Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KNIGHT, PAUL M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2139 2148

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.1%
Allow Rate
+7.1% vs TC avg
296
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
1126
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 272 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
45.5%
§103 Obviousness
35.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18179826 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
17937628 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BUILDING A TRAINING DATASET Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
17784877 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED FEEDBACK FOR CASCADED FEDERATED MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17594150 System and Method for Improving a Processing System using Learning Systems Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
17645480 HAMILTONIAN DECOMPOSITION USING MID-CIRCUIT OPERATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17338994 CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION OF HUMAN-ALGORITHM COLLABORATION PERFORMANCE Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17576040 RANKED FACTOR SELECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17370388 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION FRAMEWORK THAT PRODUCES ANOMALY-FREE TRAINING DATA TO SUPPORT ML-BASED PROGNOSTIC SURVEILLANCE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
17534222 METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBJECT ATTRIBUTE CLASSIFICATION MODEL TRAINING Final Rejection LEMON INC.
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
17806550 UTILIZING AN ENSEMBLE-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR LONG TERM FORECASTING OF DATA Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
18001453 QUANTUM COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17713251 PACING SERVING OF CONTENT TRANSFER REQUESTS Final Rejection MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
17227311 INCREASING INCLUSIVITY IN MACHINE LEARNING OUTPUTS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
17656742 Multiplier-Less Sparse Deep Neural Network Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, 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
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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