Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2656 2659

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.7%
Allow Rate
+14.7% vs TC avg
394
Total Applications
+36.7%
Interview Lift
991
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 360 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.7%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
50.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18786830 System and method for detecting deep fake audio Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18840546 HEARING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, HEARING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18174740 GENERATING NEW CONTENT FROM EXISTING PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATION CONTENT USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18064977 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPTIONS USING AN ENSEMBLE METHOD FOR AUDIO TEMPO AND PITCH Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18442776 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATED CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION METHODS USING BOUNDARY COALESCING CHUNKS Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18428790 AUGMENTING SEMANTIC SEARCH SCORES BASED ON RELEVANCY AND POPULARITY Non-Final OA Intuit Inc.
18375775 IDENTIFICATION AND ALERT GENERATION FOR MISCATEGORIZATIONS IN CATEGORIZATION PROBLEMS Non-Final OA Intuit Inc.
18836522 SIGNAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM, SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18312148 LEVEL-OF-DETAIL AUDIO CODEC Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18836887 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SCORING FROM USER-CREATED ESSAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA COLLEGENIE.AI CORP.
18777278 CENTRALIZED SYNTHETIC SPEECH DETECTION SYSTEM USING WATERMARKING Non-Final OA PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
18303573 INFORMATION REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD, INFORMATION, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA WASEDA UNIVERSITY
18617211 TECHNIQUES FOR COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW Final Rejection ECNE Research, LLC
18389749 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDATION OF SUITABLE ASSETS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) Final Rejection Quantiphi, Inc

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