Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHIU, WESLEY JASON

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2639 2663 2698

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.4%
Allow Rate
-0.6% vs TC avg
501
Total Applications
+28.2%
Interview Lift
939
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 469 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
53.3%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18810002 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18365522 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18187037 IMAGE SENSOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ZF Friedrichshafen AG
18643830 IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18439186 IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18814736 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18790152 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18500331 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18488884 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING EXPOSURE OF CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18551236 IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18296121 IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17374499 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17298867 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
15733887 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18369249 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18545799 IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON OBJECT CATEGORIZATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18730332 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18637923 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
18891430 CONTROL DEVICE, LEARNED MODEL GENERATOR, MEDICAL ASSISTANT METHOD Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18807462 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18326385 CAMERA MODULE Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18395484 METHOD FOR LENS BREATHING COMPENSATION IN CAMERA SYSTEMS Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18757873 IMAGE SENSOR WITH STACKED COLOR FILTERS OR MULTI-STATE TUNABLE COLOR FILTER Final Rejection Adeia Imaging LLC
18342512 Adaptive Depth of Field for a Noncircular Aperture Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC

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