Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2659

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kristen Michelle Masters has 51 resolved cases in Art Unit 2659, with an allowance rate of 64.7%. The median days to allowance is 1097. These figures provide a baseline for applicants in Tech Center 2600. The interview lift is 24.1%, which is a substantial increase over the 64.7% baseline. This suggests that interviews are a valuable tool for overcoming rejections and advancing cases toward allowance.

With 51 cases, the data points toward a strategy of early engagement to navigate the 1097-day median timeline. The 24.1% lift indicates that the examiner is responsive to direct communication. Practitioners should consider the 1097-day median when managing client expectations. In Art Unit 2659, the 64.7% allowance rate represents a moderate probability of success. The 24.1% lift can be a decisive factor in reaching a grant.

In Tech Center 2600, the 1097-day median pendency is a key factor for planning. While the 51 resolved cases provide a smaller sample, the 24.1% interview lift is a strong signal for strategy. Applicants should prioritize interviews to improve their 64.7% baseline odds. This profile suggests that direct advocacy is highly effective under Kristen Michelle Masters.

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

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
87
Total Applications
+24.1%
Interview Lift
1097
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

36.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.2%
§102 Novelty
51.1%
§103 Obviousness
3.2%
§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
19360368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATING LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO REAL-TIME DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection DK Crown Holdings Inc.
17631695 Paragraph synthesis with cross utterance features for neural TTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18745222 INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC LANGUAGE MODELS AND PRIVATE SERVICES Non-Final OA 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
18745098 Gesture Playback System Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18613959 PROMPT ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18262508 TEXT CHAIN GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18773274 PROMPT AUGMENTATION BASED ON ENTITY TAGGING Final Rejection ADOBE INC.
18875714 AUDIO SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AUDIO SIGNAL DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
18955888 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OWN VOICE DETECTION Non-Final OA Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
18980852 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USING MULTI-CONTEXT SELF-ATTENTION MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS Non-Final OA Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
17929497 FREQUENT LOGIC-RULE SETS FOR ML-BASED DOCUMENT CONTENT EXTRACTION SUPPORT Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18388364 DEEPFAKE DETECTION Non-Final OA PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
19196858 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED MAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Pfizer Inc.
18745462 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR USER-SPECIFIC GENERATIVE INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection SoftEye, Inc.

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