Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2657

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
162
Total Applications
+29.4%
Interview Lift
1013
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 143 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.9%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
61.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19057240 METHOD PERFORMED BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18862966 DETERMINATION DEVICE AND DETERMINATION METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18785645 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA X Development LLC
18764616 SEGMENTING TEXT USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA X Development LLC
19049450 AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CONTROL OF EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS LACKING AUTOMATED ASSISTANT APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
19023455 CONVERSATION SUPPORT DEVICE, CONVERSATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONVERSATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
19001685 Complexity-based Divide-and-Conquer Framework for Copilots Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.
18396839 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE Non-Final OA Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18940000 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18532048 PROMPT SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18874542 SPEECH ENHANCEMENT AND INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18301368 VOICE-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY LOCOMOTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18747003 DESIGN AUTOMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING GENERATIVE NATURAL LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18791660 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POLICIES FOR CAPABILITY INTENTS OF CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL RESPONSES EXECUTING ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products LP

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