Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SCHNEE, HAL W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2125 2129 2132 2164 2182 2186

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Hal W. Schnee is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2117. He has managed 607 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 84.5 percent. This 84.5 percent rate provides a measure of how often applications result in a patent grant. Practitioners can use this 607-case history to understand the examiner's general tendencies.

The interview lift is 22.3 percent. This 22.3 percent figure represents the difference in allowance probability when an interview is conducted. A positive value like 22.3 percent indicates that interviews are associated with an increase in the likelihood of allowance. This suggests that requesting an interview is a productive strategy for this docket.

The median days to allowance is 1020. This 1020-day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. For applicants, this 1020-day median is a key metric for planning the prosecution timeline. By combining the 84.5 percent allowance rate with the 1020-day median, practitioners can develop a data-grounded strategy for Art Unit 2117.

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

Performance Statistics

84.5%
Allow Rate
+29.5% vs TC avg
619
Total Applications
+22.3%
Interview Lift
1020
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 607 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
39.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18619136 DOUBLE RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR RECOMMENDING AN EV CHARGING STATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18221120 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18323197 SCALABLE WEIGHT REPARAMETERIZATION FOR EFFICIENT TRANSFER LEARNING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18441672 INTELLIGENT SELECTION OF INPUTS FOR RAPID INFERENCE AND QUANTIFICATION OF UNCERTAINTY FOR ACTIVE LEARNING Non-Final OA GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
18587052 Parameter-Efficient Adapter for an Artificial Intelligence System Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18402837 SYNTHETIC MEDICAL DATA GENERATION USING A MULTIMODAL TRANSFORMER NETWORK Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18700342 METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A TECHNICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18697863 NEURAL NETWORK GENERATION METHOD, INDICATION INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18540101 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED EXTRACTION OF UNSTRUCTURED CLINICAL DATA Non-Final OA CareFusion 303, Inc.
18375377 DYNAMIC PATH SELECTION FOR PROCESSING THROUGH A MULTI-LAYER NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17940915 Redundant Computations using Integrated Circuit Devices having Analog Inference Capability Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18538688 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING STABLE MODELS Non-Final OA YAHOO ASSETS LLC
18128496 AUTOMATION METHOD FOR DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION FOR HYBRID BONDING APPLICATION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18402839 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WAFER MAP PATTERN DETECTION USING HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
17965172 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE USING BRAIN-INSPIRED SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK AND COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM FOR THE SAME Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation

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