Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: LEY, SALLY THI

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2123 2126 2145 2147 4100

This examiner grants 23% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sally Thi Ley operates within Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2123. The examiner has 44 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 22.7 percent. This percentage indicates the frequency with which applications reach a grant in her docket. The interview lift is 14.6 percent. This metric represents the increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. The median time to allowance is 1758 days.

With 44 resolved cases, the 22.7 percent allowance rate suggests a rigorous examination process. The 14.6 percent interview lift indicates that verbal communication is a helpful strategy for applicants. The 1758 days median time to allowance is a key figure for understanding the expected duration of prosecution. These statistics help practitioners navigate the specific requirements of Art Unit 2123. The allowance rate and interview lift are the primary indicators of success for this examiner in Tech Center 4100.

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

Performance Statistics

22.7%
Allow Rate
-37.3% vs TC avg
80
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1758
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 44 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18835613 MERGING ELEMENTS OF SEQUENCES DURING NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18430401 Performance of Entangling Gates Between Fluxonium Qubits Coupled Together Using a Resonator Coupler Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18066881 AN EAGER SAT-BASED SOLVER FOR A QUANTIFIER-FREE THEORY OF STRINGS AND BIT VECTORS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18067461 Visual Question Answering for Discrete Document Field Extraction Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18576213 A Quantum Neural Network for Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum Devices Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18678015 System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Evolutionary Learning in Verification Template Matching During Biometric Authentication Non-Final OA Visa International Service Association
18077116 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING NEUROMORPHIC PROCESSING UNITS Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18676339 SAVING PRODUCTION RUNS OF A FUNCTION AS UNIT TEST AND AUTOMATIC OUTPUT REGENERATION Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
18327192 MULTIMODAL DEEP LEARNING WITH BOOSTED TREES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17115631 NEURAL NETWORK SCHEDULER Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17645517 MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR TIME-DELAY NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection EQUIFAX INC.
18096021 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING GRAPH REPRESENTATION FOR OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION GENERALIZATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tsinghua University

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