Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2125 2128 2147

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.3%
Allow Rate
+24.3% vs TC avg
259
Total Applications
+28.0%
Interview Lift
1246
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 242 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18340594 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION OF DISCRETE AND DISCRETE-CONTINUOUS STOCHASTIC PROGRAMS Non-Final OA University of Basel
18201405 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18287546 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18235919 ANOMALY DATA DETECTION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17979500 METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR VIBRATION-BASED STATUS MONITORING OF ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINES Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18497079 VISUAL QUESTION ANSWERING WITH UNLABELED IMAGE AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
17503636 Interpretable Neural Networks for Nonlinear Control Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18460818 AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA SUBARU CORPORATION

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