Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

James D Rutten, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as RUTTEN, JAMES D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2121 2156 2192 2194 2197

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

RUTTEN, JAMES D is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2121. The record contains 598 resolved cases, with a 63.4% allowance rate and a 37.7% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1487 days, so applicants should account for a prosecution cycle that can extend well beyond an initial examination response.

The leading companies are The Toronto-dominion Bank, NEC Corporation, and Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. Anova Law Group, PLLC, ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP, and BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP are the leading firms. The combination of a large record and substantial interview lift makes interview-centered prosecution planning a practical consideration for this art unit.

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

Performance Statistics

63.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
624
Total Applications
+37.7%
Interview Lift
1487
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 598 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.6%
§102 Novelty
51.8%
§103 Obviousness
17.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18618765 PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR OPERATING PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18618757 CALIBRATED MODEL INTERVENTION WITH CONFORMAL THRESHOLD Non-Final OA THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
18493391 DEFECT DETECTION USING MULTI-MODALITY SENSOR DATA Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17513910 APPARATUS OF ANALOG-NEURON AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF ANALOG-NEURON Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18376572 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18308264 Behavior Estimation for Vehicle Management using Machine Learning Models Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18192954 QUANTUM CIRCUIT MAPPING USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TECHNIQUES Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18634403 DEVELOPER ITERATION PLATFORM FOR A MACHINE LEARNING BASED QUESTION AND ANSWER (Q&A) ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Notion Labs, Inc.
18326396 REDUCING LATENCY THROUGH PROPENSITY MODELS THAT PREDICT DATA CALLS Final Rejection PAYPAL, INC.
16600888 DYNAMIC RANGE AND LINEARITY OF RESISTIVE ELEMENTS FOR ANALOG COMPUTING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner James D Rutten's allowance rate?

63.4% of resolved applications examined by James D Rutten were allowed (598 resolved cases), compared with 32.0% across Art Unit 2121 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner James D Rutten?

This examiner's interview lift is +37.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner James D Rutten take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by James D Rutten took 1,487 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner James D Rutten work in?

James D Rutten examines applications in Art Unit 2121 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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