Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Eric Nilsson, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NILSSON, ERIC

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2129 2145 2151 2198 4100

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

NILSSON, ERIC works in tech center 4100 and art unit 2122. His profile includes 523 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 82.8%. The median time to allowance is 1140 days, while interview lift is 16.8%. Interviews are associated with a positive allowance effect in this record.

The leading companies are Capital One Services LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH, and NEC Corporation. The principal firms are NSIP LAW, Bachmann Law Group PC, and BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP. Practitioners can use the recurring applicant and counsel names to locate relevant experience. The allowance and timing figures provide useful inputs for prosecution forecasting, and the interview measure supports direct engagement when issues are suitable for discussion.

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

Performance Statistics

82.8%
Allow Rate
+22.8% vs TC avg
548
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 523 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17848728 PROGRAMMATIC SELECTOR FOR CHOOSING A WELL-SUITED STACKED MACHINE LEARNING ENSEMBLE PIPELINE AND HYPERPARAMETER VALUES Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18377520 ITERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL (MLIP) TRAINING METHODS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18726466 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18495528 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17972854 PROPRIOCEPTIVE LEARNING Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18475995 ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION FOR COMPRESSED SENSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18769906 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISCRIMINATIVE SEMANTIC TRANSFER AND PHYSICS-INSPIRED OPTIMIZATION OF FEATURES IN DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17965995 INFERENCE DEVICE, AND UPDATE METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18385871 LOSS-SCALING FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING WITH REDUCED PRECISION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18287488 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING CONDITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18651011 COGNITIVE AUTOMATION FOR NETWORKING, SECURITY, IoT, AND COLLABORATION Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18507630 SECURELY INTEGRATING STORED ACCOUNT DATA WITH EXTERNAL WORKFLOWS AND LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Dropbox, Inc.
18530683 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DISTRIBUTED TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Eric Nilsson's allowance rate?

82.8% of resolved applications examined by Eric Nilsson were allowed (523 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Eric Nilsson?

This examiner's interview lift is +16.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Eric Nilsson take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Eric Nilsson took 1,140 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Eric Nilsson work in?

Eric Nilsson examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 4100.

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