Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2616

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
387
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1089
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 350 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
70.2%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18773310 CONTENT EVALUATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Wacom Co., Ltd.
18795466 DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18618728 DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18369638 Image Generation with Resolution Constraints Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18367660 TECHNIQUES FOR VIEWING 3D PHOTOS AND 3D VIDEOS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18531336 ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF LOCATIONS IN A SCENE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18618663 SINGLE FORMAT FRAME PACKING AND VIDEO COMPRESSION FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF 3D HDR CONTENT Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18084685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCEPTUALIZING A VIRTUAL OR LIVE OBJECT Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18336721 INTELLIGENT DASHBOARD SEARCH ENGINE Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18249190 RENDERING FORMAT SELECTION BASED ON VIRTUAL DISTANCE Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18560929 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18612781 OPTICAL EFFECT SYSTEM FOR ATTRACTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Universal City Studios LLC
17830097 AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL MODIFICATIONS TO TREATMENT PLANS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18650460 TRAINING GENERATIVE MODELS FOR GENERATING STYLIZED CONTENT Non-Final OA Accenture Global Solutions Limited
18715769 DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA Komatsu Ltd.
18638346 MESH RECONSTRUCTION USING DATA-DRIVEN PRIORS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18500852 AVOIDING ARTIFACTS FROM TEXTURE PATTERNS IN CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18753311 Mixed Latency Video System for Generating Images Non-Final OA KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc
18776469 ADVERSARIALLY GENERATED COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA DeepSig Inc.
18410892 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANIMATING HAIR WITH RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT FIBER DEFORMATION Non-Final OA DIGITAL DOMAIN VIRTUAL HUMAN (US), INC.
18417109 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Non-Final OA Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
18207140 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Non-Final OA Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
18435267 GENERATING MEASUREMENTS OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF SENSOR DATA Final Rejection Flyreel, Inc.
18489883 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING MODIFIED SCENE IN AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection ZEALITY INC.

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