Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BEKELE, MEKONEN T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2624 2666 2699

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+17.0% vs TC avg
788
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
1045
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 772 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.6%
§101 Eligibility
27.7%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18648212 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH DETERMINING POSE OF TARGET OBJECT IN QUERY IMAGE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18368978 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING PLURALITY OF CAMERAS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18845100 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18840463 VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18192857 IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18610221 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18596653 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18845034 FOREIGN OBJECT INSPECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18719976 SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE, SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD, AUTOMATIC DEFECT REPAIR SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18849710 DETERMINING INTENT TO OPEN A DOOR Non-Final OA ASSA ABLOY AB
18977558 MACHINING COMPONENT USING SCAN DATA OF INTERNAL ARTIFACT(S) Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18431527 CONDITIONAL DIFFUSION MODEL FOR DATA-TO-DATA TRANSLATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18352579 MULTI-MODAL SYNTHETIC CONTENT GENERATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19005067 IMAGE GENERATION WITH LEARNED SUPERVISION Non-Final OA Shutterstock, Inc.

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