Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2125 2128 2482 2655

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.8%
Allow Rate
-3.2% vs TC avg
190
Total Applications
+27.1%
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 136 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
45.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18168234 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17514840 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING NEURAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17612310 MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, PARAMETER CALCULATION DEVICE, MODEL GENERATION METHOD, PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17754920 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA SATURN LICENSING LLC
17766616 RE-RANKING RESULTS FROM SEMANTIC NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN VIDEO GAMES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
17854482 TIME-VARYING FEATURES VIA METADATA Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18091940 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING IMAGE USING QUANTUM CIRCUIT Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
17859328 AUDIO CONTENT SEARCHING IN MULTI-MEDIA Final Rejection WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
17835444 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR DETERMINATION OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection Sleep Number Corporation
17499815 DECENTRALIZED POLICY GRADIENT DESCENT AND ASCENT FOR SAFE MULTI-AGENT REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Non-Final OA RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
17714089 METHOD FOR BLOCK-LEVEL NN DEPLOYMENT METRIC MODELLING Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18135342 DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF REQUEST CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18209183 METHOD FOR TRAINING AT LEAST ONE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE WEIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT BASED ON USE DATA Non-Final OA AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
18334112 JOINTLY LEARNING EXPLORATORY AND NON-EXPLORATORY ACTION SELECTION POLICIES Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
17364698 RULES-BASED TEMPLATE EXTRACTION Final Rejection DeepSee.ai Inc.
18140203 Feature Recommendations for Machine Learning Models Based on Feature-Model Co-Occurrences Non-Final OA Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)
18314692 INTEROPERABLE PRIVACY-PRESERVING MULTI-CENTER DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING METHOD FOR HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Cipherome, Inc.

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