Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SPRATT, BEAU D

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2123 2141 2143 2863 4100

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.9%
Allow Rate
+18.9% vs TC avg
474
Total Applications
+24.2%
Interview Lift
1102
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 451 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18416640 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR A NEURAL MODULE NETWORK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18579503 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18577549 TRANSFER LEARNING METHOD FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
18369781 PROVIDING A VIDEO PREVIEW OF SEARCH RESULTS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18338003 Instruction Prompt Tuning for Machine-Learned Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18084267 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18575360 INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18562546 CALCULATION DEVICE, CALCULATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18207616 AUGMENTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROMPT DESIGN WITH EMOTIONAL CONTEXT Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18515564 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT-TOLERANT LOGICAL HADAMARD GATE OPERATION Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18478240 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR APPLYING TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO OUTPUT PAST INCIDENT INSIGHT INTERFACE COMPONENTS TO AN INCIDENT ALERT MANAGEMENT USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA ATLASSIAN PTY LTD.
18258728 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RENEWAL Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18366728 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18471184 FEW-SHOT CONTINUAL LEARNING WITH TASK-SPECIFIC PARAMETER SELECTION Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18423699 ML/AI MODEL COMPARISON AND SELECTION BASED ON OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18178351 MANAGING DATA DRIFT IN MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING INCREMENTAL LEARNING AND EXPLAINABILITY Final Rejection Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
17660143 ONTOLOGY CHANGE GRAPH PUBLISHING SYSTEM Final Rejection Optum, Inc.
18489325 Quantum Control System Architecture with Low-Latency Unstructured Control Flow Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18275145 TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE SCALING WHEN CONTROLLING AGENTS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited
18172521 INDIVIDUALIZED CLASSIFICATION THRESHOLDS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
18217356 Machine Learning Model for Predicting Likelihoods of Events on Multiple Different Surfaces of an Online System Final Rejection Maplebear Inc. (dba Instacart)

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