Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CASTRO, ALFONSO

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2421 2423 2623

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.6%
Allow Rate
-11.4% vs TC avg
480
Total Applications
+18.6%
Interview Lift
1340
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 439 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.7%
§102 Novelty
92.6%
§103 Obviousness
2.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18992422 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18992912 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
19002446 DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
16618607 PICTURE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND PICTURE RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
19041954 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTENT INTERACTION Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
17734430 INTELLIGENT DISPLAY OF CONTENT BASED ON EVENT MONITORING Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
16041400 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS Final Rejection COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
14865356 Coordinating Content Segmentation Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18997937 VIDEO GENERATING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd.
19058419 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A LIVE OUTPUT STREAM MANIFEST BASED ON AN EVENT Non-Final OA Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
18323699 GENERATING UNIFIED METADATA FOR A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTION PLATFORMS Non-Final OA Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
18937196 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE MEDIA VIEWING INFORMATION FOR HYBRID CONTENT DELIVERY Final Rejection The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18321901 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE DEMOGRAPHICS OF A HOUSEHOLD Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (us), LLC.
19013816 ENABLING OF APPLICATION STYLE INTERACTIVE FEATURES, PERSONALISATION AND USER TRANSACTIONS ON BROADCAST LINEAR TV CHANNELS Non-Final OA Magic Media Works Limited t/a ROXi
18880116 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Avex Technologies Inc.
18046903 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND DISPLAYING VIDEO STREAMS Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
18548610 Separating Media Content Into Program Segments and Advertisement Segments Non-Final OA Gracenote, Inc.
18541094 Information Monitoring System and Method Non-Final OA Gudea, Inc.
18093286 Targeted Content for Weakly Connected Devices Non-Final OA Synamedia Limited
17142884 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTING PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR CONTENT DISPLAY Final Rejection SOURCEPICTURE INC.

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