Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KENDALL, CHUCK O

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2122 2192

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

Chuck O. Kendall is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2117. He has a high volume of 933 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 86.8 percent. This indicates a very favorable environment for applicants seeking patent protection. The interview lift is 8.0 percent. While this is a positive lift, the high 86.8 percent allowance rate suggests that most cases are resolved successfully through standard prosecution. An interview still provides a small but useful 8.0 percent boost for more difficult applications.

The median days to allowance is 1083. This timeline is typical for successful prosecution. With 933 resolved cases, the data is very robust. Practitioners can expect a high 86.8 percent allowance rate and a predictable 1083-day median path to grant. The 8.0 percent interview lift provides an additional tactical option for cases that encounter difficulties in Art Unit 2117. This docket is highly favorable for applicants.

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

Performance Statistics

86.8%
Allow Rate
+31.8% vs TC avg
955
Total Applications
+8.0%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 933 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.9%
§101 Eligibility
50.6%
§102 Novelty
22.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18632645 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS TESTING WITHIN A DEVSECOPS PIPELINE Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18920241 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18589474 VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18364594 SERVER, SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE UPDATE METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18914854 METHOD FOR CHECKING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF LLM-GENERATED CODE USING DIFFERENTIAL FUZZING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18671352 PATCHING HARDWARE FOR PATCHING READ-ONLY MEMORY FIRMWARE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18867852 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING FACILITY DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18820961 CREATING AN APPLICATION Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
17823206 Crowd-Sourced Continuous Update Data Collection for Automotive Applications Final Rejection Aptiv Technologies AG
18050094 AUTOMATED TEST CASE GENERATION USING COMPUTER VISION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18911312 Fast In-Service Software Updating using Multi-Layer Memory Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18326927 INTRA-VEHICLE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES BASED ON INSTALL TIMESTAMP Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
17876128 CONFIGURATION AWARE FIRMWARE UPDATE Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18476983 FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD AND FIRMWARE UPDATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18240456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR A COLLECTION OF APHERESIS DEVICES Final Rejection Terumo BCT, Inc.
18477668 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR GENERATING CODE SNIPPETS AND TEMPLATES Non-Final OA Kyndryl, Inc.
18900907 METHOD FOR BUILDING SUPER APPLICATION Non-Final OA TATUNG UNIVERSITY

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