Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3625 3684 3689

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Analysis

Thomas J. Sullivan works within Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3625. The examiner has managed 135 resolved cases in this unit. An allowance rate of 27.4 percent indicates the share of cases that result in a patent. Practitioners can use the 21.0 percent interview lift to assess the impact of a meeting. This lift shows that the probability of allowance is higher when an interview occurs. The 21.0 percent figure is a comparison to the baseline allowance rate of 27.4 percent.

The median time to allowance is 1201 days. This 1201-day duration represents the time required to reach an allowance. Art Unit 3625 is the specific group where these 135 resolved cases were examined. Tech Center 3600 is the administrative division for this examiner. Practitioners can use these metrics to plan for the duration of the prosecution process. The data indicates the frequency of grants and the impact of direct communication with the examiner during the application cycle.

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

Performance Statistics

27.2%
Allow Rate
-24.8% vs TC avg
173
Total Applications
+21.2%
Interview Lift
1199
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 136 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

36.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
38.1%
§103 Obviousness
12.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18976768 System, Platform and Method for Personalized Shopping Using a Virtual Shopping Assistant Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
18106798 DETECTING SECURITY BREACHES WITH WATCHDOG TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS Final Rejection American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc
18148711 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A VEHICLE SUGGESTION BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18465290 SUPPLY CHAIN PREDICTIONS USING METAVERSE BEHAVIORS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17643855 EFFICIENT SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MAAS ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17980790 PREDICTIVE AGENTS FOR MULTI-ROUND CONVERSATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF BUNDLED ITEMS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18772774 USER EMBEDDING GENERATION USING LLM-GENERATED CONTENT EMBEDDINGS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18753912 RECOMMENDING CONTENT BASED ON A PREDICTED EXPLORATION SCORE FOR AN ONLINE SYSTEM USER Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18532452 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE Non-Final OA KAKAO CORP.
18794227 VIRTUAL REALITY SHOPPING Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
18753296 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND ONLINE SHOPPING INTEGRATION Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
18651175 PERSONA-BASED CONTENT RENDERING Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
18083411 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ITEM LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
17341691 VOICE-BASED ORDER PROCESSING Final Rejection NCR Voyix Corporation
18754729 COMPETITIVE PRODUCT MATCHING LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

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