Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GURMU, MULUEMEBET

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2132 2152 2155 2156 2163 2191 2457

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Muluemebet Gurmu serves in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2132. The profile includes 496 resolved cases, which show an allowance rate of 80.2 percent. This 80.2 percent rate provides a baseline for practitioners to estimate the probability of a grant. With 496 resolved cases, the data provides a look at the examiner's tendencies in this computer networks and communications center.

The data shows an interview lift of 17.5 percent. This figure indicates that conducting an interview is associated with an increased probability of allowance compared to the baseline of cases where no interview occurs. Practitioners may consider the 17.5 percent lift when deciding whether to engage in direct communication. This positive lift suggests that verbal advocacy can be a factor in the prosecution process for Art Unit 2132.

The median days to allowance for Gurmu is 1144. This 1144-day timeline provides a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process from filing to grant. The combination of the 80.2 percent allowance rate and the 17.5 percent interview lift offers a roadmap for applicants. Understanding these metrics, including the 1144-day median, helps in setting expectations for both timing and results in Tech Center 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
520
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.3%
§102 Novelty
68.1%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18717275 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING DEEP LEANING INFERENCE BASED ON HW-AWARE SPARSITY PATTERN Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18607954 MACHINE-LEARNING BASED STABILIZATION CONTROLLER THAT CAN LEARN ON AN UNSTABLE SYSTEM Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19475801 CREATING A LARGE SCALE HEAD-RELATED FILTER DATABASE Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19080648 OPTIMIZING PROMPT AUGMENTATION Final Rejection Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18748071 METHOD FOR FINDING AT LEAST ONE OPTIMAL POST-TRAINING QUANTIZATION MODEL AND A NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19184310 RESOURCE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
19209982 Correlation Analysis System, Integrated System, Correlation Analysis Method, and Correlation Analysis Program Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18990446 System and Method for Hybrid Multilingual Search Indexing Non-Final OA Open Text Corporation
18646234 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING HUMAN-MODEL ALIGNMENT USING METADATA AND ARTIFACTS, PATIENT INFORMATION, OR SYNTHETIC DATA Non-Final OA NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
19291451 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PRUNING VIA DYNAMIC PARTITION MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA BNSF Railway Company
18415903 MACHINE LEARNING AND RULES-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USER INTERFACE WORKFLOWS Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18640326 WRITEABLE PARTITIONS WITHIN READ-ONLY REPLICATED RECORDS Non-Final OA NUTANIX, INC.
18899917 METADATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICAL DATA MODELING Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
19079875 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING FOOD ITEMS Final Rejection WINNOW SOLUTIONS LIMITED
18463674 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection KEIO UNIVERSITY

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