Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2161 2449 4100
This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases
Etienne Pierre Leroux examines cases in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2161. He has resolved 1116 cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 88.5 percent. This 88.5 percent rate indicates that he frequently finds patentable subject matter in the applications he reviews. For practitioners, this high rate suggests a very favorable environment for securing patent rights. The 1116 resolved cases offer a robust dataset for evaluating these trends.
The median days to allowance is 928, which is under the three-year mark. This 928-day timeline indicates a relatively efficient prosecution cycle. The interview lift is 5.3 percent, which is a small increase that reflects the already high 88.5 percent baseline allowance rate. Because the majority of cases reach allowance without an interview, the 5.3 percent lift suggests that verbal advocacy is a secondary tool in his docket. Applicants in Art Unit 2161 can anticipate a straightforward prosecution path with a high probability of success. The 928-day median provides a reliable benchmark for the expected time to issuance.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022002 | TECHNIQUES FOR ANONYMIZED SEARCHING OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 19290478 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 19290443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 19290522 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 19278742 | PREDICTING RELEVANCE OF RESOURCES TO SEARCH QUERIES | Final Rejection | Capital One Services, LLC |
| 19209096 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED GENERATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM FOR REAL-WORLD ASSET TOKENIZATION | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 19022968 | STORING GENERATED DIGITAL OBJECTS ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 19268733 | TWO-STATE TIME-ENRICHED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUERY CLUSTERING | Non-Final OA | Yahoo Assets LLC |
| 19286044 | UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE IDENTIFIER EMBEDDINGS AND DETERMINE DIGITAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS | Non-Final OA | Dropbox, Inc. |
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