Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Donald Thomas Roden, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as RODEN, DONALD THOMAS

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2119 2128

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Analysis

RODEN, DONALD THOMAS handles cases in USPTO Tech Center 2100 and art unit 2119. The profile contains 8 resolved cases, with a 25.0% allowance rate. Interviews are associated with a 100.0% lift in allowance outcomes. The median time to allowance is 1260 days. Because the record is small, the extreme interview measure should be treated as a limited observation rather than a general prediction.

The listed companies are Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Halliburton Energy Services Inc., and NEC Corporation. The listed firms are SUGHRUE MION, PLLC, Cantor Colburn LLP, and Joywin IP Law PLLC. Practitioners may consider interviews, but should assess each application independently and avoid relying on aggregate figures without reviewing the underlying prosecution history.

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

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-30.0% vs TC avg
40
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
1260
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18674196 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ARCHITECTURE WITH DOMAIN OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
17991387 ANOMALY MONITORING AND MITIGATION OF AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17922029 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18216042 ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE MODELING UTILITY SYSTEM Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17560403 COLLABORATIVE MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18540426 AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF DATA PROCESSING PIPELINES USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18035868 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK COMPRESSION METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18677301 ORCHESTRATION-ORIENTED ESTIMATION OF QUANTUM STATE DISTRIBUTIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18673036 TEAM MODELING VIA DECENTRALIZED THEORY OF MIND REASONING Non-Final OA SRI International
18129565 MACHINE LEARNING MODELING OF PROBE INTENSITY Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Donald Thomas Roden's allowance rate?

25.0% of resolved applications examined by Donald Thomas Roden were allowed (8 resolved cases), compared with 78.7% across Art Unit 2119 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Donald Thomas Roden?

This examiner's interview lift is +100.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Donald Thomas Roden take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Donald Thomas Roden took 1,260 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Donald Thomas Roden work in?

Donald Thomas Roden examines applications in Art Unit 2119 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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