Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2612 2616 2679 2837

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nicole Kathleen Gillespie examines applications in Art Unit 2612 of Tech Center 2800. She has 66 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 54.5%. The median days to allowance for her cases is 1139. These figures provide a clear overview of the prosecution experience for applicants assigned to her. The 54.5% allowance rate suggests that slightly more than half of the applications reach a successful grant.

The most significant figure in this profile is the interview lift of 50.3%. This 50.3% lift is nearly equal to the base allowance rate of 54.5%, indicating that an interview substantially increases the probability of success. This suggests that direct communication is an exceptionally effective tool for resolving issues in Art Unit 2612. Practitioners should factor the 1139-day median timeline into their planning while prioritizing interviews to take advantage of the substantial 50.3% lift in allowance probability.

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

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
-13.5% vs TC avg
74
Total Applications
+50.3%
Interview Lift
1139
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 66 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18466785 PERFORMANCE DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18184387 MODIFICATION OF MIDI INSTRUMENTS TRACKS Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18573396 MUSIC GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
18391861 DEVICE, ENSEMBLE SYSTEM, SOUND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18512133 MUSICAL SCORE CREATION DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, MUSICAL SCORE CREATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18503733 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18465379 PEDAL DEVICE Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18364774 PEDAL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD APPARATUS Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18362093 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18341174 SOUND OUTPUT SYSTEM Final Rejection YAMAHA CORPORATION
18179680 SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD OF SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection YAMAHA CORPORATION
18552347 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.

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