Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Brandon S Cole, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as COLE, BRANDON S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2122 2126 2128 2816 2842

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

COLE, BRANDON S is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2800 and art unit 2122. The record includes 1227 resolved cases, a 79.1% allowance rate, a 7.7% interview lift, and a median of 907 days to allowance. The substantial case volume and high allowance rate offer a strong historical basis for reviewing prosecution patterns, while the interview figure indicates a limited positive association.

The listed companies are NEC Corporation, Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, and International Business Machines Corporation. The listed firms are NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP, Artegis Law Group, LLP - Harman, and BakerHostetler. The portfolio is particularly relevant to computer, software, and communications practitioners.

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

Performance Statistics

79.1%
Allow Rate
+11.1% vs TC avg
1,277
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
907
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1227 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.8%
§101 Eligibility
33.2%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19458425 DYNAMIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENT ORCHESTRATION USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL GATEWAY ROUTER Non-Final OA Citibank, N.A.
18386196 THRESHOLD TUNING FOR IMBALANCED MULTI-CLASS CLASSIFICATION MODELS Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18530552 FEDERATED TRAINING FOR A NEURAL NETWORK WITH REDUCED COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18575363 LEARNING SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18241611 LEARNING DEVICE Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17911715 RISK ASSESSMENT APPARATUS, RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18460647 DATA ANALYSIS DEVICE, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18358695 REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES THROUGH EVALUATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA X Development LLC
18617372 ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK AND OPTIMIZATION FOR CUSTOMIZING FOUNDATION MODELS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18493331 NEURAL POINT PROCESS-BASED EVENT PREDICTION FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18398724 GENERATIVE NEURAL APPLICATION ENGINE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18536154 COMPRESSION OF NEURAL NETWORKS WITH ORTHOGONAL MATRICES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18204725 STORING ENTRIES IN AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM AN EPISODIC OBJECT MEMORY Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18658449 AUGMENTING A LIMITED DATASET BY LEVERAGING BOTH QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18342817 SYMMETRY PRUNING TO INCREASE PLANNER SPEED Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18128510 REAL-TIME WORKFLOW INJECTION RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
16237508 Neural Network Generator Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18834497 Logic Model Preparation Support Device, Logic Model Preparation Support Method, and Logic Model Preparation Support Program Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18072083 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING EXACT SUCCESS PROBABILITY FOR QUANTILE ESTIMATION Final Rejection YAHOO ASSETS LLC
17827400 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTING EXISTING EXPERTS FOR ENHANCED PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18515872 AUTOMATIC SLEEP STAGE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PERFORMANCE VARIATION AMONG USERS USING CONTRAST LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18628543 DETERMINING EDGE NODE CLIQUES VIA PROGRAMMATIC LABELLING ANALYSIS FOR FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18645758 Simultaneous Hyper Parameter and Feature Selection Optimization Using Evolutionary Boosting Machines Non-Final OA Allstate Insurance Company
17638472 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE GEOMETRY METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Brandon S Cole's allowance rate?

79.1% of resolved applications examined by Brandon S Cole were allowed (1,227 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Brandon S Cole?

This examiner's interview lift is +7.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Brandon S Cole take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Brandon S Cole took 907 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Brandon S Cole work in?

Brandon S Cole examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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