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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Felicia Farrow, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FARROW, FELICIA

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2400 2431 2437 2866

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

FARROW, FELICIA is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2400. The profile covers 275 resolved cases, with a 58.5% allowance rate and a 34.6% interview lift. Median time to allowance is 1072 days.

Capital One Services LLC, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and International Business Machines Corporation are the leading companies represented. STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C., Anova Law Group, PLLC, and BakerHostetler are the leading firms. The allowance figure indicates that applicants face a mixed outcome profile, while the interview figure supports using interviews to narrow disputed issues and guide later amendments.

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

Performance Statistics

58.5%
Allow Rate
-9.5% vs TC avg
312
Total Applications
+34.6%
Interview Lift
1072
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 275 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19061611 AUTHORIZATION REQUEST ROUTING IN A CELL-BASED AUTHORIZATION REQUEST PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18439358 VALIDATING COMPLIANCE OF ROLES WITH ACCESS PERMISSIONS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19258470 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK LOCK FUNCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18120219 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING USER INTERACTION INFORMATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18397951 METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SERVICE PROCESSING BASED ON ONLINE DOCUMENT Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18024914 SERVER DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18547700 ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19344885 PERMISSION OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
19248006 ACCESS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18649182 DATA PROCESSING ESTIMATING METHOD FOR PRIVACY PROTECTION AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18599453 CERTIFICATE-BASED IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18158299 PRIVACY ENHANCED MACHINE LEARNING OVER GRAPH DATA Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18098594 PROXIMITY-BASED DATA ACCESS CONTROL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19059462 SECURITY MEASURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND SECURITY MEASURE DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Felicia Farrow's allowance rate?

58.5% of resolved applications examined by Felicia Farrow were allowed (275 resolved cases), compared with 49.8% across Art Unit 2400 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Felicia Farrow?

This examiner's interview lift is +34.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Felicia Farrow take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Felicia Farrow took 1,072 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Felicia Farrow work in?

Felicia Farrow examines applications in Art Unit 2400 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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