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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Marshall L Werner, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WERNER, MARSHALL L

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2122 2125 2152

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

WERNER, MARSHALL L is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2122. The record includes 219 resolved cases and a 65.8% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1386 days. Interviews show a 41.3% lift, indicating that examiner interaction may substantially improve the allowance outcome. Applicants should consider an interview when they can present a focused claim strategy and explain why the proposed limitations address the cited references.

The leading companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The leading firms are Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP, Harrity & Harrity , LLP, and Cherson Feldenkrais IP Law Firm LLP. The technology mix is concentrated in computing and communications. The long timeline supports early planning for amendments, interviews, and possible continuation activity.

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

Performance Statistics

65.8%
Allow Rate
+10.8% vs TC avg
282
Total Applications
+41.3%
Interview Lift
1386
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 219 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.8%
§102 Novelty
39.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18554517 METHODS FOR TRANSFER LEARNING IN CSI-COMPRESSION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18144100 DATA MANAGEMENT, REDUCTION AND SAMPLING SCHEMES FOR STORAGE DEVICE FAILURE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17900522 Method for Optimizing Neural Networks Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18297850 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18237331 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Google LLC
18481164 LEARNING LATENT-SPACE BARRIER FUNCTIONS FROM SAFE DEMONSTRATIONS Final Rejection TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17967650 TRANSFER MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17966568 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAINING USING UNSUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION WITH MULTI-SOURCE META-DISTILLATION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17088398 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR A QUANTUM CIRCUIT SIMULATOR Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18500014 PRE-PROCESSING FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORK COMPILATION USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18765042 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DATA OPERATIONS MODELLING Non-Final OA ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
18701935 CALCULATION DEVICE, CALCULATION METHOD, AND CALCULATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18628705 PREDICTING IMPLICIT DEVICE PARAMETERS FOR QUANTUM DEVICES USING TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18298791 DUAL-MOMENTUM GRADIENT OPTIMIZATION WITH REDUCED MEMORY REQUIREMENTS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18498273 SYNTHESIS OF QUANTUM CIRCUITS FOR PREPARING SUPERPOSED STATES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18463240 REINFORCED LEARNING FOR QUANTUM DESIGN Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18236047 FREQUENCY CONTROL AND TUNING OF MODULAR DEVICES Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17977880 ATTRIBUTE-BASED CALIBRATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17452287 AUTOMATED TIME SERIES FORECASTING PIPELINE RANKING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18176106 HORIZONTAL FEDERATED REGRESSION RANDOM FOREST WITH SECURE AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18060089 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DEPLOYMENT OF RELATED INFERENCE MODELS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Marshall L Werner's allowance rate?

65.8% of resolved applications examined by Marshall L Werner were allowed (219 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Marshall L Werner?

This examiner's interview lift is +41.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Marshall L Werner take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Marshall L Werner took 1,386 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Marshall L Werner work in?

Marshall L Werner examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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