Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CRAWFORD, GENE O

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3628 3651 3725 3754

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Gene O. Crawford works in Art Unit 3628 within Tech Center 3700. He has 37 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 45.9%. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1105 days. The data also shows an interview lift of 5.7%. This 5.7% lift indicates that cases involving an interview reach allowance at a higher rate than the 45.9% overall allowance rate. These figures provide a statistical overview of the prosecution environment for this examiner.

The 37 resolved cases in Tech Center 3700 establish the historical performance for Art Unit 3628. An allowance rate of 45.9% means that less than half of the applications reached a successful conclusion. The median of 1105 days to allowance represents the timeframe for the prosecution process. Because the interview lift is 5.7%, practitioners can see a benefit to conducting a formal discussion with the examiner. These data points from 37 resolved cases offer a factual summary of the outcomes for applications assigned to Gene O. Crawford.

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

Performance Statistics

45.9%
Allow Rate
-24.1% vs TC avg
53
Total Applications
+5.7%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18961163 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING CONTAINERS IN A FILLING PLANT Non-Final OA Krones AG
18959129 METHOD FOR MONITORING A PRODUCTION PROCESS IN A PRODUCTION LINE AND PRODUCTION LINE, IN PARTICULAR A FILLING LINE Non-Final OA Krones AG
18576538 Conveyor Apparatus for Conveying Motor Vehicle Bodies, Method for Painting a Motor Vehicle Body, and Painting Apparatus Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18954543 APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING POWDER Non-Final OA SK On Co., Ltd.
18870899 AUTONOMOUSLY MOBILE DEVICE FOR LOADING BOBBINS IN A MANUFACTURING FACILITY Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
19072797 CHUTE COVER FOR DISPENSER Non-Final OA OPTUM, INC.
18975745 Transport Facility Non-Final OA Daifuku Co., Ltd.

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