Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

William Michael Lee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2186

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

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Allow Rate
-55.0% vs TC avg
23
Total Applications
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Interview Lift
0
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18383616 TRAINING METHOD AND TRAINING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18457002 TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK WITH BUDDING ENSEMBLE ARCHITECTURE BASED ON DIVERSITY LOSS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18425715 PRIVACY-PRESERVING INTERPRETABLE SKILL LEARNING FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18167749 OPTICAL ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18165409 METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED EXPLANATIONS FOR INFERENCE SERVICES BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USING CLOUD Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18634394 Framework for Trustworthy Generative Artificial Intelligence Non-Final OA ServiceNow, Inc.
18634471 CODE UNIT GENERATOR FOR A MACHINE LEARNING BASED QUESTION AND ANSWER (Q&A) ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Notion Labs, Inc.
18137220 TIME SERIES ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL TRAINING ACCELERATOR Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18424774 LEARNING RATE SCHEDULE FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING BASED LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Databricks, Inc.
18396763 MACHINE LEARNING BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA MAPPING FOR REMITTANCE DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA HIGHRADIUS CORPORATION

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Which art unit does examiner William Michael Lee work in?

William Michael Lee examines applications in Art Unit 2145 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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