Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BREENE, PAUL J

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2129

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paul J. Breene is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2129. The examiner has 68 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 61.8 percent. This rate indicates a favorable environment for applicants in this docket. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1534.

The interview lift is 15.4 percent. This figure indicates that conducting an interview is associated with a higher likelihood of allowance compared to the 61.8 percent base rate. Practitioners should consider the 15.4 percent lift as a helpful method for advancing prosecution in Art Unit 2129.

The 68 resolved cases provide a basis for understanding the 1534 day timeline. The allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical approach to applications. By utilizing the 15.4 percent lift, applicants may improve their outcomes in Tech Center 2100. This profile provides a data-grounded view of the prosecution environment.

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

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
84
Total Applications
+15.4%
Interview Lift
1534
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 68 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§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.
17656020 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FUZZING ANALYSIS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18431284 Storage Network Processing System with System Registry File Verification Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18598304 CHATBOTS FOR ONBOARDING PROCESSES Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
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.
18509790 MULTITASK LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS SPARSE DATASETS Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18214188 GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION FOR NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
16937425 Cross-Environment Event Correlation Using Domain-Space Exploration and Machine Learning Techniques Non-Final OA 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.
16522567 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOYING A MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE AS A SERVICE AT SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Nutanix, Inc.
16846427 NEURAL CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
18201799 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING AI-GENERATED INFORMATION TO VEHICLE USER Final Rejection Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

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