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Last updated: October 27, 2026

David Garcia Cervetti, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2136 2400 2409 2419 2431 2436 2666

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2136. The profile includes 1223 resolved cases, an 82.7% allowance rate, and a 1170-day median to allowance. The 15.3% interview lift indicates a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes in the recorded cases.

The principal companies are Capital One Services LLC, NEC Corporation, and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. The leading firms are BakerHostetler, HOLTZ, HOLTZ & VOLEK PC, and KDW Firm PLLC (1988). The substantial record supports using the profile as a practical planning reference, while the median time to allowance indicates that a favorable allowance environment may still involve continued prosecution effort.

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

Performance Statistics

82.7%
Allow Rate
+20.7% vs TC avg
1,253
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1223 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.7%
§101 Eligibility
26.5%
§102 Novelty
32.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19667810 METHODS, ENTITIES AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR NON-3GPP ACCESS AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19422393 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT AUTHENTICITY BASED ON WEIGHTED ANALYSIS OF CATEGORICAL CONTENT ATTRIBUTES Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18133220 RANDOM PASSWORD GENERATION AND UPDATE FOR DIGITAL SERVICE AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19566530 DETECTING DATA EXFILTRATION AND INFILTRATION OVER DNS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19153633 INFORMATION UPDATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19117685 DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19062046 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
19229155 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTING DEVICE CLUSTER Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
19241868 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A VEHICLE FEATURE ON DEMAND (FOD) SERVICE AND AN FOD SERVER AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A VEHICLE FOD SERVICE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
19186328 Mechanisms for Utilizing Tokens and Cryptograms in Operations Non-Final OA PayPal, Inc.
19052018 NFC Beacons For Bidirectional Communication Between An Electrochemical Sensor And A Reader Device Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
18881058 MONITORING SENSOR DATA USING EXPIRING HASHES Non-Final OA ARM LIMITED

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner David Garcia Cervetti's allowance rate?

82.7% of resolved applications examined by David Garcia Cervetti were allowed (1,223 resolved cases), compared with 72.1% across Art Unit 2136 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner David Garcia Cervetti?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner David Garcia Cervetti take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by David Garcia Cervetti took 1,170 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner David Garcia Cervetti work in?

David Garcia Cervetti examines applications in Art Unit 2136 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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