Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
37
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
820
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
71.4%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18962983 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SELECTION AND CONTROL OF OBJECT ON BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION, AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18609887 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING AI GENERATED CONTENT IN A VIDEO Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18296202 MULTIMODAL DISENTANGLEMENT FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL HUMAN AVATARS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18533547 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL AVATAR Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18540822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMBIENT LIGHT COMPENSATION IN MEDICAL IMAGING Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18674277 VIRTUAL PET FEATURES IN INTERACTION FUNCTIONS Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18726609 BINOCULAR IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
19421916 VIDEO GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKS WITH CAMERA AND SUBJECT MOTION INPUTS Final Rejection GDM Holding LLC
18431272 MOUTH SHAPE ANIMATION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18379332 IMAGE PROCESSING AND RENDERING Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18721255 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18726704 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATELY DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18686268 DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18321561 System and Method for Rendering Images Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18402757 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18617279 DOCUMENT BOUNDARY DETECTION USING THE CURVATURE OF TEXT LINES Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18331034 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING OF VISUALS AND GRAPHICS Final Rejection University of Washington
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD Non-Final OA Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.

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