Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KEATON, SHERROD L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1685 2142 2147 2148 2173 2175 2178 4100

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.0%
Allow Rate
-7.0% vs TC avg
605
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1590
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 577 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18213624 MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES FORECASTER USING DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
18523099 Device and Method for Parameter Estimation in Micro-Electro-Mechanical System Testing Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17865662 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18474062 UNLEARNING IN PRE-TRAINED GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18375073 INTERTWINED-GNN: A GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK FOR LEARNING EMBEDDINGS ON HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18211488 BACKPROPAGATION FOR DISCRETE VARIABLES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17941892 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING LOCALLY-ADAPTIVE LOCAL DEVICE TASK BASED ON CLOUD SIMULATION Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18496287 COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18647650 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SAP SE
18515043 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM, DEVICE, AND METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18391979 MODEL CUSTOMIZATION FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TASKS Non-Final OA ROKU, INC.
18213402 Enhanced System and Graphical User Interface Customization Based on Machine-Learned Context Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18433163 Multi-Sourced Machine Learning Model-Based Artificial Intelligence Character Training and Development Non-Final OA Disney Enterprises, Inc.
18604680 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONDITION OF AN ENTITY VIA MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUE Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18375398 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL EQUALISATION ON A CONVOLUTION LAYER IN A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
17643333 VISUALIZATION AND EDITING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18401226 PLANNING USING A JUMPY TRAJECTORY DECODER NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited

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