Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Michael Jared Walker, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WALKER, MICHAEL JARED

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3627 3687

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Analysis

WALKER, MICHAEL JARED is assigned to Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3627, with 296 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 57.1%, and the median time to allowance is 990 days. Interview lift is 28.1%, indicating a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Capital One Services LLC, and Supersmart Ltd. are the leading companies. FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, Kim & Stewart LLP- Toshiba, and PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP are the leading firms. Interviews may help address examination barriers, with written amendments preserving the intended claim scope.

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

Performance Statistics

57.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
325
Total Applications
+28.1%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 296 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
30.3%
§103 Obviousness
16.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19280051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPEND MEMORY RECORD Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19184354 OFFLOADING A SIGNING OPERATION ON A USER DEVICE Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19171461 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18278101 INFERENCE DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18663634 METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AI/ML CAPABLE CLIENTS DURING FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18436829 PROCESS MODEL CREATION SYSTEM, PROCESS MODEL CREATION METHOD AND PROCESS MODEL CREATION PROGRAM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18368802 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HITACHI, Ltd.
18658507 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET LOCATION AND MONITORING Final Rejection Schneider Electric USA, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael Jared Walker's allowance rate?

57.1% of resolved applications examined by Michael Jared Walker were allowed (296 resolved cases), compared with 49.9% across Art Unit 3627 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael Jared Walker?

This examiner's interview lift is +28.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael Jared Walker take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael Jared Walker took 990 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael Jared Walker work in?

Michael Jared Walker examines applications in Art Unit 3627 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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