Listed by the USPTO as HICKS, SHIRLEY D.
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2144 2161 2168
This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases
HICKS, SHIRLEY D. has resolved 121 cases in tech center 2100 and art unit 2100. The allowance rate is 60.3%, and the interview lift is 51.2%. The median time to allowance is 1080 days. The limited case record warrants caution, but the interview metric identifies examiner discussions as a potentially significant part of prosecution strategy.
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Dell Products L.P., and AtomBeam Technologies Inc. are the leading companies. BakerHostetler, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and Dragon Sun Law Firm, PC are the listed firms. The profile centers on computing and related technology matters.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970803 | Assigning Weights to a Query's Context for an On-Device Model | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18437952 | METHOD FOR CHECKING CONVERSION OF INPUT DATABASE | Final Rejection | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18839396 | HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATION LEARNING OF USER INTEREST | Final Rejection | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 17950475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING A TITLE FOR A GROUP OF DOCUMENTS | Final Rejection | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18878628 | METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS OF BACKING UP DATA, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
| 18724412 | OBJECT SEARCH VIA RE-RANKING | Non-Final OA | HANWHA VISION CO., LTD. |
| 18649571 | LOSSLESS COMPRESSION METHOD FOR MANAGING TELEMETRY DATA | Non-Final OA | Dell Products L.P. |
| 18491987 | MOTIF-BASED SUBGRAPH MATCHING IN PARTIALLY OBSERVED GRAPHS | Final Rejection | Dell Products L.P. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy60.3% of resolved applications examined by Shirley D. Hicks were allowed (121 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +51.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Shirley D. Hicks took 1,080 days on average from filing to allowance.
Shirley D. Hicks examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).
