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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Frank D Mills, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as MILLS, FRANK D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2176 2194 2198

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

MILLS, FRANK D works in tech center 2100 and art unit 2176. His record covers 615 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 69.6% and a median of 1239 days to allowance. The 22.8% interview lift indicates that examiner interviews may provide useful support for applications requiring clarification of claim scope or technical distinctions.

The listed companies are Jio Platforms Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Google LLC. The principal firms are BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, Bridgeway IP Law Group, PLLC, and Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC. Practitioners should integrate interview planning with written response work and account for the recorded duration in portfolio scheduling.

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

Performance Statistics

69.6%
Allow Rate
+14.6% vs TC avg
649
Total Applications
+22.8%
Interview Lift
1239
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 615 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.1%
§102 Novelty
52.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18804739 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18231606 QUERY RESPONSE USING A CUSTOM CORPUS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18804559 SERVICE VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORM Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18171473 Task Start Method and Electronic Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18811021 FLASH DRIVER CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTI-CORE MCU, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Non-Final OA Hyundai AutoEver Corp.
18709060 SCALING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SCALING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18846022 WORKLOAD CONTROL SUPPORT DEVICE, AND WORKLOAD CONTROL SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18049273 AUTOMATIC MERGING OF VARIANTS OF AUTOMATABLE TASKS FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION Non-Final OA UiPath, Inc.
18537073 CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PLUGIN FOR A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection Dropbox, Inc.
18761442 DENORMALIZING OPERATOR ACTIVITY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA RED HAT, INC.
18920035 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HOSTED APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18292971 METHOD AND SYSTEM FACILITATING CONFIGURABLE STATE PROCESSING IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS Non-Final OA JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED
18171689 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR API RESOURCE PREDICTION Final Rejection Jio Platforms Limited
18624050 Smart Scheduling System and Method for Performing Smart Scheduling using Linear Programming Non-Final OA United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
18523556 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DISTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection Tektronix, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Frank D Mills's allowance rate?

69.6% of resolved applications examined by Frank D Mills were allowed (615 resolved cases), compared with 60.4% across Art Unit 2176 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Frank D Mills?

This examiner's interview lift is +22.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Frank D Mills take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Frank D Mills took 1,239 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Frank D Mills work in?

Frank D Mills examines applications in Art Unit 2176 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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