Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCINTOSH, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2144 2176

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.1%
Allow Rate
+22.1% vs TC avg
540
Total Applications
+18.0%
Interview Lift
1106
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 515 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
5.7%
§102 Novelty
88.8%
§103 Obviousness
0.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17475330 METHOD FOR SPARSIFICATION OF FEATURE MAPS IN SELF-ATTENTION MECHANISMS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17179781 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CONVOLUTION OPERATION PROCESSING BASED ON REDUNDANCY REDUCTION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18031383 SAMPLING USER EQUIPMENTS FOR FEDERATED LEARNING MODEL COLLECTION Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18073651 Learning Neuro-Symbolic World Models Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18206026 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING CONTENT RECOMMENDATION MODEL, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18335212 DEBIASED TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Pinterest, Inc.
18637596 AUTOMATIC BOT CREATION BASED ON SCRIPTS Non-Final OA LIVEPERSON, INC.
18199801 Systems and Methods for Detecting CRISPR-Mediated Residues Within Methylated Patterns of Genome Using Automated Statistical Methods and Long Short-Term Memory Autoencoders Non-Final OA MITRE Corporation
17764265 METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE SAME Final Rejection DEEPBRAIN AI INC.
18012528 Distributed Quantum Computing Simulation Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA SUZHOU INSPUR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CP., LTD.

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