Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Michael N Opsasnick, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2626 2653 2655 2658 4100

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N is assigned to tech center 4100 and art unit 2626. The record contains 929 resolved cases, an 81.9% allowance rate, and a median of 1156 days to allowance. Interview lift is 10.2%, reflecting a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes. The large resolved-case base makes these measures a useful reference for applicants evaluating prosecution strategy.

Frequent companies include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., NVIDIA Corporation, and Google LLC. The listed firms are Nixon & Vanderhye PC, AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, and BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. The 1156-day median suggests that applicants should plan for sustained examination rather than an immediate resolution. Counsel may use interviews to sharpen the discussion of claim scope, while relying on written amendments to preserve a clear prosecution record.

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

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+21.9% vs TC avg
983
Total Applications
+10.2%
Interview Lift
1156
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 929 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.4%
§101 Eligibility
30.0%
§102 Novelty
33.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19188998 AUDIO DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE BASED ON MULTI-POINT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19013494 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING TRANSLATED TEXT USING TRANSLATION METHOD SELECTED FROM PLURALITY OF TRANSLATION METHODS, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSLATED TEXT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17570152 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18891615 CHAIN OF THOUGHT REASONING FOR ASR Final Rejection Google LLC
18734624 DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BY AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT AS A USER ITERATIVELY PROVIDES A SPOKEN UTTERANCE, OR SEQUENCE OF SPOKEN UTTERANCES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18883137 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18873774 TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, TRAINING PROGRAM, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
19048836 INTERCHANGEABLE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR CONTEXT COMPUTING DEVICES Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18296322 DISCOVERING AND APPLYING DESCRIPTIVE LABELS TO UNSTRUCTURED DATA Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18990938 GENERATIVE SPEECH FOUNDATION MODEL PRETRAINING FOR SPEECH EXTRACTION AND RESTORATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18431690 SPEECH PROCESSING TECHNIQUE Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18628518 ADVERB DICTIONARY UPDATE APPARATUS AND ADVERB DICTIONARY UPDATE METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18819018 SPEECH RECOGNITION Final Rejection BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19016435 NEXT-GEN AI INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE Non-Final OA Allstate Insurance Company

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael N Opsasnick's allowance rate?

81.9% of resolved applications examined by Michael N Opsasnick were allowed (929 resolved cases), compared with 68.8% across Art Unit 2626 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael N Opsasnick?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael N Opsasnick take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael N Opsasnick took 1,156 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael N Opsasnick work in?

Michael N Opsasnick examines applications in Art Unit 2626 in Tech Center 4100.

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