Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ALCON, FERNANDO

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2425

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
745
Total Applications
+8.9%
Interview Lift
897
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
58.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18868374 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18273461 RANGING DEVICE, RANGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RANGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18877502 VIDEO PLAYING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18956733 TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18955001 RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18967811 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING PROGRAMS Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18932871 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF PROXIMATE DEVICES Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18897712 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY STORING SPECIFIC VERSIONS OF MEDIA ASSETS Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18855296 PROVIDING SEGMENTATION INFORMATION FOR IMMERSIVE VIDEO Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18985772 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT USER ATTENTIVENESS TO HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICES Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18868696 LIVE-STREAMING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.
18933998 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND EVENTS Non-Final OA STRATOSAUDIO, INC.
17995754 INCLINATION SENSOR AND DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION

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