Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2626 2655 2658 4100

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael N Opsasnick, working in Art Unit 2626 of Tech Center 4100, has handled 922 resolved cases. He maintains an allowance rate of 81.8% and a median time to allowance of 1157 days. These 922 cases show a consistent and successful prosecution path.

The interview lift is 10.3%, which provides a meaningful increase over the 81.8% baseline. This 10.3% boost indicates that verbal discussion is a productive tool during the 1157-day pendency. Practitioners should consider an interview to improve their 81.8% odds of success.

With 922 cases of experience, Opsasnick demonstrates a predictable pattern of examination. The 10.3% lift can be used to resolve technical disagreements efficiently. This strategy is grounded in the 1157-day median timeline observed for his docket.

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

Performance Statistics

81.8%
Allow Rate
+21.8% vs TC avg
965
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
1157
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 922 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.2%
§101 Eligibility
30.1%
§102 Novelty
33.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§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
18669060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSES THROUGH AGGREGATED OUTPUTS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19039828 AUDIO DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
19048836 INTERCHANGEABLE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR CONTEXT COMPUTING DEVICES Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18873774 TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, TRAINING PROGRAM, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18574918 Creating Spatial Audio Stream from Audio Objects with Spatial Extent Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18532871 System and Method for Secure Speech Feature Extraction Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18296322 DISCOVERING AND APPLYING DESCRIPTIVE LABELS TO UNSTRUCTURED DATA Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19049586 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VOICE ASSISTED QUALITY INSPECTION Non-Final OA TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
18628518 ADVERB DICTIONARY UPDATE APPARATUS AND ADVERB DICTIONARY UPDATE METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18990938 GENERATIVE SPEECH FOUNDATION MODEL PRETRAINING FOR SPEECH EXTRACTION AND RESTORATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18431690 SPEECH PROCESSING TECHNIQUE Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18502747 USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR SIMILARITY DETERMINATIONS IN CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18365966 USING LANGUAGE MODELS IN AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18539764 MULTI-TIME-SCALE NEURAL AUDIO CODEC STREAMS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18788774 INFERRING USER INTENT FOR ASSISTANCE USING A DISPLAY FREE BODY WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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