Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Santiago Garcia, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GARCIA, SANTIAGO

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632 2633 2634 2661 2668 2673

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

GARCIA, SANTIAGO is assigned to USPTO tech center 2600 and art unit 2611. The record shows 1034 resolved cases, an 87.9% allowance rate, and a median of 835 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 13.6% lift, giving practitioners a measurable reason to consider an interview when written prosecution alone does not fully address the issues.

The listed companies are NEC Corporation, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., and Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. The listed firms are Barron & Young PLLC, Conley Rose, P.C., and FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC). The combination of a large resolved-case record and an 835-day median can support structured filing and response planning for this art unit.

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

Performance Statistics

87.9%
Allow Rate
+25.9% vs TC avg
1,062
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
835
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1034 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
63.0%
§103 Obviousness
1.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18289803 DATA RETRIEVAL OF A USER EQUIPMENT IN A FIFTH-GENERATION CORE NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18923478 SEGMENTATION OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) IMAGES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18416280 AGRICULTURAL CAMERA CONFIDENCE Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18834689 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18711934 ACTION EVALUATION SYSTEM, ACTION EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18817327 MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD, COMPUTER APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
18583046 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18820492 PROFILE DETECTING METHOD AND PROFILE DETECTING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18735964 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING IMAGE RETRIEVAL PRECISION FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18912088 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING A RISK OF SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG PEOPLE IN A SPACE Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18871646 VIRAL PARTICLE DETECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND VIRAL PARTICLE DETECTION PROGRAM Non-Final OA The University of Tokyo
18981626 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION Final Rejection HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Santiago Garcia's allowance rate?

87.9% of resolved applications examined by Santiago Garcia were allowed (1,034 resolved cases), compared with 70.5% across Art Unit 2611 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Santiago Garcia?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Santiago Garcia take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Santiago Garcia took 835 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Santiago Garcia work in?

Santiago Garcia examines applications in Art Unit 2611 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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