Listed by the USPTO as SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3623 3624 3625 3683
This examiner grants 26% of resolved cases
SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z is assigned to Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3623. The profile records 140 resolved cases, a 26.4% allowance rate, and a 37.5% interview lift. Median time to allowance is 1222 days. The case volume is limited, but the relationship between the reported allowance and interview figures makes examiner interaction an important issue for prosecution planning.
Listed companies include Capital One Services LLC, Salesforce Inc., and Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America. Listed firms include FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, ALSTON & BIRD LLP, and Arch & Lake LLP. Applicants can use these recurring participants to identify relevant financial and software prosecution experience in the Art Unit.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18457757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRICE COMPARISONS | Final Rejection | Capital One Services, LLC |
| 17868693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A TRIP PLAN WITH TRIP RECOMMENDATIONS | Non-Final OA | Capital One Services, LLC |
| 18417173 | GENERATING A PREBUILT WORKFLOW BASED ON A PROMPT | Non-Final OA | Salesforce, Inc. |
| 18401338 | INCREASING MEETING PRODUCTIVITY UTILIZING ROLE-BASED EVENT GENERATION | Final Rejection | Salesforce, Inc. |
| 18673758 | ACTIVITY NOTIFICATIONS OF USERS HAVING CUSTOMIZED CALENDARS WITH SHORTENED ATTENDANCE PERIODS | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18723388 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DATABASE FOR CONTROLLING A WORKFLOW OF A PRODUCTION PROCESS | Non-Final OA | BASF SE |
| 18633438 | AI-DRIVEN ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION | Final Rejection | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
| 18341236 | TARGETED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR IMPACT ALERTS | Final Rejection | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 18917815 | System and Method of Segmented Modelling for Campaign Planning in a Very Large-Scale Supply Chain Network | Final Rejection | Blue Yonder Group, Inc. |
| 18622010 | GENERATION OF CAUSAL TEMPORAL GRAPHS FROM ANALYSIS REPORTS | Final Rejection | Dell Products L.P. |
| 18755323 | INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND TRACKING | Final Rejection | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. |
| 18732081 | CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT BUNDLES | Final Rejection | STRIPE, INC. |
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Build Your Strategy26.4% of resolved applications examined by Francis Z Santiago-Merced were allowed (140 resolved cases), compared with 24.1% across Art Unit 3623 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +37.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Francis Z Santiago-Merced took 1,222 days on average from filing to allowance.
Francis Z Santiago-Merced examines applications in Art Unit 3623 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).