Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: WAESCO, JOSEPH M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2425 2644 3623 3625 3662 3683

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Analysis

Joseph M Waesco is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2425. The examiner has 471 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 46.5%, and the interview lift is 42.6%. This 42.6% lift is a major factor, as it indicates a significant increase in the probability of success when an interview is conducted.

The median days to allowance is 1198. This 1198-day timeline is the standard for cases that reach allowance. The 46.5% allowance rate indicates a moderate level of difficulty, but the 42.6% interview lift provides a clear path to improve outcomes. The 471 resolved cases offer a solid foundation for these observations.

Practitioners should strongly consider an interview given the 42.6% lift. The 46.5% allowance rate suggests that written prosecution alone may be challenging. With 1198 median days to allowance, early intervention through an interview could be a decisive factor for success in Art Unit 2425.

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

Performance Statistics

46.5%
Allow Rate
-5.5% vs TC avg
525
Total Applications
+42.6%
Interview Lift
1198
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 471 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

48.4%
§101 Eligibility
2.7%
§102 Novelty
34.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18824898 PSEUDO RANDOM PROJECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19020498 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18458114 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RETRAINING Final Rejection American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18325527 Application Prototyping Systems And Methods Final Rejection NXP USA, Inc.
18676409 INFERENCE DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18952840 EFFICIENT ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTATION OF DECAY VELOCITY ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
19210920 Techniques for Generating Analytics Reports Non-Final OA Google LLC
19203662 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MEMBERSHIPS RECOMMENDATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18950686 MEDIA DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION USING RETURN PATH DATA Final Rejection The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18907754 STORE RENTAL SUPPORT DEVICE, STORE RENTAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18839795 ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19052570 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIAS EVALUATION PROGRAM, BIAS EVALUATION METHOD, AND BIAS EVALUATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18805020 NOVEL PROCEDURE BETWEEN SERVER AND DISTRIBUTED CLIENTS FOR AI/ML FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18871805 PROJECTION BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT ORDERING SYSTEM Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18763285 COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR MEETINGS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18655680 OBJECT-BASED PROCESS MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
18820989 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE AND USAGE OF A QUESTION ANSWERING COGNITIVE COMPUTING TOOL Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18647576 Secure Evaluation Of An Artificial Intelligence Engine Non-Final OA Zoom Communications, Inc.
18544597 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING MULTI-HOP TURNAROUND TIME OPERATIONS IN AIRCRAFT Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18993131 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STRUCTURED DATA REPRESENTING BUSINESS PROCESS Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18961838 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18115061 SALES ACTIVITY SUPPORT APPARATUS AND SALES ACTIVITY SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18355749 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18967681 TRAINING A MODEL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOODS OF USERS PERFORMING AN ACTION AFTER BEING PRESENTED WITH A CONTENT ITEM Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18806181 Social Engineering Threat Assessment Platform (SETAP) Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18821117 INTEGRATED NETWORK DEPLOYMENT TOOL Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
19071177 Article Transport Facility Non-Final OA Daifuku Co., Ltd.
18612576 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING A COMPILER-AWARE NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18266367 METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF NEUTRONICS PARAMETERS USING DEEP LEARNING Final Rejection UT-Battelle, LLC
18511630 QUANTUM-COMPUTING-ENHANCED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTITY ALLOCATION Non-Final OA PwC Product Sales LLC

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