Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NEWAY, SAMUEL G

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2171 2626 2657 3691

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.2%
Allow Rate
+23.2% vs TC avg
724
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
1121
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 694 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.5%
§102 Novelty
35.8%
§103 Obviousness
21.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18597279 DYNAMIC TOPIC DEFINITION GENERATOR Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
19013349 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR UPDATING TARGET SPEAKER USING VOICE SIGNAL INCLUDED IN AUDIO SIGNAL AND TARGET SPEAKER UPDATING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18715541 VOICE REGISTRATION DEVICE AND VOICE REGISTRATION METHOD Non-Final OA PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
19011243 DETECTING CONVERSATIONS WITH COMPUTING DEVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18842219 Battery Management and Optimization Using Voice Integration Systems Non-Final OA Google LLC
18652575 PROCESSING, USING GENERATIVE MODEL, CONTENT OF USER INPUT AND TEMPORAL ENCODING FOR THE USER INPUT Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18211808 GENERATING GROUNDED DOCUMENTS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18811390 INTELLIGENT DATA DELIVERY Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18563413 NLP-BASED RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF TROUBLE TICKETS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18744865 DESCRIBING ATTRIBUTES OF AN INPUT USING A GRAMMAR-CONSTRAINED GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection Shopify Inc.
17452609 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF QUESTION ANSWER PAIRS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18962486 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORT OF MULTI-LANGUAGE USER SESSIONS AND FULFILLMENTS Non-Final OA Automation Anywhere, Inc.

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