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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Ashley Lynn Hytrek, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2665

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Analysis

HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN works in tech center 2600 and art unit 2665. The record shows 97 resolved cases, an 89.7% allowance rate, and a median of 1032 days to allowance. The 12.0% interview lift is positive, suggesting that interviews can improve already favorable allowance prospects without being the only important prosecution tool.

Canon Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and NEC Corporation are the leading companies. CALDWELL LLC, DOWELL & DOWELL, P.C., and JCIPRNET are the listed firms. Applicants can reasonably combine concise written responses with targeted examiner discussions, using interviews to resolve technical questions while avoiding amendments that unnecessarily reduce claim coverage.

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

Performance Statistics

89.7%
Allow Rate
+27.7% vs TC avg
121
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
1032
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 97 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
49.8%
§103 Obviousness
18.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18969694 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH IMAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18440436 AI-Powered Surgical Video Analysis Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18969244 MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18500185 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19051317 IMAGE RETRIEVAL DEVICE, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18961457 VEHICLE SEAT Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18964272 LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
18779669 Method and a System for Bandwidth-Constrained Cooperative Object Detection Non-Final OA The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18961469 Image-Text Co-Decomposition for Text-Supervised Semantic Segmentation Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18924614 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COLOR GAMUT NORMALIZATION FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDES Non-Final OA Pramana, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Ashley Lynn Hytrek's allowance rate?

89.7% of resolved applications examined by Ashley Lynn Hytrek were allowed (97 resolved cases), compared with 68.0% across Art Unit 2665 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Ashley Lynn Hytrek?

This examiner's interview lift is +12.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Ashley Lynn Hytrek take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Ashley Lynn Hytrek took 1,032 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Ashley Lynn Hytrek work in?

Ashley Lynn Hytrek examines applications in Art Unit 2665 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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