Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: JONES, CHARLES JEFFREY

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2147

This examiner grants 26% of resolved cases

Analysis

Charles Jeffrey Jones operates within Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2122, where he has managed 23 resolved cases. His allowance rate of 26.1 percent suggests a rigorous examination process for applicants. This difficulty is further reflected in the median days to allowance, which stands at 1464 days, indicating a prolonged timeline for successful applications. The combination of a low allowance rate and high pendency suggests that standard written prosecution may be less efficient with this examiner.

Despite the low overall allowance rate, engaging in an interview appears highly effective. The data shows an interview lift of 36.7 percent, indicating that direct communication with the examiner significantly increases the probability of securing a patent compared to the 26.1 percent baseline. Practitioners should prioritize this strategy early in the process to mitigate the 1464-day pendency period and address examiner concerns directly. The volume of 23 resolved cases suggests that these trends may evolve as the examiner's portfolio grows, but the 36.7 percent lift remains a primary tactical consideration for those navigating Art Unit 2122.

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

Performance Statistics

26.1%
Allow Rate
-28.9% vs TC avg
49
Total Applications
+36.7%
Interview Lift
1464
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
38.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17722858 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DYNAMIC CONVOLUTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17471345 Core Data Augmentation Methods For Developing Data Driven Based Petrophysical Interpretation Models Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18526148 Modular Training for Flexible Attention Based End-to-End ASR Final Rejection Google LLC
18289173 INCORPORATION OF DECISION TREES IN A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Google LLC
18125027 TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORK WITH POLYNOMIAL SOLVER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
17733874 FAST-MULTIDIMENSIONAL GLOBAL POLYNOMIAL SOLVER (FM-GPS) Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18091244 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR DATA IMBALANCED REGRESSION AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SAME Final Rejection Royal Bank of Canada
18368341 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TIME SERIES IMPUTATION Final Rejection JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18429182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEXT-BEST ACTION USING A MULTI-OBJECTIVE REWARD BASED SEQUENTIAL FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18353243 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SAMPLING PROGRAM, SAMPLING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18266021 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING TRANSFER LEARNING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
17846007 Network Space Search for Pareto-Efficient Spaces Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
18186101 Method and Apparatus for Continuous Learning of Object Anomaly Detection and State Classification Model Final Rejection SK Planet Co., Ltd.
17726724 ANOMALY DETECTION IN UNKNOWN DOMAINS USING CONTENT-IRRELEVANT AND DOMAIN-IRRELEVANT COMPRESSED DATA Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17551533 FABRICATING DATA USING CONSTRAINTS TRANSLATED FROM TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18146671 DETERMINING OBJECT ASSOCIATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17520448 NOVEL METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18612257 SEARCHING AN OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF HYPERPARAMETERS FOR A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N. V.
18519224 PREDICTING SALIENCY VALUES WITH MACHINE LEARNED MODELS FOR MODEL EXPLANATION Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.

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