Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NAULT, VICTOR ADELARD

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2124 2141

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Victor Adelard Nault is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2124. The examiner has 20 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 50.0 percent, which represents the frequency of grants for applications reaching a final resolution.

The interview lift is 62.5 percent. This 62.5 percent figure indicates that interviews correlate with an increased probability of allowance. When considering the 20 resolved cases, the 62.5 percent lift suggests that direct communication is a beneficial tactic for practitioners. The 50.0 percent baseline allowance rate is a key metric for evaluating the prosecution environment.

The median days to allowance is 1456. This 1456-day timeline reflects the duration for successful applications to reach a grant. The 1456-day figure provides a benchmark for expected pendency in Art Unit 2124. Practitioners can use this 1456-day median and the 20 resolved cases to inform their strategy and manage expectations for the timing of a final outcome.

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
46
Total Applications
+62.5%
Interview Lift
1456
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 20 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

26.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.9%
§102 Novelty
47.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17887021 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD WITH SENSITIVITY-BASED QUANTIZED TRAINING AND OPERATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17704551 Neural Architecture Search Method, Image Processing Method And Apparatus, And Storage Medium Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17831750 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A SIGNAL AND/OR FOR PERFORMING REGRESSION ANALYSIS ON A SIGNAL Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17378581 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING HYPERPARAMETER SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
18622097 PERSONALIZED DATA ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18176342 Inference Performance Using Divide-and-Conquer Techniques Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18612138 AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF EXTRACTION-BASED CATEGORIZATION PROCESSES Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
17794134 CONTROLLING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18194478 GENERATING ML PIPELINES USING EXPLORATORY AND GENERATIVE CODE GENERATION TOOLS Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18735911 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-BASED INTEGRATION SCENARIO GENERATION Non-Final OA SAP SE
17549637 DERIVING DATA FROM DATA OBJECTS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA SAP SE
18513930 METHODS AND MECHANISMS TO PERFORM AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATIONS OF ANOMALOUS TRACE SHAPES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.

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