Listed by the USPTO as BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2122 2661 2667 3794
This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases
BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2122. Her profile shows 307 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 84.4%, and a median of 929 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 10.3% lift, supporting their use as one practical option for addressing prosecution issues.
NEC Corporation, Apple Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated appear among the listed companies. The associated firms are AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, Astute IP Law Group, and HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. These organizations identify representative electronics and communications activity, while the reported metrics help practitioners plan claim strategy and expected prosecution duration.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948235 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING AND CAPTURING IMAGES | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18886628 | Contextual Matching | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 19080610 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18949390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT IMAGE GENERATION USING DIFFUSION MODEL SAMPLING | Non-Final OA | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. |
| 18865816 | POSE ANALYZING APPARATUS, POSE ANALYZING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18864960 | POSE ANALYZING APPARATUS, POSE ANALYZING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18714109 | CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | NEC Corporation |
| 18690855 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND VIDEO IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | Final Rejection | NEC CORPORATION |
| 18999192 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| 18940185 | CALIBRATION OF PARAMETERS OF A SENSOR | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18903529 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGE TRANSFER | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18981056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING VIDEO | Non-Final OA | KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 18645575 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VOLUME OF CALCIUM IN AN AORTA | Final Rejection | Siemens Healthineers AG |
| 18880884 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTRICTING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN A CAMERA IMAGE | Non-Final OA | MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG |
| 18953435 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VISUALIZATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | Tokyo Electron Limited |
| 18740276 | TECHNIQUES FOR POSE ESTIMATION AND TRACKING OF NOVEL OBJECTS | Final Rejection | NVIDIA CORPORATION |
| 18404654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-COST HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND TERRAIN DATA GENERATION | Non-Final OA | Honeywell International Inc. |
| 18867005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CHARGING ARTIFACT IN INSPECTION IMAGE | Non-Final OA | ASML Netherlands B.V. |
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Build Your Strategy84.4% of resolved applications examined by Kathleen M Broughton were allowed (307 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +10.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Kathleen M Broughton took 929 days on average from filing to allowance.
Kathleen M Broughton examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).