Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LAU, KAITLYN RENEE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2148 2159 4100

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kaitlyn Renee Lau is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2148. Based on 10 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 60.0 percent. This sample size should be considered when evaluating these metrics, as the 10 resolved cases may not yet represent a long-term trend. However, the 60.0 percent rate provides an initial benchmark for applicants in Tech Center 4100.

The data indicates an interview lift of 66.7 percent for these 10 resolved cases. The median time to allowance is 1453 days. These figures suggest that while the timeline is long, interviews have been successful in the limited number of cases resolved so far. The 1453-day median pendency is a factor to consider, suggesting that even with a 66.7 percent interview lift, applicants should be prepared for the progression toward a final decision in Art Unit 2148. The recorded allowance rate offers a preliminary look at the examiner's tendencies.

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

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
At TC average
40
Total Applications
+66.7%
Interview Lift
1453
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 10 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.8%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
34.3%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18429821 HETEROGENEOUS PRODUCT AUTOENCODERS FOR CHANNEL-ADAPTIVE NEURAL CODES OF LARGE DIMENSIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18355619 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MODEL TRAINING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17891401 AGENT DECISION-MAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18405514 OBJECTION DETECTION ENCODER TRAINING USING FOUNDATION MODELS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18046564 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18009841 ATTENTION NEURAL NETWORKS WITH CONDITIONAL COMPUTATION Non-Final OA Google LLC
17575415 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT A RANDOM FOREST Non-Final OA General Electric Company
17908308 SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18038211 PROCESSING METHOD, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT. Inc.
18380155 Memory-Efficient Execution of a Machine-Trained Model using Sparsification Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18046013 SPATIO-TEMPORAL GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK FOR TIME SERIES PREDICTION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18443568 LEARNING-BASED QUANTUM EXPERIMENTAL SETUP SELECTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17678275 ITERATIVE ANSWER AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION EXTRACTION FOR MACHINE READING COMPREHENSION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17380738 CLASSIFICATION OF MOUSE DYNAMICS DATA USING UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR CATEGORY MAPPING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17497507 NEURAL NETWORK DATA REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18066005 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR INTEGRITY OPERATING WINDOW OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
18080569 SERVING DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE DEEP LEARNING (DL) MODELS IN SERVERLESS COMPUTING Non-Final OA Meta Platforms, Inc.
17805920 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TUNING A HYPERPARAMETER OF A MACHINE-LEARNING ALGORITHM Final Rejection Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB
18424437 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSTRAINED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
18098397 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH CLIENT APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA FMR LLC

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