORCHESTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18432225 BIDIRECTIONAL ATTESTATION FOR WORKSPACE ORCHESTRATORS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18588518 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ETHERNET NETWORK DEVICE EMULATOR Final Rejection Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18725426 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Christopher Palaca Cadorna's allowance rate?

66.4% of resolved applications examined by Christopher Palaca Cadorna were allowed (238 resolved cases), compared with 66.2% across Art Unit 2442 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Christopher Palaca Cadorna?

This examiner's interview lift is +19.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Christopher Palaca Cadorna take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Christopher Palaca Cadorna took 1,197 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Christopher Palaca Cadorna work in?

Christopher Palaca Cadorna examines applications in Art Unit 2442 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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