Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Maplebear Inc.

67 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

67
Total Pending OAs
28
Final Rejections
39
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19219883 Dynamic Selection of Machine-Learning Large Language Models Based on Queries SHAH, VAISHALI 2156 Non-Final OA May 27, 2025
19208438 CONTEXTUAL BANDIT MODEL FOR QUERY PROCESSING MODEL SELECTION HARPER, ELIYAH STONE 2166 Non-Final OA May 14, 2025
19207030 DISTRIBUTED APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR RETRIEVING ITEMS IN AN EMBEDDING SPACE MINCEY, JERMAINE A 2159 Non-Final OA May 13, 2025
19193828 Dynamically Generating Descriptions Using a Multi-Modal Large-Language Model MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 2163 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2025
19078265 ACCOUNTING FOR ITEM ATTRIBUTES WHEN SELECTING ITEMS SATISFYING A QUERY BASED ON ITEM EMBEDDINGS AND AN EMBEDDING FOR THE QUERY WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 2165 Non-Final OA Mar 12, 2025
19000108 PROMPT ADAPTATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS) WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN 2156 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2024
19000089 PICKING SEQUENCE OPTIMIZATION WITHIN A WAREHOUSE FOR AN ITEM LIST JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 Non-Final OA Dec 23, 2024
18990154 GENERATING PERSONALIZED CONTENT CAROUSELS AND ITEMS USING MACHINE-LEARNING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND EMBEDDINGS ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2024
18972522 USING MACHINE-LEARNING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS TO PERFORM SMART ORDER UPDATES SINGH, RUPANGINI 3628 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2024
18967681 TRAINING A MODEL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOODS OF USERS PERFORMING AN ACTION AFTER BEING PRESENTED WITH A CONTENT ITEM WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2024
18943691 INTEGRATING FEATURED PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS IN APPLICATIONS WITH MACHINE-LEARNED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS) UBALE, GAUTAM 3689 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2024
18906012 Self-Checkout Anti-Theft Vehicle Systems And Methods MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M 3627 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2024
18898272 SELECTING A LOCATION FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MODEL PREDICTION OF INCOMPLETE FULFILLMENT OF THE ORDER FOR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2024
18888607 CUSTOMIZED PAIRING RECOMMENDATIONS BY MACHINE-LEARNING LANGUAGE LEARNING MODELS AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2024
18827318 LEVERAGING DATA FOR PLATFORM SUPPORT USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL-BASED AGENTS LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2024
18785665 GENERATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED IMAGES USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 2611 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18776104 CUSTOMIZING RECIPES GENERATED FROM ONLINE SEARCH HISTORY USING MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS MACKES, KRIS E 2153 Non-Final OA Jul 17, 2024
18772774 USER EMBEDDING GENERATION USING LLM-GENERATED CONTENT EMBEDDINGS SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2024
18771748 MEAL PLANNING USER INTERFACE WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B 3688 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2024
18769202 Personalized Ranking of Search Query Results Using Engagement-Independent Machine Learning Model for Cold-Start Items PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18762323 Using a Trained Machine-Learning Model to Facilitate Picking Items in a Warehouse PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE 3688 Non-Final OA Jul 02, 2024
18760578 MULTI-STEP LANGUAGE MODEL ENSEMBLE METHOD FOR ITEM ATTRIBUTE EXTRACTION GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 3688 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18753903 USING DIFFERENT TRAINED MODELS TO SELECT SUGGESTED FULFILLMENT SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT SLOTS OF A USER INTERFACE OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM ADE, OGER GARCIA 3627 Non-Final OA Jun 25, 2024
18678993 Computer Model for Determining Optimal Value for an Item Based on a Predicted Elasticity of Demand HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 3628 Final Rejection May 30, 2024
18677770 PREDICTING USER LOCATION DURING AN ATTENDED DELIVERY USING A MACHINE LEARNED MODEL WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 Final Rejection May 29, 2024
18677183 Machine-Learning Detection of Seasonal Items from a Catalog Database Maintained by an Online System SMITH, LINDSEY B 3688 Final Rejection May 29, 2024
18672693 CHAT INTERFACE WITH CHATBOT AGENT SUPPORTED BY LANGUAGE MODELS FOR PLACING GROUP ORDERS WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 Non-Final OA May 23, 2024
18657781 SELECTING AN ITEM FOR INCLUSION IN AN ORDER FROM A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM FROM A GENERIC ITEM DESCRIPTION RECEIVED FROM THE USER PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 Final Rejection May 08, 2024
18651533 FINE-TUNING LANGUAGE MODELS TO ASSOCIATE SCANNED TEXT LABELS AND ITEM NAMES RACIC, MILENA 3627 Non-Final OA Apr 30, 2024
18649676 ONLINE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A WAREHOUSE FOR INVENTORY BASED ON PREDICTED AVAILABILITY AND PREDICTED REPLACEMENT MACHINE LEARNING MODELS JARRETT, SCOTT L 3625 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2024
18643890 GENERATING ITEM REPLACEMENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING BASED LANGUAGE MODELS KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 Final Rejection Apr 23, 2024
18643900 USING A MODEL OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM TO SELECT LAYOUT TEMPLATE FOR SEARCH RESULTS USER INTERFACE MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 2159 Final Rejection Apr 23, 2024
18641198 SHARED CACHING SYSTEM FOR UNIFIED EXPERIMENTATIONS USING MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 3689 Final Rejection Apr 19, 2024
18634757 MACHINE LEARNED MODEL FOR DETERMINING SEGMENTING OPTIONS TO FULFILL BULK ORDERS WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 Final Rejection Apr 12, 2024
18634766 MODEL TRAINED TO MAP TEXTUAL DATA FROM SCANNED RECEIPTS TO ITEMS FROM AN ORDER WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 Final Rejection Apr 12, 2024
18634762 MACHINE LEARNED MODEL FOR SELECTING ACTIONS FOR FULFILLING ORDER WITH OUT-OF-STOCK ITEMS CIVAN, ETHAN D 3688 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18632540 EARLY INTERCEPTION AND CORRECTION IN ONLINE CONVERSATIONS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y 3627 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18630672 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS PLACED IN A CART AND RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SAME AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 Final Rejection Apr 09, 2024
18626801 USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING MODEL-BASED PREDICTION OF ORDER FEATURES CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2024
18616620 Matching Images of Current Inventory with Machine Learning Predictions of User Preferences to Customize User Interface ASHRAF, WASEEM 3621 Final Rejection Mar 26, 2024
18614563 USING A TRAINED MODEL TO PREDICT AND PREVENT FAILED DELIVERIES CLARE, MARK C 3628 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18587655 GENERATING QUERIES FOR USERS OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS AND PRESENTING THE QUERIES ON A USER INTERFACE KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 Final Rejection Feb 26, 2024
18444573 Triggering Expert Assistance for Item Collection Based on User Preference and Fulfillment Expertise Predicted by a Machine-Learning Model RINES, ROBERT D 3625 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2024
18444498 SELECTING REPLACEMENT ITEMS FOR AN ORDER BASED ON MACHINE-LEARNED PREDICTIONS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EVENTS GARG, YOGESH C 3688 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2024
18443853 USE OF MACHINE-LEARNED PRESENT AND FUTURE MODELS FOR DELIVERY PREDICTIONS AND DELIVERY BATCHING GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 3628 Non-Final OA Feb 16, 2024
18442878 Predictive Model for Key Item Classification and Fulfillment ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3619 Final Rejection Feb 15, 2024
18443103 MACHINE LEARNING-ENABLED INPUTS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF SUPPLY-DEMAND IN A MANAGED MARKETPLACE SYSTEM BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 3624 Final Rejection Feb 15, 2024
18441935 GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT ACTIONS USING A TRAINED MODEL OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 Final Rejection Feb 14, 2024
18427725 User Interface for Implementing Modifications to a Content Campaign Suggested by a Large Language Model DURAN, ARTHUR D 3622 Final Rejection Jan 30, 2024
18421803 PERSONALIZING RECIPES USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL BARLOW, KATHERINE A 3689 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18421888 SIMULATING A/B TESTING THROUGH LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18395474 TASK AVAILABILITY PREDICTION IN AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM FEACHER, LORENA R 3625 Final Rejection Dec 22, 2023
18393380 TRAINING DATA GENERATION BY BUCKETING USERS BASED ON OUTPUT OF A CONTEXTUAL BANDIT MODEL LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 3689 Final Rejection Dec 21, 2023
18545213 CLASSIFYING AND ORGANIZING SEARCH RESULTS USING A MULTICLASS CLASSIFICATION MODEL SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B 3688 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18532541 Selecting Item Images for an Online Shopping Concierge Platform MISIASZEK, MICHAEL 3688 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18498445 USER INTERFACE WITH ADAPTIVE MAP INDICATING LOCATIONS BASED ON PREDICTED BATCH VOLUME KIM, PATRICK 3628 Final Rejection Oct 31, 2023
18490683 GENERATING A CONSTRAINED ORDER BASED ON A FREE-TEXT QUERY USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE 3689 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18488811 TRAINED COMPUTER MODELS FOR AUTOMATIC SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATIVE ITEMS IN AN ORDER KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2023
18485809 Context-Based Generation of Summarized Reviews Using a Large Language Model SHEIKH, ASFAND M 3626 Final Rejection Oct 12, 2023
18375109 Routing Based on Cross-Order Image Recognition CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2023
18374457 MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF WORKING HOURS FOR PICKERS OF A FULFILLMENT SERVICE BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18464085 LEVERAGING INFORMATION ABOUT PRIOR ORDERS FROM VARIOUS USERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCOUNT WHEN RECEIVING AN ORDER FROM A USER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCOUNT MITROS, ANNA MAE 3689 Final Rejection Sep 08, 2023
18457298 GENERATING REPLACEMENTS FOR A MEAL PLAN USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 Final Rejection Aug 28, 2023
18455498 GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR A NUTRITIONAL REPLACEMENT MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18236342 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM USING A RECIPE DATABASE AND CO-OCCURRENCES OF HISTORICAL ITEM SELECTIONS BARGEON, BRITTANY E 3688 Final Rejection Aug 21, 2023
18236371 DETERMINING GENERIC ITEMS FOR ORDERS ON AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM WILDER, ANDREW H 3627 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2023
18233252 MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF PICKER ACCEPTING A NEW ORDER FOR FULFILLMENT BEFORE COMPLETING EXISTING BATCH OF ORDERS STEWART, CRYSTOL 3624 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023

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