Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SPIELER, WILLIAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2159 2169

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

William Spieler manages a large volume of 943 resolved cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2159. The allowance rate of 73.6% is high, indicating a favorable environment for patent grants. This is supported by a median days to allowance of 1051, which provides a consistent timeline for applicants. The 943 resolved cases provide a high degree of statistical reliability for these performance metrics.

The interview lift of 9.7% provides a modest but helpful boost to the 73.6% allowance rate. While the examiner is already likely to grant a patent, the 9.7% lift shows that interviews are a useful tool for resolving specific issues. With 943 resolved cases, these figures are statistically robust. Practitioners should plan for the 1051 days of pendency while using the 9.7% lift to improve their 73.6% chance of success. The data in Art Unit 2159 suggests a predictable and relatively efficient prosecution process where direct engagement offers a clear, if small, advantage. Written prosecution is generally effective, but verbal advocacy remains a valuable option.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

73.6%
Allow Rate
+18.6% vs TC avg
976
Total Applications
+9.7%
Interview Lift
1050
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 944 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.9%
§102 Novelty
32.6%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18460699 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18672254 NEURAL NETWORK MODEL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18583149 SYSTEM AND METHOD TRANSFORMING VISUAL COMMONSENSE REASONING AS COMMONSENSE REASONING AND VISUAL RECOGNITION WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
19233437 Automatic Error Recovery For Parser Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18299651 TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS USING CUSTOM FEATURE ENGINEERING Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18846883 TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT DETECTION MODEL, AND CONTENT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18963705 UNIFIED EMBEDDING MODEL FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND CUSTOMIZATION Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
19221557 KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND CONSTRUCTING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
18958629 CONVERSION OF FREE-TEXT NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTIONS TO STRUCTURED DATA QUERIES FOR DATABASE SEARCHING USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection NICE LTD.

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