Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: LEE, ADAM

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

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Adam Lee is an examiner in Art Unit 2143, within Tech Center 4100. He has 698 resolved cases, providing a substantial amount of data for analysis. The allowance rate for this examiner is 84.1 percent, which is a high and favorable figure for applicants. The most remarkable metric in his profile is the interview lift of 61.0 percent. This extremely high lift suggests that interviews are almost always productive and can significantly improve the chances of an application being allowed. Practitioners should consider an interview to be an essential part of their strategy.

The median time to allowance is 1122 days, which is a standard duration for cases in this tech center. This 1122-day timeline, paired with the 84.1 percent allowance rate, offers a clear path to patent issuance. The 61.0 percent interview lift is one of the highest recorded and indicates a very receptive examiner. With 698 resolved cases, these trends are well-established and highly reliable. Practitioners should leverage the lift as early as possible to ensure a successful outcome. The 1122-day median pendency remains a solid benchmark for managing client expectations. Overall, the data indicates that this examiner is both productive and highly receptive to oral advocacy.

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

Performance Statistics

84.1%
Allow Rate
+24.1% vs TC avg
731
Total Applications
+61.0%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 698 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
42.3%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18186505 METHOD AND IOT CONTROLLER DEVICE FOR CONTEXT-BASED TASK MANAGEMENT IN IOT NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18504417 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE REQUEST Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18883664 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTATION OFFLOADING DETERMINATION USING MULTI-MODAL USER INPUT Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18823956 Blockchain Network Management Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
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
18472402 CONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL MACHINES Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18462164 SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18140257 ADAPTIVE SCHEDULER FOR LOAD BALANCING OF UNPREDICTABLE, TIME-SENSITIVE REQUESTS FOR A SHARED RESOURCE Non-Final OA Rockwell Collins, Inc.
18709811 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PLURAL CLOUD VIRTUALISATION LAYERS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18734995 TRACKING AND SECURELY RECORDING COMPUTING RESOURCE USAGE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18607856 WEB BROWSER DECISION TASK ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18791934 ENABLING LARGE FRAMES FOR SECURE VIRTUAL MACHINES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18526045 DESIGNATION OF A SWAP CONTROL SYSTEM IN A GROUP OF PEERS WITHIN A COMPUTING CLUSTER Final Rejection 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
17486691 USER-CONFIGURABLE MEMORY ALLOCATION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18238254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING COMPUTE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
18185031 Mapping Workloads to Circuit Units in a Computing Device via Reinforcement Learning Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18481011 SUSTAINABLE TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18479604 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT NAME-SPACES IN HIERARCHICAL MULTI-TENANT CONTAINERIZED SERVICE CLUSTERS Non-Final OA Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18650161 SCHEMA-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR REQUEST PROCESSING Non-Final OA Shopify Inc.
18664354 Master time translation in peripheral device Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18621518 DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
17732987 Identifying Memory System Sensitivity to Timing Parameters Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18646585 METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A DECLARATIVE WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
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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