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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nicholas P Celani, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CELANI, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2447 2449 3715

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Analysis

CELANI, NICHOLAS P works in tech center 3700 and art unit 2447. The profile records 469 resolved cases, a 46.1% allowance rate, and a 1170-day median to allowance. The 41.2% interview lift indicates a strong positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes, despite an allowance rate below a majority of resolved cases.

The listed companies are Logicmark Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH, and Aristocrat Technologies Inc. The leading firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, K&L Gates LLP - New York, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP. The data supports preparing for challenging examination while treating examiner interviews as a potentially important part of a broader strategy involving carefully targeted amendments and detailed distinctions over the cited art.

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

Performance Statistics

46.1%
Allow Rate
-23.9% vs TC avg
512
Total Applications
+41.2%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 469 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
51.1%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18150268 CLOUD BASED APPLICATION ACCESS PRIVILEGE GOVERNANCE Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19112285 FUNCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FUNCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18627567 Method and System for Managing Access to Data of Digital Twin in Industrial System Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18951245 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF YANG BASED CONFIGURATION OF DEVICES Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18620597 MULTI-APPLICATION HOST COMPUTING INSTANCE GROUP FOR APPLICATION STREAMING Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17591585 ENABLING OFF-CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19117814 DATA ANALYTICS FOR SENSING SERVICES IN NEXT GENERATION CELLULAR NETWORKS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18949492 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSING DEVICE RECONFIGURATION Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
19119514 Deterministic resource scheduling method and apparatus Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18921370 NETWORK SERVICE AND IOT CONNECTIVITY DETECTION IN OVERLAY FABRICS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
19087729 ENABLING INTER-NODE COMMUNICATION USING LOCAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Final Rejection CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
18982288 CORRECTING DISRUPTION OF A NETWORK DURING A VIRTUAL MEETING Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18254447 ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18472600 OUTPUT MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING Final Rejection Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nicholas P Celani's allowance rate?

46.1% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas P Celani were allowed (469 resolved cases), compared with 63.5% across Art Unit 2447 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nicholas P Celani?

This examiner's interview lift is +41.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nicholas P Celani take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nicholas P Celani took 1,170 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nicholas P Celani work in?

Nicholas P Celani examines applications in Art Unit 2447 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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