Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KELLS, ASHER

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2126 2144 2145 2171 2178

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Asher Kells is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2126. He has 649 resolved cases. The allowance rate pct is 78.9. This 78.9 allowance rate pct provides a measure of the outcomes for applications on his docket. The 649 resolved cases are a foundation for this analysis.

The interview lift pct is 11.6. This 11.6 interview lift pct indicates the correlation between conducting an interview and the probability of an allowance. Practitioners can use the 11.6 figure when deciding whether to engage in verbal advocacy with the examiner. This metric is a component of the data for Tech Center 2100.

The median days to allowance is 929. This 929 median days to allowance represents the time required for an application to reach a grant. The 929 figure is a timeline for the prosecution process from filing to resolution. These metrics provide a view of the examiner's history in Art Unit 2126.

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

Performance Statistics

78.9%
Allow Rate
+23.9% vs TC avg
661
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
929
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 649 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18813681 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18657488 VIDEO EDITING APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18978956 VEHICLE COCKPIT SCREEN OPERATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18882133 INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18846721 SHARING OF CAPTURED CONTENT Non-Final OA Google LLC
18525505 MODIFYING SUBPORTIONS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OUTPUTS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18941302 DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF ADDITIONAL DISPLAY Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18216261 HOST RESOURCE INTERACTION IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18925438 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES FOR RANKING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18888052 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHATTING SERVICE Non-Final OA KAKAO CORP.

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