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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Gregory Aaron Kessler, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KESSLER, GREGORY AARON

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2194 2195 2196 2197

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

KESSLER, GREGORY AARON is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2100 and art unit 2194. The profile reports 842 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 87.2%, and a median of 1052 days to allowance. The interview lift is 7.9%, indicating that the measured record places limited weight on interviews compared with clear written treatment of the claims and cited art.

The leading companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Dell Products L.P., and LG Electronics Inc. The leading firms are Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC, Dority & Manning, P.A. and Red Hat, Inc., and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP. Counsel should use concise arguments and targeted interviews, while applying the recorded allowance and timing figures to response planning and client expectations.

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

Performance Statistics

87.2%
Allow Rate
+32.2% vs TC avg
874
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
1052
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 842 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
44.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18720048 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18701433 METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA USING A DATA PROCESSING NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DATA PROCESSING MODULES, DATA PROCESSING MODULE AND DATA PROCESSING NETWORK Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18696687 TASK SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18427997 End-to-End Orchestration of a Datacenter on a Cloud Platform Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
18674650 FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER-BASED MODELS Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
18588159 ORGANIZING AND DISPATCHING WORKLOADS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18352517 STORAGE BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18544235 PRIORITIZING AN OUTBOUND QUEUE Final Rejection ServiceNow, Inc.
18625745 TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL DURING LIVE MIGRATION Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18662661 OVER SUBSCRIBE SAAS WHILE MITIGATING NOISY NEIGHBORS Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18853977 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING EXCESS RESOURCE USAGE Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18647367 OPTIMIZING SERVER AND DATA CENTER COOLING USING INTELLIGENT WORKLOAD SCHEDULING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18499263 DYNAMIC CORE CLASS AFFINITIZATION IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Final Rejection DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
18359217 EVENT NOTIFICATION AND QUEUEING FOR A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SERVICE IN A CLUSTERED NETWORK Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Gregory Aaron Kessler's allowance rate?

87.2% of resolved applications examined by Gregory Aaron Kessler were allowed (842 resolved cases), compared with 68.9% across Art Unit 2194 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Gregory Aaron Kessler?

This examiner's interview lift is +7.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Gregory Aaron Kessler take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Gregory Aaron Kessler took 1,052 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Gregory Aaron Kessler work in?

Gregory Aaron Kessler examines applications in Art Unit 2194 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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