Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2638 2664 2697 2699 2877

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
757
Total Applications
+15.8%
Interview Lift
920
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 728 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
63.7%
§103 Obviousness
6.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18943501 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING ENHANCED MEDIA IN REAL-TIME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18778428 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18868689 VIDEO RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18899987 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18779673 FILMING PARAMETER CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18780711 ACCESSORY Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18963044 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
18364871 SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS Non-Final OA Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
18963185 CHIP, DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING PIXEL INFORMATION Non-Final OA Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
18962859 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, REVIEW APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INSPECTION METHOD, AND REVIEW METHOD Non-Final OA Lasertec Corporation
18959988 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TAKING PICTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA STUDIO LAB CO., LTD
18866166 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR ALIGNING CAMERAS Non-Final OA ISRA VISION GMBH
18863934 APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING IMAGE OF HAND WORK Non-Final OA AQUA-FIELD CO., LTD.
18849068 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Platforms, Ltd.
18886151 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING DIGITAL IMAGES USING LOW BIT DEPTH IMAGE SENSOR DATA Non-Final OA WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18536605 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SLANTED CONDUCTIVE LAYERS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18391652 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.

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