Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: RIFKIN, BEN M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2123 2124 2129 2198

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.0%
Allow Rate
-11.0% vs TC avg
359
Total Applications
+16.2%
Interview Lift
1824
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 325 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.6%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17337140 PREDICTING FUTURE EVENTS OF PREDETERMINED DURATION USING ADAPTIVELY TRAINED ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE PROCESSES Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18351729 Self-Enhancing Knowledge Model Final Rejection ABB Schweiz AG
18982689 DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
17455241 COLUMN-DISTRIBUTED TREE-BASED DATA MINING ENGINES FOR BIG DATA IN CLOUD SYSTEMS Final Rejection SAP SE
17271628 Data Analyzing Method, Data Analyzing Device, and Learning Model Creating Method for Data Analysis Final Rejection Shimadzu Corporation
17205632 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING VALIDATION LOSS FOR MODELS IN DECENTRALIZED MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
17663240 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPLAINABLE MACHINE LEARNING USING DATA AND PROXY MODEL BASED HYBRID APPROACH Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18571131 DATA SERVICE METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RELATED PRODUCT Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18526373 OVERCOMING MAXIMUM TOKEN LIMITATIONS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18471661 NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE INPUTS AND MULTIPLE OUTPUTS Non-Final OA 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
18584259 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATOR Final Rejection Aixplain, Inc.
17219723 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AGGREGATOR Final Rejection aixplain, Inc.

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