Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: RODEN, DONALD THOMAS

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2119 2128

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Analysis

Donald Thomas Roden has a sample size of 8 resolved cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2119. The allowance rate is 25.0 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1260. These early metrics suggest a challenging environment with a long wait for a grant. Practitioners should be aware that with only 8 resolved cases, these statistics may change as more data becomes available over time and more applications reach a final disposition.

The interview lift is 100.0 percent. This indicates that in the few instances where an interview occurred, it was successful in moving the case toward allowance. However, the 25.0 percent base rate and the 1260-day median pendency remain the primary benchmarks for now. In Tech Center 2100, applicants should monitor this examiner's docket closely as more resolutions are reached. While the current data set is thin, the interview lift suggests that direct communication could be a tool for overcoming the initial difficulties observed in these 8 resolved cases in Art Unit 2119.

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
33
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
1260
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.9%
§102 Novelty
52.4%
§103 Obviousness
6.5%
§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
17665848 PREDICTING STATES OF A TEST ENTITY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
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
18677301 ORCHESTRATION-ORIENTED ESTIMATION OF QUANTUM STATE DISTRIBUTIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17972703 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MULTIMODAL DATA Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
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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