Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2625 2674 2682

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.6%
Allow Rate
+19.6% vs TC avg
869
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
973
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 838 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
50.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18580204 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18580038 IMAGE MATCHING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17937266 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18542088 SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MITOTIC FIGURES IN HISTOPATHOLOGICAL IMAGES Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18646488 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18598968 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING RISK OF INFORMATION LEAKAGE IN PRINT JOB, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18637248 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND EXECUTION METHOD Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18555814 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VISUAL CAPTIONS Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18645902 IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18631838 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
18389710 FOURIER TRANSFORM BASED MACHINE LEARNING FOR DEFECT EXAMINATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMENS Non-Final OA Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18576722 MULTI-SCALE 3D CONVOLUTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MODEL FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL VOLUMETRIC IMAGE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA The Education University of Hong Kong
18538712 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF DIGITAL ARTIFACTS WITH ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE Non-Final OA PastBook BV
18451791 VESSEL LOADING WITH GUIDANCE USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET Non-Final OA Inxeption Corporation
18123874 PERFORMING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION BASED ON FUZZY PATTERN SEARCH GENERATED USING IMAGE TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA Automation Hero, Inc.

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