Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Kristen Michelle Masters, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2659

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2659. Her record covers 55 resolved cases, with a 65.5% allowance rate and a 1101-day median to allowance. The 20.6% interview lift indicates that interviews are associated with a meaningful improvement in allowance outcomes within this record.

The profile has recurring work for International Business Machines Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Apple Inc. The listed representation includes FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, MEITAR PATENTS LTD., and Potomac Law Group, PLLC. For prosecution planning, applicants in this docket can use the interview metric as a reason to consider examiner interviews when claim issues are sufficiently developed for focused discussion.

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

Performance Statistics

65.5%
Allow Rate
+3.5% vs TC avg
93
Total Applications
+20.6%
Interview Lift
1101
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 55 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
3.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18380929 APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO, AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19032536 Silent speech detection with audio feedback Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18433492 ANNOTATION REQUESTING DEVICE, ANNOTATION REQUESTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18744796 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18262508 TEXT CHAIN GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17631695 Paragraph synthesis with cross utterance features for neural TTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18980852 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USING MULTI-CONTEXT SELF-ATTENTION MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS Non-Final OA Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
18926471 ASSESSING CONVERSATIONAL CONCORDANCE USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17932681 TRANSLATING WEB CONTENT USING ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17822861 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE CLARITY DURING TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18355311 CREATING A GRAMMAR REPRESENTING MULTIPLE CONCEPTS AND MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON A CORPUS OF DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18773274 PROMPT AUGMENTATION BASED ON ENTITY TAGGING Final Rejection ADOBE INC.
19196858 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED MAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Pfizer Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Kristen Michelle Masters's allowance rate?

65.5% of resolved applications examined by Kristen Michelle Masters were allowed (55 resolved cases), compared with 62.4% across Art Unit 2659 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Kristen Michelle Masters?

This examiner's interview lift is +20.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Kristen Michelle Masters take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Kristen Michelle Masters took 1,101 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Kristen Michelle Masters work in?

Kristen Michelle Masters examines applications in Art Unit 2659 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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