Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2422 2667 2673 3798

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

Daniel Joseph Santos examines applications in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2422. With 41 resolved cases, he maintains an allowance rate of 70.7 percent. This rate suggests a favorable environment for applicants seeking to secure patent rights in this specific art unit. The 41 resolved cases provide a focused data set for evaluating his examination patterns.

The interview lift of 34.3 percent is a particularly notable figure for this examiner. This metric indicates that applications are more likely to be allowed following an interview compared to the 70.7 percent overall allowance rate. Practitioners may find that direct communication is a highly effective tool for resolving issues, given that the allowance rate increases by 34.3 percent in such instances.

For applications that reach allowance, the median days to allowance is 1058. This timeframe offers a specific expectation for the total duration of the prosecution process under his review. The combination of the allowance rate and a strong interview lift suggests that proactive engagement can lead to efficient outcomes in Art Unit 2422.

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

Performance Statistics

71.4%
Allow Rate
+1.4% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+32.8%
Interview Lift
1063
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 42 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
57.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18575653 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18416204 DISPLAY DEVICE AND WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18213073 ILLUMINANT ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18530941 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18894574 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18012294 GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A RENDERING OF A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18965686 VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18961736 MEDICAL FOUNDATION MODEL FOR VARIABLE NUMBER OF 3D ANISOTROPIC MEDICAL IMAGES Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
17951403 IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
19000740 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18561643 Scalable Distributed Processing Software for Next-Generation in Situ Sequencing Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18878509 CHROMA MULTIPLE TRANSFORM SELECTION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS.
18904995 Systems, Methods and Apparatuses for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
18538988 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING CONTENT MEMORABILITY Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18953101 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
18485067 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-SECTIONING OF CIRCUIT BOARDS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18623632 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCURATE AND AUTOMATED MULTI-FIELD DATA ANALYSIS Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

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