Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MCINTOSH, ANDREW T

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

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Andrew T. McIntosh is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2124. The examiner has 531 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 77.4 percent. The median days to allowance is 1115, which provides a measure of the time required for an application to reach issuance. These figures offer a data-grounded view of the examiner's history.

The interview lift of 18.2 percent is a significant data point in this profile. This percentage represents the increase in the likelihood of allowance following an interview compared to the baseline allowance rate of 77.4 percent. The 18.2 percent lift suggests that direct communication with the examiner is an effective tactic. Practitioners should also consider the 1115-day median to allowance when planning their prosecution strategy. With 531 resolved cases, the examiner's metrics are well-established. The 77.4 percent allowance rate and the 18.2 percent lift together suggest that while the process takes 1115 days, there are clear paths to a successful grant.

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

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+17.4% vs TC avg
546
Total Applications
+18.2%
Interview Lift
1115
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 531 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
58.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.7%
§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.
18560950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING, SECURING, AND IMPLEMENTING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18499003 SMART METHOD FOR PREDICTING CHOKE HEALTHFULNESS AND LIFETIME FOR GAS WELL Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
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
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
18618596 MANIFOLD-ALIGNED COUNTERFACTUAL EXPLANATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18410111 BALANCED TWIRLING FOR QUANTUM CIRCUITS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18671083 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DOCUMENT TEMPLATES FROM A MIXED SET OF DOCUMENT TYPES Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18566927 VERTICAL FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18620798 Real-Time Management of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Input Data/Training Corpus Non-Final OA MICRO FOCUS LLC
17763924 FAST SPARSE NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
18404144 QUANTUM COMPUTER PHASE TRACKING AND CORRECTION Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC

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