Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, PAULINHO E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2123 2124 2125 2127 2129

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+25.2% vs TC avg
557
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
1200
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 530 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.6%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
37.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19067175 CORRECTING FOR OVERFITTING IN A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA D5AI LLC
17435785 MODEL CREATION METHOD, MODEL CREATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18180802 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNSUPERVISED REPRESENTATION LEARNING FOR BIPARTITE GRAPHS Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
18303157 COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17699170 DETECTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTNG SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
17948460 METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17729348 SELECTING A WINDOW TREATMENT FABRIC Non-Final OA Lutron Technology Company LLC
17980906 LOGISTICS PROVIDER RECOMMENDATION USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18064125 DOMAIN-CUSTOMIZABLE MODELS FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18113807 METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A LONGEVITY ELEMENT AND AN INSTRUCTION SET FOR A LONGEVITY ELEMENT PLAN Final Rejection KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
17339322 BUILDING SYSTEM WITH A RECOMMENDATION ENGINE THAT OPERATES WITHOUT STARTING DATA Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Technology Company
17783981 CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING AN ARTIFICIAL RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA INAIT SA
18131077 Quantum Computer with Improved Quantum Optimization by Exploiting Marginal Data Non-Final OA Zapata Computing, Inc.
18059861 NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STACKED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
17952935 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF INPUTS TO QUANTUM COMPUTATIONAL DEVICES Final Rejection FIRST QFM AB

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