Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2622 3622 3714 3715 3717 3718

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Damon Joseph Pierce is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2622. The examiner has 888 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 75.7 percent. This suggests a relatively high probability of success for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1053, which serves as a benchmark for the duration of the prosecution cycle. With 888 resolved cases, the data is quite robust.

The interview lift for this examiner is 28.4 percent. This significant lift indicates that interviews are highly correlated with a successful outcome compared to the 75.7 percent baseline. Practitioners should strongly consider requesting an interview to take advantage of the 28.4 percent increase in allowance probability. The 1053 median days to allowance is an important factor for planning in Art Unit 2622. Overall, the 75.7 percent allowance rate and the 28.4 percent interview lift suggest that proactive communication is a very effective strategy across the 888 resolved cases.

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

Performance Statistics

75.7%
Allow Rate
+5.7% vs TC avg
906
Total Applications
+28.4%
Interview Lift
1053
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 888 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18674272 DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18934746 SYNCHRONIZATION OF AUDIO WITH TEMPO OF IN-GAME RELATED ACTIONS FOR A VIDEO CLIP OF A GAME PLAY OF VIDEO GAME Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18721206 INPUT DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18739190 VIRTUAL VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19027006 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING CONTENT PACKETS BASED ON A DYNAMICALLY UPDATED LIST OF CONTENT FILTERING RULES Non-Final OA DK Crown Holdings Inc.
18851041 A COMPUTER SOFTWARE MODULE ARRANGEMENT, A CIRCUITRY ARRANGEMENT, AN ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL DISPLAY FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF REPRESENTATIONS OF REAL LIFE OBJECTS AT DIFFERENT PHYSICAL LOCATIONS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18346096 CROWDSOURCED CLOUD GAMING Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
19024476 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING MONETARY VALUE GAMING TICKET REDEMPTION Non-Final OA Everi Payments Inc.
18223172 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA GREE, INC.

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