Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2123 2127 2146 2186 2187

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Juan Carlos Ochoa performs examinations in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2100. There are 532 resolved cases for this examiner in the database. This total of 532 cases provides a foundation for analyzing the examiner's history. Practitioners may use these results to anticipate the progression of future applications through the patent office in this technical area.

The data indicates an allowance rate of 67.3 percent. This 67.3 percent figure represents the frequency with which applications result in a patent grant. The interview lift is recorded at 22.1 percent. This 22.1 percent lift shows the increase in the probability of allowance following a formal interview. This metric suggests that verbal communication with the examiner is a tool for resolving outstanding prosecution hurdles.

The median days to allowance is 1438. This 1438 day duration measures the time required for the median application to reach a final grant. Applicants should account for this timeline when planning their intellectual property strategy. The metrics for Art Unit 2100 suggest a specific environment for applications assigned to this examiner, characterized by the recorded allowance and pendency figures.

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

Performance Statistics

67.3%
Allow Rate
+12.3% vs TC avg
569
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1438
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 532 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
39.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18030715 SOLUTION SYSTEM AND SOLUTION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18220095 SIMULATION SYSTEM, SIMULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17608715 PATIENT-MATCHED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT Non-Final OA Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
17895107 ADAPTIVE TRACE WIDTH IN MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE PACKAGE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17715208 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PETROPHYSICAL MODELING AUTOMATION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17717405 SCALABLE STATE ESTIMATION FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID Non-Final OA GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
17967603 ENGINEERING COMPONENTS Non-Final OA ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
16027961 STATE CLASSIFYING METHOD, STATE CLASSIFYING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18263309 METHOD FOR MODELLING DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO STORMY CONDITIONS Non-Final OA TotalEnergies OneTech
17920918 OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINING LOCATIONS OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18202416 Solving Differential Equations with Deep Learning Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17210954 TASK SIMULATION USING REVISED GOALS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18267391 METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATING DRIVE DEVICES Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18205826 Systems and Methods for Enabling Situational Awareness for Events Via Data Visualization Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18361143 DYNAMIC SUBSTRATE MANAGEMENT FOR DIGITAL TWIN MODELS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17892852 SOFTMAX AND LOG SOFTMAX METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Xilinx, Inc.
18213744 BUILDING DATA PLATFORM WITH DIGITAL TWIN BASED INFERENCES AND PREDICTIONS FOR A GRAPHICAL BUILDING MODEL Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18127376 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF CIRCUIT DESIGN EMULATION Non-Final OA Synopsys, Inc.
17748987 PARALLEL AND SCALABLE COMPUTATION OF STRONGLY CONNECTED COMPONENTS IN A CIRCUIT DESIGN Non-Final OA Synopsys, Inc.
18306938 Three-Dimensional Preview of Design of Laser-Finished Garments Non-Final OA Levi Strauss & Co.
17962225 3D PRINTING PLANNING Final Rejection DASSAULT SYSTEMES
17639644 ARITHMETIC APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Final Rejection TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17767949 MODAL SUPERPOSITION METHOD USING RESPONSE DEPENDENT NON-LINEAR MODES FOR THE PERIODIC VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF LARGE NON-LINEAR STRUCTURES Final Rejection ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
17975227 SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING ATTRIBUTES IN A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DIGITAL TWIN Final Rejection STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLC

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