Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2122 2661 2667 3794

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
314
Total Applications
+9.9%
Interview Lift
934
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 285 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
50.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18784343 IMAGE-BASED PREDICTION METHOD FOR POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS IN SEMICONDUCTOR LAYOUT AND COMPUTING DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18948235 TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING AND CAPTURING IMAGES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18886628 Contextual Matching Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18693125 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18825067 Technique For Determining At Least One Prediction Image Based On At Least One Medical Image Of A Patient Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18825398 RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18364856 MEDIA ANNOTATION WITH PRODUCT SOURCE LINKING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18939327 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18940185 CALIBRATION OF PARAMETERS OF A SENSOR Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18903529 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGE TRANSFER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18467455 INTERMODAL SENSOR TRAINING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18404459 MONITORING HYDROCARBON EQUIPMENT USING ENHANCED SATELLITE IMAGES Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
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
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
18898873 IMAGED-BASED OPERATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18903907 EPITAXIAL FILM DEFECT DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18936690 MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING OF PARTIALLY OCCLUDED OBJECTS IN A MONITORED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18701601 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MULTICOMPONENT CELL AND MICROBE SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF DIAGNOSING BACTEREMIA USING THE SAME Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18039810 INVARIANT REPRESENTATIONS OF HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED ENTITIES Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
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)
18867005 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CHARGING ARTIFACT IN INSPECTION IMAGE Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18594932 METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Non-Final OA ATEME

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