Examiner: STEVENS, ROBERT

Analysis

Robert Stevens is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2129. He has managed 529 resolved cases. The examiner has an allowance rate of 81.3 percent, which indicates that a majority of applications reach issuance. This rate serves as a primary baseline for applicants to assess their chances of success when their cases are assigned to this specific art unit.

The median time to allowance is 1066 days. This timeframe indicates that the prosecution process typically spans several years for successful applications. Practitioners can use this 1066 day median to plan their intellectual property strategy and manage expectations regarding the speed of the process. The 529 resolved cases provide a robust foundation for this temporal metric.

The data also shows an interview lift of 11.9 percent. This positive lift indicates that direct communication with the examiner correlates with an increased likelihood of securing an allowance. While the base allowance rate is 81.3 percent, the 11.9 percent lift suggests that interviews remain a beneficial tactical option. These combined statistics offer a data-grounded view of the examination environment in Art Unit 2129.