Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2126

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.8%
Allow Rate
-9.2% vs TC avg
120
Total Applications
+27.9%
Interview Lift
1661
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 96 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.2%
§101 Eligibility
8.5%
§102 Novelty
76.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17145935 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK PROFILING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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
17271036 GENERATING METADATA FOR TRAINED MODEL Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17134095 PATTERN-BASED NEURAL NETWORK PRUNING Final Rejection Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
18142898 Generative Future Predictions based on Complex Events Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18897967 IMPLICIT BRIDGING OF MACHINE LEARNING TASKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
16927803 IMPLICIT BRIDGING OF MACHINE LEARNING TASKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
17077759 SYMBOLIC VALIDATION OF NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18088428 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING CONCEPT BASED FEW-SHOT Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17143498 MEMORY SYSTEM TO TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17997590 GRAPH CONVOLUTIONAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH HETEROGENEOUS AGENT GROUPS Non-Final OA Siemens Corporation
17960710 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
16254563 TECHNIQUES FOR REMOVING MASKS FROM PRUNED NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
16205876 Multiple Model-Based Apparatus and Method for Inferring a Path for At Least One Target Object Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
16153430 REFINING LABELING OF TIME-ASSOCIATED DATA Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
16001923 SELF-TUNING MODEL COMPRESSION METHODOLOGY FOR RECONFIGURING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Kneron Inc.

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