Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YAMAMOTO, JOSEPH JEREMY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2656 2857 2863

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.1%
Allow Rate
+4.1% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
+21.2%
Interview Lift
1096
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18731930 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALISING SPEAKER VERIFICATION MODELS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18544609 LANGUAGE MODEL SPECIALIZATION VIA PROMPT ANALYSIS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
17963356 DISPUTED CLAIM IDENTIFICATION IN ELECTRONIC CONTENT ITEMS Final Rejection Primer Technologies, Inc.
18649000 LEARNING MONOTONIC ALIGNMENT FOR LANGUAGE MODELS IN AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18472941 PROCESSING SENSOR DATA USING LANGUAGE MODELS IN MAP GENERATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18089189 DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC EVENT Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18710301 Adaptation and training of neural speech synthesis Non-Final OA Cerence Operating Company
18605073 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION Non-Final OA FRONTEO, Inc.
18556890 AI-Enhanced Disaster Safety Knowledge Integration Management System Final Rejection Republic of KOREA (National Disaster Management Research Institute)

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