Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SPRAUL III, VINCENT ANTON

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2129 2145 4100

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.5%
Allow Rate
-3.5% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+27.4%
Interview Lift
1600
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 46 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18333670 CONVERTING HISTORICAL TRANSACTION DATA INTO MERCHANT VECTORS FOR MODEL TRAINING Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
17556657 PRUNING AND/OR QUANTIZING MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTORS Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18574913 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATED CREATION OF A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18467108 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION MONITORING Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
17661960 Predictive Severity Matrix Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
17820593 NEURAL NETWORK BASED POWER AND PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR VERSATILE PROCESSING UNITS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18421478 PLUG-AND-PLAY MODULE FOR DE-BIASING PREDICTIVE MODELS VIA MACHINE-GENERATED NOISE Non-Final OA PAYPAL, INC.
18379406 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION-DIRECTED PESSIMISM FOR OFFLINE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Non-Final OA JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
18344831 NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE BASED ON TABLE LOOKUP Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18240183 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS MACHINE OPERATIONS USING HYPERBOLIC EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18358983 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
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
17193171 IMITATION LEARNING WITH FITTED Q ITERATION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18318409 Compiler for Quantum Computing Non-Final OA Northeastern University
17486272 PREDICTIVE ANOMALY DETECTION USING DEFINED INTERACTION LEVEL ANOMALY SCORES Final Rejection UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

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