Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: GEBRE, MESSERET F

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2441 2445 2454

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Analysis

Messeret F. Gebre examines cases in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2441. With 295 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 56.6%, showing a moderate level of difficulty for applicants. This rate suggests that while success is possible, applicants must be prepared for a rigorous examination process and potential rejections.

The interview lift is 20.1%, which is a significant positive impact. This suggests that applicants who choose to interview their cases have a much better chance of reaching an allowance than those who do not. Oral advocacy appears to be a highly effective tool for clarifying issues and moving the application toward a grant more effectively than written correspondence alone.

The median days to allowance is 1256. This timeline indicates a standard prosecution duration for the tech center, requiring over three years to reach a final resolution. Practitioners should plan for a multi-year prosecution cycle and consider using interviews as a primary tool to navigate the examiner's requirements more efficiently.

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

Performance Statistics

56.6%
Allow Rate
-1.4% vs TC avg
325
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1256
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 295 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
1.3%
§102 Novelty
66.1%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18849981 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING PERSONAL IOT NETWORK Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19049155 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18390800 INSTANTIATION SUPPORT OF CLOUD EAS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18914386 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18728510 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEVICE, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING METHOD, AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18674557 DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING WITH IMPROVED RSS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18869276 DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS, SENDING SERVER, RECEIVING SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18899083 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection ZTE CORPORATION
18577429 MULTI-CHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION ROUTING COMPUTATION METHOD, SWITCH, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
19062773 CLOUD NATIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Juniper Networks, Inc.
18598326 DYNAMIC MULTIPATH LOAD BALANCING Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
18832035 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

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