Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GONZALES, VINCENT

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2124 2129 2148 4100

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Vincent Gonzales serves in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2122. He has 538 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 78.6 percent. This metric indicates the frequency of successful outcomes for applications reaching a final resolution in this docket.

The interview lift is 11.1 percent. This figure shows that the probability of allowance increases when an interview is held compared to the 78.6 percent baseline. Direct communication is an effective strategy for resolving issues and securing a grant, especially given the 538 resolved cases that support this trend.

The median time to allowance is 1251 days. This duration represents the typical prosecution cycle for granted patents. With 538 resolved cases, these statistics provide a reliable view of the examiner's practice and the impact of procedural interventions, allowing applicants to plan their strategy accordingly.

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

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+18.7% vs TC avg
557
Total Applications
+11.2%
Interview Lift
1252
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 539 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
41.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18605951 NEURAL NETWORK MODEL OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17954824 MANAGEMENT OF FEDERATED LEARNING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18626502 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AND PRESENTING INSIGHT DATA IN FORM OF NATURAL LANGUAGE Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18605901 System and Method for Transformation of Discrete Input for Adversarial Robustness Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18467096 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER LEARNING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18101279 GENERATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF CONTEXT-SPECIFIC MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18011047 PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS Final Rejection Five AI Limited
18633324 REDUCED PRECISION NEURAL FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18411052 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AI NEURAL NETWORK SPEED ENHANCEMENT BY IMPLEMENTING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE WITH PARTIAL CONVOLUTION Non-Final OA The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
18203152 CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS Final Rejection FMR LLC
18156321 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING MODEL SENSITIVITY AND FEATURE IMPORTANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC

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