Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3625 3688 3689 3715

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Analysis

Christopher B. Seibert is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3625. He has managed 423 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 57.4 percent. This 57.4 percent rate provides a measure of how often applications result in a patent grant. Practitioners can use this 423-case history to understand the examiner's general tendencies.

The interview lift is 42.9 percent. This 42.9 percent figure represents the difference in allowance probability when an interview is conducted. A positive value like 42.9 percent indicates that interviews are associated with an increase in the likelihood of allowance. This suggests that requesting an interview is a highly effective strategy for this docket.

The median days to allowance is 1086. This 1086-day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. For applicants, this 1086-day median is a key metric for planning the prosecution timeline. By combining the 57.4 percent allowance rate with the 1086-day median, practitioners can develop a data-grounded strategy for Art Unit 3625.

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

Performance Statistics

57.4%
Allow Rate
-12.6% vs TC avg
449
Total Applications
+42.9%
Interview Lift
1086
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

40.6%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
29.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17830661 AUGMENTED REALITY SELF-SCANNING AND SELF-CHECKOUT Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18530947 MONITORING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18798387 Search with Machine-Learned Model-generated Queries Final Rejection Google LLC
19281710 USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING MULTIPLE CATALOGS OF ITEMS AND INDICATING ITEMS ADDED FROM CATALOGS Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18771748 MEAL PLANNING USER INTERFACE WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
19232084 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROSS-WEB HEADLESS TRANSACTIONS Non-Final OA Shopify, Inc.
18414756 AUTONOMOUS IDENTIFICATION AND CONFIDENTIAL TAGGING/HANDLING OF PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PURCHASED ITEMS WHOSE PURCHASE ARE INTENDED TO BE PRIVATE Non-Final OA MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
18104618 SEARCH RESULT GENERATION USING NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Yext, Inc.

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