Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CELANI, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2447 2449 3715

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nicholas P. Celani is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2447. He has resolved 467 cases with an allowance rate of 45.8 percent. This rate indicates a selective examination process where fewer than half of the applications result in a grant. The 467 resolved cases provide a picture of the examiner's typical outcomes and prosecution style.

The interview lift is 42.3 percent, which is a high increase over the 45.8 percent baseline. This suggests that interviews are exceptionally effective at securing allowances in this docket. Practitioners should prioritize direct engagement to capitalize on this 42.3 percent lift. The data implies that verbal discussion is a highly successful method for overcoming rejections and reaching a grant.

The median days to allowance is 1171. This figure represents the timeframe for reaching a positive conclusion in prosecution. While the 45.8 percent allowance rate is selective, the 1171-day duration indicates that the process requires persistence. The 42.3 percent lift is a tool for applicants to use during this 1171-day period to significantly improve their chances of success.

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

Performance Statistics

45.8%
Allow Rate
-24.2% vs TC avg
506
Total Applications
+42.3%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 467 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
51.5%
§103 Obviousness
25.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18472600 OUTPUT MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING Final Rejection Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
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.
19112285 FUNCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FUNCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17591585 ENABLING OFF-CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18620597 MULTI-APPLICATION HOST COMPUTING INSTANCE GROUP FOR APPLICATION STREAMING Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18150268 CLOUD BASED APPLICATION ACCESS PRIVILEGE GOVERNANCE Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18227601 INTRUSION PREVENTION BASED ON INFECTION CHAINS Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18949492 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSING DEVICE RECONFIGURATION Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18254447 ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18921370 NETWORK SERVICE AND IOT CONNECTIVITY DETECTION IN OVERLAY FABRICS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18207058 ANALYSES AND AGGREGATION OF DOMAIN BEHAVIOR FOR EMAIL THREAT DETECTION BY A CYBER SECURITY SYSTEM Final Rejection Darktrace Holdings Limited
18982288 CORRECTING DISRUPTION OF A NETWORK DURING A VIRTUAL MEETING Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18215905 Tunneling with fully qualified domain name hosts Non-Final OA Sophos Limited
18705957 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING SLICE STATE INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE NSACFS Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18969388 DATA PROCESSING METHODS IN AN ETHERNET NETWORK, AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES IN AN ETHERNET NETWORK Non-Final OA Schneider Electric Industries SAS
18431443 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURITY SOFTWARE PATCH TYPE DETECTION Final Rejection George Mason University
18690454 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN SYSTEM FOR ENSURING ETHICAL, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF BIOSPECIMENS Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18473696 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING THREAT DETECTION AND MITIGATION AMONG A FLEET OF TRUSTED DEVICES Final Rejection Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC

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