Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: WAJE, CARLO C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2146 2151 2182

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

Carlo C. Waje manages a docket in Art Unit 2146 of Tech Center 2100, with 243 resolved cases currently on record. The examiner's allowance rate stands at 68.3 percent, providing a clear baseline for expectations during the prosecution process. This 68.3 percent rate suggests that while grants are common, the examiner maintains a standard that requires thorough technical justification from applicants.

The median days to allowance is 1161, showing the typical duration for successful applications. This timeline indicates that prosecution may involve multiple rounds of responses before reaching a final grant. Practitioners should prioritize interviews, given the interview lift of 33.4 percent, which is one of the more significant positive correlations between direct communication and allowance outcomes in this tech center.

With a 33.4 percent lift, an interview can be the deciding factor in moving a case toward allowance. This strategy is particularly useful given the 1161 day median, as verbal discussion can clarify misunderstandings that might otherwise lead to additional office actions. Applicants should leverage this high lift to improve their overall success rate beyond the 68.3 percent baseline.

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

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
+13.3% vs TC avg
277
Total Applications
+33.4%
Interview Lift
1161
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 243 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
29.8%
§103 Obviousness
32.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18194894 STATIC CMOS-BASED COMPACT FULL ADDER CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18108718 IN MEMORY COMPUTING PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF WITH DIRECTION-BASED PROCESSING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17862500 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DATA COMPRESSION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17397082 NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17900132 CALCULATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18125581 Method for Processing Floating Point Number and Related Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17864732 ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, FLOATING-POINT NUMBER MULTIPLICATION CALCULATION METHOD, AND DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18148259 MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
18061324 TECHNIQUES FOR THREAD REDUCTION IN PROCESSING TENSORS UTILIZING SPARSITY DETECTION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17954131 TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYBRID DIGITAL/ANALOG PROCESSORS FOR A QUANTUM COMPUTER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17832999 CONTROL LOGIC FOR CONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE MULTI-PRECISION OPERATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17898722 ARITHMETIC PROCESSING DEVICE AND ARITHMETIC PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
17862435 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18247942 ESTIMATION METHOD, ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
17963559 MULTIVARIATE NORMALIZATION OF WELL LOGS USING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MODELING Final Rejection Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
18109690 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLOATING-POINT DATA TYPE MATRIX MULTIPLICATION BASED ON OUTER PRODUCT Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18047377 OPTIMIZATION OF EXPECTATION VALUE CALCULATION WITH STATEVECTOR Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18161024 Computer-Implemented Symbolic Differentiation Using Chain Rule Non-Final OA Skydio, Inc.
18913524 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MATRIX TRANSFORMATIONS WITHIN A MEMORY ARRAY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17866333 Network-Ready Storage Products with Artificial Intelligence Accelerators Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18150810 COMPUTATION METHOD AND COMPUTATION APPARATUS WITH INPUT SWAPPING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17558105 COMPUTE IN MEMORY ACCUMULATOR Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18145757 FLOATING POINT FUSED MULTIPLY ACCUMULATE Non-Final OA Arm Limited
17698166 MULTIPLE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS Final Rejection Arm Limited
18111846 BROADCAST DATA, SHARED WEIGHT MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
17995199 FORCE-DIRECTED GRAPH LAYOUT Non-Final OA BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
18078234 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING EIGENSTATE OF QUANTUM SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

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