Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2146 2148 3625

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-27.0% vs TC avg
30
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
1516
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 4 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
0%
§102 Novelty
96.6%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18305712 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RETRAINING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18265637 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, HYPOTHESIS GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18068450 NEURAL NETWORK MODEL TRAINING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND TEXT TRANSLATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18141141 INCORPORATING STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE IN NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17516491 ELECTRONIC SERVICE FILTER OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection PAYPAL, INC.
17662868 APPARATUS OF MACHINE LEARNING, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND INFERENCE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
18010233 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Interdigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
17679050 LEARNING APPARATUS, EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
17837882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK SENSITIVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
17988939 VALUABLE ALERT SCREENING METHOD EFFICIENTLY DETECTING MALICIOUS THREAT Non-Final OA HOSEO UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17556549 PREDICTING WELL PRODUCTION BY TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL WITH A SMALL DATA SET Final Rejection ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
18035260 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING PREDICTIVE OUTCOMES RELATING TO SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
18024242 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING CATASTROPHIC FORGETTING IN AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Université de Chambéry - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
17913222 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, PROGRAM, AND LEARNED MODEL Final Rejection Kumiko ISHII
17855914 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED GENERATION EVALUATION, SELECTION OF SOLUTIONS USING IMPROVED DISTRIBUTED EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING Non-Final OA Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp.

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