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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Ross Michael Vincent, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2194 2196 4100

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Analysis

VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL works in tech center 4100 and art unit 2194. The profile contains 29 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 51.7% and a median of 1288 days to allowance. The interview lift is 38.0%, indicating a strong positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes in the available record.

The principal company clients are NVIDIA Corporation, Red Hat Inc., and Dell Products L.P. The leading firms are Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP, Alliance IP, LLC - Intel, and Dority & Manning, P.A. and Red Hat, Inc. The limited case volume warrants care in applying the statistics, but the interview measure supports deliberate use of examiner interviews in matters assigned to art unit 2194.

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

Performance Statistics

51.7%
Allow Rate
-8.3% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+38.0%
Interview Lift
1288
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.5%
§102 Novelty
64.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18256675 LOAD BALANCING IN A SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18306509 Hardware Element Abstraction Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18089022 MECHANISM TO RECOMPOSE WORKLOAD PACKAGES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17972378 DEPLOYABLE CONTAINER SCHEDULING AND EXECUTION ON CLOUD DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18406037 MACHINE COGNITION WORKFLOW ENGINE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17807205 GENERATING, AGGREGATING, AND QUERYING VIRTUALIZATION SERVICE EXECUTION METRICS USING IN-MEMORY PROCESSING Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
17644665 COMMUNICATION ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION ON DEVICES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17955123 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO GENERATE KERNELS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17546643 ASYNCHRONOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18794083 SCHEDULING AN EXECUTION OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION BASED ON A SOFTWARE INVENTORY Non-Final OA RED HAT, INC.
17703038 DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF HOST DEVICES IN BARE METAL DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Red Hat, Inc.
17702583 LAYERED OPERATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18518204 SCHEDULING USING COLLAPSED OPERATIONS Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18493976 OFFLOADING EXECUTION OF SERVER-SIDE CODE TO CLIENT DEVICES IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18110203 AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF DYNAMIC REQUESTS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18054565 TRANSPILATION-ORIENTED DECISIONS IN HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSIC WORKLOAD ORCHESTRATION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18174438 GRAPHICAL MEMORY SHARING Final Rejection Netflix, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Ross Michael Vincent's allowance rate?

51.7% of resolved applications examined by Ross Michael Vincent were allowed (29 resolved cases), compared with 68.9% across Art Unit 2194 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Ross Michael Vincent?

This examiner's interview lift is +38.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Ross Michael Vincent take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Ross Michael Vincent took 1,288 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Ross Michael Vincent work in?

Ross Michael Vincent examines applications in Art Unit 2194 in Tech Center 4100.

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