Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DAVISON, KATHLEEN GAGE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3625 3683 3688 3689

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kathleen Gage Davison is an examiner in Art Unit 3625 of Tech Center 3600. She has handled 589 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 66.6 percent. This 66.6 percent rate serves as a metric for assessing the likelihood of a grant. The 589 resolved cases provide the data foundation for analyzing her prosecution history in Tech Center 3600.

The median time to allowance for successful applications is 1169 days. The data highlights a significant interview lift of 37.6 percent. This 37.6 percent figure shows that applications involving an interview are much more likely to be allowed than those that rely solely on written responses. Practitioners should consider an interview as a primary tool for navigating the 1169-day median pendency in Art Unit 3625.

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

Performance Statistics

66.6%
Allow Rate
+14.6% vs TC avg
602
Total Applications
+37.6%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 589 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
41.2%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18967814 NFC-BASED SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
19307587 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA Mastercard International Incorporated
19043839 SUBSCRIPTION PLAN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
18676332 SEASONALITY PREDICTION USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
19246636 COMBINING VECTORS OUTPUT BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS FOR CONTENT ITEM RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
19195760 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO GENERATE CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL TRY ON (VTO) COMPONENTS PROVIDING MODEL-BASED AND USER-BASED EXPERIENCES Non-Final OA L'ORÉAL
18404012 CONTEXT FOR FULFILLMENT TRANSACTIONS Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC

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