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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Andrew B Jones, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as JONES, ANDREW B

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2624 2667 2674 3795

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

JONES, ANDREW B examines in tech center 3700 and art unit 2624. His profile records 92 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 71.7%, and a median of 1083 days to allowance. The 24.3% interview lift indicates a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance in the recorded matters. Applicants may therefore benefit from preparing an interview when the disputed issues can be addressed directly.

Listed companies include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Listed firms include BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD., Barron & Young PLLC, and Clifford Chi, A.P.C. The case volume is sufficient for an initial reference but remains narrower than a large examiner record. Practitioners should combine the favorable interview signal with detailed claim mapping and timing expectations based on the median examination period.

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

Performance Statistics

71.7%
Allow Rate
+1.7% vs TC avg
122
Total Applications
+24.3%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 92 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18901230 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION EDITING PROGRAM, INFORMATION EDITING METHOD, AND INFORMATION EDITING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
18681222 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING 360 VIDEO Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18627878 ROADWAY INCIDENT SEVERITY ESTIMATION FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Final Rejection MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
18719943 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE, OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18331174 ESTIMATING DEPTH FOR IMAGE AND RELATIVE CAMERA POSES BETWEEN IMAGES Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18294787 Authentication by Habitual Eye Tracking Data Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18880667 TABLE STRUCTURE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18677445 PATH PERCEPTION USING TEMPORAL MODELING FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18828572 ENDOSCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18774082 ADVANCED IMAGE TRACING FOR VECTORIZING RASTER IMAGES Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Andrew B Jones's allowance rate?

71.7% of resolved applications examined by Andrew B Jones were allowed (92 resolved cases), compared with 74.2% across Art Unit 2624 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Andrew B Jones?

This examiner's interview lift is +24.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Andrew B Jones take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Andrew B Jones took 1,083 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Andrew B Jones work in?

Andrew B Jones examines applications in Art Unit 2624 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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