Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2193 2198

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

Daniel Brennan Trainor is an examiner in Tech Center 2100, Art Unit 2193. The examiner has 17 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 88.2 percent and an interview lift of 28.6 percent. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1268.

The 28.6 percent interview lift is a significant figure when compared to the 88.2 percent base allowance rate. This indicates that conducting an interview is a method for increasing the likelihood of an allowance. The 1268 day median pendency is the timeframe applicants can expect when navigating the resolved cases handled by this examiner in Art Unit 2193. Practitioners can consider how these metrics influence the overall prosecution timeline.

With 17 resolved cases, the examiner's statistics provide a view of the prosecution landscape. Practitioners can use the 88.2 percent allowance rate to assess the probability of a grant. The 28.6 percent lift and the Tech Center 2100 environment are factors for prosecution strategy. These data points help in setting expectations for clients.

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

Performance Statistics

88.2%
Allow Rate
+33.2% vs TC avg
37
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1268
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 17 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
55.2%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18787925 INTER-APPLICATION INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18127300 MEMORY ALLOCATION METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18040541 Method and Apparatus for Starting Application, Electronic Device, and Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18132138 Virtualized Extensible Hardware Simulation Framework Final Rejection Google LLC
17819325 Monitoring Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program and Corresponding System Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17990161 APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
17898686 APPARATUS FOR PRELOADING DATA IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18741790 DOUBLE-HELIX SCHEDULING METHOD FOR SOUNDCARD BUFFERS DURING SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18479987 AUTOMATIC PROXY SETTINGS FOR CONTAINERIZED WORKLOADS Final Rejection Dell Products, L.P.
18715898 TOKEN-LESS AND KEY-VALUE MAPPING VIRTUAL MACHINES Non-Final OA Ava Labs, Inc.

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