Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHIU, WESLEY JASON

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2639 2663 2698

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Wesley Jason Chiu works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2639. The examiner has 492 resolved cases and maintains an allowance rate of 62.6%. This rate indicates a moderate to high probability of success for applicants. The median days to allowance is 962, which provides a benchmark for the expected time from filing to grant for successful applications in this technical area.

An interview lift of 26.3% is a key feature of this examiner's profile. This figure shows that the chance of obtaining an allowance improves significantly when an interview is held. Given the 62.6% baseline, the 26.3% lift suggests that direct dialogue is one of the most effective ways to overcome rejections or move a stalled application forward in Art Unit 2639.

In Tech Center 2600, practitioners can rely on the 492 resolved cases to inform their strategy. The 62.6% allowance rate and 962 median days to allowance suggest a standard prosecution pace with a good chance of success. The 26.3% interview lift is particularly noteworthy, as it represents a strong incentive for applicants to engage the examiner directly to resolve any outstanding issues.

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

Performance Statistics

62.6%
Allow Rate
+0.6% vs TC avg
516
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 492 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
55.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19089530 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CHANGING SETTING OF CAMERA Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18189349 IMAGE SENSOR USING METHOD OF DRIVING HYBRID SHUTTER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19035719 IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
19095600 Stabilizing Video by Accounting for a Location of a Feature in a Stabilized View of a Frame Non-Final OA Google LLC
19207936 CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19057441 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19033670 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18974406 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF OBTAINING PLURALITY OF IMAGES WITH DIFFERENT SLOW SHUTTER EFFECTS WITH ONE PHOTOGRAPHING INSTRUCTION, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18814736 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18500331 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17010099 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18296121 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18554749 LIQUID CRYSTAL TUNABLE POLARIZATION FILTERS FOR COLOR IMAGERS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
19069855 IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGE AND CAMERA DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
19237202 NOISE ESTIMATION USING USER-CONFIGURABLE INFORMATION Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18643830 IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18891430 CONTROL DEVICE, LEARNED MODEL GENERATOR, MEDICAL ASSISTANT METHOD Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
19178138 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18396479 DISPLAY DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE AND WORK MACHINE Final Rejection SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18395484 METHOD FOR LENS BREATHING COMPENSATION IN CAMERA SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
19065326 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Amnimo Inc.
18342512 Adaptive Depth of Field for a Noncircular Aperture Non-Final OA Motorola Mobility LLC

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