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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Theodore John Withey, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2655

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN has resolved 30 cases in tech center 2600 and art unit 2655. The allowance rate is 43.3%, and the median time to allowance is 1082 days. The interview lift is 39.3%, indicating a positive association that may be useful where claim issues require direct discussion.

The listed companies are Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, NVIDIA Corporation, and Google LLC. The listed firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and CPST Intellectual Property Inc. Because the case history is small, practitioners should treat the figures as directional and rely on the individual application record.

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

Performance Statistics

43.3%
Allow Rate
-18.7% vs TC avg
72
Total Applications
+39.3%
Interview Lift
1082
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
53.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18119137 AUDIO SIGNAL SYNTHESIS FROM A NETWORK OF DEVICES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18478272 REDUCING LATENCY IN GAME CHAT TRANSLATION Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18421511 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18348759 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING EFFICIENT TRAINING ON LANGUAGE MODEL BY INCORPORATING NON-FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN LOSS FUNCTION Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
19019980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18755573 ITERATIVE PROMPT GENERATION LOOP Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18597658 INTELLIGENT AREA-BASED SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18431826 VOICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18061027 GENERATING VARIATIONAL DIALOGUE RESPONSES FROM STRUCTURED DATA FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18485204 USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO EVALUATE FINE-TUNED LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Theodore John Withey's allowance rate?

43.3% of resolved applications examined by Theodore John Withey were allowed (30 resolved cases), compared with 60.9% across Art Unit 2655 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Theodore John Withey?

This examiner's interview lift is +39.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Theodore John Withey take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Theodore John Withey took 1,082 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Theodore John Withey work in?

Theodore John Withey examines applications in Art Unit 2655 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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