Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2123 2126 2148 4100

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.5%
Allow Rate
-14.5% vs TC avg
124
Total Applications
+30.1%
Interview Lift
1676
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 101 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
39.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18520529 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
16979091 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INFORMATION FOR INTERACTION WITH A USER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18459237 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE JOINT OPTIMIZATION OF A NEURAL NETWORK AND DEDICATED HARDWARE FOR THE NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18319680 OPERATOR CALCULATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18187577 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18494302 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK AUGMENTED KALMAN FILTER FOR ACOUSTIC HOWLING SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18182660 Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction Final Rejection General Electric Company
18588910 DIGITAL WATERMARKING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18435251 GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS-BASED METHOD FOR COMPONENT ANOMALY DETECTION AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Delta Electronics, Inc.
18374424 GENERATIVE NEURAL APPLICATION ENGINE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18476166 MODELING EXPERTISE BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED EVIDENCE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18142898 Generative Future Predictions based on Complex Events Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18088428 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING CONCEPT BASED FEW-SHOT Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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
16394111 SECOND ORDER NEURON FOR MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
17143498 MEMORY SYSTEM TO TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17013432 GLOBAL FEDERATED TRAINING FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
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
17891430 INTELLIGENT WORKLOAD ROUTING FOR MICROSERVICES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17077759 SYMBOLIC VALIDATION OF NEUROMORPHIC HARDWARE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18536127 GATED LINEAR NETWORKS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited

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