Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Aaron Patrick Gormley, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GORMLEY, AARON PATRICK

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2148

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-30.0% vs TC avg
45
Total Applications
-37.5%
Interview Lift
1485
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
34.3%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18687698 METHOD FOR PERFORMING FEDERATED LEARNING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18311258 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18884948 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED TRAINING A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17717729 Compression Framework for Distributed or Federated Learning with Predictive Compression Paradigm Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18051570 ABNORMAL DOCUMENT SELF-DISCOVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18203552 DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORK MODEL SPARSIFICATION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17828582 RECONCILING COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA IN FEDERATED LEARNING Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18060101 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFERENCE MODEL DISTRIBUTIONS IN DYNAMIC SYSTEM Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Aaron Patrick Gormley's allowance rate?

25.0% of resolved applications examined by Aaron Patrick Gormley were allowed (12 resolved cases), compared with 75.7% across Art Unit 2148 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Aaron Patrick Gormley?

This examiner's interview lift is -37.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Aaron Patrick Gormley take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Aaron Patrick Gormley took 1,485 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Aaron Patrick Gormley work in?

Aaron Patrick Gormley examines applications in Art Unit 2148 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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