Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, SEAN THOMAS

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2659

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
43
Total Applications
+33.3%
Interview Lift
978
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.9%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
50.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§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.
18421812 GENERATING QUERY OUTCOMES USING DOMAIN-BASED CAUSAL GRAPHS AND LARGE GENERATIVE MODELS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, 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
18605538 PROCESSING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18614792 CHATBOT TO GUIDE USER BACK TO TOPIC OF INTEREST Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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.
18605602 SUMMARIZING COMPUTER SYSTEM ALERTS USING GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18670819 VISUAL RESPONSES TO USER INPUTS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18620389 UNLEARNING DATA FROM LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18453697 CLINICAL WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18535122 THREAT INTELLIGENCE DIALOGUE SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A PROPRIETARY THREAT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE Final Rejection Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18429131 SEARCHING PROGRAMMING CODE REPOSITORIES USING LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS Final Rejection Intuit, 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
18740725 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA MASHANG CONSUMER FINANCE CO., LTD.
18356195 AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
18498926 DOCUMENT ABSTRACTION ENGINE Final Rejection CBRE, INC.
18271666 MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Eyeora Limited

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