Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SAX, STEVEN PAUL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2146 2174 2175 2176 2872

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.6%
Allow Rate
+1.6% vs TC avg
480
Total Applications
+44.8%
Interview Lift
1471
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 460 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
6.7%
§102 Novelty
62.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18063146 Application Programming Interface for Browsing Media Content Non-Final OA Sonos, Inc.
18752600 LIVE ROOM PAGE PRESENTATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18275310 Method and Apparatus for Selecting Machine Learning Model for Execution in a Resource Constraint Environment Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17680630 NEURAL NETWORK MODEL COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CHIP Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18208849 Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Synchronizing Two or More Displays Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18148162 VIRTUAL MOUSE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK PROVIDED VIA KEYBOARD KEYS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17563700 ADAPTIVE TRAINING METHOD OF A BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE USING A PHYSICAL MENTAL STATE DETECTION Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18612460 GENERATION OF BOTS BASED ON OBSERVED BEHAVIOR Final Rejection SAP SE
18013645 A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO DECODER Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
17343512 HYBRID QUANTIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS FOR EDGE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17949787 RESTRICTED REUSE OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DATA FEATURES Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18307148 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED TROUBLESHOOTING ANALYSIS ENGINE TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF COMPUTER SYSTEM ISSUES Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18065249 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF CERTAINTY OF A PATIENT'S RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS PERCEPTION OF A SUBJECTIVE MEDICAL TEST AND A DEVICE THEREFORE Non-Final OA Essilor International
18326519 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE HELP Non-Final OA IntegenX, Inc.
18189612 ACTIVE QUANTUM MEMORY SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING DECOHERENCE IN A QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SavantX, Inc.

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