Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES

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

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
462
Total Applications
+24.7%
Interview Lift
1158
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 411 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
82.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§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.
19303931 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17765895 OPTIMIZING RESERVOIR COMPUTERS FOR HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17646593 USING CNN IN A PIPELINE USED TO FORECAST THE FUTURE STATUSES OF THE TECHNOLOGIES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17904633 ENERGY-AWARE PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
17923347 Deep Learning Platforms for Automated Visual Inspection Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18362435 Neural Network Training Method and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18215801 ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE FOR VISUALIZING COMPLEX DATA RELATIONSHIPS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18213138 INCORPORATING APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH AS IMPLICIT EDGE IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPH Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17708346 BIAS REDUCING MACHINE LEARNING CORRECTION ENGINE FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18074567 HYBRID ANALOG SYSTEM FOR TRANSFER LEARNING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
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
17886353 ON WAFER DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
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
18008351 System and Method for Processing Information Signals Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
17966012 Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
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.
17770953 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18003289 REFINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO MITIGATE ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18090395 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPERATING LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection NUVI LABS CO., LTD.
18247717 CHEMICAL REACTION GRAPH COMPRESSION SOFTWARE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DATA APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Firmenich SA
17894960 DRIVER MONITOR SYSTEM ON EDGE DEVICE Non-Final OA VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
18251542 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE UNIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE PIPELINES Non-Final OA Saferide Technologies Ltd.
17643317 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATTERN GENERATION USING QUANTUM COMPUTING Non-Final OA Zensar Technologies Limited

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