Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Theodore E Hebert, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HEBERT, THEODORE E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2193 2198 2199

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

HEBERT, THEODORE E works in tech center 2100 and art unit 2193. The record includes 453 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 74.2%. The median time to allowance is 1,101 days, and interviews show a 14.2% lift. The profile reflects a meaningful allowance rate with an interview effect that can support, but not replace, substantive prosecution work.

Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Bank of America Corporation are the represented companies. The listed firms are 2SPL Patent Attorneys, Alliance IP, LLC - Intel, and COLLARD & ROE, P.C. Practitioners may use interviews to narrow disagreements over claim interpretation, then document the resulting distinctions through targeted amendments and arguments.

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

Performance Statistics

74.2%
Allow Rate
+19.2% vs TC avg
490
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1101
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 453 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
57.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18899623 SHARED STORAGE DEVICE AND AUTOMOTIVE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18194082 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FINDING CAUSALITY BETWEEN APPLICATION INSTRUMENTATION POINTS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18301814 SOURCE CODE DOCUMENTATION DEHYDRATOR Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18646219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING REDUNDANT CODE TO ENABLE ROBUST SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18968934 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING EXECUTION OF SURGICAL SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18557897 DYNAMIC RESOURCE DETERMINATION FOR SYSTEM UPDATE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17957953 HARDWARE ACCELERATION FOR INTERFACE TYPE CONVERSIONS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17643422 Apparatuses, Devices, Methods and Computer Programs for a Computer System Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18888408 VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MANUAL OF VEHICLE TERMINAL Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18429412 AUTONOMOUS RELEASE ORCHESTRATION WITH RISK-BASED STAGGER DETERMINATION Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
18296012 FLEXIBLE OPTIMIZED DATA HANDLING IN SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE MEMORIES Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19000898 MIGRATING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FROM A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT TO A LOCAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18976430 OUT-OF-BAND COMPONENT UPDATE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18644573 CODE QUALITY MANAGEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Theodore E Hebert's allowance rate?

74.2% of resolved applications examined by Theodore E Hebert were allowed (453 resolved cases), compared with 70.7% across Art Unit 2193 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Theodore E Hebert?

This examiner's interview lift is +14.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Theodore E Hebert take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Theodore E Hebert took 1,101 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Theodore E Hebert work in?

Theodore E Hebert examines applications in Art Unit 2193 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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