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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2655 2695

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR works in tech center 2600 and art unit 2655. The profile contains 8 resolved cases, a 75.0% allowance rate, and a median of 766 days to allowance. The interview lift is 40.0%, indicating a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes in this limited record.

The listed companies are Capital One Services LLC, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, and NXP Semiconductors N.V. The listed firms are Astute IP Law Group, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and Cooper Legal Group LLC. Because the case volume is limited, practitioners should use the figures as directional context.

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

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+13.0% vs TC avg
40
Total Applications
+40.0%
Interview Lift
766
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
55.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19106605 LOW COMPLEX BANDWIDTH EXTENSION TARGET GENERATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18584926 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONVERSATION EVALUATION APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18898006 SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18754780 MESSAGING FROM A SHARED DEVICE Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18729140 METHOD FOR GENERATING A FEATURE ENCODING MODEL, METHOD FOR AUDIO DETERMINATION, AND A RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18742627 DYNAMIC EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR RESPONSIBLE AI IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18727888 INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Fanuc Corporation
18791514 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTERPRETATION SENTENCE Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
19104685 SMART DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENT BASED ON NON-ACOUSTIC MOBILE SENSOR INFORMATION Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18951826 RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION AND ANSWER GENERATION ON SEARCH QUERIES Non-Final OA Yahoo Assets LLC
18664299 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18989723 METHOD, A SMART ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED VOICE CONVERSATION ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA VIRNECT CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan's allowance rate?

75.0% of resolved applications examined by Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan were allowed (8 resolved cases), compared with 60.9% across Art Unit 2655 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan?

This examiner's interview lift is +40.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan took 766 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan work in?

Shashidhar Shankar Manoharan examines applications in Art Unit 2655 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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