Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Tiffany Nicole Grooms, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1637 1658 1699 3794

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tiffany Nicole Grooms is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3700 and art unit 1635. The profile covers 185 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 57.8% and a median of 1289 days to allowance. The interview lift is 46.3%, indicating a strong measured association between interviews and allowance outcomes. Applicants should account for the 1289-day median when planning prosecution budgets and consider interview strategy alongside claim and amendment planning.

The listed companies are President and Fellows of Harvard College, University of Massachusetts, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The leading firms are BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD., MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C., and QUARLES & BRADY LLP. The applicant mix points to university and research institutions, with firms experienced in those prosecution settings.

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

Performance Statistics

57.8%
Allow Rate
-12.2% vs TC avg
246
Total Applications
+46.3%
Interview Lift
1289
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 185 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
26.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18270165 COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING METASTASIS AND ENHANCING ANTICANCER DRUG SENSITIVITY Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
15734768 Methods for Identifying Promoters for Protein Production in Yeast Final Rejection BASF SE
18038316 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NOVEL CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEINS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17780002 CONSTRUCTS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF HAVING IMPROVED GENOME EDITING EFFICIENCY AND SPECIFICITY Non-Final OA DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Tiffany Nicole Grooms's allowance rate?

57.8% of resolved applications examined by Tiffany Nicole Grooms were allowed (185 resolved cases), compared with 51.6% across Art Unit 1635 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Tiffany Nicole Grooms?

This examiner's interview lift is +46.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Tiffany Nicole Grooms take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Tiffany Nicole Grooms took 1,289 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Tiffany Nicole Grooms work in?

Tiffany Nicole Grooms examines applications in Art Unit 1635 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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