Examiner: ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2656 2658

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael Ortiz Sanchez serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2626, with 507 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 67.1%, which is a solid success rate for applicants. However, the median days to allowance is 1392, indicating that the process is lengthy. This 1392-day timeline is a factor for practitioners to consider when planning their long-term prosecution strategy for the 507 resolved cases in this unit.

The interview lift is a notable 27.4%. This 27.4% lift suggests that an interview is an effective way to improve the 67.1% baseline allowance rate. Given the 507 resolved cases, this data point is an indicator that the examiner is open to resolving issues through direct dialogue. Practitioners should use the 27.4% lift as a reason to engage in an interview, as it increases the probability of a grant within the 1392-day median timeframe.

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

Performance Statistics

67.1%

Allow Rate

+5.1% vs TC avg

527

Total Applications

+27.2%

Interview Lift

1391

Avg Prosecution Days

Based on 508 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.8%

§101 Eligibility

18.2%

§102 Novelty

56.5%

§103 Obviousness

2.6%

§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Status	Assignee
18430196	PRESERVING SPEECH HYPOTHESES ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES AND/OR DIALOG SESSIONS	Final Rejection	GOOGLE LLC
18661304	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSONAL RECIPE GENERATION	Non-Final OA	KPN INNOVATIONS LLC
18322444	EVENT EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE	Non-Final OA	Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18984848	PARALLEL PROCESSING OF HIERARCHICAL TEXT	Non-Final OA	NVIDIA Corporation
19189496	AUDIO DECODER FOR INTERLEAVING SIGNALS	Non-Final OA	Dolby International AB
17138148	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT STRUCTURING VIA LANGUAGE MODELS	Final Rejection	YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18851983	MULTICHANNEL AND MULTI-STREAM SOURCE SEPARATION VIA MULTI-PAIR PROCESSING	Non-Final OA	Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18937051	TRAINING METHOD, REFINEMENT METHOD OF TRAINING SAMPLE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE	Non-Final OA	Industrial Technology Research Institute

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