Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SOTO, JANICE M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Janice M Soto has resolved 344 cases in Art Unit 2855. The examiner's allowance rate is 68.9 percent. The median time to reach allowance is 1175 days. This 1175-day timeline is a benchmark for practitioners in Tech Center 2800.

An interview lift of 13.9 percent provides a benefit to the 68.9 percent baseline. This 13.9 percent lift suggests that verbal communication is a viable strategy for resolving rejections. The 1175-day median pendency is a standard expectation for this examiner. With 344 resolved cases, the data offers a view of the examiner's history.

Practitioners should factor the 68.9 percent allowance rate and the 13.9 percent interview lift into their strategy. The 1175-day median is a key data point for Art Unit 2855. These metrics provide a stable basis for predicting prosecution results.

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

Performance Statistics

68.7%
Allow Rate
+0.7% vs TC avg
361
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 345 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
54.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18071437 TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE WITH ANTENNA Non-Final OA AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
17783523 Wearable Environmental Sensor Device Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18886163 Device and a System for Detecting Thermal Conductivity of a Fluid Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18350108 TEMPERATURE SENSOR Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18669794 TEMPERATURE SENSOR USING A CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18431410 Temperature Sensor Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
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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