Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOANG, MICHAEL H

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2126 2159 2858 4100

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael H. Hoang works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2122, where he has handled 155 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 54.8%, indicating a moderate level of challenge for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1596, which is a very long timeline for reaching a grant. Practitioners should be prepared for a protracted prosecution process when their applications are assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift pct of 23.1% shows that interviews are a useful tool for increasing the 54.8% allowance rate. This lift suggests that direct communication can be a meaningful factor in overcoming rejections. Given the 1596 median days to allowance, an interview is a highly recommended step for trying to resolve issues more quickly. The 155 resolved cases provide a solid statistical foundation for these conclusions, highlighting the importance of proactive engagement in Art Unit 2122.

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

Performance Statistics

54.8%
Allow Rate
-5.2% vs TC avg
172
Total Applications
+23.1%
Interview Lift
1596
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 155 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.9%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18585588 ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18412975 EFFICIENT MACHINE LEARNING MODEL ARCHITECTURE SELECTION Non-Final OA Google LLC
18421416 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SELECTION USING HYPERPARAMETER OPTIMIZATION COMBINED WITH FEATURE SELECTION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18608563 CONVERSION OF NEURAL NETWORKS BETWEEN DIFFERENT MEMORY LAYOUTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18220212 Scalable and Programmable Quantum Control Processor Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18565061 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING A MENTAL STATE Final Rejection Harman International Industries, Incorporated
18470233 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT TEST-TIME PREDICTION OF MODEL ARBITRARINESS Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18394939 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18663200 PRIVACY PRESERVING TABULAR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18591902 PREDICTING DOCUMENT IMPACT USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18590873 INTELLIGENT METHOD TO OPTIMIZE STRUCTURED RULES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18536977 DEPLOYING A NEURAL NETWORK TO A NEW EDGE SERVER IN AN EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17199918 ANALYZING AND ENABLING SHIFTS IN GROUP DYNAMICS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18841863 DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION SYSTEM, DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION METHOD, AND DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18057883 TIME-SERIES ANOMALY DETECTION Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18191700 NEURAL NETWORK LAYER OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
16862976 CONTENT MANAGEMENT USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18605580 Replacing Online Conversations Using Large Language Machine-Learned Models Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc.
18436229 INTELLIGENT STEWARD PLATFORM FOR VALIDATION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) OUTPUTS Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18439941 METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WATERMARK PROCESSING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17564240 Device of Handling Domain-Agnostic Meta-Learning Final Rejection Moxa Inc.
18770217 DOUBLY-EXPONENTIALLY ACCELERATED PARTICLE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NONLINEAR CONTROL Non-Final OA Artificial Genius, Inc.
17848301 APPLICATION BENCHMARK USING EMPIRICAL HARDNESS MODELS Non-Final OA Zapata Computing, Inc.

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