Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2659 4100

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.8%
Allow Rate
+7.8% vs TC avg
198
Total Applications
+33.6%
Interview Lift
998
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 174 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19018462 Downmixer and Method of Downmixing Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18909206 AUTOMATED PIPELINE FOR TRAINING LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA U.S. Bank National Association
19029737 Methods and apparatus to fingerprint an audio signal via exponential normalization Non-Final OA Gracenote, Inc.
18196836 GENERATIVE ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SERVER GENERATION Non-Final OA SAP SE
18148226 WATERMARKING FOR SPEECH IN CONVERSATIONAL AI AND COLLABORATIVE SYNTHETIC CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
17942950 USING SCENE-AWARE CONTEXT FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18747735 DETECTING INTER-PERSON CONVERSATIONS USING A SMART WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18849474 PROSODY PREDICTION METHOD, APPARATUS, READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18982088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH GENERATION USING LATENT FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM INTERMEDIATE LAYERS OF AN ACOUSTIC MODEL Non-Final OA Constructor Education and Research Genossenschaft
18520586 COMPUTERIZED-METHOD FOR COMPREHENSIVE TEXT SUMMARIZATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT WITH RANK-BASED NORMALIZATION AND WEIGHTED HIERARCHICAL RANKING Final Rejection ACTIMIZE LTD.

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