Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

OmniVision Technologies Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 68 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

4
Hard (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
44% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D 1 83.4% +15.6%
NGUYEN, VAN THU T 1 82.8% +6.5%
YE, LIN 1 34.6% +26.7%
PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K 1 78.4% +13.5%
CAMARGO, MARLY S.B. 1 86.9% +12.5%
LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH 1 86.7% +1.3%
YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 1 73.8% +19.5%
LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD 1 68.3% +38.9%
NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 1 68.6% +32.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19001419 METHOD OF DETECTING A DEFOCUS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D
18937933 HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS WITH ADJUSTABLE CONTRAST THRESHOLDS CAMARGO, MARLY S.B.
18656194 STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH METAL PAD FOR REDUCED VOLTAGE DROP LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18988611 NOISE REDUCTION FOR MIXED IN-MEMORY COMPUTING NGUYEN, VAN THU T
18391236 IMAGE SENSOR WITH LIGHT BALANCING STRUCTURE AND METHODS THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY
18354318 Multichannel Integrated Endoscope System LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD
18320606 IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGES AND METHOD THEREOF NETTLES, CORALIE ANN

Interview Candidates (7)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18970894 MULTIPLE READ IMAGE SENSORS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR THE SAME YE, LIN 14d
19001419 METHOD OF DETECTING A DEFOCUS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D
18968153 COLOR CORRECTION METHOD FOR FILTER-LESS PIXELS PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K
18937933 HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS WITH ADJUSTABLE CONTRAST THRESHOLDS CAMARGO, MARLY S.B.
18391236 IMAGE SENSOR WITH LIGHT BALANCING STRUCTURE AND METHODS THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY
18354318 Multichannel Integrated Endoscope System LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD
18320606 IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGES AND METHOD THEREOF NETTLES, CORALIE ANN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2638 2
2637 2
2891 1
3795 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19001419 METHOD OF DETECTING A DEFOCUS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D 2638 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 25, 2024
18988611 NOISE REDUCTION FOR MIXED IN-MEMORY COMPUTING NGUYEN, VAN THU T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18970894 MULTIPLE READ IMAGE SENSORS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR THE SAME YE, LIN 2637 §102§103DP Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18968153 COLOR CORRECTION METHOD FOR FILTER-LESS PIXELS PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K 2637 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2024
18937933 HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS WITH ADJUSTABLE CONTRAST THRESHOLDS CAMARGO, MARLY S.B. 2638 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18656194 STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH METAL PAD FOR REDUCED VOLTAGE DROP LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18391236 IMAGE SENSOR WITH LIGHT BALANCING STRUCTURE AND METHODS THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18354318 Multichannel Integrated Endoscope System LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD 3795 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023
18320606 IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGES AND METHOD THEREOF NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2023

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