Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, CHENECA

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2192

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
479
Total Applications
+47.1%
Interview Lift
1253
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 455 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
58.0%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553963 CLOUD SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING SOFTWARE IMAGE OF ROBOT IN CLOUD SERVER Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18668580 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH ITERATIVE COMPILATION FOR DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18837938 ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18657655 AI-BASED CODE GENERATION USING A DYNAMICALLY CONSTRUCTED SYMBOL GRAPH AND CODE SKELETONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18651294 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR DATA SOURCE DISCOVERY AND ACCESS Final Rejection HITACHI, Ltd.
18394253 SETTINGS OR FIRMWARE VALIDATION FOR POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM USING POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM VALUES BEFORE AND AFTER SETTINGS OR FIRMWARE CHANGE Non-Final OA Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
18734925 REBOOTLESS INJECTION OF BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS) CODE IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM (IHS) Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18353348 TAILORED RECOMMENDATION OF SOFTWARE UPDATES TO NETWORK ELEMENTS Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18128104 SEARCHING NEURAL NETWORK PIPELINES BASED ON NAMED MATRIX DIMENSIONS Non-Final OA SambaNova Systems, Inc.
18326712 SECURE WIRELESS OVER-THE-AIR DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN MULTIPLE VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNITS Final Rejection FCA US LLC
17166479 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT IN A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP Final Rejection Ampere Computing LLC

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