Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2654

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ian Scott McLean is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2600, working within Art Unit 2654. The examiner has 60 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 43.3 percent. This 43.3 percent rate reflects the proportion of applications that reach a grant. For the 60 cases handled, this data provides a basis for understanding the probability of success during the examination process. The volume of resolved cases reflects the examiner's experience within Tech Center 2600.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1144. This 1144-day timeline represents the duration for an application to move from filing to a grant. Applicants should consider this period when planning their patent strategy and resource allocation. The volume of 60 resolved cases suggests that this duration is a consistent aspect of the examiner's workflow in Art Unit 2654. This median provides a specific metric for evaluating the expected length of prosecution.

The data shows an interview lift of 32.1 percent. This 32.1 percent lift represents the change in the likelihood of allowance when an interview is conducted. It suggests that direct communication is a method for addressing the probability of a grant. For practitioners, utilizing an interview is an option to navigate the prosecution process and achieve a positive outcome. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential benefits of direct engagement.

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

Performance Statistics

43.3%
Allow Rate
-18.7% vs TC avg
95
Total Applications
+32.1%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 60 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
70.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18438225 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING SYNTHETIC VOICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19020264 METHOD FOR SPEECH GENERATION AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18926725 In-Context Data Synthesis for Machine Learning Non-Final OA Google LLC
18614165 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED MODEL EXPLANATIONS VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18592776 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FOR NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION ON SPEECH TRANSCRIPTION USING GROUND TRUTH TRANSCRIPTION FOR TRAINING Final Rejection JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18641535 Dialogue Localization Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited
18674519 NOISE CANCELLATION FOR OPEN MICROPHONE MODE Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18794986 MANAGING DATE-TIME INTERVALS IN TRANSFORMING NATURAL LANGUAGE TO A LOGICAL FORM Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18679426 MULTIPHASE PROMPT OPTIMIZATION FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Intuit Inc.
18509460 AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR PARALLEL CORPORA AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18993694 MODEL LEARNING APPARATUS, SATISFACTION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, MODEL LEARNING METHOD, SATISFACTION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
19007878 BIAS DETECTION AND MITIGATION WITH QUADRATIC ALGORITHM SELECTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18627022 GRADUAL GRADIENT-BASED PRUNING FOR MULTILINGUAL NEURAL MACHINE TRANSLATION Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18300930 Efficiently Extendable In-Interpreter Natural Language Agent Final Rejection ServiceNow, Inc.
18820028 LABEL-LOOPING PREDICTION FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION AND OTHER AI SYSTEMS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18715072 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF AUDIO DATA Final Rejection DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
18436261 INTELLIGENT STEWARD PLATFORM FOR VALIDATION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) OUTPUTS Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18887348 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION USING AI MODELS Final Rejection KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18643582 NOISE SUPPRESSION MODEL USING GATED LINEAR UNITS Final Rejection SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
18127166 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION

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