Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SCHNEE, HAL W

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

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.6%
Allow Rate
+29.6% vs TC avg
616
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1019
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 605 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
39.7%
§103 Obviousness
30.4%
§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.
18323197 SCALABLE WEIGHT REPARAMETERIZATION FOR EFFICIENT TRANSFER LEARNING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18221120 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18402837 SYNTHETIC MEDICAL DATA GENERATION USING A MULTIMODAL TRANSFORMER NETWORK Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
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
18525225 VECTOR EMBEDDING PREPROCESSING AND RETRIEVAL FOR GENERATIVE MODELS Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18128496 AUTOMATION METHOD FOR DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION FOR HYBRID BONDING APPLICATION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18375377 DYNAMIC PATH SELECTION FOR PROCESSING THROUGH A MULTI-LAYER NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation

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