Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: BASOM, BLAINE T

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2141 2173 2483

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Analysis

Blaine T. Basom examines patent applications in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2141. His profile includes 337 resolved cases, which show an allowance rate of 43.0 percent. This figure suggests a moderately difficult path to securing a patent. The median time to allowance is 1650 days, which is a long duration for the prosecution process to reach a conclusion.

The interview lift for Basom is 20.7 percent. This is an increase over the 43.0 percent baseline, suggesting that interviews are an effective way to improve the odds of an allowance. Given the 1650 days median pendency, practitioners should consider early interviews to potentially expedite the process and overcome rejections. The 337 resolved cases provide a foundation for these statistics, indicating that the 20.7 percent lift is a reliable trend in Art Unit 2141. Engaging in direct dialogue may be useful for clarifying technical points that are difficult to resolve through written responses alone.

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

Performance Statistics

43.2%
Allow Rate
-14.8% vs TC avg
369
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
1650
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 338 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18524053 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE GRAPH Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18233447 MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MODEL TRAINING SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18233443 TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD AND TRAINING DATA GENERATION SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17330632 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR RE-GROUPING FORM DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTRIBUTE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18585709 Autonomous LLM Agent Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Google LLC
17801455 Neighborhood Distillation of Deep Neural Networks Non-Final OA Google LLC
18774319 MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH DATA COGNITION SOFTWARE Non-Final OA Hand Held Products, Inc.
17201152 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PREDICTING INFORMATION Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
17650798 EDGE-BASED FORECASTING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17896747 ORDINAL CLASSIFICATION THROUGH NETWORK DECOMPOSITION Final Rejection NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA INC.
18525377 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Rakuten Group, Inc.
18376767 CIRCUIT PREDICTION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18589754 NIMBLE AND MODIFIABLE OUTER LAYER FOR FOUNDATIONAL GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS TO DELAY MODEL DECAY AND EXTEND MODEL LIFE Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18422482 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REVISE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL OUTPUTS VIA INTRODUCED PERIODIC CONTEXT AND DATA REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
16740658 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING EMAIL MESSAGES Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
17330096 DYNAMIC ACTIVATION SPARSITY IN NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18634466 DATA AUGMENTATION FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NAVER CORPORATION
17440068 NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18105328 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS FOR ON-DEMAND INTERACTIVE SESSIONS DURING VIRTUAL CONFERENCES Final Rejection Adobe Inc.

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