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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Hector J Crespo Febles, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2653 2657 2658

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Analysis

CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J is assigned to USPTO Technology Center 2600 and art unit 2653. The available record contains 1 resolved case, with a 100.0% allowance rate and a 0.0% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 776 days. The very limited record does not support broad conclusions, and the interview measure shows no recorded lift in the available matter.

The principal companies are Apple Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and ORACLE INTERNATIONAL Corporation. The leading firms are AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD, and CARR & FERRELL LLP. These names describe the participants represented in the single resolved matter.

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

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+38.0% vs TC avg
23
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
776
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
70.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19171825 ADAPTIVE COMFORT NOISE PARAMETER DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19074182 DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS BASED ON USER ATTENTION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18758441 GENERATING SEMANTICALLY REPETITION-FREE LLM TEXT Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
19014530 Targeted Audio Neutralization Using Predictive Modeling Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
19064810 CONVERSATION SUPPORT DEVICE, CONVERSATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONVERSATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18885132 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCRIBING AUDIO Final Rejection Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
19039572 Human-Machine Interfaces for Utterance-Based Playlist Selection Non-Final OA Spotify AB
18651241 Section-based chunking technique for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Large Language Models (LLMs) Non-Final OA Ciena Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Hector J Crespo Febles's allowance rate?

100.0% of resolved applications examined by Hector J Crespo Febles were allowed (1 resolved cases), compared with 75.1% across Art Unit 2653 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Hector J Crespo Febles?

This examiner's interview lift is +0.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Hector J Crespo Febles take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Hector J Crespo Febles took 776 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Hector J Crespo Febles work in?

Hector J Crespo Febles examines applications in Art Unit 2653 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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