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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Michael D Yaary, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as YAARY, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2141 2151 2182 2183 2193

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

YAARY, MICHAEL D has 1,026 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 87.3% and an interview lift of 8.0%. The median time to allowance is 1,141 days. The record places this examiner in tech center 2100 and art unit 2100, giving practitioners a prosecution history with a substantial resolved-case base and a measured relationship between interviews and allowance outcomes.

Applicants associated with International Business Machines Corporation, Safran S.A., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. appear among the leading companies in the data. AGORA LAW GROUP, PLLC, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and CHIP LAW GROUP are the listed leading firms. Counsel can use the allowance and timing figures to frame expectations, while the interview figure supports treating interviews as one element of a broader amendment and argument strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

87.3%
Allow Rate
+32.3% vs TC avg
1,051
Total Applications
+8.0%
Interview Lift
1141
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1026 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
35.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17767273 MODULE FOR PROCESSING DATA IDENTIFYING A FRACTILE OF A SET OF DATA Non-Final OA SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
18185461 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD WITH IN-MEMORY COMPUTING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18148266 MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
18093929 MATRIX OPERATION METHOD AND ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17978244 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18122656 Iterative Multiplicative Reduction Circuit Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
18607653 COUNTER-BASED MULTIPLICATION USING PROCESSING IN MEMORY Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18448390 DEEP LEARNING OPTIMIZATION THROUGH ZERO TILE MANIPULATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18161216 PERFORMING COMPARISON OPERATIONS UNDER HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18148984 FLOATING-POINT UNIT WITH A FUSED MULTIPLY-ADD (FMA) ENGINE FOR GENERATING BINARY INTEGER OUTPUT OR FLOATING POINT OUTPUT BASED ON A SELECTOR Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18092183 PIPELINE-PARALLEL-DATAFLOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING SELF-ATTENTION COMPUTATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18154374 DATA PATH FOR SCALABLE MATRIX NODE ENGINE WITH MIXED DATA FORMATS Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
17797833 SCALABLE ARRAY ARCHITECTURE FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTING Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
18002393 MATRIX INDEX INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, MATRIX PROCESSING METHOD USING MATRIX INDEX INFORMATION, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
18148436 HYBRID STRUCTURE FOR COMPUTING-IN-MEMORY APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael D Yaary's allowance rate?

87.3% of resolved applications examined by Michael D Yaary were allowed (1,026 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael D Yaary?

This examiner's interview lift is +8.0 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 D Yaary take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael D Yaary took 1,141 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael D Yaary work in?

Michael D Yaary examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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