Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Gary Mac, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MAC, GARY

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2127 2147 4100

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Analysis

MAC, GARY is assigned to tech center 4100 and art unit 2127. The record covers 22 resolved cases, with a 40.9% allowance rate and a median of 1583 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 38.3% lift, indicating that interview practice is an important feature of the available prosecution record even though the overall allowance rate is below a majority of resolved cases.

The listed companies are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Google LLC, and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. The listed firms are DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP, DLA Piper LLP (US) Boston, and FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC). With only 22 resolved cases, this profile should be used as an early directional guide. The median time to allowance also calls for planning around a prolonged examination path.

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

Performance Statistics

40.9%
Allow Rate
-19.1% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+38.3%
Interview Lift
1583
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.4%
§101 Eligibility
6.8%
§102 Novelty
40.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17451117 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT WHY RESPONSE HAS CHANGED Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18823288 FINE-TUNING GENERATIVE MODEL UTILIZING INSTANCES AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FROM LESS COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT DECODING AND SUBSEQUENT UTILIZATION THEREOF WITH MORE COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT DECODING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18314802 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17527076 AUTOMATIC EARLY-EXITING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17467079 CONFIGURABLE NONLINEAR ACTIVATION FUNCTION CIRCUITS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18708661 QUANTUM CONTROLLED OPERATIONS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18734805 INTELLIGENT AND AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SOLVING COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS USING QUANTUM COMPUTATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18060987 CLASS-INCREMENTAL LEARNING OF A CLASSIFIER Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17681632 SCORE-BASED GENERATIVE MODELING IN LATENT SPACE Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18920674 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING PROCESS FACTOR Non-Final OA Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Gary Mac's allowance rate?

40.9% of resolved applications examined by Gary Mac were allowed (22 resolved cases), compared with 46.8% across Art Unit 2127 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Gary Mac?

This examiner's interview lift is +38.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Gary Mac take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Gary Mac took 1,583 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Gary Mac work in?

Gary Mac examines applications in Art Unit 2127 in Tech Center 4100.

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