Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Tsu-Chang Lee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LEE, TSU-CHANG

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2121 2122 2123 2126 2127 2128 2129 2148 3792 4100

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tsu-Chang Lee is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2121. He has managed 434 resolved cases. The data shows a 72.8% allowance rate and a median pendency of 1298 days to allowance. A 13.6% interview lift indicates that conducting an interview is associated with an increase in the probability of allowance compared to the 72.8% baseline. This lift suggests that oral advocacy is a useful strategy for practitioners appearing before this examiner.

The top companies in this examiner's portfolio include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, and Dell Products L.P. Legal representation is often provided by firms such as HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C., Akona IP PC - Intel, and AMPACC Law Group, PLLC. The 1298 median days to allowance provides a benchmark for expected prosecution duration. Practitioners should utilize the 13.6% interview lift to improve the chances of a successful outcome. With 434 resolved cases, the examiner has a record of outcomes in Art Unit 2121.

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

Performance Statistics

72.8%
Allow Rate
+12.8% vs TC avg
483
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 434 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

39.1%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
18.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18642167 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FEATURE-LEVEL ENSEMBLE MODEL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18468351 LEARNING DATA GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING DATA GENERATION SYSTEM, AND COUNTERFEIT DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18299342 Co-attentive Fusion with Unified Label Graph Representation for Low-resource Text Classification Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18627189 DETERMINING GENERALIZATION OF BEHAVIOR-CLONED POLICIES Non-Final OA TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18515665 CAUSAL ANALYSIS Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18813211 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHM MODEL OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18650164 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18781848 HIGH-FIDELITY MEASUREMENT OF BOSONIC MODES Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18761714 DYNAMIC PRUNING OF NEURONS ON-THE-FLY TO ACCELERATE NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18477171 PREDICTING DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS USING WIRELINE LOGS, CORE INTERPRETATION, AND MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18503606 TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING ON-DEVICE INK STROKE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18572100 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING AN ATTENTION BLOCK FOR NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18230138 AUTOMATIC DECOMPOSITION METHOD FOR MDP Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18214406 COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK FOR NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT BASED TECHNICAL DISPOSITION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18448049 TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING SIMULATION FOR ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18233971 CLASSIFYING FAILURE MODES OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS) FOR COMPUTER NETWORK ANALYTICS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18315752 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE SIMILARITY OF ENTITIES Final Rejection SHOPIFY INC.
18605666 ORCHESTRATING QUBO-BASED ML MODELS ON MULTIPLE ANNEALERS TO MITIGATE OVERFITTING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18436232 NEURAL NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM IN EDGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18424024 FINETUNING FOR MULTI-TASK LEARNING Non-Final OA Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
18586346 PERSONALIZED NEUROSTIMULATION CLOSED LOOP PROGRAMMING TRAINING INTERFACE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18299345 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Tsu-Chang Lee's allowance rate?

72.8% of resolved applications examined by Tsu-Chang Lee were allowed (434 resolved cases), compared with 32.0% across Art Unit 2121 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Tsu-Chang Lee?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Tsu-Chang Lee take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Tsu-Chang Lee took 1,298 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Tsu-Chang Lee work in?

Tsu-Chang Lee examines applications in Art Unit 2121 in Tech Center 4100.

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