Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MENGISTU, TEWODROS E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2121 2122 2127

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.6%
Allow Rate
-5.4% vs TC avg
164
Total Applications
+29.0%
Interview Lift
1634
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 131 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
89.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17388919 AUTOMATICALLY REDUCING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL INPUTS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18781474 NOISE-ROBUST FEDERATED LEARNING VIA OPTIMAL TRANSPORT Non-Final OA THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
18230448 FEATURES EXTRACTION NETWORK FOR ESTIMATING NEURAL ACTIVITY FROM ELECTRICAL RECORDINGS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18203950 SERVER APPARATUS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18204031 SERVER APPARATUS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17196544 MACHINE LEARNING MOBILE DEVICE LOCALIZATION Final Rejection FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17109824 FACTORIZED NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17526350 GLOBAL NEURAL TRANSDUCER MODELS LEVERAGING SUB-TASK NETWORKS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17113756 PREDICTION SYSTEM, PREDICTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Rakuten Group, Inc.
18014343 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD AND LEARNING PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18230311 BATCH SCHEDULING FOR EFFICIENT EXECUTION OF MULTIPLE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18020606 METHOD OF DETERMINING FUSION PARAMETER, METHOD OF RECOMMENDING INFORMATION, AND METHOD OF TRAINING MODEL Non-Final OA BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17386682 METHOD FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18219774 GENERATION OF A REDUCED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA NEC Corporation Of America
18309325 METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE LONG-TAIL CATEGORIZATION BIAS Non-Final OA Nielsen Consumer LLC
18262955 FILTER BASED PRUNING TECHNIQUES FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Think Silicon Research and Technology Single Member S.A.

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