Last updated: July 17, 2026

Application No. 18/216,698

MEMORY AUTO TUNING

Non-Final OA

Filed

Jun 30, 2023

Examiner

VANWORMER, SKYLAR K

Art Unit

2146

Tech Center

2100 — Computer Architecture & Software

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation

OA Round

1 (Non-Final)

Interview Optional

— +18.6% interview lift. Interview already conducted in this application's prosecution history. This examiner has a 41% grant rate with +18.6% interview lift. Since an interview has already been tried, recommend written response with narrowed claims based on precedent claim evolution patterns.

Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

VANWORMER, SKYLAR K View full profile →

Grants 41% of resolved cases

Career Allowance Rate

12 granted / 29 resolved

-13.6% vs TC avg

Strong +19% interview lift

Without

With

+18.6%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

4y 1m

Avg Prosecution

15 currently pending

Career history

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

2.3%

-37.7% vs TC avg

§103

97.1%

+57.1% vs TC avg

§112

0.6%

-39.4% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 29 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Jun 30, 2023

Application Filed

Apr 07, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed

Jun 08, 2026

Interview Requested

Jun 17, 2026

Examiner Interview Summary

Jun 17, 2026

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

Jul 07, 2026

Response Filed

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

17/331,475

Patent 12591789

Knowledge distillation in multi-arm bandit, neural network models for real-time online optimization

4y 10m to grant Granted Mar 31, 2026

17/169,083

Patent 12541680

REDUCED COMPUTATION REAL TIME RECURRENT LEARNING

4y 12m to grant Granted Feb 03, 2026

17/383,132

Patent 12524655

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEM

4y 5m to grant Granted Jan 13, 2026

17/350,840

Patent 12511554

Complex System for End-to-End Causal Inference

4y 6m to grant Granted Dec 30, 2025

17/514,512

Patent 12505358

Methods and Systems for Approximating Embeddings of Out-Of-Knowledge-Graph Entities for Link Prediction in Knowledge Graph

4y 1m to grant Granted Dec 23, 2025

Study what changed to get past this examiner. Based on 5 most recent grants.

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Prosecution Projections

1-2

Expected OA Rounds

41%

Grant Probability

60%

With Interview (+18.6%)

4y 1m (~1y 0m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

Low

PTA Risk

Based on 29 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.