Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEE, MARINA

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2179 2192 2197 2198 2199 4100

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Marina Lee is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2179. She has 666 resolved cases, providing a robust dataset for practitioners to study. Her allowance rate is 85.7 percent, which suggests a favorable environment for patent grants. This 85.7 percent rate indicates that she is an approachable examiner in her tech center.

The interview lift for this examiner is 18.0 percent. This 18.0 percent figure is a substantial increase, showing that interviews are a very effective tool for securing an allowance. Practitioners should use this lift to further improve their odds, even though the baseline is already strong. The 666 resolved cases demonstrate a consistent pattern of successful prosecution in Art Unit 2179.

The median days to allowance is 1030. This duration is typical for the USPTO, representing a standard timeline. Applicants can use this 1030-day figure to manage their expectations for the prosecution process. The combination of an 85.7 percent allowance rate and an 18.0 percent interview lift makes Art Unit 2179 a very productive place for applicants under her review.

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

Performance Statistics

85.8%
Allow Rate
+25.8% vs TC avg
680
Total Applications
+17.9%
Interview Lift
1029
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 667 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
16.9%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18892338 FACILITATING UPDATES TO DATA PIPELINES USING MODULARLY-GENERATED PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC DATA PIPELINE PORTIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Citibank, N.A.
18737791 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18743866 LLM FINE-TUNING FOR CODE GENERATION Non-Final OA ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18731139 GENERATIVE AI-BASED TOOL FOR DEBUG Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18785155 CONTAINERIZATION USING SELF-LEARNED CONTAINER TEMPLATES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18397576 CHECKING CODE COMPLETENESS WITH HAPAX LEGOMENON Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18734410 ADAPTIVE CODE PACKAGING INTERFACE FOR CUSTOMIZABLE SINGLE PAGE APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18819176 SMART IMAGE REGISTRIES FOR DYNAMIC IMAGE GENERATION Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18899584 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MAP Non-Final OA DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

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