Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Wednel Cadeau, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CADEAU, WEDNEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632 2682

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

CADEAU, WEDNEL is assigned to USPTO Technology Center 2600 and art unit 2611. The record includes 553 resolved cases and a 71.6% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1012 days, so applicants should incorporate a substantial examination period into prosecution budgets and portfolio schedules.

The reported interview lift is 19.6%, making interviews a useful complement to written responses. Qualcomm Incorporated, Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, and ORACLE INTERNATIONAL Corporation are the listed companies. CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC, Conley Rose, P.C., and Fox Rothschild LLP are the identified firms. Applicants should present technically grounded claim distinctions and prepare interview agendas that address the precise relationship between the claimed features and the cited art.

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

Performance Statistics

71.6%
Allow Rate
+9.6% vs TC avg
603
Total Applications
+19.6%
Interview Lift
1012
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 553 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.7%
§102 Novelty
76.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18737450 FAST INFERENCING FOR HIGH-QUALITY SUPER-RESOLUTION OR OTHER IMAGE PROCESSING USING DIFFUSION MODELS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18825934 CONFIGURABLE DOWNSAMPLING FILTERS FOR FOVEATED DOWNSAMPLING Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18827506 USAGE BASED RESOURCE UTILIZATION OF TRAINING POOL FOR CHATBOTS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
17897066 AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION IN IMAGE-BASED DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18913134 ATTENTION-BASED IMAGE GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18228110 Parallax-Based 3D Measurement System Using Overlapping FsOV Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18874205 Device and Method for Inspecting Battery Electrode Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18901494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18466340 PHYSICAL LEVEL IMAGE COMPRESSION AND TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18332984 Method and System for Utilizing Virtual Cameras in Point Cloud Environments to Support Computer Vision Object Recognition Non-Final OA The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18755529 DETERMINING OUTLIER IMAGES BASED ON CATEGORY-BASED IMAGE RELEVANCE USING EMBEDDING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17693056 VIDEO STREAM REFINEMENT FOR DYNAMIC SCENES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17665537 ADAPTIVE TONE POWER CONTROL IN PLC NETWORKS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
19009824 TRANSFORMER-BASED NEURAL NETWORK IMAGE UPSCALING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18662403 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Wednel Cadeau's allowance rate?

71.6% of resolved applications examined by Wednel Cadeau were allowed (553 resolved cases), compared with 70.5% across Art Unit 2611 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Wednel Cadeau?

This examiner's interview lift is +19.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Wednel Cadeau take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Wednel Cadeau took 1,012 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Wednel Cadeau work in?

Wednel Cadeau examines applications in Art Unit 2611 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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