Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: YEN, SYLING

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2161 2166 3687

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Syling Yen works in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2161. The examiner has 843 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 75.0 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1323. These metrics provide a clear picture of the expected outcomes and the duration of the prosecution process. The 1323 day median represents the typical period from filing to the grant of a patent for applications assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift for this examiner is 27.8 percent. This indicates that interviews are associated with a significantly higher probability of allowance. For the 843 resolved cases, the 27.8 percent lift and the 75.0 percent allowance rate suggest that practitioners should use interviews as a key tool. Engaging in oral advocacy may help navigate the 1323 day median prosecution timeline more effectively for applications in Art Unit 2161.

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

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+23.0% vs TC avg
864
Total Applications
+27.8%
Interview Lift
1323
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 843 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
51.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19276861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONTEXT SWITCHING IN CONVERSATION Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
19347384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMER INTEGRATION INTO DYNAMIC SCHEMA DATABASES Non-Final OA MongoDB, Inc.
18235173 CONTEXTUAL CONSOLIDATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19120345 IDEA GENERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND IDEA GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
19083824 FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
19320465 INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTING DEVICE Final Rejection Hangzhou Alibaba International Internet Industry Co., Ltd.
18114628 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO STORE MEMORY DEPENDENCY INFORMATION IN A DATA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19069036 LANGUAGE CONVERSION SYSTEM Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
19269765 Information Management System and Method Non-Final OA CalmWave, Inc.
18920752 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR A CONFIGURABLE MEDICAL INFORMATION PLATFORM Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
19230881 METHOD FOR GENERATING ANSWER BASED ON ADVANCED RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION AND SYSTEM THEREFOR Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.

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