Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2655 2657

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sean Erin Serraguard operates in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2655, having resolved 162 cases. The allowance rate stands at 69.1%, which is quite positive for applicants. The most striking statistic is the interview lift of 34.1%, which indicates that verbal communication is a highly effective tool for securing a grant.

The median days to allowance is 1116, providing a clear expectation for the timeline of a typical case. Given the 69.1% allowance rate, the massive 34.1% lift from interviews suggests that almost any case can be significantly advanced through direct discussion. For the 162 cases processed, the data strongly supports an interview-heavy strategy to navigate the 1116-day median timeline. This approach maximizes the probability of a successful grant in Art Unit 2655.

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

Performance Statistics

69.1%
Allow Rate
+7.1% vs TC avg
188
Total Applications
+34.1%
Interview Lift
1116
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 162 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
50.1%
§103 Obviousness
20.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18917696 MIXED CLIENT-SERVER FEDERATED LEARNING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL(S) Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18887462 VOICE CUSTOMIZATION FOR SYNTHETIC SPEECH GENERATION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18930938 SYNTHETIC KNOWLEDGE INGESTION FOR ENHANCING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Intuit Inc.
18635699 STRUCTURE SELF-AWARE MODEL FOR DISCOURSE PARSING ON MULTI-PARTY DIALOGUES Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18830160 PHONE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17641634 KEYWORD DETECTIONS BASED ON EVENTS GENERATED FROM AUDIO SIGNALS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
19357918 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING LANGUAGE MODEL CONTEXT USING REAL-TIME NETWORK INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES Final Rejection DK Crown Holdings Inc.
18931001 AUTOMATED AUDIENCE RESPONSE ESTIMATION AND PRESENTER FEEDBACK Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18381956 PERSONALIZED STYLIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL WRITING ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18432938 GENERATING ANSWERS TO CONTEXTUAL QUERIES WITHIN A CLOSED DOMAIN Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
19022698 OBJECT MATERIAL GENERATION METHOD, SYSTEM, MODEL FINE-TUNING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Hangzhou Alibaba International Internet Industry Co., Ltd.
18680112 DATA EXTRACTION AND ENHANCEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Roku, Inc.
18930931 SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH ACCURATE TIME ALIGNMENT OF SPEECH UNITS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19027442 Tool For Assisting People With Speech Disorder Non-Final OA Cerner Innovation, Inc.
18777986 METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REAL-TIME INSPECTOR IN LIVE COMMERCE PLATFORM Final Rejection NAVER CORPORATION
18291313 AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ADVERSARIAL LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
18976844 HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER BANK Non-Final OA Oticon A/S

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