Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GIRI, PURSOTTAM

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2116 2128 2147 2186 2188 3772

This examiner grants 19% of resolved cases

Analysis

Pursottam Giri examines applications in Art Unit 2116 of Tech Center 3700. He has 140 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 19.3%. The median days to allowance is 1516. These figures suggest a very rigorous examination process and a long timeline for prosecution. The 19.3% allowance rate indicates that a minority of applications reach a grant, while the 1516-day median pendency reflects a prolonged duration for those that do.

The interview lift is 11.5%, which provides a measurable boost to the 19.3% allowance rate. This 11.5% lift suggests that direct communication is a helpful tool for navigating the challenges of prosecution with this examiner. Practitioners should factor the 1516-day median timeline into their long-term strategy for Art Unit 2116. While the allowance rate is 19.3%, the 11.5% lift indicates that interviews can improve the odds of success. With 140 cases resolved, these metrics provide a clear profile of the examiner's rigorous standards and the time required to meet them.

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

Performance Statistics

19.3%
Allow Rate
-50.7% vs TC avg
181
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
1516
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 140 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
44.2%
§103 Obviousness
11.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17245985 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A PERORATION SCHEMA WITH A STAGE OPTIMIZATION TOOL Non-Final OA HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
17874936 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING AN ANTENNA ARRAY TO SUPPRESS SIDE-LOBE POWER Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
17795486 SPATIAL DESIGN SYSTEM, SPATIAL DESIGN METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18320634 PREDICTION OF VEHICLE COMBINATION DRAG AREA INCLUDING CROSSWIND SENSITIVITY Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
17897493 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF MONITORING TARGET Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17945686 Rapid Identification of Hydrodynamic Traps in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18077181 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ADAPTIVE POWER SYSTEM STABILIZER (PSS) Final Rejection General Electric Company
18311553 METHOD TO IMAGE SMALL-SCALE VARIABILITY OF SUBSURFACE RESERVOIRS Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18079116 COMPUTERIZED DISRUPTION HANDLING IN AN ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Amadeus S.A.S.
18050140 PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS Final Rejection ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17749361 COMPUTATIONAL DISCOVERY OF MICROSTRUCTURE DESIGNS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18320246 DIGITAL TWIN ANALYSIS FOR FIXTURE DESIGN BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17651088 ANALYZING SOUND WAVE PROPAGATION IN AN AQUATIC MEDIUM Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17783342 TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA Non-Final OA SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
18253701 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF EXPLODED VIEWS OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN MODELS Non-Final OA Siemens Industry Software Inc.
17890805 GENERATION OF CFD-BASED STRUCTURALLY INDEPENDENT AERODYNAMIC INFLUENCE COEFFICIENT MATRIX Non-Final OA Siemens Industry Software Inc.
18320365 BIONIC FLOW CHANNEL DESIGN METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CYLINDER BLOCK AND HYDRAULIC DRIVE DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Yanshan University
17098228 GENERATING BUILDING DESIGNS WHILE COMPUTATIONALLY OPTIMIZING FOR WORK CONDITIONS Non-Final OA AUTODESK, INC.
17114433 PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HYPOGLYCEMIA IN PATIENTS HAVING TYPE 1 DIABETES DURING PERIODS OF INCOGNIZANCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND DECISION THEORETIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Oregon Health & Science University

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