Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2485 2488 3661

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.2%
Allow Rate
+24.2% vs TC avg
697
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
937
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 668 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.5%
§102 Novelty
74.3%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18725216 FALLING-DOWN DETECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18161722 METHOD FOR CODING AND AN APPARATUS Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
17473709 METHOD FOR VIDEO CODING AND AN APPARATUS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
19059867 Close-in Sensing Camera System Non-Final OA WAYMO LLC
18267463 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
19076402 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17963426 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18319859 Motion Sensor Camera Illumination Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18712139 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A VEHICLE IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18747587 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CODING OF FEATURES USING SUBPICTURES Non-Final OA OP Solutions LLC
18616456 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
19011195 CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18307865 IDENTIFYING TILE FROM NETWORK ABSTRACTION UNIT HEADER Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18513590 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOVEATING VIDEO STREAM Final Rejection Varjo Technologies Oy
18429658 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESSING CMS FAULT CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Stoneridge Electronics AB
18791952 DRIVER AND OCCUPANT MONITORING USING VISION LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18131002 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF H.264 PARAMETER SETS TO RECOVER VIDEO FILE FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
18901516 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF A VEHICLE THAT BLOCKS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE Non-Final OA ELM
18606449 CENTER DEVICE, ON-VEHICLE DEVICE, AND SAFETY CONFIRMATION SYSTEM Final Rejection DENSO TEN Limited
18674067 IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS Final Rejection Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
18519469 PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS Final Rejection X-Biomedical, Inc.

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