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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Jacob Benedict Knackstedt, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2408

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jacob Benedict Knackstedt works in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2408. The profile covers 58 resolved cases, with an 86.2% allowance rate and a median of 915 days to allowance. The interview lift is 18.9%, indicating a positive association between interviews and allowance in this record.

The listed companies are Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Wiz Inc., and Capital One Services LLC. The listed firms are M&B IP Analysts, LLC, 2SPL Patent Attorneys, and Byrne Poh LLP. The 86.2% allowance rate supplies the main outcome signal, while the 18.9% interview lift supports considering interviews during prosecution. Because the resolved-case record is limited, practitioners should use these figures as part of examiner-specific planning rather than as a substitute for claim and prior-art analysis.

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

Performance Statistics

86.2%
Allow Rate
+28.2% vs TC avg
88
Total Applications
+18.9%
Interview Lift
915
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 58 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
64.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19221489 GENERATING USER GROUP DEFINITIONS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19196344 SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DIES AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING SECURITY BETWEEN THE PLURALITY OF DIES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18963093 APPLICATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH APPLICATION STATUS AND SENSOR DATA USE PATTERNS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18840158 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18733447 ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18978157 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18311253 Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional attestation for a software application Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18360002 ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE OVER-ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19115830 APPLICATION PERMISSION MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
19205046 CONTROL FLOW DIRECTED GRAPH FOR USE WITH PROGRAM DISASSEMBLER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18791200 TRUSTED LOCATION BASED DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND LOCKING Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC
18902707 Hardware Mitigation of Cache Side-Channel Attacks Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18783523 Autonomous Cyber-Security Investigation and Response using Graphs Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks (Israel Analytics) Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jacob Benedict Knackstedt's allowance rate?

86.2% of resolved applications examined by Jacob Benedict Knackstedt were allowed (58 resolved cases), compared with 89.4% across Art Unit 2408 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jacob Benedict Knackstedt?

This examiner's interview lift is +18.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jacob Benedict Knackstedt take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jacob Benedict Knackstedt took 915 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jacob Benedict Knackstedt work in?

Jacob Benedict Knackstedt examines applications in Art Unit 2408 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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