Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DEPALMA, CAROLINE ELIZABETH

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2621 2637 2675

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.0%
Allow Rate
+28.0% vs TC avg
66
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
1003
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 50 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
37.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19382486 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREBY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18954497 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18934946 POSITION DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18856038 CHARACTER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18451152 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRAINING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18610244 ESTIMATION APPARATUS, DRIVE METHOD OF ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18641184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING LESION REGION, AND MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18649340 CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
17460638 OBJECT SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC

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