Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2124 2145 4100

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

Chase Paul Hinckley is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2124, with 210 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 68.1%, which is a positive sign for applicants. However, the median days to allowance is 1418, indicating that the process can be quite lengthy. Practitioners should be prepared for a long timeline even if the eventual outcome is likely to be an allowance.

The interview lift pct of 11.6% suggests that while interviews are helpful, they provide a more modest benefit compared to some other examiners. With a 68.1% allowance rate, many applications are successful through written prosecution alone. Given the 1418 median days to allowance, an interview might be best used as a way to try and shorten the prosecution cycle. The 210 resolved cases provide a solid foundation for these metrics, reflecting his established patterns in Tech Center 4100.

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

Performance Statistics

68.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
222
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
1418
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 210 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18140435 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING SOFTMAX PERFORMED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18352784 METHODOLOGY TO GENERATE EFFICIENT MODELS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR DEEP LEARNING Final Rejection Groq, Inc.
18387591 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL DESIGN Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18404113 INTEGRATION OF LEARNED DIFFERENTIABLE LOSS FUNCTIONS IN DEEP LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18413393 CARBON DIOXIDE-BASED MODEL RETRAINING SCORECARD Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18339539 ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA) ACCELERATION OF TASKS WITH MACHINE LEARNING GENERATION OF NETWORK REQUESTS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18503618 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Rakuten Group, Inc.
18235273 TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS INDEPENDENTLY Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18404159 TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINING AND ANALYZING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Stats LLC
18405609 REFLEXIVE MODEL GRADIENT-BASED RULE LEARNING Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
18695316 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
17708214 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMI-SUPERVISED LEARNING WITH FEW LABELED IMAGES PER CLASS Non-Final OA Naver Corporation
18105396 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH CHECKPOINTING Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

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