Last updated: July 17, 2026

Application No. 18/911,484

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Non-Final OA

Filed

Oct 10, 2024

Priority

Oct 18, 2023 — JP 2023-179319

Examiner

LEE, SARAH YEO

Art Unit

2616

Tech Center

2600 — Communications

Assignee

Canon Inc.

OA Round

1 (Non-Final)

Examiner Intelligence

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Grants only 0% of cases

Career Allowance Rate

0 granted / 0 resolved

-62.0% vs TC avg

Minimal +0% lift

Without

With

+0.0%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

Avg Prosecution

7 currently pending

Career history

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§103

100.0%

+60.0% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 0 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Oct 10, 2024

Application Filed

May 06, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed (current)

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

18/852,891

Patent 12675936

METHOD FOR REGISTERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AN OBJECT ON THE OBJECT ITSELF AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE IN AN OBJECT IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

1y 9m to grant Granted Jul 07, 2026

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Prosecution Projections

1-2

Expected OA Rounds

Grant Probability

Low

PTA Risk

Based on 0 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.