Listed by the USPTO as RIFKIN, BEN M
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2122 2123 2124 2129 2198 2671
This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases
RIFKIN, BEN M is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2600 and art unit 2122. The profile records 328 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 44.2% and a median of 1822 days to allowance. The case volume provides a meaningful basis for reviewing the examiner’s outcomes. The allowance rate indicates that allowances are less common than other recorded outcomes, and the median interval reflects a particularly extended path for matters that reach allowance.
The interview lift is 17.1%, suggesting that interviews can provide a meaningful improvement in allowance outcomes. International Business Machines Corporation, Amazon Technologies Inc., and SAP SE are the listed leading companies. Barta Jones, PLLC, Anova Law Group, PLLC, and BLANK ROME LLP are the listed leading firms. Counsel should consider interviews as part of a deliberate prosecution strategy and set client expectations around the 1822-day median timeline.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17101517 | AUTOMATED DATA INGESTION USING AN AUTOENCODER | Non-Final OA | Capital One Services, LLC |
| 18595673 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NEURAL NETWORK ON A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 17435866 | STATE CONTROL DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, STATE CONTROL METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Final Rejection | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. |
| 18428925 | CLASSIFIER TRAINING USING SYNTHETIC TRAINING DATA SAMPLES | Non-Final OA | MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED |
| 18399715 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND NEURAL NETWORK MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
| 19274396 | CENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR ENHANCED AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING USING DISPARATE DATASETS | Non-Final OA | Amazon Technologies, Inc. |
| 18216271 | SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | Non-Final OA | Amazon Technologies, Inc. |
| 17604780 | AUDIO SESSION CLASSIFICATION | Final Rejection | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| 17734510 | FEDERATED LEARNING | Final Rejection | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| 18432700 | SUPPRESSION OF CORRELATED NOISE IN QUANTUM COMPUTERS | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 18471661 | NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE INPUTS AND MULTIPLE OUTPUTS | Final Rejection | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 17210803 | DETECT FIELD INTERACTIONS BASED ON RANDOM TREE STUMPS | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 16194621 | SEMI-AUTOMATED CORRECTION OF POLICY RULES | Non-Final OA | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
| 18370619 | DETECTING TASK-RELATED PATTERNS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES | Final Rejection | Dell Products L.P. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy44.2% of resolved applications examined by Ben M Rifkin were allowed (328 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +17.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Ben M Rifkin took 1,822 days on average from filing to allowance.
Ben M Rifkin examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).
