Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, PAULINHO E

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

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+25.3% vs TC avg
563
Total Applications
+9.6%
Interview Lift
1176
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 538 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
65.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§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.
17976655 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK SLIMMING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18324454 MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL-BASED LIFE-CYCLE CLASSIFICATION FOR SELECTION OF A FORECASTING MODEL Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
17948460 METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
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.
18394656 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELATIONAL TIME SERIES LEARNING WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Non-Final OA PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
18131077 Quantum Computer with Improved Quantum Optimization by Exploiting Marginal Data Non-Final OA Zapata Computing, Inc.
17952935 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF INPUTS TO QUANTUM COMPUTATIONAL DEVICES Final Rejection FIRST QFM AB

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