Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2116 2118 2124 2142 2147 2187 2615 2698 4100

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
467
Total Applications
+25.8%
Interview Lift
1165
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 418 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.1%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
54.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18336687 DIMENSIONAL ATTENTION FOR WEIGHT ALLOCATION IN LANGUAGE MODELS OR OTHER MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19303931 Neural Network Representation Formats Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19304022 Neural Network Representation Formats Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19303981 Neural Network Representation Formats Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17711569 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18113753 MODULE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION TO SORT CELLS BASED ON THE NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS Non-Final OA Sony Corporation of America
18428515 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOUNDATION MODELS BASED REWARD DESIGN FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18252031 DEVICE FOR A ROBUST CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION OF TIME SERIES Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18349195 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING EMBODIED THEREON A MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18431804 CODE-LEVEL NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH USING LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18362435 Neural Network Training Method and Related Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18316369 NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTURE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18488779 EFFICIENT DIFFUSION MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18086586 TEST-TIME ADAPTATION WITH UNLABELED ONLINE DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17907807 GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION SYSTEM, GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION DEVICE, GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION PROGRAM IS STORED Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19046114 Execution of Machine Learning Models at Client Devices Final Rejection PayPal, Inc.
17966012 Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
17957592 Method of Transfer Learning for a Specific Production Process of an Industrial Plant Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
17904633 ENERGY-AWARE PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18406374 PROVIDING BALANCED TRAINING DATA Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
17866104 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING PRE-TRAINED MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18399674 STATISTICAL SAMPLING USING REJECTION-FREE PARALLEL TRIAL MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO PROCESSES Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17886353 ON WAFER DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18606938 TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING ROBOT SIMULATION DATA Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18003289 REFINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO MITIGATE ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18056559 PRUNING COMPLEX DEEP LEARNING MODELS BASED ON PARENT PRUNING INFORMATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17345429 Situationally Aware Social Agent Final Rejection Disney Enterprises, Inc.
18669039 COMPLEX VALUED SPARSE DISTRIBUTED MEMORIES Non-Final OA Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
17980895 USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR CLASSIFYING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17811199 SIZING FOR QUANTUM SIMULATION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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