Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2147

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler handles cases in Art Unit 2147 within Tech Center 2100, with 11 resolved cases currently recorded. The data reveals an allowance rate of 27.3 percent. This rate is paired with a median days to allowance of 1412, indicating a prolonged prosecution cycle for applicants in this field.

Interviews appear to be a valuable tool for practitioners, as the interview lift is 27.8 percent. This lift is nearly equal to the overall allowance rate of 27.3 percent, highlighting that verbal communication may significantly impact the outcome of an application. Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, International Business Machines Corporation, and NEC Corporation are the top companies listed in this examiner's history.

Firms such as ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP, Cantor Colburn LLP, and DAMBROSIO & MENON, P.L.L.C. navigate these proceedings. Given the 1412 median days to allowance, applicants should prepare for an extended timeline. The 27.8 percent interview lift suggests that scheduling an interview is a highly recommended tactic to improve outcomes in Art Unit 2147.

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

Performance Statistics

27.3%
Allow Rate
-27.7% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+27.8%
Interview Lift
1412
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 11 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
44.1%
§103 Obviousness
12.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17723831 MANAGING A REQUEST RATE OF A SHARED RESOURCE WITH A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18667147 NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE PROPOSAL DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE PROPOSAL METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17902632 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLITTING AND BIT-WIDTH ASSIGNMENT OF DEEP LEARNING MODELS FOR INFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17916225 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO TRAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODULES Non-Final OA Orange
17530626 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PROFILING NEURAL FIRING DATA AND EXTRACTING CONTENT, AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
17985150 CONTROL DEVICE FOR PREDICTING A DATA POINT FROM A PREDICTOR AND A METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18683948 COMPONENTS DEVIATION DETERMINATIONS Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17650669 DETECTING ROBUSTNESS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN CLINICAL WORKFLOWS Non-Final OA SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
18203888 GROUP RECOMMENDATION BASED ON TOPIC CLUSTERING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18325790 PERFORMING DYNAMIC SPARSE COMPUTATION ON DENSE COMPUTATION-EFFICIENT COMPUTING DEVICES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18125553 SPIKE NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18768131 ENTERPRISE-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE MODEL TRAINING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
17540660 PRIVACY-PRESERVING CLASS LABEL STANDARDIZATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING SETTINGS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17491910 TRANSLATING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SOFTWARE WEIGHTS TO HARDWARE-SPECIFIC ANALOG CONDUCTANCES Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17493652 HUMAN ROBOT COLLABORATION FOR FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE ROBOT LEARNING Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18618655 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUIREMENTS RECOGNITION FOR SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP VERIFICATION Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17232771 INHERITED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler's allowance rate?

27.3% of resolved applications examined by Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler were allowed (11 resolved cases), compared with 47.4% across Art Unit 2147 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler?

This examiner's interview lift is +27.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler took 1,412 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler work in?

Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler examines applications in Art Unit 2147 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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