Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2125 2128 2147

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Randall Kern Baldwin is an examiner in Tech Center 2100, assigned to Art Unit 2125. He has resolved 245 cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 79.6%. This baseline success rate is supplemented by an interview lift of 27.8%, indicating that direct engagement with the examiner is a productive strategy. The 245 resolved cases provide a solid basis for evaluating these performance trends. Practitioners can use the 79.6% allowance rate to gauge the likelihood of success in his docket within Tech Center 2100.

The median days to allowance for his cases is 1246. This pendency of 1246 days reflects the timeline for successful applications to reach a grant in Art Unit 2125. When compared to the 79.6% allowance rate, the 27.8% interview lift suggests that while the standard process is effective, interviews offer a measurable advantage. Applicants should factor the 1246 days median into their prosecution planning. The data from his 245 resolved cases highlights a consistent approach to patent examination.

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

Performance Statistics

79.6%
Allow Rate
+24.6% vs TC avg
258
Total Applications
+27.8%
Interview Lift
1246
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 245 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18460818 AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA SUBARU CORPORATION
18287546 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18392502 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17349645 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPENDING ROBUSTIFIER FOR PRE-TRAINED MODELS AGAINST ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18420200 KNOWLEDGE GRAPH REASONING SYSTEMS USING SELF-SUPERVISED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Google LLC
18646021 TOOL FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENCY IN MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18252231 DYNAMIC CONDITIONAL POOLING FOR NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17979500 METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR VIBRATION-BASED STATUS MONITORING OF ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINES Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
17503636 Interpretable Neural Networks for Nonlinear Control Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18497079 VISUAL QUESTION ANSWERING WITH UNLABELED IMAGE AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
16945753 ONLINE TASK INFERENCE FOR COMPOSITIONAL TASKS WITH CONTEXT ADAPTATION Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
16682967 SYNTHESIZING DATA FOR TRAINING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation

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