Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CORTES, HOWARD

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1796 2100 2118 2144 2177 2818 4100

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

Howard Cortes has resolved 526 cases in Art Unit 1796 of Tech Center 4100. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 78.5 percent. For applications that reach allowance, the median days to allowance is 1153, which serves as a timeline metric for practitioners. The 526 resolved cases provide a basis for understanding the examiner's approach in this tech center.

The data shows an interview lift of 14.4 percent across the 526 resolved cases. This lift indicates that interviews are a strategy for overcoming rejections, especially when considering the 78.5 percent allowance rate. Practitioners can use the 1153 median days to allowance to manage client expectations regarding the speed of the patent grant process. The 14.4 percent lift suggests that verbal communication is a tool for advancing prosecution in Art Unit 1796. These figures represent the recorded performance for this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

78.5%
Allow Rate
+18.5% vs TC avg
541
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
1153
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 526 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18893755 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING PATIENTS VIA TELEMEDICINE USING SENSOR DATA FROM REHABILITATION OR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA ROM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18800072 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING RESPONSIVE EDITING AND VIEWING, INTEGRATING HIERARCHICAL FLUID COMPONENTS AND DYNAMIC LAYOUT Non-Final OA Wix.com Ltd.
18974700 CONTEXTUAL ANSWER GENERATION IN SPREADSHEETS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18858522 POSITIONING A GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA Google LLC
18797224 MODULAR CONTROLLER FOR A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
18313994 TELEMETRY SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING COOLING OF COMPUTE COMPONENTS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18456359 TURBO-EXPANDER INTELLIGENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18548466 MACHINE TOOL CONTROLLER Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18661940 METHOD FOR A STATE ESTIMATION OF AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, STATE ESTIMATION ARRANGEMENT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18430306 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNISING A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MEANS IN A SHEET METAL PROCESSING MACHINE Final Rejection ARKU MASCHINENBAU GMBH
18915591 Generative User Interfaces (UIs) for Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.

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