Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SANKS, SCHYLER S

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2125 2129 3744 3763

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
546
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 517 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
46.2%
§103 Obviousness
34.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18463969 INHOMOGENEOUS QUANTUM ANNEALING SCHEDULES Non-Final OA Google LLC
17979147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18047415 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK (DNN) ACCELERATOR FACILITATING QUANTIZED INFERENCE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17937409 QUANTUM CIRCUIT SERVICE Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17359382 DATA PREPARATION FOR USE WITH MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18542385 MULTI-CONSTRAINT QUBIT ALLOCATION METHOD AND QUANTUM APPARATUS USING THE SAME Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
17891866 INFERENCE-AWARE ML MODEL PROVISIONING Final Rejection Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18462531 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISTRIBUTED LEARNING PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTED LEARNING METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING DEVICE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17928607 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
18540252 METHOD OF PROVIDING EXPLANATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL BASED ON PLUG-AND-PLAY MODE Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18408173 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE PREDICTIVE CODING NETWORKS Non-Final OA University of Washington
18514370 SPARSE NOISE TOMOGRAPHY-BASED QUBIT MAPPING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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