Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BRACERO, ANDREW ANGEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2126

This examiner grants 92% of resolved cases

Analysis

Andrew Angel Bracero is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2126. The examiner has 13 resolved cases on record. The data shows an allowance rate of 92.3% for these applications. This 92.3% allowance rate indicates the frequency of successful outcomes. The median days to allowance is 1610, which establishes a timeframe for the duration of the examination process from filing to the final grant.

The profile also includes an interview lift of 20.0%. This lift indicates that conducting an interview with the examiner correlates with a change in the likelihood of success. For practitioners, the 20.0% lift suggests that direct communication is a useful strategy for addressing rejections. With 13 resolved cases, the examiner's history provides a basis for these observations. The 1610-day median to allowance remains a key consideration for managing client expectations and prosecution resources in Art Unit 2126.

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

Performance Statistics

92.3%
Allow Rate
+37.3% vs TC avg
33
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
1610
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 13 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17528535 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING CONVOLUTIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NEURAL NETWORK MODEL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18267730 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18157723 SEMANTIC-AWARE RANDOM STYLE AGGREGATION FOR SINGLE DOMAIN GENERALIZATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17672814 DATA IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
17918173 PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, FEATURE AMOUNT EXTRACTION METHOD, AND PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18178223 BUILDING GENERALIZED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FROM MACHINE LEARNING MODEL EXPLANATIONS Non-Final OA Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
17868123 Methods, Devices, and Systems for Sanitizing a Neural Network to Remove Potential Malicious Data Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
17974588 System for Dynamically Generating Self-Improving Data Center Asset Health Scores Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17850744 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF DATA TRANSMISSION IN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS USING INFERENCE MODEL Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17977808 NEURAL NETWORKS FOR GENERATING EMOTIVE GESTURES FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS Final Rejection University of Maryland, College Park
17940159 MAPPING ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS TO DATA FOR DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

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