Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: VANWORMER, SKYLAR K

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2129 2146 2147

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.2%
Allow Rate
-9.8% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+25.4%
Interview Lift
1523
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

26.8%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17446660 DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRAINING A GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17969591 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17160207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION Final Rejection Walmart Apollo, LLC
17503210 TECHNIQUES FOR INFERRING INFORMATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18468473 Characterizing Noisy Non-Clifford Gates Through Partial Pauli Twirling or Through Alternating Pauli Twirling Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18468418 CHARACTERIZING NOISY NON-CLIFFORD GATES THROUGH PARTIAL PAULI TWIRLING OR THROUGH ALTERNATING PAULI TWIRLING Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17368470 NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION APPARATUS AND QUANTIZATION METHOD Final Rejection UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

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