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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Jon Christopher Meis, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2654

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Analysis

MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER has 34 resolved cases in art unit 2654 and tech center 2600. The allowance rate is 32.4%, interview lift is 53.0%, and median time to allowance is 1065 days. The small record limits predictive confidence, but the available cases show an allowance outcome below half of resolved cases and a pronounced association between interviews and allowance.

The leading companies are Rolls-Royce plc, The Toronto-dominion Bank, and Amazon Technologies Inc. The listed firms are Bachmann Law Group PC, CKC & Partners Co., LLC, and Kwan & Olynick LLP. Applicants may consider interviews especially important for clarifying the issues underlying rejection, while preparing fallback amendments because the overall allowance result remains limited.

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

Performance Statistics

32.4%
Allow Rate
-29.6% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+53.0%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 34 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
51.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18038532 METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
18963190 Using Machine Learning Techniques To Improve The Quality And Performance Of Generative AI Applications Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18620788 IDENTIFYING A SUBSET OF CHAT CONTENT Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18714182 SOUND ANALYSIS DEVICE, SOUND ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18264531 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SPEECH SIMILARITY, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
18474484 NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
19126663 SITUATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18045164 Method and System for Target Source Separation Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
19237476 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER ENSEMBLING FOR REDUCING HALLUCINATION IN ABSTRACTIVE SUMMARIZATION Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18745550 GENERATIVE DIALOG MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS AS WELL AS GENERATIVE DIALOG IMPLEMENTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18628693 OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT AND ITS VOICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jon Christopher Meis's allowance rate?

32.4% of resolved applications examined by Jon Christopher Meis were allowed (34 resolved cases), compared with 71.0% across Art Unit 2654 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jon Christopher Meis?

This examiner's interview lift is +53.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jon Christopher Meis take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jon Christopher Meis took 1,065 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jon Christopher Meis work in?

Jon Christopher Meis examines applications in Art Unit 2654 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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