Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SIPPEL, MOLLY CLARKE

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2128

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-5.0% vs TC avg
39
Total Applications
+58.3%
Interview Lift
1310
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.8%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
32.0%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17909835 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17777332 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18009425 GROUPING NODES IN A SYSTEM Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17520197 DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULARIZATION OF A BINARY NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18058278 CHARACTER PROCESSING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE REGRESSION PROCESSING USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18139765 TRAINING MODELS UNDER RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS FOR CROSS-DEVICE FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18079123 PROVIDING TRAINED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17845701 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ITERATIVELY SEARCH FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
18216982 FEDERATED LEARNING WITH MODEL DIVERSITY Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18300807 MULTI-TASK NEURAL NETWORK DESIGN USING TASK CRYSTALIZATION Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18177189 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DETERMINATION PROGRAM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17852954 ONE-DIMENSIONAL-CONVOLUTION-BASED SIGNAL CLASSIFIER Final Rejection SRI International
18025304 CONTROLLING AGENTS USING RELATIVE VARIATIONAL INTRINSIC CONTROL Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
17588066 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING RICH NEAREST NEIGHBOR REPRESENTATIONS FROM SELF-SUPERVISED ENSEMBLES Non-Final OA salesforce.com, inc.

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