Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, BRIAN M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2122

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.1%
Allow Rate
-2.9% vs TC avg
288
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1554
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 257 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.6%
§102 Novelty
37.1%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19303889 Neural Network Representation Formats Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18196127 Neural Networks with Local Converging Inputs (NNLCI) for Solving Differential Equations Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18590575 INFERRED USER INTENTION NOTIFICATIONS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
19365109 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONSTRUCTING DATA SET FOR TRAINING AI MODEL THROUGH INSTRUCTION TUNING Final Rejection LG MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
18627086 MACHINE LEARNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HOURS OF OPERATION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18514069 HARDWARE IP OPTIMIZED CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17560976 ADVERSARIAL SAMPLE PROTECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18524852 PRIVACY PRESERVING JOINT TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17211387 ADVERSE FEATURES NEUTRALIZATION IN MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection PAYPAL, INC.
17836087 CLOUD SERVER, EDGE SERVER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTELLIGENCE MODEL USING THE SAME Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18282593 Method and System for Predicting Operation of a Technical Installation Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18417351 APPARATUS & METHOD FOR GENERATING FEATURE EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18565084 ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17108292 MEASURING CONFIDENCE IN DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
17631487 PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA THALES
18227446 DETECTING ANOMALIES IN DEVICE TELEMETRY DATA USING DISTRIBUTIONAL DISTANCE DETERMINATIONS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17384180 FEDERATED DATA STANDARDIZATION USING DATA PRIVACY TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18399044 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROFILE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF INTEREST Non-Final OA Nielsen Consumer LLC
18431370 USER SELECTION PREDICTION BASED ON GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK AND USER SELECTION SEQUENCE Non-Final OA Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
18634521 EFFICIENT DATA AUGMENTATION FOR MOTION SENSOR AND MICROPHONE RELATED MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN EMBEDDED DEVICES Non-Final OA InvenSense, Inc.

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