Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BILODEAU, DUSTIN E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2664 2671

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dustin E Bilodeau handles cases in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2664. The examiner has 103 resolved cases and an allowance rate pct of 88.3. This high rate of allowance suggests a relatively favorable environment for patent applicants. The data indicates that the vast majority of applications reaching a final resolution result in a patent grant.

The median days to allowance is 1080. While the allowance rate is high, the interview lift pct is 8.4, suggesting that while interviews are helpful, they provide a smaller statistical boost compared to other examiners in the same tech center. Practitioners should weigh the cost of an interview against this modest lift, though the high baseline allowance rate pct of 88.3 remains the primary factor in prosecution planning. The overall timeline of 1080 days provides a clear expectation for the duration of the process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

88.5%
Allow Rate
+26.5% vs TC avg
123
Total Applications
+8.5%
Interview Lift
1079
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
78.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18903068 AUTOMATED SIDE BRANCH DETECTION AND ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CO-REGISRATION Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18850131 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19049260 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR AN OBJECT DETECTOR Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18448508 Dense Video Object Captioning from Disjoint Vision Non-Final OA Google LLC
18956541 METHOD FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUT POINT DATA, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE Non-Final OA Kubota Corporation
19078084 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19003209 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING POSITION-ORIENTATION OF CONTROLLER, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, CONTROLLER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18165983 MEASURING DEVICE, MOVING DEVICE, MEASURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18605788 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VASCULAR ANALYSIS Final Rejection SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18685847 Systems and Methods for Predicting Corneal Improvement From Scheimpflug Imaging Using Machine Learning Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18859298 Systems and Methods for Vision-Based Plant Detection and Scouting Application Technology Non-Final OA Precision Planting LLC
18511828 PERCEPTION DIVERSITY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19010947 System and Method of Visual Attribute Recognition Using a Deep Learning Model Non-Final OA Blue Yonder Group, Inc.
18287370 3D PERCEPTION Non-Final OA FIVE AI LIMITED
18476726 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18945098 FEW-SHOT OBJECT DETECTION WITH VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
19013868 BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION Non-Final OA Candour Oy

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