Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2123 2126 2146 2148 2196 3625

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alvaro Salim Laham Bauzo has a sample of 8 resolved cases in Art Unit 2123. The allowance rate is currently 50.0%, with a median days to allowance of 1387. These figures represent a balanced but lengthy prosecution path in Tech Center 3600. The 8 cases provide an initial look at the examiner's tendencies and the 1387-day timeline for reaching an allowance.

The most striking data point is the 100.0% interview lift. This indicates that every case involving an interview resulted in an allowance, compared to the 50.0% overall rate. Despite the small case count of 8, the 100.0% lift strongly encourages interviewing as a primary strategy. Practitioners should view the interview as a critical step to improve the 50.0% baseline. The 1387-day median pendency suggests that patience is required, but the 100.0% lift offers a clear path to success. Engaging the examiner directly appears to be the most effective way to ensure an application moves toward allowance in Art Unit 2123.

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

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-2.0% vs TC avg
39
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
1387
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.9%
§102 Novelty
62.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18429690 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR NEURO-SYMBOLIC LEARNING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18265637 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, HYPOTHESIS GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18598143 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING HISTORICAL DATA-BASED BIAS IN MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
17952848 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HYBRID PARALLISM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17949745 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF CORRUPTION ROBUSTNESS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18617709 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM EMBODIED THEREON MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18429585 SELF-IMPROVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMMING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Technologies, Inc.
17516491 ELECTRONIC SERVICE FILTER OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18010233 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Interdigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18141141 INCORPORATING STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE IN NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18617767 DEFENSE AGAINST POISONING GENERATIVE MODELS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18217091 COUNTERFACTUAL PREDICTION AND INTERPRETABLE POLICY LEARNING FROM OBSERVATIONAL DATA USING PRESCRIPTIVE RELU NETWORKS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17679050 LEARNING APPARATUS, EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18478048 PHYSICAL AUGMENTATION OF PATIENT DATA FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18278473 CONTINUAL LEARNING NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM TRAINING FOR CLASSIFICATION TYPE TASKS Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited
17746317 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Actapio, Inc.

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