Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WOZNIAK, JAMES S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2600 2626 2655 2657

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

James S. Wozniak has resolved 408 cases in Art Unit 2600. His allowance rate is 59.1 percent, which is moderate for Tech Center 2600. The median days to allowance is 1325, indicating a longer prosecution cycle. This 1325-day median provides a benchmark for setting client expectations regarding the time required to reach a grant.

The interview lift is 39.7 percent. This high lift suggests that interviews are an extremely effective tool for overcoming rejections. Practitioners should prioritize an interview to boost the 59.1 percent allowance rate and navigate the 1325-day median pendency more successfully. Direct verbal communication with the examiner appears to be a key driver of success, providing a 39.7 percent increase in the probability of allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-2.9% vs TC avg
434
Total Applications
+39.7%
Interview Lift
1325
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 408 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.1%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
43.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18377590 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF USER COMMAND Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19096826 TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18701638 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18646064 INNER SPEECH SIGNAL DETECTION USING ONLINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18612539 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CONVERSATIONAL INTENT Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18599600 CASCADED SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR ENHANCED PRIVACY Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18483678 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH VOICE CONTROL DIRECTED BASED UPON CONTEXT DATA Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
19086261 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18446509 STEREOPHONIC AUDIO GENERATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18676805 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SENSITIVE DATA Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19004897 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED SPEECH EMBEDDINGS BASED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18719408 IVAS SPAR FILTER BANK IN QMF DOMAIN Final Rejection DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
18528417 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED PODCASTS Non-Final OA Yahoo Assets LLC
18526441 Interactive System Rendering Human Speaker Specified Expressions Final Rejection Disney Enterprises, Inc.
18660835 MULTI-STAGE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTENT MODERATION Final Rejection Modulate, Inc.
19013552 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONALIZING SPEECH RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
19026804 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATEGORIZATION AND POST-PROCESSING IN TEXT-TO-SQL USING AN LLM Non-Final OA Nice Ltd.

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