Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Beau D Spratt, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SPRATT, BEAU D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2123 2141 2143 2863 3629

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

SPRATT, BEAU D is an examiner in USPTO Technology Center 3600, Art Unit 2123. Across 460 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 78.9%, with a median of 1103 days to allowance. Interview lift is 23.8%, giving interviews a meaningful role in the overall prosecution profile while the allowance rate remains the clearest outcome indicator.

The principal companies are Google LLC, LG Electronics Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The leading firms are Baker Botts L.L.P., BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and DORITY & MANNING, P.A. Practitioners can use the established case volume to assess a generally favorable allowance environment and to plan for the median duration.

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

Performance Statistics

78.9%
Allow Rate
+26.9% vs TC avg
498
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1103
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 460 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.9%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18416640 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR A NEURAL MODULE NETWORK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18656485 ITERATIVELY TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR EVALUATIONS OF INTERNAL CONSISTENCY Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18641153 Quantum Backpropagation and Dynamic Programming Non-Final OA Google LLC
18338003 Instruction Prompt Tuning for Machine-Learned Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18575360 INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18562546 CALCULATION DEVICE, CALCULATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18591187 MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18625898 PRESENTING AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS FOR A CAPTURED IMAGE WITHIN A MESSAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18668433 DIGITAL TWIN TROUBLESHOOTING Non-Final OA Oshkosh Corporation
18366728 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17660143 ONTOLOGY CHANGE GRAPH PUBLISHING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18489325 Quantum Control System Architecture with Low-Latency Unstructured Control Flow Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18471184 FEW-SHOT CONTINUAL LEARNING WITH TASK-SPECIFIC PARAMETER SELECTION Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18598564 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE Non-Final OA Rohm Co., Ltd.
18370753 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING FAULTS Final Rejection Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18605704 MINOR EMBEDDING POST-PROCESSING TO REDUCE PHYSICAL QUBITS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17809599 SURVEILLANCE DATA FILTRATION TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA DEKA Products Limited Partnership
17578307 AI ALGORITHM OPERATION ACCELERATOR AND METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA Final Rejection Genesys Logic, Inc.
18637643 DATA LABEL CREATION FROM REDUCED DATA LABELS FOR MODEL TRAINING Non-Final OA MASTERCARD TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC
18465473 MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS Final Rejection MatrixCare, Inc.
18275145 TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE SCALING WHEN CONTROLLING AGENTS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Beau D Spratt's allowance rate?

78.9% of resolved applications examined by Beau D Spratt were allowed (460 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2123 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Beau D Spratt?

This examiner's interview lift is +23.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Beau D Spratt take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Beau D Spratt took 1,103 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Beau D Spratt work in?

Beau D Spratt examines applications in Art Unit 2123 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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