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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Brooks T Hale, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HALE, BROOKS T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2127 2166

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Analysis

HALE, BROOKS T is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2100 and art unit 2127. The profile records 91 resolved cases, a 52.7% allowance rate, and a median of 1128 days to allowance. The 33.2% interview lift indicates that interviews were associated with a higher allowance outcome in the measured cases.

The leading companies are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. The leading firms are AMPACC Law Group, PLLC, Brooks Kushman P.C., and CANTOR COLBURN LLP. The limited case base supports targeted review of these recurring participants before prosecution begins.

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

Performance Statistics

52.7%
Allow Rate
-2.3% vs TC avg
127
Total Applications
+33.2%
Interview Lift
1128
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 91 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
62.3%
§103 Obviousness
2.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18451012 METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDED CONTENT, AND SERVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18226758 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18970857 Personalizing Edge Device Queries When Full Context is Unavailable Non-Final OA Google LLC
19103382 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
17777286 DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18842736 DATA ACCESS METHOD AND SYSTEM, HARDWARE OFFLOADING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED
18967150 COHORT-LEVEL DATA COMPRESSION AND ENTITY-LEVEL PRIORITIZATION IN MULTI-FACTOR DATASETS Non-Final OA Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
19042142 QUERY SEQUENCE OBFUSCATION USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL GENERATION OF DECOY TOPICS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18888562 DYNAMICALLY GENERATED VIDEO COMPARISON SUMMARY Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19260704 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
17470677 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOUNDING MEANS OF DISCRETE-VALUED DISTRIBUTIONS Final Rejection YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18625475 CONTACT CONFIGURATION INCLUDING EXTRACTED CONTEXT DATA Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC
18473504 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NON-COMPLIANT ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Brooks T Hale's allowance rate?

52.7% of resolved applications examined by Brooks T Hale were allowed (91 resolved cases), compared with 46.8% across Art Unit 2127 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Brooks T Hale?

This examiner's interview lift is +33.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Brooks T Hale take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Brooks T Hale took 1,128 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Brooks T Hale work in?

Brooks T Hale examines applications in Art Unit 2127 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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