Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Janice M Soto, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SOTO, JANICE M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

SOTO, JANICE M is assigned to tech center 2800 and art unit 2855. The record contains 347 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 68.9%, and a median of 1174 days to allowance. The case volume supports a useful historical assessment, while the allowance rate indicates that successful outcomes form a majority of the observed record.

Interviews are associated with a 13.9% lift in allowance rate. Airbus SAS, Zebra Technologies Corporation, and Seas Geosciences LLC are the principal companies listed. The leading firms are SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and GOLDSTEIN LAW OFFICES, P.C. The timing figure supports planning for a prolonged prosecution cycle.

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

Performance Statistics

68.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
375
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1174
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 347 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
53.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18894786 TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE WITH AN OPTICAL FIBER INSULATED FROM A FIXING WALL BY A PART COMPRISING CORK Non-Final OA Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
18071437 TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE WITH ANTENNA Non-Final OA AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
18839532 MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR ESTIMATING TEMPERATURE OF POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17783523 Wearable Environmental Sensor Device Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18673468 CELL TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CELL TEST APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18804401 THERMAL ANNEALING CALIBRATION USING MICROFABRICATED RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE SENSORS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18431410 Temperature Sensor Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18669794 TEMPERATURE SENSOR USING A CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18784735 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18358116 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING SUCH A SENSOR Final Rejection Aktiebolaget SKF
18574608 Method and apparatus for spatially manipulating at least one particle in a fluid, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium Non-Final OA Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften E.V.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Janice M Soto's allowance rate?

68.9% of resolved applications examined by Janice M Soto were allowed (347 resolved cases), compared with 76.8% across Art Unit 2855 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Janice M Soto?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Janice M Soto take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Janice M Soto took 1,174 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Janice M Soto work in?

Janice M Soto examines applications in Art Unit 2855 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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