Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CHASE, SHELLY A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2112 4100

This examiner grants 95% of resolved cases

Analysis

Shelly A Chase is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2112. The examiner has 768 resolved cases. This volume of resolutions provides a basis for analyzing the examiner's prosecution patterns. The data offers a view of how applications are examined within this specific technical unit and the examiner's consistency in decision-making.

The allowance rate is 94.8 percent. This percentage shows the frequency of grants for applications that reach a final resolution with this examiner. The median days to allowance is 786. This figure indicates the time from filing to the grant of a patent. Practitioners can use this duration to estimate the timeline for their own applications in this art unit and plan their intellectual property strategy accordingly.

The interview lift is 2.6 percent. This metric indicates that an interview is associated with an increase in the probability of an allowance. The positive lift suggests that verbal communication is a method for resolving rejections with this examiner. Applicants might consider scheduling an interview to address any remaining concerns and ensure the application continues to move toward a grant.

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

Performance Statistics

94.8%
Allow Rate
+34.8% vs TC avg
787
Total Applications
+2.6%
Interview Lift
786
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 768 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
45.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19062977 ERROR CORRECTION CODE CIRCUIT, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18991265 Initial Control Frame Design with Per-User Frame Check Sequence Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19069910 TECHNIQUES FOR LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK RATE MATCHING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18210984 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETRANSMISSION SCHEMES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18317859 MULTI-USER ENCODING FOR UNEQUAL MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME ASSIGNMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17970557 Software-Defined Synthesizable Testbench Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18783057 MEMORY DEVICE USING ERROR CHECK AND SCRUB WITH SHARED SCRUB LOOP Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19017200 CONTROLLER THAT RECEIVES A CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK (CRC) CODE FOR BOTH READ AND WRITE DATA TRANSMITTED VIA BIDIRECTIONAL DATA LINK Non-Final OA Rambus Inc.

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