Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2116 2118 2124 2142 2187 2615 2698

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+14.4% vs TC avg
457
Total Applications
+25.1%
Interview Lift
1235
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 403 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
46.3%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19303981 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19304022 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19303931 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17711569 Neural Network Representation Formats Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17765895 OPTIMIZING RESERVOIR COMPUTERS FOR HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17923347 Deep Learning Platforms for Automated Visual Inspection Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
17907807 GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION SYSTEM, GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION DEVICE, GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH GROWTH POTENTIAL ESTIMATION PROGRAM IS STORED Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17904633 ENERGY-AWARE PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18362435 Neural Network Training Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17810226 MARGINAL SAMPLE BLOCK RANK MATCHING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17708346 BIAS REDUCING MACHINE LEARNING CORRECTION ENGINE FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
17886353 ON WAFER DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18349195 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING EMBODIED THEREON A MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18092190 DEEP LEARNING TEXT GENERATION FOR UPGRADING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18008351 System and Method for Processing Information Signals Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18353637 EFFICIENT TENSOR REMATERIALIZATION FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18040385 WEIGHTS LAYOUT TRANSFORMATION ASSISTED NESTED LOOPS OPTIMIZATION FOR AI INFERENCE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18086586 TEST-TIME ADAPTATION WITH UNLABELED ONLINE DATA Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18010238 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Interdigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
17966012 Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes Final Rejection ABB Schweiz AG
17345429 Situationally Aware Social Agent Non-Final OA Disney Enterprises, Inc.
17806200 CONFIDENCE-BASED ASSISTED LEARNING Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
17512568 MEMORY DEVICE FOR AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA DEEPX CO., LTD.
17896649 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CREATION OF GAME SCRIPT Non-Final OA CYGAMES, INC.
18113753 MODULE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION TO SORT CELLS BASED ON THE NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS Final Rejection Sony Corporation of America
17811199 SIZING FOR QUANTUM SIMULATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17646593 USING CNN IN A PIPELINE USED TO FORECAST THE FUTURE STATUSES OF THE TECHNOLOGIES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18003289 REFINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO MITIGATE ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
17534340 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
17745762 ENTROPY EXCLUSION OF TRAINING DATA FOR AN EMBEDDING NETWORK Final Rejection CrowdStrike, Inc.

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