Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2196 4100

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ross Michael Vincent is an examiner in Art Unit 2196 within Tech Center 4100. The examiner has 28 resolved cases, which have resulted in an allowance rate of 53.6 percent. This rate indicates the recorded frequency of grants for applications assigned to this examiner. Practitioners can use the data to evaluate the probability of success for their cases in Art Unit 2196.

The median time to allowance for these applications is 1283 days. This pendency figure of 1283 days provides a specific timeline for applicants to consider during their portfolio planning. Understanding this median duration helps in managing the resources required for prosecution within Tech Center 4100.

The data also shows an interview lift of 35.4 percent. This lift indicates the change in the probability of success when an interview is conducted, compared to the baseline allowance rate of 53.6 percent. For the 28 resolved cases, the 35.4 percent lift suggests that direct communication is a tool for practitioners. This information is for determining whether to request an interview during the examination process.

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

Performance Statistics

53.6%
Allow Rate
-6.4% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
+35.4%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.3%
§102 Novelty
70.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18306509 Hardware Element Abstraction Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19146935 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ONTOLOGICAL DATASETS FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Final Rejection Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18089022 MECHANISM TO RECOMPOSE WORKLOAD PACKAGES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18503928 PLATFORM-LEVEL TAGGING OF OBJECTS FOR ACCESSIBILITY Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18843567 DISTRIBUTED TASK PROCESSING METHOD, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM, AND FIRST DEVICE Non-Final OA Cloud Intelligence Assets Holding (Singapore) Private Limited
18256675 LOAD BALANCING IN A SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18240040 SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING MATURITY ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17644665 COMMUNICATION ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION ON DEVICES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18123222 CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING USING MULTI-INSTANCING OF PARALLEL PROCESSORS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17955123 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO GENERATE KERNELS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17546643 ASYNCHRONOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18792541 RESOURCE SCHEDULING METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
18179228 CUSTOMIZED ROOT PROCESSES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18437683 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PRIORITIZING INTERRUPTION EVENTS TO IMPROVE COMPUTER PROCESSING AND PERFORMANCE IN AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
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.
17364787 MACHINE LEARNING CLUSTER PIPELINE FUSION Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18435420 MESSAGE PRIORITIZATION FOR EVENT-BASED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
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.
18227562 DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS WITH ACCESS TO CONTROL PLANE USING EDGE COMPUTE MODULES AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18494009 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION TRANSACTIONS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
18630667 eBPF GENERAL ALLOCATOR Non-Final OA Crowdstrike, Inc.
18226817 METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT MANAGE CLOUD-COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE BY IDEMPOTENT APPLICATION OF DATA SPECIFICATIONS Final Rejection VMware LLC
18756881 MACHINE INTERACTION Non-Final OA SOUL MACHINES LIMITED

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