Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KNIGHT, PAUL M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2139 2148

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
300
Total Applications
+16.6%
Interview Lift
1168
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 275 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
79.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18160424 System and Method for Temperature Forecasting for Storage Objects Using Log-Based Classification Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17784877 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED FEEDBACK FOR CASCADED FEDERATED MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17937628 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BUILDING A TRAINING DATASET Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
17645480 HAMILTONIAN DECOMPOSITION USING MID-CIRCUIT OPERATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17534222 METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBJECT ATTRIBUTE CLASSIFICATION MODEL TRAINING Final Rejection LEMON INC.
17576040 RANKED FACTOR SELECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17219955 DEEP LEARNING MODELS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF Final Rejection Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
17437846 EDGE DEVICE AWARE MACHINE LEARNING AND MODEL MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
17429760 INVERSE AND FORWARD MODELING MACHINE LEARNING-BASED GENERATIVE DESIGN Final Rejection SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
18001453 QUANTUM COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17594150 System and Method for Improving a Processing System using Learning Systems Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
17227311 INCREASING INCLUSIVITY IN MACHINE LEARNING OUTPUTS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18164936 TRANSPOSE A TENSOR WITH A SINGLE TRANSPOSE BUFFER Non-Final OA Meta Platforms, Inc.
17910475 Learning Data Generation Device, Learning Device, Control Device, Learning Data Generation Method, Learning Method, Control Method, Learning Data Generation Program, Learning Program, and Control Program Final Rejection OMRON Corporation
17592852 PREDICTING RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE DRIFTS Final Rejection Kyndryl, Inc.
17377073 COOPERATIVE EXECUTION OF A GENETIC ALGORITHM WITH AN EFFICIENT TRAINING ALGORITHM FOR DATA-DRIVEN MODEL CREATION Non-Final OA SparkCognition, Inc.
17646928 LEARNING CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PROBABILITY OF CORRECT ANSWER OF USER USING COLLABORATIVE FILTERING BASED ON LATENT FACTOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Socra AI Inc.

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