Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BREENE, PAUL J

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2129

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
83
Total Applications
+21.3%
Interview Lift
1512
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 65 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.0%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
46.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18198140 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT NEURAL DATA COMPRESSION FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS VIA KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19210435 Methods and apparatuses for compressing parameters of neural networks Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19210416 Methods and apparatuses for compressing parameters of neural networks Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18295692 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNSUPERVISED REPRESENTATION LEARNING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17142930 DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DATA-EFFICIENT ACTIVE MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17656020 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FUZZING ANALYSIS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
16708751 EDGE INFERENCE FOR ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18285954 OPTICAL CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION METHOD, OPTICAL CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, MACHINE LEARNING PREPROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAINED LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
16846427 NEURAL CIRCUIT Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month