Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ORR, HENRY W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2154 2172 2175 2178

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Henry W Orr is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2145, with a record of 465 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 50.5%, placing the probability of a grant at a moderate level. The median days to allowance is 1476, which indicates a long prosecution period. This 1476-day timeline suggests that applicants in this Art Unit should be prepared for a rigorous examination process.

The most striking data point is the interview lift of 37.3%. This 37.3% lift is high, indicating that an interview is a powerful tool for shifting the 50.5% baseline allowance rate toward a successful outcome. For the 465 resolved cases, this suggests that the examiner is responsive to the clarifications provided during interviews. Practitioners should view an interview as an essential step in this Art Unit, as it offers a significant statistical advantage in overcoming rejections during the 1476-day median pendency.

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

Performance Statistics

50.5%
Allow Rate
-4.5% vs TC avg
500
Total Applications
+37.3%
Interview Lift
1476
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 465 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.6%
§102 Novelty
55.5%
§103 Obviousness
15.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18649417 MULTIMEDIA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18933087 DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FUNCTION OF USER SELECTED MENU ITEM ON A USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18752157 ADDING, PLACING, AND GROUPING WIDGETS IN EXTENDED REALITY (XR) APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18365321 IMAGE DETERMINATION METHOD BASED ON OPERATION INFORMATION Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18948120 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18397766 Generating Content via a Machine-Learned Model Based on Source Content Selected by a User Non-Final OA Google LLC
18218031 CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING USER OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON A VIRTUAL DEVICE IN VIRTUAL SPACE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18541616 METHOD FOR MANAGING WINDOWS AND DISPLAY WINDOW MANAGER FOR A VIRTUAL WORKSTATION IN AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT, METHOD FOR MANAGING AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND IMMERSIVE REALITY SYSTEM Final Rejection ORANGE
18900113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE AS A COPY-PASTE UTILITY Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18760293 VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18574621 INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18572160 INTERACTION METHOD, INTERACTION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18523451 OVERFLOW APPLICATION TOOL FOR COMPUTING DEVICES Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
15184849 User Configuration Mechanism for Internet-of-Things (IOT) Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18760210 Playback Zone Representations Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
19220864 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING EFFECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
18639740 SCREEN SPLITTING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
17308415 AI AND ML ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SITE COMPLIANCE USING SITE VISIT REPORT Non-Final OA IQVIA Inc.
18545140 SHORTCUT ICON DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE Final Rejection Petal Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.

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