Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Michael C Colucci, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as COLUCCI, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2122 2626 2655 2656 2658

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
1,065
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
1146
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1017 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.0%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
61.3%
§103 Obviousness
4.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19028721 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED NATURAL LANGUAGE DIALOGUE WITH CUSTOMERS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18708173 AR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AR DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18428821 METHOD OF DETERMINING FALSE REJECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19050807 UPDATING TRAINED VOICE BOT(S) UTILIZING EXAMPLE-BASED VOICE BOT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18914823 VEHICLE FUNCTION CONTROL WITH SENSOR BASED VALIDATION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
19036431 PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18828812 SMART VEHICLE ASSISTANT Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17571425 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STREAMABLE MULTIMODAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18667260 VOICE OPERATION DEVICE THAT OPERATES OPERATED DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING VOICE OPERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND VOICE OPERATING SYSTEM Final Rejection KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
18829099 System and Method for Non-Intrusive Speech Intelligibility Estimation Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18789219 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TOTAL DURATION-AWARE MODEL TO CONTROL THE TOTAL DURATION OF SPEECH UTTERANCES BY A TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS) COMPUTING SYTEM Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18375832 Long Running Language Model Thread Truncation Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18422140 STREAMLINED FRAMEWORK NAVIGATION WITH PATH SUMMARIES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18942726 SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION UNDERSTANDING USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael C Colucci's allowance rate?

75.9% of resolved applications examined by Michael C Colucci were allowed (1,017 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael C Colucci?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael C Colucci take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael C Colucci took 1,146 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael C Colucci work in?

Michael C Colucci examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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