Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEMMA, SAMSON B

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2132 2431 2432 2437 2498

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

Samson B. Lemma has resolved 917 cases in Art Unit 2132. The examiner has an allowance rate of 88.2 percent. This 88.2 percent rate is based on the 917 resolved cases in Tech Center 2400. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the probability of a grant. The volume of resolutions provides a specific data set for this examiner's history.

The interview lift is 11.2 percent. This 11.2 percent figure represents the change in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding on a prosecution strategy. This metric indicates how interviews correlate with the overall allowance rate. The 11.2 percent lift is a recorded factor in the examiner's prosecution profile.

The median time to allowance is 1003 days. This 1003 day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. Applicants can use this figure to plan their prosecution timelines. The median pendency is a specific temporal measure in Art Unit 2132. It provides a benchmark for cases assigned to this examiner. Understanding this 1003 day timeline is important for managing expectations during the examination process.

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

Performance Statistics

88.2%
Allow Rate
+30.2% vs TC avg
936
Total Applications
+11.2%
Interview Lift
1003
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 917 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
40.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19209181 IDENTIFYING AND MITIGATING DISPARATE GROUP IMPACT IN DIFFERENTIAL-PRIVACY MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS Non-Final OA THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
18879319 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO DATA IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT OR IN A DATABASE ASSOCIATED TO THE INDUSTRIAL PLANT Non-Final OA BASF SE
18745920 AUTHORIZATION BROKERING Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18854426 Application Programming Interface Access in a Communication Network Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18259416 A Method and Function for Accessing a Non-Public Network Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19187094 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP SYSTEM, AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP METHOD Non-Final OA Maxell, Ltd.
18747396 CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
19051089 EDGE-BASED PACKET PROCESSING FOR APPLICATION RECOGNITION AND INTRUSION DETECTION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18991984 RISK-AWARE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA BlackBerry Limited
18476232 MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR REFINING STRUCTURAL VARIANT CALLS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.

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