Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MCINTOSH, ANDREW T

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2124 2144 2148 2176 4100

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.3%
Allow Rate
+17.3% vs TC avg
546
Total Applications
+18.0%
Interview Lift
1112
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 525 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.6%
§102 Novelty
58.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17179781 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CONVOLUTION OPERATION PROCESSING BASED ON REDUNDANCY REDUCTION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18731020 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18571165 QUANTUM STATE STABILIZATION BY QUANTUM COUPLING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18104136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACTABLE SPACE OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
17444894 MACHINE LEARNING NETWORK FOR SCREENING QUANTUM DEVICES Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18673185 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEVERAGING LANGUAGE MODELS IN DESIGNING NO-CODE WORKFLOWS FOR MACHINE LEARNING WITHIN LOW-CODE/NO-CODE PLATFORMS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18560865 NETWORK-ASSISTED SIGNALING FOR UPLINK DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION (DPD) Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18560950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING, SECURING, AND IMPLEMENTING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17318810 GATE BASED RESISTANCE CONTROL UNITS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18401030 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CLASSIFY NEWS SNIPPETS INTO CATEGORIES USING AN ENSEMBLE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18566927 VERTICAL FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18618596 MANIFOLD-ALIGNED COUNTERFACTUAL EXPLANATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18170307 MANAGEMENT OF DRIFTED RECORDS IN MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17763924 FAST SPARSE NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
17285731 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED AUTOMATED ABNORMALITY DETECTION IN MEDICAL IMAGES AND PRESENTATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Arterys Inc.

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