Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARNES, TED W

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2625 2675 2682

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.6%
Allow Rate
+19.6% vs TC avg
482
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
763
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 467 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18151820 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18600427 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18437040 PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18464934 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF APPLICATION FOR EXTENDING FUNCTIONS OF PRINTER DRIVER Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18241629 Perspective Correction with Gravitational Smoothing Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17859989 USAGE-AWARE COMPRESSION FOR STREAMING DATA FROM A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Tektronix, Inc.
18368651 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTED IMPORTATION OF DEVICES TO A CLOUD SERVICE Non-Final OA Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
18355553 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MATERIAL-INDUCED EFFECTS IN CT IMAGES Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18577837 POLLUTION LEVEL ESTIMATION SYSTEM, POLLUTION LEVEL ESTIMATION METHOD, AND POLLUTION LEVEL ESTIMATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
18038322 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MARKER IN AUGMENTED REALITY Final Rejection Decasight Corporation
18024428 CONTROL SYSTEM USING ROAD SURFACE RECOGNITION OF DRIVING VEHICLE AND METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection SRD KOREA CO., LTD.

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