Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2122 2661 2667 3794
This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases
Kathleen M Broughton serves as an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2122. She has resolved 293 cases, which offers a solid basis for understanding her examination patterns. Her allowance rate is 84.0%, indicating a very high likelihood of success for applications in her docket. This 84.0% figure suggests that the examiner is generally receptive to the arguments and amendments proposed by practitioners.
The interview lift of 10.3% shows that conducting a formal interview is a beneficial strategy for increasing the chances of an allowance. This 10.3% lift indicates that direct dialogue can help clarify technical issues and move the application toward a grant. Additionally, the median days to allowance is 930, providing a benchmark for the expected duration of successful prosecution. This 930-day timeline is a useful metric for practitioners to communicate to clients in Art Unit 2122. With 293 resolved cases and an 84.0% allowance rate, the data reflects a consistent and favorable environment for patent applicants. The 10.3% interview lift further enhances the prospects for a successful outcome within the 930-day median period.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948235 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING AND CAPTURING IMAGES | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18886628 | Contextual Matching | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 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 |
| 18949390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT IMAGE GENERATION USING DIFFUSION MODEL SAMPLING | Non-Final OA | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. |
| 18364856 | MEDIA ANNOTATION WITH PRODUCT SOURCE LINKING | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 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 |
| 18404459 | MONITORING HYDROCARBON EQUIPMENT USING ENHANCED SATELLITE IMAGES | Non-Final OA | Saudi Arabian Oil Company |
| 18652286 | METHOD OF ADJUDICATING AN IMAGED LESION | Final Rejection | Siemens Healthineers AG |
| 18645575 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VOLUME OF CALCIUM IN AN AORTA | Final Rejection | Siemens Healthineers AG |
| 19080610 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18936690 | MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING OF PARTIALLY OCCLUDED OBJECTS IN A MONITORED ENVIRONMENT | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18740276 | TECHNIQUES FOR POSE ESTIMATION AND TRACKING OF NOVEL OBJECTS | Final Rejection | NVIDIA CORPORATION |
| 18981056 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORING VIDEO | Non-Final OA | KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 18903907 | EPITAXIAL FILM DEFECT DETERMINATION | Non-Final OA | Applied Materials, Inc. |
| 18953435 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VISUALIZATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | Tokyo Electron Limited |
| 18404654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-COST HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND TERRAIN DATA GENERATION | Non-Final OA | Honeywell International Inc. |
| 18940794 | Automatic License Plate Layout Generation Using Machine Learning | Non-Final OA | Metropolis IP Holdings, LLC |
| 18867005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CHARGING ARTIFACT IN INSPECTION IMAGE | Non-Final OA | ASML Netherlands B.V. |
| 18900554 | TEMPORALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | Non-Final OA | ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) |
| 18900556 | SPATIALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS | Non-Final OA | ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) |
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