Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: YAARY, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2141 2151 2182 2183 2193

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael D. Yaary is an examiner in Tech Center 2100, working within Art Unit 2100. The profile reflects a volume of 1018 resolved cases. Applications handled by this examiner have an allowance rate of 87.2 percent, which is paired with a median days to allowance of 1140. This combination provides a baseline for success and timing, where the 1140 day median represents the middle point of the prosecution duration from filing to grant.

The interview lift for this examiner is 8.1 percent. This metric suggests that engaging in an interview is associated with a higher probability of allowance than the baseline rate of 87.2 percent. For the 1018 resolved cases analyzed, the 8.1 percent lift provides a data-driven justification for practitioners to consider oral advocacy as a means to further improve the chances of securing a patent. Utilizing an interview may be a strategic choice to navigate the 1140 day median timeline more effectively.

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

Performance Statistics

87.2%
Allow Rate
+32.2% vs TC avg
1,027
Total Applications
+8.1%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1018 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
35.6%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18093929 MATRIX OPERATION METHOD AND ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18148266 MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
18147330 VECTORIZED SPARSE CONVOLUTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18042395 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18085790 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE DETECTION AND RESPONSE Non-Final OA Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
17978244 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18448390 DEEP LEARNING OPTIMIZATION THROUGH ZERO TILE MANIPULATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18161216 PERFORMING COMPARISON OPERATIONS UNDER HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18092183 PIPELINE-PARALLEL-DATAFLOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING SELF-ATTENTION COMPUTATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18148984 FLOATING-POINT UNIT WITH A FUSED MULTIPLY-ADD (FMA) ENGINE FOR GENERATING BINARY INTEGER OUTPUT OR FLOATING POINT OUTPUT BASED ON A SELECTOR Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18154374 DATA PATH FOR SCALABLE MATRIX NODE ENGINE WITH MIXED DATA FORMATS Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
17797833 SCALABLE ARRAY ARCHITECTURE FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTING Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
18002393 MATRIX INDEX INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, MATRIX PROCESSING METHOD USING MATRIX INDEX INFORMATION, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY

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