Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2655

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

Theodore John Withey is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2655. He has 30 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 43.3 percent. This 43.3 percent rate indicates the proportion of applications that reach issuance under his review. The median days to allowance of 1082 provides a timeline for the duration of the prosecution process for successful cases. Practitioners should use this timing metric to plan their patent strategy and manage expectations in Tech Center 2600.

The interview lift of 39.3 percent suggests that conducting an interview significantly increases the probability of a grant. This 39.3 percent lift is a key metric for practitioners deciding whether to engage in direct communication with the examiner to resolve rejections. With 30 resolved cases, the data reflects an initial examination history. The median days to allowance of 1082 is a useful figure for managing the expected timeline of a patent application. Utilizing the interview process appears to be a critical component for navigating Art Unit 2655.

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
68
Total Applications
+39.3%
Interview Lift
1082
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
57.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18119137 AUDIO SIGNAL SYNTHESIS FROM A NETWORK OF DEVICES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18124263 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY-BASED GENERATION OF RULES FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS Final Rejection JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18745778 DECODER AND DECODING METHOD FOR LC3 CONCEALMENT INCLUDING FULL FRAME LOSS CONCEALMENT AND PARTIAL FRAME LOSS CONCEALMENT Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19019980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18478272 REDUCING LATENCY IN GAME CHAT TRANSLATION Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18431826 VOICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
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
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
18394915 EVALUATING TYPEAHEAD SUGGESTIONS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18485204 USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO EVALUATE FINE-TUNED LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18212408 REVERSIBLE SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18304341 RUNTIME ALIGNMENT OF LANGUAGE MODELS IN CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
19192021 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA XG TECH PTE. LTD.
18832428 LANGUAGE MODEL TRAINING DEVICE, DIALOGUE DEVICE AND TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
18549575 DEREVERBERATION BASED ON MEDIA TYPE Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
17995902 AUTOMATED MIXING OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

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