Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SIPPEL, MOLLY CLARKE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2126 2128 4100

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Molly Clarke Sippel examines applications in Art Unit 2122 under Tech Center 4100. With 28 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 50.0%. This indicates that 50.0% of the applications result in a grant. The interview lift of 25.7% suggests that direct engagement is a valuable tool for advancing prosecution. The median time to allowance is 1398 days.

Practitioners should factor the 50.0% allowance rate and the 1398-day timeline into their strategy for Art Unit 2122. The 25.7% interview lift provides a significant boost for applicants. Across 28 resolved cases, the examiner has shown that verbal advocacy is effective in Tech Center 4100. Strategy should focus on using the 25.7% lift to improve the baseline grant probability. The 1398-day median pendency reflects the expected duration for successful outcomes in this docket.

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

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
42
Total Applications
+25.7%
Interview Lift
1398
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

34.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§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 Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17520197 DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULARIZATION OF A BINARY NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18217006 FEDERATED LEARNING WITH MODEL DIVERSITY AND BACKUP IN CASE OF DISCONNECTED CLIENT Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18216982 FEDERATED LEARNING WITH MODEL DIVERSITY Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18448896 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING MODELS USING UNSUPERVISED MODELS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18635391 System And Method For Dynamic Hyperparameter Optimization For Large Language Models Using (Few-Shot) Reinforcement Learning Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18009425 GROUPING NODES IN A SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18079123 PROVIDING TRAINED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18597648 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA LEARNING SYSTEM BASED ON A SECURED MODELING EXCHANGE Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18176037 TRANSFORMER NETWORK WITH NORMALIZATION INCLUDING SCALING PARAMETER Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
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
17972135 TOPOLOGY-AUGMENTED SYSTEM FOR AI-MODEL MISMATCH Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18180380 GRAPH BASED PREDICTIVE INFERENCES FOR DOMAIN TAXONOMY Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18639686 BLACK-BOX OPTIMIZATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited

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