Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GARNER, CASEY R

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2123 2124 2189 2194 4100

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Casey R. Garner examines applications in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2123. He has managed 277 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 71.5 percent. This 71.5 percent allowance rate indicates a favorable probability of success for applications reaching a final disposition. The volume of 277 resolved cases provides a reliable foundation for evaluating his examination performance.

The interview lift for Garner is 15.9 percent. This 15.9 percent lift suggests that conducting an interview is a beneficial strategy for increasing the probability of allowance compared to cases without an interview. While the 71.5 percent allowance rate is already high, the 15.9 percent lift indicates that direct engagement can help resolve outstanding issues more effectively. Practitioners should consider an interview as a key tactic for advancing prosecution in Art Unit 2123.

The median time to allowance is 1326 days. This 1326 day duration represents the typical timeframe from filing to patent issuance. Applicants can use this 1326 day median to set realistic expectations for their prosecution timeline. With 277 resolved cases, this timing metric offers a clear guide for planning and budgeting.

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

Performance Statistics

71.5%
Allow Rate
+11.5% vs TC avg
288
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
1326
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 277 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

26.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
51.2%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18127528 PROCESSING OF ASYMMETRICALLY QUANTIZED INPUT AND KERNEL COEFFICIENTS IN NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18415578 STATE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, STATE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, AND STATE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18198037 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18069822 MODAL INFORMATION COMPLETION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
17644179 DEVICE AND METHOD TO IMPROVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18512592 MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18312584 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO RE-PARAMETERIZE MULTIPLE HEAD NETWORKS OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18681470 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES VIA MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18109283 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND THERMAL ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18405069 CLASSICAL-QUANTUM HYBRID ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING HIGHER-ORDER MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18140130 IMPUTING MISSING VALUES IN A DATASET IN THE PRESENCE OF DATA QUALITY DISPARITY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18640865 DISPLAYING OUTPUT DATA FROM A DRIVER ATTENTION MODEL ON A DISPLAY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18632708 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING FOR MEAN TIME TO FAILURE PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18598738 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18410272 METHOD FOR TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL USING SELF-KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION ALGORITHM, INFERRING APPARATUS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18318204 TRAINING AND APPLYING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PREDICTING POLYMER EXTRUDATE MELT PROPERTY VALUES Final Rejection Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

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