Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MAC, GARY

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2127 2147 4100

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.9%
Allow Rate
-17.1% vs TC avg
52
Total Applications
+43.6%
Interview Lift
1592
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
42.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18380921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING VARIATIONAL QUANTUM EIGENSOLVER ALGORITHMS WITH A QUANTUM COMPUTER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18533036 EFFICIENT MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING ON SPREADSHEET DATA Non-Final OA Google LLC
18314802 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17467079 CONFIGURABLE NONLINEAR ACTIVATION FUNCTION CIRCUITS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18196373 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17558603 MULTIMODAL AUTOMATIC MAPPING OF SENSING DEFECTS TO TASK-SPECIFIC ERROR MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17827334 GENERATING NEGATIVE SAMPLES FOR SEQUENTIAL RECOMMENDATION Non-Final OA salesforce.com, inc.
18621368 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED STATEFUL ADVICE SYSTEM Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18060987 CLASS-INCREMENTAL LEARNING OF A CLASSIFIER Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17509507 FEDERATED LEARNING DATA SOURCE SELECTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18314096 ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation

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