Listed by the USPTO as SITTNER, MICHAEL J
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3621 3622 3626 3627
This examiner grants 11% of resolved cases
SITTNER, MICHAEL J is assigned to Tech Center 3600 and art unit 3621. The profile covers 397 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 10.8%. The interview lift is 14.8%, exceeding the allowance rate, but the overall allowance figure indicates a difficult prosecution environment. The median time to allowance is 1607 days, making this a setting where early issue analysis and disciplined docket control are especially important.
The listed companies are Google LLC, Sony Group Corporation, and Verizon Communications Inc. The listed firms are CHIP LAW GROUP, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Dickinson Wright PLLC - Washington DC. Counsel may wish to develop technically precise interview positions, maintain meaningful claim fallbacks, and evaluate continuation or escalation options in light of the profile’s outcome and timing measures.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18009293 | MODEL ORCHESTRATOR | Final Rejection | Google LLC |
| 18571270 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Final Rejection | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 19175221 | CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Final Rejection | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18865499 | PREDICTION APPARATUS, MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
| 18361496 | CARBON-AWARE WORKLOAD ALLOCATION IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | Final Rejection | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
| 17553747 | AUTO-GENERATING NEWS HEADLINES BASED ON CLIMATE, CARBON AND IMPACT PREDICTIONS | Final Rejection | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
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Build Your Strategy10.8% of resolved applications examined by Michael J Sittner were allowed (397 resolved cases), compared with 25.4% across Art Unit 3621 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +14.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Michael J Sittner took 1,607 days on average from filing to allowance.
Michael J Sittner examines applications in Art Unit 3621 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
