Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DOMAN, SHAWN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2182 2183

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Shawn Doman is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2182. He has 285 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 64.9%. This 64.9% rate reflects the frequency of grants among the 285 cases. Practitioners can use this 64.9% figure to estimate the probability of a successful outcome for their applications.

The median days to allowance is 1106. This 1106-day period is the time from filing to the issuance of a patent. A median of 1106 days serves as a timeline for applicants to consider when their cases are assigned to this examiner. The 1106-day duration is a key metric for budgeting and project management during the prosecution process in Tech Center 2100.

The interview lift is 26.6%. This 26.6% lift shows a substantial increase in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. A 26.6% lift suggests that direct communication with the examiner is an effective tactic. Practitioners should use this 26.6% figure to justify scheduling an interview to resolve pending rejections and improve the 64.9% base allowance rate.

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

Performance Statistics

64.9%
Allow Rate
+9.9% vs TC avg
337
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1106
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 285 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17686404 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING COMPUTATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19097503 Operation Fusion for Instructions Bridging Execution Unit Types Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18626929 Hierarchical Trace Cache Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18350907 Combining Multiple Tensors into a Single Tensor Using Multiple Processors Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19211409 PERFORMING FUSED SHIFT AND LOGICAL OPERATIONS IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18761887 MEMORY PREFETCH MECHANISM BASED ON INSTRUCTION SETS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18594899 FETCHING BEYOND PREDICTED-TAKEN BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS IN FETCH BUNDLES OF PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18967172 ARCHITECTURE FOR BLOCK SPARSE OPERATIONS ON A SYSTOLIC ARRAY Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18091606 INSTRUCTIONS AND SUPPORT FOR STACK PUSH AND POP Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18091599 PREFIX EXTENSIONS FOR EXTENDED GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTERS WITH OPTIMIZATION FEATURES FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE DESTINATIONS AND FLAGS SUPPRESSION Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18090749 OPTIMIZING CONCURRENT EXECUTION USING NETWORKED PROCESSING UNITS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17958369 8-BIT FLOATING POINT FUSED MULTIPLY INSTRUCTIONS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17712139 VARIABLE-LENGTH INSTRUCTION STEERING TO INSTRUCTION DECODE CLUSTERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18210202 PERFORMING CONCURRENT OPERATIONS IN A PROCESSING ELEMENT Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18790951 INSTRUCTION EXECUTION USING EXPANDED REGISTER CONTENTS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19089853 TASK EXECUTION METHOD FOR LARGE MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
19256267 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STREAMING ENGINE WITH READ AND READ/ADVANCE OPERAND CODING Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
19224400 GENERALIZED ACCELERATION OF MATRIX MULTIPLY ACCUMULATE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18325806 CATEGORIZED MEMORY OPERATIONS FOR SELECTIVE MEMORY FLUSHING Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18414842 Deep Learning Computation with Heterogeneous Accelerators Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18475507 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESYNCHRONIZATION AT EXECUTION TIME Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18475918 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MIMD-LIKE EXECUTION FLOW ON SIMD PROCESSING ARRAY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
19032192 RECONFIGURABLE DATAFLOW COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH EFFICIENT SOFTMAX FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA SambaNova Systems, Inc.
19053495 COMPILER GENERATED HYPERBLOCKS IN A PARALLEL ARCHITECTURE WITH COMPUTE SLICES Non-Final OA Ascenium, Inc.
17551276 HIGHLY PARALLEL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE USING DUAL BRANCH EXECUTION Non-Final OA Ascenium, Inc.

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