Listed by the USPTO as GILLS, KURTIS
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2144 2174 2197 3623 3624 3683 3747
This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases
GILLS, KURTIS is assigned to Technology Center 3700 and Art Unit 2144. Across 569 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 58.0%, and the median time to allowance is 1303 days. The interview lift is 28.8%, showing a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes.
The principal companies are BNSF Railway Company, Sony Group Corporation, and The Pokémon Company. The leading firms are Xsensus, Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP. The profile supports deliberate interview preparation combined with detailed written prosecution, particularly because the allowance rate is not uniformly favorable. The median timeline should inform client expectations and continuation decisions. The company mix indicates transportation, entertainment, and electronics matters with varied technical presentations.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19284852 | PREDICTING SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN PERFORMANCE OVER TIME | Non-Final OA | Schlumberger Technology Corporation |
| 19120243 | INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATION BUTTON | Non-Final OA | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. |
| 18892737 | SIGN LANGUAGE IN GAMES | Final Rejection | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. |
| 18454130 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18354274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AIRPORT OPERATIONS | Final Rejection | The Boeing Company |
| 18134581 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | FUJITSU LIMITED |
| 19269393 | TIME-SPACE NETWORK BASED MULTI-OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL RAIL CAR STACKING AT A RAILROAD MERCHANDISE YARD | Non-Final OA | BNSF Railway Company |
| 19044828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERMODAL DUAL-STREAM-BASED RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION | Final Rejection | BNSF Railway Company |
| 18911983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC AND LOGICAL INTERMODAL PARKING LOT CLASSIFICATION | Final Rejection | BNSF Railway Company |
| 18911420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION OF CHASSIS RESOURCES OF A HUB BASED ON A DUAL-STREAM RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION | Final Rejection | BNSF Railway Company |
| 18159751 | DATASET AND MODEL EXCHANGE FOR MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 19011155 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING VERIFICATION OF LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT DATA | Final Rejection | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 18782254 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE PREPARATION SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL PROCEDURE PREPARATION METHOD | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy58.0% of resolved applications examined by Kurtis Gills were allowed (569 resolved cases), compared with 60.2% across Art Unit 2144 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +28.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Kurtis Gills took 1,303 days on average from filing to allowance.
Kurtis Gills examines applications in Art Unit 2144 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
