Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Christopher Anthony Daley, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2111 2137 2184 2185 2835

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY is a Tech Center 2800 examiner in Art Unit 2111 with 838 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 84.0%, and the median time to allowance is 962 days. The record supplies a substantial body of prosecution data for evaluating claim strategy and planning the expected course of examination.

The interview lift is 10.5%, indicating a positive association with interviews. An interview may be most useful when the applicant can present a clear distinction over the cited art and confirm the examiner’s understanding of the proposed claim language.

Pure Storage Inc., Intel Corporation, and Apple Inc. are the listed companies. Alliance IP, LLC - Intel, Dority & Manning, P.A. and Groq, Inc., and STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. are the listed firms.

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

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
853
Total Applications
+10.5%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 838 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
29.0%
§102 Novelty
58.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19084432 SIGNALING OF TIME FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING MULTI-DROP BUS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19219336 PERFORMANCE TEST METHOD AND TEST APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19019767 Queueing Storage Operations Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19020747 MODIFYING PROTOCOLS FOR MULTI-PORTED STORAGE DEVICES OF A STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA PURE STORAGE, INC.
19239325 DIE-TO-DIE INTERCONNECT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18458462 INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT FOR AT-SPEED NEAR-MEMORY ATOMIC OPERATIONS IN A NON-CACHED DISTRIBUTED MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
19115710 IO EXPANSION ARCHITECTURE, IO SWITCHBOARD, AND PCIe DEVICE Non-Final OA Suzhou MetaBrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Christopher Anthony Daley's allowance rate?

84.0% of resolved applications examined by Christopher Anthony Daley were allowed (838 resolved cases), compared with 86.7% across Art Unit 2111 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Christopher Anthony Daley?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Christopher Anthony Daley take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Christopher Anthony Daley took 962 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Christopher Anthony Daley work in?

Christopher Anthony Daley examines applications in Art Unit 2111 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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