Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, SEAN THOMAS

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2659

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+10.7% vs TC avg
48
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
979
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 11 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
51.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18480963 Generic Conversational Chatbot Handoff to Domain-Specific Chatbots Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18741127 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18225991 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRAINING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODEL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18605538 PROCESSING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18885356 RETURNING REFERENCES FOR ANSWERS GENERATED BY A LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18593316 TECHNIQUES FOR MANUFACTURING TRAINING DATA TO TRANSFORM NATURAL LANGUAGE INTO A VISUALIZATION REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18459298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURODIVERGENCE-DRIVEN AMBIGUITY DETECTION AND RESOLUTION Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18717386 SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18421812 GENERATING QUERY OUTCOMES USING DOMAIN-BASED CAUSAL GRAPHS AND LARGE GENERATIVE MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18990653 APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18628271 INTERACTIVE SEMANTIC DOCUMENT MAPPING AND NAVIGATION WITH MEANING-BASED FEATURES Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18533378 GENERATING UNSTRUCTURED DATA FROM STRUCTURED DATA Non-Final OA SAP SE
18482754 DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS FROM UNSTRUCTURED DOCUMENTS Final Rejection ADOBE INC.
18464330 System and Method for Deploying Customized Large Language Models to Assist Individuals with Disabilities Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18492163 MODEL EMERGENT CAPABILITY ANALYSIS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18214377 TRAINING A LOGICAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH A PRUNED LIST OF PREDICATES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17934583 COMPRESSING OPERATION DATA FOR ENERGY SAVING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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