Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SIPPEL, MOLLY CLARKE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2128 4100

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.2%
Allow Rate
-7.8% vs TC avg
41
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
1385
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
29.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18639937 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE-AWARE PRUNING OF CONFORMER NETWORKS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18518753 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18175936 Deep Learning Training Method for Computing Device and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17520197 DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULARIZATION OF A BINARY NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17845701 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ITERATIVELY SEARCH FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
17972135 TOPOLOGY-AUGMENTED SYSTEM FOR AI-MODEL MISMATCH Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18488246 MULTI-TASK OFFLINE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING MODEL BASED ON SKILL REGULARIZED TASK DECOMPOSITION AND MULTI-TASK OFFLINE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18180380 GRAPH BASED PREDICTIVE INFERENCES FOR DOMAIN TAXONOMY Final Rejection Optum, Inc.
17804218 DATA SELECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS BASED ON DATA PROFILING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18025304 CONTROLLING AGENTS USING RELATIVE VARIATIONAL INTRINSIC CONTROL Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited

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