Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Robert J Utama, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as UTAMA, ROBERT J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3715 3784

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Analysis

UTAMA, ROBERT J has 835 resolved cases in tech center 3700 and art unit 3715. The allowance rate is 60.2%, while the interview lift is 29.6%. The median time to allowance is 1341 days. The allowance rate is only modestly above half of resolved cases, and interviews are associated with an improvement that is roughly half the allowance figure. The median signals a lengthy prosecution timeline.

The listed companies are Apple Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, and Illinois Tool Works Inc. The leading firms are Amarok IP Inc., ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP, and BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. Applicants may want to pair interview preparation with a careful amendment plan, since the data supports an active but potentially prolonged prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

60.2%
Allow Rate
-9.8% vs TC avg
887
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
1341
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 835 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18451798 ADAPTIVE WORKOUT PLAN CREATION AND PERSONALIZED FITNESS COACHING BASED ON BIOSIGNALS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18898014 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER TRAINING USING ZONE OF PROXIMAL LEARNING Final Rejection Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
18902411 Method and System for Using Artificial Intelligence to Determine a User's Progress During Interval Training Final Rejection ROM Technologies Inc.
18140847 FEEDBACK FROM A WELDING TORCH OF A WELDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
18852782 DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DRIVING ABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
17924192 PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO DEVICE USERS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18854760 USER BEHAVIOR PROPOSAL DEVICE AND ESTIMATION MODEL GENERATION DEVICE Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18253262 CONTENT OUTPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18773516 INTERACTION PROCESSING Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19117719 VIDEO MANUAL CREATION DEVICE AND VIDEO MANUAL CREATION METHOD Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
19068421 QUESTION GENERATION APPARATUS, QUESTION GENERATION SYSTEM, AND QUESTION GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
19129056 WALKABLE MODULAR STRUCTURE FOR THE REALIZATION OF PSYCHOMOTOR PATHS Non-Final OA ARTELLIGENZA SRL-SB
18836788 METHOD FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE RANGE OF SKILL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF Final Rejection NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
19182019 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDITORY TRAINING Non-Final OA BELL THERAPEUTICS INC.
19118489 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWERED SIMULATED FIREARM EFFECTS AND EXTERNAL SIMULATION DATA INTERFACE Non-Final OA THREAT TEC, LLC
18962593 AGENT TRAINING USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Robert J Utama's allowance rate?

60.2% of resolved applications examined by Robert J Utama were allowed (835 resolved cases), compared with 56.8% across Art Unit 3715 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Robert J Utama?

This examiner's interview lift is +29.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Robert J Utama take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Robert J Utama took 1,341 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Robert J Utama work in?

Robert J Utama examines applications in Art Unit 3715 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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