Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CRANDALL, RICHARD W.

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3619 3626 3629 3689 3711

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Richard W. Crandall works in Art Unit 3619 within Tech Center 3700. He has 308 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 30.2%. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1209 days. The data also shows an interview lift of 33.8%. This 33.8% lift indicates that cases involving an interview reach allowance at a higher rate than the 30.2% overall allowance rate. These figures provide a statistical overview of the prosecution environment for this examiner.

The 308 resolved cases in Tech Center 3700 establish the historical performance for Art Unit 3619. An allowance rate of 30.2% means that a minority of applications reached a successful conclusion. The median of 1209 days to allowance represents the timeframe for the prosecution process. Because the interview lift is 33.8%, practitioners can see a significant benefit to conducting a formal discussion with the examiner. These data points from 308 resolved cases offer a factual summary of the outcomes for applications assigned to Richard W. Crandall.

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

Performance Statistics

30.2%
Allow Rate
-39.8% vs TC avg
360
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 308 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
38.3%
§103 Obviousness
16.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18617057 System and Method for Automated Forecasting Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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18080535 AUTOMATED POLICY COMPLIANCE Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
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