Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2158 2161 2168

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kannan Shanmugasundaram has resolved 594 cases in Art Unit 2158. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 72.4 percent. This figure provides a baseline for applicants to understand the probability of a grant in Tech Center 2100. The data shows an interview lift of 35.7 percent. This lift represents the difference in allowance rates between cases with and without interviews. Practitioners should consider this 35.7 percent lift when deciding whether to engage in direct communication.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1326. This duration represents the timeline for reaching a final resolution for the 594 resolved cases. Applicants in Art Unit 2158 can use this 1326-day metric to plan their prosecution schedules. The 72.4 percent allowance rate indicates the frequency of grants for this profile. With an interview lift of 35.7 percent, the role of the interview is a documented factor in the examiner's history. These metrics provide a view of the prosecution environment for this profile in Tech Center 2100.

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

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+17.4% vs TC avg
617
Total Applications
+35.7%
Interview Lift
1326
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 594 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.1%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19233416 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA RECORDS IN A WEB BROWSING SESSION Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18692907 MODEL TRAINING APPARATUS, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18521205 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18747834 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19317412 Infrastructure-As-Code Validation With Language Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18650998 QUERY GENERATION FROM EVENT-BASED PATTERN MATCHING Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19288086 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ENRICHING DATASETS WITH SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE DATA Non-Final OA ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
19246678 DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF PREDEFINED SENSITIVE INFORMATION TYPES FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18141988 SHARING RADIO ACCESS NETWORK INFORMATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18214897 NEURAL NETWORK SPLITTER Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.
19288191 GENERATING PERSONALIZED USER RECOMMENDATIONS USING WORD VECTORS Non-Final OA eBay Inc.
19169611 METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION INTERACTING WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.

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