Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: TRACY JR., EDWARD

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2656

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
139
Total Applications
+33.9%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.9%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
75.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18180432 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATION Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
19057402 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18929102 HIERARCHICAL RECURRENT ADAPTERS FOR EFFICIENT MULTI-TASK ADAPTATION OF LARGE SPEECH MODELS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18958401 PROMPT TUNING METHOD, PROMPT TUNING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19042564 Automated Data Extraction Using Large Language Model Non-Final OA PayPal, Inc.
18879314 EXTRACTION APPARATUS, GENERATION APPARATUS, EXTRACTION METHOD, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18336631 COMPREHENSIVE SEARCHES BASED ON TEXT SUMMARIES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18367510 Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Spatial Processing Audio Scenes Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18942853 ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERATING QA PAIRS FROM CONTEXTS Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
19024275 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO BUILD DYNAMIC APPLICATION PROMPTS WITH SUMMARIZATION FROM INTERACTION DATA Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18674008 System and method for dynamically adjusting interactive voice response features based on user speech characteristics Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18250393 DEEP-LEARNING BASED SPEECH ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18354956 CAUSALLY-AWARE ATTRIBUTE CONTROLLED STATEMENT GENERATION IN LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18654624 DETECTION AND ATTENUATION OF VOCAL ARTIFACTS IN AUDIO Non-Final OA Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month