Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CUTLER, ALBERT H

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2661 2696 2837

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.2%
Allow Rate
+11.2% vs TC avg
1057
Total Applications
+21.3%
Interview Lift
980
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1024 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
29.0%
§102 Novelty
45.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18981876 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18925450 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH IMAGE ACQUISITION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18177120 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMAGE STABILIZATION, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18913324 IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18944915 CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE DRIVING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18911335 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18802062 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18954853 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18915529 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A SHARED STRUCTURE FOR PIXELS FOR SHARING AN AD CONVERTER Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18847851 SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18699397 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18574710 IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18557298 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18634063 INTENSITY AND CONTRAST CHANGE DETECTION CAPABLE PIXELS WITH SHARED PHOTODETECTOR Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18652355 DEFECTIVE PIXEL ENCODING FOR CAMERA PROCESSING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18780883 IMAGING UNIT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON A CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18685715 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
17599853 IMAGE CAPTURE ELEMENT AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18027730 OPTICAL SENSOR Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18067447 MEMS Spacer Assembly Non-Final OA MEMS DRIVE (NANJING) CO., LTD
18545859 PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS FOR PROCESSING IN-PIXEL Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18925421 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Renesas Electronics Corporation
18150086 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONTROL CAMERA OPERATIONS Non-Final OA AlpineReplay, Inc.

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