Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Phenuel S Salomon, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SALOMON, PHENUEL S

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2124 2141 2146 2171 2173 2175 2178 2179

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

SALOMON, PHENUEL S handles cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2100. The record contains 740 resolved cases, a 72.7% allowance rate, and a 1229-day median to allowance. The case volume provides substantial context, while the timing indicates that applicants should expect prosecution to require sustained attention before reaching a final result.

The 18.0% interview lift is positive and supports using interviews to address defined claim or prior-art issues. Practitioners may find that approach useful when a focused conversation can complement the written record. The leading companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Google LLC. The listed firms are CHIP LAW GROUP, CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC, and FIG. 1 Patents.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+17.7% vs TC avg
762
Total Applications
+18.0%
Interview Lift
1229
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 740 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.4%
§101 Eligibility
16.9%
§102 Novelty
55.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18549055 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18597472 SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE MEDIA CONTROL IN A MULTI-USER, MULTI-PLATFORM, MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Google LLC
18505892 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND DEDUCTION OF SERVICE LOGIC Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18636975 PHYSICAL RESERVOIR ELEMENT, PHYSICAL RESERVOIR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
18337907 Monotonic Machine Learning-Based Sub-Resolution Assist Features Non-Final OA Siemens Industry Software Inc.
18475933 PASSING COMPLEX DATA OBJECTS IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL PROCESSES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18406349 SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT INCLUDING DOUBLE PRECISION ASYNCHRONOUS NEURONS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18475873 AI/ML OPERATION IN SINGLE AND MULTI-VENDOR SCENARIOS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18500350 DETERMINING TIME SERIES MODEL STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS IN REFRESHMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18327473 GRAPH-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ALIGNMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ANNOTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT ONTOLOGIES USING BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17538567 POLICY DISTILLATION WITH OBSERVATION PRUNING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18591688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A COST ESTIMATION MODEL TO GENERATE RANKED CONTEXTUAL COUNTERFACTUALS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18515561 Efficient Localization Using Graph Neural Networks Non-Final OA PayPal, Inc.
17979843 TABULAR DATA MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18032273 METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR CONFIGURATION OF A SAMPLING SCHEME GENERATION MODEL Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
17233229 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A SPECTROGRAM, SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL Final Rejection Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
18732157 SELECTIVE LEARNING OF INFORMATION FOR THE GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED RESPONSES BY A GENERATIVE RESPONSE ENGINE Non-Final OA OpenAI OpCo, LLC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Phenuel S Salomon's allowance rate?

72.7% of resolved applications examined by Phenuel S Salomon were allowed (740 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Phenuel S Salomon?

This examiner's interview lift is +18.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Phenuel S Salomon take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Phenuel S Salomon took 1,229 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Phenuel S Salomon work in?

Phenuel S Salomon examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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