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Examiner Jessica Marie Prince

TECH CENTER 2400 · 3 ART UNITS · 756 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
81%vs 69% weighted peer average+12 pts

Examiner Jessica Marie Prince has allowed 610 of 756 decided applications.

610 allowed
146 abandoned
Plus 46 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.
The weighted peer average (69%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2486 · 85%AU 2485 · 68%AU 2482 · 47%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Jessica Marie Prince maintains a pooled allowance rate of 81% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400. Her record spans three art units: 2482, 2485, and 2486. The allowance rate ranges from 68% to 85% across these art units. The 81% figure represents the percentage of her decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) across all three art units, pooled together. This rate describes her historical record and does not predict outcomes in any specific application.

How to read these numbers.

This examiner's record aggregates data across three separate art units within TC 2400. The pooled 81% allowance rate is a historical average computed from all decided applications across those units combined. Pooled figures mask variation—the range of 68% to 85% shows that individual art units differ. An aggregate rate describes past decisions, not a forecast for any particular application or art unit.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

The record, art unit by art unit.3 art units

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2486
617 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

85%
higher than about 84% of the 38 examiners with published rates in art unit 2486
AU avg 69%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 38 examiners with published rates in art unit 2486; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 39 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 38 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition571 decided applications

488 allowed
83 abandoned
Plus 46 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 16.7mo
disposed 31.1mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 21.8 mo, disposed 36.3 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 21
19%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
69%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 84
76%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
56%

Interview benefit

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

without
81%
+11 pts
with
92%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 213 decided applications with an interview and 358 without.

ART UNIT 2485
166 APPS · 68% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

68%
higher than about 37% of the 27 examiners with published rates in art unit 2485
AU avg 66%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 27 examiners with published rates in art unit 2485; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition166 decided applications

113 allowed
53 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 32.2mo
disposed 53.2mo
0
60mo
Art-unit average: first action 27.1 mo, disposed 40.3 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 23
15%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
30%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 77
84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
37%

Interview benefit

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

without
66%
+8 pts
with
74%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 39 decided applications with an interview and 127 without.

ART UNIT 2482
19 APPS · 47% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

47%
higher than about 20% of the 35 examiners with published rates in art unit 2482
AU avg 66%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 35 examiners with published rates in art unit 2482; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 45 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 35 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition19 decided applications

9 allowed
10 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 24.3mo
disposed 47mo
0
48mo
Art-unit average: first action 21.7 mo, disposed 38.4 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 13
0%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
0%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 79
100%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
0%

Based on 19 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

// FAQ

Questions about Examiner Jessica Marie Prince

  • What is Jessica Marie Prince's overall allowance rate?
    Her pooled allowance rate across all art units is 81%, computed from hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Jessica Marie Prince's record spans three art units: 2482, 2485, and 2486, all within TC 2400.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across her art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 68% to 85% across these art units, reflecting variation in her record by art unit.
  • What does the pooled rate tell me about my application?
    The 81% pooled rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of the outcome in any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jessica Marie Prince has a public record within Technology Center 2400. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 22, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 802 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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