Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2122 2653 2692

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nicholas Daniel Lowen is an examiner in Art Unit 2122 of Tech Center 2600. With 15 resolved cases, the examiner maintains an allowance rate of 66.7 percent. This rate suggests a positive environment for applicants, with two-thirds of resolved cases resulting in a grant. While the case count of 15 is relatively small, the 66.7 percent figure provides an initial benchmark for success in this unit.

The interview lift is 55.6 percent. This is a very high figure, indicating that interviews are exceptionally effective at moving cases toward an allowance. Practitioners should strongly consider an interview, as the 55.6 percent lift represents a significant advantage during prosecution. This suggests that the examiner is highly receptive to verbal clarification and direct engagement to resolve outstanding issues.

The median days to allowance is 962. This duration provides a benchmark for the time required to secure a patent, typically lasting between two and three years. The combination of a 66.7 percent allowance rate and a 962-day median suggests a relatively efficient process. Utilizing the 55.6 percent interview lift may be the most effective way to navigate this timeline successfully.

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

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
38
Total Applications
+55.6%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18611411 MULTILINGUAL DOMAIN DETECTION USING ONE LANGUAGE RESOURCE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18692425 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18951813 INFORMATION CREATION METHOD AND INFORMATION CREATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18976332 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18433497 TEXT-TO-SPEECH DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TEXT-TO-SPEECH DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
19068764 Accelerated Audio Separation and Classification for On-Device Machine-Learned Systems Non-Final OA Google LLC
18209844 TECHNIQUES FOR CONVERTING A NATURAL LANGUAGE UTTERANCE TO AN INTERMEDIATE DATABASE QUERY REPRESENTATION Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18742843 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MISMATCHED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS ON AN INTEGRATED AVIONICS SYSTEM Final Rejection Rockwell Collins, Inc.
18957134 RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18590750 REAL TIME RETRIEVAL OF CONTENT ITEMS FOR MULTI-CATEGORY SYNTHESIS AND PERSONALIZED KNOWLEDGE AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18336447 AUTO-TUNING READING PASSAGES USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18126161 INTELLIGENT ORCHESTRATION OF MULTIMODAL COMPONENTS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18675362 MULTIMODAL-BASED INTERACTIVE CHATBOT SERVICE METHOD FOR DEGENERATIVE BRAIN FUNCTION DECLINE PREDICTION AND COGNITIVE TRAINING AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18679009 CONTRASTIVE FINE-TUNING ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18632081 HYBRID NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY (NLQ) SYSTEM BASED ON RULE-BASED AND GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRANSLATION Non-Final OA ServiceNow, Inc.
18092766 SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT-BASED DATA AGGREGATION AND PRESENTMENT Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
19062221 LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM Non-Final OA DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

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