Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2656 2658

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.5%
Allow Rate
+4.5% vs TC avg
518
Total Applications
+27.7%
Interview Lift
1415
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 492 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
54.5%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18209790 MACHINE TRANSLATION METHOD, DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIA Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18108178 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18485665 VIRTUAL ASSISTANT FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED RESPONSES WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SESSION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18129750 CONCEPT-LEVEL TEXT EDITING ON PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18128367 FORM GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18539264 SENTENCE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18162744 IMPACT SCORE FOR ONTOLOGY CHANGES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17964633 Audio Understanding with Fixed Language Models Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18322444 EVENT EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18460930 PROVIDING INTEGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FOR A NETWORK DEVICE Final Rejection Juniper Networks, Inc.
18309441 AUDIO SOURCE FEATURE SEPARATION AND TARGET AUDIO SOURCE GENERATION Final Rejection SHURE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.

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