Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2128 2147 2186 2188

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Analysis

David Andrew Hopkins works in Art Unit 2122 within Tech Center 2100. He has 232 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 31.5 percent, which indicates a challenging prosecution environment.

The interview lift of 37.5 percent is a very significant statistic. Given the 31.5 percent allowance rate, an interview is a critical tool for improving the chances of success. The 37.5 percent lift suggests that verbal communication is highly effective for applications on his docket for the 232 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1379. This figure provides a temporal baseline for the 232 resolved cases. For applicants in Tech Center 2100, this 1379-day period is the typical time required to achieve an allowance under his review.

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

Performance Statistics

31.5%
Allow Rate
-23.5% vs TC avg
262
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1379
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 232 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

26.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
34.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18125499 BOREHOLE FLUID FLOW MODELLING USING DYNAMIC PRESSURE BOUNDARY Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18187472 Petrophysical Modeling of a Subterranean Formation Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17504662 PATTERN DETECTION AND PREDICTION USING TIME SERIES DATA Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17098340 METHOD FOR DEFINING A POINT ON A MESH REPRESENTATION OF A PART OF A PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATING THE POINT TO A BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION MODEL Non-Final OA SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC.
18093510 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR POSITION OPTIMIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection QPIAI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
18008145 SIMULATION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING Final Rejection FIVE AI LIMITED
17782886 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DESIGN CHANGES IN BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL Non-Final OA Tsinghua University
18303800 PEFORMANCE ANALYSIS USING ARCHITECTURE MODEL OF PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE DESIGN Non-Final OA Synopsys, Inc.
17143244 FLEXIBLE DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATOR Final Rejection Battelle Memorial Institute
17127500 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING FRAME GRIDS FOR STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS Final Rejection AUTODESK, INC.
18541709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE FLOW ANALYSIS Final Rejection Pie Medical Imaging B.V.
17840393 DETERMINING CELL PROPERTIES FOR A GRID GENERATED FROM A GRID-LESS MODEL OF A RESERVOIR OF AN OILFIELD Final Rejection Landmark Graphics Corporation
18074016 ATTRIBUTION OF REPRODUCIBILITY RESULTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSYSTEM Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18184796 Bone Resection Scoring and Planning Non-Final OA Stryker Australia PTY LTD

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