Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3627 3687 3688

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Olusegun Goyea examines applications in Tech Center 3600, Art Unit 3627. With 726 resolved cases, he has a well-documented history that includes an allowance rate of 65.0 percent. This rate is relatively high for Tech Center 3600, suggesting a more accessible path to allowance than many of his peers.

The interview lift is 33.2 percent, which is a significant positive indicator. This suggests that Goyea is very receptive to resolving issues through direct dialogue. For practitioners, the 33.2 percent lift means that an interview is a highly effective tactic for overcoming rejections and moving an application toward a final grant.

The median time to allowance is 1079 days. This timeline is efficient for the subject matter handled in Art Unit 3627. The combination of a 65.0 percent allowance rate and a 33.2 percent interview lift, based on 726 resolved cases, indicates that active engagement and verbal negotiation are key to a successful and relatively fast prosecution.

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

Performance Statistics

64.9%
Allow Rate
+12.9% vs TC avg
763
Total Applications
+33.3%
Interview Lift
1079
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 727 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.1%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18191002 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18870774 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18946089 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18746376 SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SHOPPING SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19251601 FACILITATING PAYMENTS FOR USERS Non-Final OA Block, Inc.
18216221 PLACEMENT LOCATION OBTAINING METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18476164 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME SUBSTITUTION Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
19107520 PRODUCT GROUP CUSTOMER GROUP EXTRACTING DEVICE, PRODUCT GROUP CUSTOMER GROUP EXTRACTING METHOD, AND PRODUCT GROUP CUSTOMER GROUP EXTRACTING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18428355 INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF OPEN ITEMS IN MIXED RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCENARIOS Final Rejection SAP SE
18891725 AD-HOC LIGHTWEIGHT mPOS REMOTE CONTROL Final Rejection Roku, Inc.
17910743 CONTROLLER, PRODUCT TRADING SYSTEM, AND AUTOMATED ORDERING PROGRAM Final Rejection Kristopher Andrew TATE
18736032 TAILORING SOFTWARE PRODUCT VERSION UPDATE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18946160 DETERMINING LOCATIONS AT WHICH TO STORE ITEMS IN A STORAGE FACILITY Non-Final OA Lineage Logistics, LLC
18476716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION Final Rejection UKG Inc.
18439161 System and Network for Outfit Planning and Wardrobe Management Non-Final OA Lutzy Inc.
17524491 DIRECTLY IDENTIFYING ITEMS FROM AN ITEM CATALOG SATISFYING A RECEIVED QUERY USING A MODEL DETERMINING MEASURES OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN ITEMS IN THE ITEM CATALOG AND THE QUERY Final Rejection Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)

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