Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: WHITESELL, AUDREY EMMA

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2113 2114 2176

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Audrey Emma Whitesell serves as an examiner in Art Unit 2113 within Tech Center 2100. She has overseen 41 resolved cases, which provides a focused dataset for evaluating her examination style. Her allowance rate is 80.5 percent, indicating a high probability of success for applicants. This 80.5 percent rate suggests that the majority of applications in her docket eventually reach a grant.

The interview lift for this examiner is 2.9 percent. While this is a positive value, the relatively small lift suggests that interviews may not be as critical for this examiner as they are for others with higher lift percentages. Practitioners should still consider the 2.9 percent lift when deciding whether to engage in verbal advocacy, but they may find that written arguments are equally effective. The 41 resolved cases show a consistent pattern of approval.

The median time to allowance is 866 days. This 866-day period is a key benchmark for forecasting the length of the prosecution process. By analyzing the 80.5 percent allowance rate and the 866-day median, attorneys can provide their clients with a realistic expectation of both the likelihood and the timing of a patent grant. These metrics define the current prosecution landscape in Art Unit 2113.

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

Performance Statistics

81.0%
Allow Rate
+26.0% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+2.8%
Interview Lift
864
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 42 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19183032 TROUBLESHOOTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18217501 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSOR TRACE TRIGGER TRACING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18326918 REGISTER REPLAY STATE MACHINE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18057476 ASSESSING RISK OF FUTURE UNCORRECTABLE MEMORY ERRORS WITH FULLY CORRECTABLE PATTERNS OF ERROR CORRECTION CODE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18962292 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A REAL TIME ANOMALY STREAMING MODULE Non-Final OA Fidelity Information Services, LLC
19057521 ANOMALY FACTOR ESTIMATING DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, PRECISE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY FACTOR ESTIMATING METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18724651 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
18983554 DISASTER RECOVERY FOR DATA SHARING Final Rejection Snowflake Inc.
18507196 MODEL-BASED UPDATING OF CALL HOME DATA Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18344368 Log File Recommender Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18962836 PREDICTIVE MEDIA MANAGEMENT FOR READ DISTURB Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18876159 CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASEBOARD CONTROL UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18758287 DEBUG CIRCUIT TO FREEZE SYSTEM DATAPATHS Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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