Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MARU, MATIYAS T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2141 2148

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
+9.7% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
+4.8%
Interview Lift
1539
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.3%
§101 Eligibility
1.9%
§102 Novelty
52.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18175830 ON-DEVICE TRAINING METHOD TO TRAIN AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT MODEL AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18050699 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18010377 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17710863 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
17386452 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DEFINE THE CARD MEMBER VALUE FROM AN ISSUER PERSPECTIVE Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
18631364 TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM TO PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR OF INTERACTING AGENTS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18419827 Method for Generating a Training Dataset, Method for Training an Artificial Intelligence Means, Artificial Intelligence Means, and Hand-Held Power Tool Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17372142 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18157277 NEURAL NETWORK DISTILLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17853518 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED MODEL ON DATASETS HAVING DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18013237 LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18574403 A Method, Device and Storage Medium for Knowledge Recommendation Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18042439 TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK USING CONTRASTIVE SAMPLES FOR MACRO PLACEMENT Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.
18564918 PREDICTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
18114125 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CROSS MEDIA JOINT FRIEND AND ITEM RECOMMENDATION FRAMEWORK Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18102411 Knowledge Transfer Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18486183 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADVERSARIAL META-LEARNING USING ENCODER PAIR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR ADVERSARIAL META-LEARNING Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18393536 MAPPING NEURAL NETWORKS TO HARDWARE Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18620292 METHOD TO ENCODE SET BY PRIME NUMBER TO ENCODE SET IN FIXED DIMENSION AND PARALLELLY CALCULATED BY GPU Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18527305 HETEROGENEOUS MODULAR ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17368627 GRAPH COMPUTING OVER MICRO-LEVEL AND MACRO-LEVEL VIEWS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17976480 UPDATING LABEL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF DATA POINTS Non-Final OA MICRO FOCUS LLC

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