Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2122 2661 2667 3794

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+14.0% vs TC avg
303
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
934
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 275 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
88.7%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18404459 MONITORING HYDROCARBON EQUIPMENT USING ENHANCED SATELLITE IMAGES Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18252219 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18690855 NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND VIDEO IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18693125 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18364856 MEDIA ANNOTATION WITH PRODUCT SOURCE LINKING Final Rejection Google LLC
18467455 INTERMODAL SENSOR TRAINING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18035993 MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18652286 METHOD OF ADJUDICATING AN IMAGED LESION Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18645575 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VOLUME OF CALCIUM IN AN AORTA Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
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
18694063 Image Subject Individuation and Monitoring Non-Final OA SeeChange Technologies Limited
18596838 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D SCENE AUGMENTATION AND RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA Resonai Inc.
18443748 ADAPTIVE SPATIAL PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR DEFECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Onto Innovation Inc.
18681869 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VIDEO ACTION DETECTION BASED ON END-TO-END FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA TCL Technology Group Corporation
17364497 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GUIDING A USER ON A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE WITH COMPUTER VISION Final Rejection EdCast Inc.

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