Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2126

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.3%
Allow Rate
-7.7% vs TC avg
119
Total Applications
+32.1%
Interview Lift
1533
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 91 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16979091 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INFORMATION FOR INTERACTION WITH A USER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18182660 Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction Final Rejection General Electric Company
18187577 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18142898 Generative Future Predictions based on Complex Events Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17077759 SYMBOLIC VALIDATION OF NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARE Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
16288975 EFFICIENT AND SECURE GRADIENT-FREE BLACK BOX OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17056413 LEARNING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
18088428 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING CONCEPT BASED FEW-SHOT Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17143498 MEMORY SYSTEM TO TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17267435 Techniques For Matching Disparate Input Data Non-Final OA Visa International Service Association
17271036 GENERATING METADATA FOR TRAINED MODEL Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17313772 Model Processing Method, Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Processor Non-Final OA Alibaba Group Holding Limited
17997590 GRAPH CONVOLUTIONAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH HETEROGENEOUS AGENT GROUPS Non-Final OA Siemens Corporation
17013432 GLOBAL FEDERATED TRAINING FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
16254563 TECHNIQUES FOR REMOVING MASKS FROM PRUNED NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
16801034 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A DATA CENTER BASED ON A GENERATED MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE Final Rejection OVH
16001923 SELF-TUNING MODEL COMPRESSION METHODOLOGY FOR RECONFIGURING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Kneron Inc.

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