Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Adam Lee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LEE, ADAM

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2143 2193 2195 2196 2198 2458 4100

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

LEE, ADAM works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2143. The record covers 702 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 83.8% and a median of 1122 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 61.5% lift in allowance outcomes. The interview result is a central feature of this profile and supports considering direct examiner engagement.

The recorded companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and The Toronto-dominion Bank. The listed firms are CROWELL & MORING LLP, Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC, and FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER. Counsel can combine a focused interview strategy with careful written claim development, while planning for the longer median path shown in the record.

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

Performance Statistics

83.8%
Allow Rate
+23.8% vs TC avg
748
Total Applications
+61.5%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 702 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18709811 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PLURAL CLOUD VIRTUALISATION LAYERS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18186505 METHOD AND IOT CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR CONTEXT-BASED TASK MANAGEMENT IN IOT NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18823956 Blockchain Network Management Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
18472402 CONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL MACHINES Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18216790 EDGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18292763 Processor System for a Vehicle, and Method for Monitoring a Process State After a Remote Software Update Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18185031 Mapping Workloads to Circuit Units in a Computing Device via Reinforcement Learning Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18734995 TRACKING AND SECURELY RECORDING COMPUTING RESOURCE USAGE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18462164 SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18231392 Horizontally Scaling Monolithic Applications with Intelligent Transaction Routing Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18216753 PROACTIVELY PREEMPTING QUORUM LOSS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17891464 DATA CENTER WORKLOAD HOST SELECTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18481011 SUSTAINABLE TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18621518 DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18650161 SCHEMA-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR REQUEST PROCESSING Non-Final OA Shopify Inc.
18437371 MATTER COMPUTE ARCHITECTURE WITH SMART DISCOVERY AND OPPORTUNISTIC ALLOCATION OF IOT DEVICE RESOURCES Final Rejection GM Global Technology Operations LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Adam Lee's allowance rate?

83.8% of resolved applications examined by Adam Lee were allowed (702 resolved cases), compared with 50.4% across Art Unit 2143 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Adam Lee?

This examiner's interview lift is +61.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Adam Lee take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Adam Lee took 1,122 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Adam Lee work in?

Adam Lee examines applications in Art Unit 2143 in Tech Center 4100.

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