Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RIFKIN, BEN M

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

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.8%
Allow Rate
-11.2% vs TC avg
355
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
1822
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 317 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.8%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17710225 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA TO TRAIN MACHINE LEARNING BASED MODELS Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
17192057 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
16194621 SEMI-AUTOMATED CORRECTION OF POLICY RULES Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17337140 PREDICTING FUTURE EVENTS OF PREDETERMINED DURATION USING ADAPTIVELY TRAINED ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE PROCESSES Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
17604780 AUDIO SESSION CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17435866 STATE CONTROL DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, STATE CONTROL METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
17573498 AUTOMATED DATASET GENERATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA SAP SE
17455241 COLUMN-DISTRIBUTED TREE-BASED DATA MINING ENGINES FOR BIG DATA IN CLOUD SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18351729 Self-Enhancing Knowledge Model Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18065217 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PREDICTION PROGRAM, PREDICTION METHOD, AND PREDICTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
17926450 METHOD FOR GENERATING TEACHING DATA IN ANALYSIS DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17319579 PRE-SEARCH CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS Final Rejection INTUIT INC.
17387090 GENERATING HYPOTHESES IN DATA SETS Non-Final OA Georgetown University
17749194 ONLINE CONTINUAL LEARNING METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
18648421 Intelligent Personal Agent Platform and System and Methods for Using Same Non-Final OA Ejenta, Inc.
18584259 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATOR Non-Final OA Aixplain, Inc.
18147262 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CLASSIFICATION PROBABILITY Non-Final OA DataShapes, Inc.
18059731 CROSS-GEOGRAPHICAL PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS Final Rejection Optum Technology, Inc.
17837010 METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY RECOMMENDING FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS THAT COLLECTIVELY OPTIMIZE OBJECTIVE FACTOR USING AUTOMATED ML SYSTEMS Final Rejection SAMYA.AI INC

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