Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2657

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Penny Louise Caudle works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2657. She has resolved 84 cases with an allowance rate of 70.2 percent. This rate suggests a favorable outlook for applicants. The 84 resolved cases provide a dataset to understand the examiner's general approach to patent examination and the likelihood of reaching an allowance.

The interview lift for this examiner is 14.5 percent. This indicates that an interview provides a boost to the 70.2 percent baseline allowance rate. Practitioners should consider this a part of their strategy to ensure a grant. The 14.5 percent lift demonstrates that direct communication with the examiner is a statistically effective way to improve the chances of a successful outcome.

The median days to allowance is 1067. This timeline is a useful metric for applicants to gauge the expected duration of their prosecution. The 1067-day figure, when paired with the 70.2 percent allowance rate, indicates a high likelihood of a successful outcome. Practitioners can use this 1067-day benchmark to plan their strategy and manage client expectations effectively.

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

Performance Statistics

70.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
97
Total Applications
+14.5%
Interview Lift
1067
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 84 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18793735 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO TRANSFORM AN AUDIO STREAM Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19047215 DATA PROCESSING IN A MULTI-ASSISTANT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18757404 REGION OF INTEREST PROMPT PROCESSING FOR LARGE MULTIMODAL MODELS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18040142 HYBRID TEXT TO SPEECH Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19013586 EDGE COMPUTING BASED PREDICTIVE PROMPT CACHING FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18860801 Conversion Method and Apparatus for Natural Language Sentence Non-Final OA SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18190557 ENRICHMENT OF INCIDENT AND ALERT DATA TO PROTECT USER GENERATED CONTENT WHEN GENERATING INCIDENT AND ALERT PREDICTION MODELS Final Rejection ATLASSIAN US, INC.
18431211 NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE SPEECH Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18337984 TEXT NORMALIZATION AND INVERSE TEXT NORMALIZATION FOR MULTI-LINGUAL LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18855475 HIGH FREQUENCY RECONSTRUCTION USING NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dolby International AB
18960064 DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES DURING ONLINE MEETINGS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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