USPTO Examiner GIROUX GEORGE - Art Unit 2128

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18642614ENHANCED VALIDITY MODELING USING MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUESApril 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18582425CASCADING COMMAND SET ENGINEERINGFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2330YesNo
18497893PRIVATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL OF A USER FOR USE BY AN AUTONOMOUS PERSONAL COMPANIONOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18334949ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED PROBLEM DESCRIPTIONSJune 2023September 2025Abandon2820YesNo
18132929HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKApril 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18116170STRUCTURE-BASED DEEP GENERATIVE MODEL FOR BINDING SITE DESCRIPTORS EXTRACTION AND DE NOVO MOLECULAR GENERATIONMarch 2023March 2025Allow2540YesNo
18022985METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE SEARCH FRAMEWORK, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMFebruary 2023November 2024Abandon2120NoNo
18070195GENERATING, USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL, REQUEST AGNOSTIC INTERACTION SCORES FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND UTILIZATION OF SAMENovember 2022June 2025Allow3020YesNo
17990242MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING CONTENT ANOMALIES IN A TARGET DIGITAL ARTIFACTNovember 2022July 2024Abandon2021NoNo
17986532APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DESIGN PLAN COMPLIANCE USING MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2022March 2024Allow1630YesNo
17973344AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF LESSONS-LEARNED INCIDENT RECORDSOctober 2022January 2025Allow2750YesNo
18049106SYSTEM FOR DEEP LEARNING USING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHSOctober 2022January 2025Allow2620YesNo
17970509DEEP LEARNING-BASED SPLICE SITE CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2022January 2026Allow3820YesNo
17962348Activation Functions for Deep Neural NetworksOctober 2022April 2025Allow3030NoNo
17955763MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR FOOD TECHNOLOGYSeptember 2022July 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17901629IDENTIFYING TARGET REGIONS IN A COGNITIVE RESERVOIR SYSTEMSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3420YesYes
17799933PURE INTEGER QUANTIZATION METHOD FOR LIGHTWEIGHT NEURAL NETWORK (LNN)August 2022December 2023Allow1620YesNo
17814684DRIFT DETECTION IN STATIC PROCESSESJuly 2022June 2023Allow1120YesNo
17848007APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONVOLUTION OPERATION OF NEURAL NETWORKJune 2022December 2024Allow3020YesNo
17806382SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND EXECUTING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE MONITORING OF RESOURCE USAGEJune 2022November 2025Abandon4240YesNo
17753727SELECTIVE TRAINING OF DEEP LEARNING MODULESMarch 2022September 2025Allow4240NoYes
17591897METHODS OF TRAINING VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODERS TO RECOGNIZE ANOMALOUS DATA IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMSFebruary 2022March 2026Allow4910YesNo
175922303-BRANCH DEEP NEURAL NETWORKFebruary 2022January 2026Allow4710NoNo
17648894METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT LEARNING ON LARGE MULTIPLEX NETWORKSJanuary 2022September 2025Allow4410NoNo
17597223DEEP NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON FLASH ANALOG FLASH COMPUTING ARRAYDecember 2021January 2026Allow4820NoNo
17644692Automatic Control Group GenerationDecember 2021September 2025Allow4510YesNo
17550280TRAINING DATA QUALITY FOR SPAM CLASSIFICATIONDecember 2021March 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17521499METHOD OF DEEP LEARINING-BASED EXAMINATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMEN AND SYSTEM THEREOFNovember 2021August 2024Allow3420YesNo
17499930RESERVOIR COMPUTEROctober 2021September 2025Allow4710NoNo
17493064SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INITIATING AN UPDATED USER AMELIORATIVE PLANOctober 2021February 2026Allow5220YesNo
17491581COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSOctober 2021December 2025Abandon5110NoNo
17488141BOOSTING DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING PERFORMANCE BY COMBINING OFF-LINE DATA AND SIMULATORSSeptember 2021October 2025Allow4810NoNo
17437871CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK DETERMINATION FOUNDATION EXTRACTION METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17351425SYSTEM AND ARCHITECTURE NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR INCLUDING FILTER CIRCUITJune 2021January 2026Allow5511NoNo
17346842TRACE-BASED NEUROMORPHIC ARCHITECTURE FOR ADVANCED LEARNINGJune 2021July 2025Abandon4920YesNo
17335819GENERATING INPUT DATA FOR A MACHINE LEARNING MODELJune 2021December 2024Allow4310YesNo
17307950MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR FOOD TECHNOLOGYMay 2021September 2022Allow1630YesNo
17234980DYNAMIC VIDEO CONTENT OPTIMIZATIONApril 2021April 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17286854ROBUST LEARNING DEVICE, ROBUST LEARNING METHOD, AND ROBUST LEARNING PROGRAMApril 2021May 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17209341using a prediction model to manage retraing of a trainable modelMarch 2021April 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17200023PREDICTING GEOSPATIAL MEASURESMarch 2021September 2025Allow5430YesNo
17199976NEURAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2021September 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17200097GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF LOCATION EMBEDDINGSMarch 2021December 2025Allow5840YesNo
17200003DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RANDOM WALK SIMULATIONMarch 2021June 2025Allow5130YesYes
17183716SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PREDICTING COGNITIVE STATES OF A SENDER OF AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGEFebruary 2021November 2025Abandon5760YesNo
17149430TRAINING METHOD FOR A GENERATOR NEURAL NETWORK IMPOSING DATA EQUIVARIANCESJanuary 2021June 2025Allow5320NoYes
17145804SELECTIVE BIT INVERSION IN STORAGE OPERATIONS FOR MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2021March 2025Allow5020YesNo
17145000METHOD FOR BUILDING A HEART RHYTHM CLASSIFICATION MODELJanuary 2021August 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17131500SELECTING ACTIONS FROM LARGE DISCRETE ACTION SETS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGDecember 2020October 2023Allow3410NoNo
17129148APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT GRADIENT COMPUTATION IN NEUTRAL NETWORKDecember 2020May 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17107763CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELSNovember 2020June 2025Allow5530NoNo
16949556METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SIGNAL-TO-NOISE PERFORMANCE IN QUANTUM COMPUTATIONNovember 2020October 2024Abandon4810NoNo
17052178NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING ELEMENT OF ACCELERATOR TILEOctober 2020January 2025Allow5020YesNo
17063709SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED USER ACTIONSOctober 2020July 2025Abandon5840YesNo
17062556INSTRUCTION LENGTH DECODINGOctober 2020November 2024Allow4930YesNo
17061187MACHINE VISION PARSING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS EMPLOYING NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2020January 2025Allow5220NoNo
16982781LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2020March 2025Abandon5320YesNo
16982798LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAMSeptember 2020July 2024Abandon4610YesNo
17021923SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SPATIAL DATASeptember 2020December 2024Allow5130YesNo
17013106DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCESeptember 2020April 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17009713Neural Network Methods for Defining System TopologySeptember 2020November 2025Allow6030YesNo
17000612ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENTAugust 2020June 2024Allow4620YesNo
16999615TECHNIQUES FOR BIMODAL LEARNING IN A FINANCIAL CONTEXTAugust 2020September 2025Allow6040YesNo
16944251TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM TO PREDICT WHEN COMPUTING DEVICES MAY HAVE ISSUESJuly 2020October 2024Allow5040NoNo
16939950ENHANCED VALIDITY MODELING USING MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUESJuly 2020December 2023Allow4100YesNo
16923551METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL PERSONALIZATIONJuly 2020December 2023Allow4130YesNo
16892746ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC LEARNING STATE COMPRESSION FOR FEDERATED LEARNING IN INFRASTRUCTURE DOMAINSJune 2020September 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16869139COMPUTATION METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCTS OF RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKMay 2020September 2023Abandon4120NoNo
16856112NEURAL NETWORK METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2020August 2025Abandon6050YesNo
16849126SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND EXECUTING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE MONITORING OF RESOURCE USAGEApril 2020February 2022Allow2200YesNo
16839976TRAINING OF MODEL FOR PROCESSING SEQUENCE DATAApril 2020April 2024Allow4930YesNo
16829205DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING MACHINE LEARNING MODELMarch 2020October 2024Abandon5440NoNo
16699051WEIGHT QUANTIZATION IN NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2019October 2025Allow6060NoNo
16668369METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCEOctober 2019July 2021Allow2030NoNo
16588990CODED COMPUTATION STRATEGIES FOR DISTRIBUTED MATRIX-MATRIX AND MATRIX-VECTOR PRODUCTSSeptember 2019January 2026Abandon6050NoNo
16576706APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TEMPERATURE PREDICTION MODEL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2019September 2023Abandon4840NoNo
16562253MACHINE LEARNING INFORMED CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR EXTRUSION PRINTING PROCESSESSeptember 2019November 2023Allow5020YesNo
16556937ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH TRAINABLE ACTIVATION FUNCTIONS AND FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVE VALUESAugust 2019March 2023Allow4320YesNo
16524224RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS HAVING A PROBABILISTIC STATE COMPONENT AND STATE MACHINES EXTRACTED FROM THE RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2019March 2023Allow4320NoNo
16524191MULTI-TRIPLET EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON ENTITY-RELATION JOINT EXTRACTION MODELJuly 2019December 2024Abandon6040NoNo
16521680OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHODJuly 2019December 2022Allow4100NoNo
16506828METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF HYBRID LEARNING TECHNIQUESJuly 2019November 2024Abandon6040NoNo
16505747MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND BOLTZMANN MACHINE CALCULATION METHODJuly 2019March 2023Abandon4420NoNo
16476261SPARSE PROCESSING IN NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSORSJuly 2019January 2024Allow5410NoNo
16455329NEURAL NETWORK LAYER-BY-LAYER DEBUGGINGJune 2019December 2021Allow3010YesNo
16448355METHOD FOR RANDOM SAMPLED CONVOLUTIONS WITH LOW COST ENHANCED EXPRESSIVE POWERJune 2019November 2023Abandon5340NoNo
16416142METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK PRUNINGMay 2019September 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16391398Cognitive System Virtual Corpus Training and UtilizationApril 2019March 2023Allow4720NoNo
16351712COMPRESSION OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSMarch 2019February 2024Allow6030YesNo
16298022SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF MULTIPLIERS IN NEURAL-NETWORK COMPUTATIONSMarch 2019November 2022Abandon4410NoNo
16297412RESOURCE-EFFICIENT NEURAL ARCHITECTSMarch 2019April 2023Allow4920YesNo
16291263Optimizing Hierarchical Classification with Adaptive Node CollapsesMarch 2019March 2023Allow4810NoNo
16278626MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPING WITH POTENTIAL OUTLIERS AND PERFECT LEARNING IN CONCEPT-DRIFTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2019March 2023Abandon4910NoNo
16274426QUALITY MONITORING AND HIDDEN QUANTIZATION IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATIONSFebruary 2019February 2023Allow4830YesNo
16268414CONTINUAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH A MULTI-TASK AGENTFebruary 2019August 2024Allow6040YesNo
16266165OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD FOR SOLVING OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS BY A STOCHASTIC SEARCHFebruary 2019March 2023Allow5030NoNo
16264863HELLINGER DISTANCE FOR MEASURING ACCURACIES OF MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION PREDICTION OF DYNAMIC BOLTZMANN MACHINEFebruary 2019June 2022Allow4110YesNo
16262620SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION USING STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED ATTRIBUTESJanuary 2019December 2022Allow4630NoNo
16259244BUILDING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR ITERATIVE WORKLOADS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJanuary 2019May 2022Allow3920YesNo
16247237Apparatus and Methods for Vector Based Transcendental FunctionsJanuary 2019January 2023Abandon6060NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GIROUX, GEORGE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
3
(37.5%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(62.5%)
Reversal Percentile
84.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 62.5% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
14
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(64.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(35.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.0%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 64.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner GIROUX, GEORGE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GIROUX, GEORGE works in Art Unit 2128 and has examined 151 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 50 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GIROUX, GEORGE's allowance rate of 70.2% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GIROUX, GEORGE receive 2.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GIROUX, GEORGE is 50 months. This places the examiner in the 5% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GIROUX, GEORGE. This interview benefit is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 18.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 74% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 10% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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