Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2147

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-21.7% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1435
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 9 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
12.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18093051 EFFICIENT ZERO PADDING IN CONVOLUTION AT NEURAL PROCESSOR Final Rejection Apple Inc.
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.
18667147 NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE PROPOSAL DEVICE AND NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE PROPOSAL METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17650669 DETECTING ROBUSTNESS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN CLINICAL WORKFLOWS Non-Final OA SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
18077730 SYNTHETIC CLASSIFICATION DATASETS BY OPTIMAL TRANSPORT INTERPOLATION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17965393 ELECTRIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT HIGH SPEED INTERFACE FOR EXPANDING NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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.
17530626 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PROFILING NEURAL FIRING DATA AND EXTRACTING CONTENT, AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18098378 MACHINE LEARNING BASED SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE GENERATION OF DATA PUDDLES Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
17384349 GENERATING AND ADJUSTING DECISION-MAKING ALGORITHMS USING REINFORCEMENT MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18523958 MODEL-INDEPENDENT DATA SUBSETS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18122345 GENERATING CONTEXTUAL ADVISORY FOR XaaS BY CAPTURING USER-INCLINATION AND NAVIGATING USER THROUGH COMPLEX INTERDEPENDENT DECISIONS Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
17663966 NETWORK-BASED INFERENCE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18612073 ADAPTIVE PROMPT VIRTUALIZATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17697267 AUTOMATED TIME-SERIES PREDICTION PIPELINE SELECTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18683948 COMPONENTS DEVIATION DETERMINATIONS Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18504220 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR MANAGING MODEL BASED ON DISTANCE BETWEEN SAMPLES Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18542399 TRACKING MACHINE LEARNING DATA PROVENANCE VIA A BLOCKCHAIN Non-Final OA Coinbase, Inc.

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