Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DEBROW, JAMES J

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2144 2174 2176

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

James J. Debrow is assigned to Art Unit 2144 in Tech Center 2100. He has handled 520 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 70.0 percent. This 70.0 percent rate serves as a metric for assessing the likelihood of a grant. The 520 resolved cases provide the data foundation for analyzing his prosecution history in Tech Center 2100.

The median time to allowance for these applications is 1197 days. The interview lift is 25.7 percent. This 25.7 percent lift indicates that direct communication with the examiner is associated with a higher probability of allowance. Practitioners should consider the 1197-day median pendency and the 25.7 percent lift when deciding whether to request an interview in Art Unit 2144.

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

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
537
Total Applications
+25.7%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 520 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
59.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18619812 DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18807035 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A PLC DEVICE AND A PLC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD Non-Final OA SICK AG
18883047 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Ricoh Company, Ltd.
18636006 AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ADAPTED TO FACILITATE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERACTIONS AND DISCOVERABILITY OF RELATED FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18322543 Conversational Interface for Content Creation and Editing using Large Language Models Final Rejection Google LLC
18834267 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VISUALIZABLE DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18440303 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TRACEABLE DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18436745 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING PERFECTION DOCUMENTS USING A RULES ENGINE Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18919058 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS WITH A TRANSACTION ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA Worldpay, LLC
18900437 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC CHANGES TO FONT CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXT DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY SCREEN Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18612348 GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACES BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACES Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18727323 METHODS, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18517166 CONTENT MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR CAPTURING AND GENERATIVELY TRANSFORMING CONTENT ITEM Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18226079 FACILITATING CHANGES TO ONLINE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BY EXTRAPOLATING INTERACTION DATA USING MIXED GRANULARITY MODEL Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18437985 TEXT PROCESSING METHODS, TRAINING METHODS FOR TEXT PROCESSING AND RELATED DEVICES Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
18921880 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR A STABILIZED VEHICLE RELATED INTERFACE COMPONENT Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.

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