Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Victor Adelard Nault, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NAULT, VICTOR ADELARD

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2141

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

NAULT, VICTOR ADELARD has resolved 22 cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2124. The allowance rate is 50.0%, with a median of 1459 days to allowance. The small record makes the outcome sensitive to individual applications, but the figures still indicate that applicants should anticipate substantial pendency and should not assume that allowance will follow routine amendment practice.

The interview lift is 65.8%, a strong positive association in the available data. An interview may therefore merit serious consideration when the applicant can explain claim scope or technical distinctions clearly. SAP SE, Google LLC, and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. are the leading listed companies. KHMRG (NVIDIA), Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP, and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP are the principal listed firms.

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

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-5.0% vs TC avg
53
Total Applications
+65.8%
Interview Lift
1459
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.6%
§101 Eligibility
7.6%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
20.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18176342 Inference Performance Using Divide-and-Conquer Techniques Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18776145 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR GENERATING CONTEXTUAL RESPONSES Non-Final OA Google LLC
17704551 Neural Architecture Search Method, Image Processing Method And Apparatus, And Storage Medium Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18194478 GENERATING ML PIPELINES USING EXPLORATORY AND GENERATIVE CODE GENERATION TOOLS Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18622097 PERSONALIZED DATA ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18723686 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE THE HYPER-PARAMETERS OF DISCRETE DIGITAL SIGNAL RECOVERY FOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
17534922 TEXT CLASSIFICATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18477804 CONTENT DISTRIBUTION BASED ON A USER JOURNEY USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection ADOBE INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Victor Adelard Nault's allowance rate?

50.0% of resolved applications examined by Victor Adelard Nault were allowed (22 resolved cases), compared with 63.1% across Art Unit 2124 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Victor Adelard Nault?

This examiner's interview lift is +65.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Victor Adelard Nault take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Victor Adelard Nault took 1,459 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Victor Adelard Nault work in?

Victor Adelard Nault examines applications in Art Unit 2124 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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