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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Vincent Anton Spraul III, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SPRAUL III, VINCENT ANTON

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2129 2145

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Analysis

SPRAUL III, VINCENT ANTON works in USPTO Technology Center 2100, Art Unit 2129. The profile covers 49 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 55.1% and a median of 1592 days to allowance. Interview lift is 28.6%, making interviews a substantial consideration in a record with a long median path to allowance.

The listed companies are Capital One Services LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Google LLC. The leading firms are Akona IP PC - Intel, BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD., and BLANK ROME LLP. Because the resolved-case base is limited relative to the larger profiles, practitioners should treat the outcome measures as useful indicators while giving particular attention to prosecution timing and interview opportunities.

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

Performance Statistics

55.1%
Allow Rate
At TC average
79
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1592
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 49 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18467108 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION MONITORING Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
17661960 Predictive Severity Matrix Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18767046 TECHNIQUES FOR COMPUTING PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR MULTIOUTPUT-MULTILABEL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18574913 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATED CREATION OF A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18222327 MEMORY EFFICIENT SEQUENCE GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Google LLC
18358983 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18751926 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING BASED SENSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17820593 NEURAL NETWORK BASED POWER AND PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR VERSATILE PROCESSING UNITS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17556657 PRUNING AND/OR QUANTIZING MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTORS Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18344831 NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE BASED ON TABLE LOOKUP Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18239753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING NEURAL NETWORK EFFICIENCY OF DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORK RUNNING ON DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
17188338 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING TECHNIQUE Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18708438 FORECASTING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A MIXED-VEHICLE FLEET Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
18431481 QUANTUM COMPUTING APPROACHES FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION Non-Final OA PwC Product Sales LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Vincent Anton Spraul III's allowance rate?

55.1% of resolved applications examined by Vincent Anton Spraul III were allowed (49 resolved cases), compared with 45.4% across Art Unit 2129 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Vincent Anton Spraul III?

This examiner's interview lift is +28.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Vincent Anton Spraul III take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Vincent Anton Spraul III took 1,592 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Vincent Anton Spraul III work in?

Vincent Anton Spraul III examines applications in Art Unit 2129 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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