Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: NYE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2141 2145

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.6%
Allow Rate
-26.4% vs TC avg
37
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1542
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
54.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17828248 PREDICTION-BASED CONTROL METHOD USING USAGE PATTERN AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18071881 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK-BIASED TRAJECTORY FORECASTING Non-Final OA TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18171845 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18424624 Instruction Fine-Tuning Machine-Learned Models Using Intermediate Reasoning Steps Non-Final OA Google LLC
18667699 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PRIVACY PROTECTION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18193815 LARGE MODEL EMULATION BY KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION BASED NAS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17984421 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING NODE STATE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18023225 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17965284 ONLINE AUTOMATIC HYPERPARAMETER TUNING Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.
17775544 IDENTIFICATION OF MULTI-SCALE FEATURES USING A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18101620 ADAPTIVELY CONFIGURING RESOURCES IN FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
17718602 PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS OPERATIONS USING A HIERARCHICAL INTERVENTION RECOMMENDATION MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18622046 MANAGING INFERENCE MODELS IN VIEW OF ANOMALY CONDITIONS USING UNSUPERVISED METHODS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17834294 AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING EVENT-RELATED COMMUNICATION DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17690458 CONTINUOUS MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR CONTAINERIZED ENVIRONMENT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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