Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Alan Otto, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as OTTO, ALAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2132 2139 2182 2187

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

OTTO, ALAN is assigned to Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2132. The record covers 376 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 66.8%. The median time to allowance is 1250 days. Interview lift is 17.7%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes in the recorded cases.

The listed companies are KIOXIA Corporation, Pure Storage Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated. The listed firms are Bayes PLLC, BROOKS, CAMERON & HUEBSCH, PLLC, and FOLEY & LARDNER LLP. Practitioners may include interviews in prosecution planning and use the allowance rate with the median duration to evaluate expected effort and timing for applications in this docket.

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

Performance Statistics

66.8%
Allow Rate
+11.8% vs TC avg
396
Total Applications
+17.7%
Interview Lift
1250
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 376 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
53.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18809413 Predicting Write Lifetimes For Data Using Machine Learning Final Rejection PURE STORAGE, INC.
19088805 DDR FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT IN CHIPLET-BASED SYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18004442 OPERATIONALIZATION OF MEMORIES USING MEMORY INFORMATION SETS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17453715 DETERMINATION OF A MATCH BETWEEN DATA VALUES STORED BY THREE OR MORE ARRAYS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18829569 MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
18829657 MEMORY SYSTEM, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND DATA READING METHOD Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Alan Otto's allowance rate?

66.8% of resolved applications examined by Alan Otto were allowed (376 resolved cases), compared with 73.3% across Art Unit 2132 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Alan Otto?

This examiner's interview lift is +17.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Alan Otto take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Alan Otto took 1,250 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Alan Otto work in?

Alan Otto examines applications in Art Unit 2132 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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