Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SPRAUL III, VINCENT ANTON

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2129 2145 4100

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Vincent Anton Spraul III operates within Art Unit 2129 of Tech Center 4100. He has managed 47 resolved cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 57.4%. This rate provides a baseline for applicants seeking patent grants in his docket. Practitioners should prepare for the examination process based on these historical outcomes in Art Unit 2129.

The data indicates an interview lift of 28.5%, which implies that conducting interviews may improve the chances of reaching an allowance. The median days to allowance for his cases is 1590. This duration reflects the typical timeline for successful prosecution under his review. Given the 28.5% lift, engagement through an interview could be a strategic priority to navigate the 1590 day timeline. The 57.4% allowance rate suggests that while hurdles exist, verbal communication is a tool for resolution. With 47 resolved cases, the examiner has an established record in Tech Center 4100.

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

Performance Statistics

56.3%
Allow Rate
-3.7% vs TC avg
72
Total Applications
+26.5%
Interview Lift
1599
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 48 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.5%
§102 Novelty
51.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18333670 CONVERTING HISTORICAL TRANSACTION DATA INTO MERCHANT VECTORS FOR MODEL TRAINING Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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
17661960 Predictive Severity Matrix Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
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
18240183 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS MACHINE OPERATIONS USING HYPERBOLIC EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18421478 PLUG-AND-PLAY MODULE FOR DE-BIASING PREDICTIVE MODELS VIA MACHINE-GENERATED NOISE Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
17556657 PRUNING AND/OR QUANTIZING MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTORS Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18767046 TECHNIQUES FOR COMPUTING PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR MULTIOUTPUT-MULTILABEL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18358983 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18239753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING NEURAL NETWORK EFFICIENCY OF DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORK RUNNING ON DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18344831 NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE BASED ON TABLE LOOKUP Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17188338 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING TECHNIQUE Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18331248 DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM SERVER Final Rejection SHIMADZU 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
17486272 PREDICTIVE ANOMALY DETECTION USING DEFINED INTERACTION LEVEL ANOMALY SCORES Non-Final OA UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

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