Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CADEAU, WEDNEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632 2672 2682

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Wednel Cadeau works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2611. He has 549 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 71.8 percent. This 71.8 percent rate indicates the frequency with which applications result in a patent grant under his supervision in Art Unit 2611.

The interview lift for this examiner is 19.2 percent. This 19.2 percent lift suggests that interviews are a productive way to advance prosecution and increase the chances of a grant. For the 549 resolved cases, practitioners should consider the 19.2 percent lift as a tool for resolving rejections and moving the case toward a final grant.

The median days to allowance is 1011. This 1011 day figure represents the typical timeframe for an application to reach a successful conclusion. The 1011 day median indicates the pace of prosecution in Tech Center 2600. Applicants can use the 71.8 percent allowance rate and the 1011 day median to manage their patent portfolios effectively.

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

Performance Statistics

71.8%
Allow Rate
+9.8% vs TC avg
591
Total Applications
+19.2%
Interview Lift
1011
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
4.5%
§102 Novelty
77.2%
§103 Obviousness
15.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18392713 DECODER, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18825934 CONFIGURABLE DOWNSAMPLING FILTERS FOR FOVEATED DOWNSAMPLING Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18228110 Parallax-Based 3D Measurement System Using Overlapping FsOV Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18177525 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTUATORS BASED ON PEDAL POSITIONS IN A VEHICLE Final Rejection VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18913134 ATTENTION-BASED IMAGE GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18901494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18468098 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18582377 POSE OPTIMIZATION FOR OBJECT TRACKING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18466340 PHYSICAL LEVEL IMAGE COMPRESSION AND TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18311950 OBJECT DETECTION WITH BOUNDING SURFACES FOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18874205 Device and Method for Inspecting Battery Electrode Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
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
17693056 VIDEO STREAM REFINEMENT FOR DYNAMIC SCENES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18860358 SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18049220 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC IMAGES FOR DETERMINING TREATMENT Final Rejection PAIGE.AI, Inc.
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.
18887947 PREDICTION OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR BODILY INJURIES BASED ON SEVERITY OF VEHICLE DAMAGE Non-Final OA Mitchell International, Inc.

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