Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHINE, NICHOLAS B

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2126

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.8%
Allow Rate
-17.2% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+44.6%
Interview Lift
1884
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.9%
§101 Eligibility
5.3%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17389039 Graph Based Discovery on Deep Learning Embeddings Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17354392 EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Google LLC
18074148 MODEL TESTING USING TEST SAMPLE UNCERTAINTY Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18175693 Method and Apparatus for Determining a Robustness of a Data-Based Sensor Model Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17117260 METHOD FOR GENERATING LABELED DATA, IN PARTICULAR FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK, BY USING UNLABELED PARTITIONED SAMPLES Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18198080 INSPECTING GRADIENT BOOSTED TREES FOR NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING AND APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18327191 RESERVING COMPUTING RESOURCES IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA SAP SE
17478246 METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK LAYERS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17718442 SEMANTIC GRAPHING OF HETEROGENEOUS DOCUMENTS FOR AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Final Rejection NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
16922793 DATA IDENTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
18764905 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA Anumana, Inc.
17136567 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING A PREDICTION MODEL Final Rejection BULL SAS
18105494 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
18272525 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE Non-Final OA PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS)
18135100 HARDWARE REALIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS USING BUFFERS Non-Final OA PolyN Technology Limited
17213817 SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS PREDICTION METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS PREDICTION APPARATUS FOR HETEROGENEOUS DATA Final Rejection UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.

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