Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, SEAN THOMAS

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2659

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
43
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1001
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 7 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
1.0%
§102 Novelty
92.8%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18741127 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18225991 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRAINING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODEL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18605602 SUMMARIZING COMPUTER SYSTEM ALERTS USING GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18633777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TRANSFER MESSAGES BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED DATA Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18620771 TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BASED ON AGGREGATING ANNOTATED COMMUNICATION CONTENT Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18614792 CHATBOT TO GUIDE USER BACK TO TOPIC OF INTEREST Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18249275 Dynamic Language Models for Continuously Evolving Content Non-Final OA Google LLC
18492163 MODEL EMERGENT CAPABILITY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18214377 TRAINING A LOGICAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH A PRUNED LIST OF PREDICATES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17817024 INTERFACING WITH PLANNED OPERATIONS OF AN AGGREGATED ASSISTANT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18593316 TECHNIQUES FOR MANUFACTURING TRAINING DATA TO TRANSFORM NATURAL LANGUAGE INTO A VISUALIZATION REPRESENTATION Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18474878 GENERATING AND PROVIDING AGGREGATED FEED INTERFACES SUMMARIZING THREAD DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA FEEDS Final Rejection Dropbox, Inc.
18535122 THREAT INTELLIGENCE DIALOGUE SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A PROPRIETARY THREAT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18605538 PROCESSING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18620389 UNLEARNING DATA FROM LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18482754 DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS FROM UNSTRUCTURED DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18717386 SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18628271 INTERACTIVE SEMANTIC DOCUMENT MAPPING AND NAVIGATION WITH MEANING-BASED FEATURES Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18356195 AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
18740725 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA MASHANG CONSUMER FINANCE CO., LTD.
18429131 SEARCHING PROGRAMMING CODE REPOSITORIES USING LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Intuit, Inc.
18498926 DOCUMENT ABSTRACTION ENGINE Final Rejection CBRE, INC.
18341463 METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS FOR LEXICAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Nielsen Consumer LLC
18271666 MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Eyeora Limited

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