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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Kevin W Figueroa, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FIGUEROA, KEVIN W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2124 2148

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

FIGUEROA, KEVIN W has 378 resolved cases in Tech Center 2100 and art unit 2122. The allowance rate is 70.1%, the interview lift is 20.4%, and the median time to allowance is 1427 days. The record indicates a favorable allowance outcome, a meaningful interview effect, and a long median timeline that calls for deliberate prosecution planning.

The listed companies are NEC Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, and Robert Bosch GmbH. The listed firms are Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP, Foley & Lardner LLP, and Hopewell IP, P.C. Practitioners should prepare interviews around concrete claim and prior-art issues, while retaining written support for amendments and planning for the stated median path to allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

70.1%
Allow Rate
+15.1% vs TC avg
405
Total Applications
+20.4%
Interview Lift
1427
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 378 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
55.7%
§103 Obviousness
6.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18189716 System and Technique for Constructing and Utilizing Pattern Knowledge Graphs Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18672874 CONTEXT OPTIMIZATION FOR CONTEXT-BASED TABULAR CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
18286386 ABDUCTIVE REASONING APPARATUS, ABDUCTIVE REASONING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18026056 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18386023 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICES FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING DATA CLONES IN TABULAR DATASETS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17828615 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18443429 TRAINING DEEP BELIEF NETWORKS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17482176 SHAPED CONVOLUTION KERNELS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18418016 DETERMINING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION FROM AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS TO PREDICT AN ENTITY ATTRIBUTE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18294785 METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR LOSSY IMAGE OR VIDEO ENCODING, TRANSMISSION AND DECODING Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18328733 COMPUTATION-EFFICIENT FEDERATED LEARNING FOR SYSTEMS WITH RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18326204 FEDERATED LEARNING PARTICIPANT SELECTION THROUGH LABEL DISTRIBUTION CLUSTERING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18391479 KNOWLEDGE GRAPH DATA FUSION Non-Final OA Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18285519 LEARNING DIVERSE SKILLS FOR TASKS USING SEQUENTIAL LATENT VARIABLES FOR ENVIRONMENT DYNAMICS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Kevin W Figueroa's allowance rate?

70.1% of resolved applications examined by Kevin W Figueroa were allowed (378 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Kevin W Figueroa?

This examiner's interview lift is +20.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Kevin W Figueroa take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Kevin W Figueroa took 1,427 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Kevin W Figueroa work in?

Kevin W Figueroa examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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