Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WELCH, JENNIFER N

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2100 2125 2126 2143 2145 2147 2187 2195 4115

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.6%
Allow Rate
+14.6% vs TC avg
365
Total Applications
+29.0%
Interview Lift
1592
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 339 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
73.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17965324 INFERENCE DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFERENCE METHOD USING A KNOWLEDGE BASE Final Rejection MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
17286287 HANDLING OF MACHINE LEARNING TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17688654 COMPILER-BASED NEURON-AWARE DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLE TRAINING Final Rejection Northwestern University
18166776 Methods and Apparatus for Training a Machine Learning Algorithm Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
17702064 NODE DISAMBIGUATION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18305025 ANALYTICS PERSONALIZATION FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA Google LLC
17330771 Leveraging and Training an Artificial Intelligence Model for Control Identification Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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