Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2653 2658

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.0%
Allow Rate
+20.0% vs TC avg
69
Total Applications
+19.3%
Interview Lift
1074
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 50 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.7%
§102 Novelty
89.2%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18814275 JOINT END-TO-END SPOKEN LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING AND AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18323862 PHONOLOGY-CENTRIC SEARCHING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18662550 Abridged Multilingual Speech Models For Automatic Speech Recognition Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18793044 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING UTTERANCE INTENT CONSIDERING CONTEXT SURROUNDING VEHICLE AND DRIVER Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17579156 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING AND USING TAXONOMY LOOKUP SOURCES IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING (NLU) FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA ServiceNow, Inc.
18339883 IDENTIFYING VISUAL TEXT USING VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18715103 CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18681251 TEXT GENERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, TEXT GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18679620 DEEP CONCEPT SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Inspirata, Inc.

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