Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DHOOGE, DEVIN J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2669 2677

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
119
Total Applications
+42.9%
Interview Lift
1248
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 71 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
35.8%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18700326 USER TERMINAL, PROCESSING EXECUTION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, PROCESSING EXECUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18266343 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18032234 ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18020860 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17802685 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18097013 Fast Point Cloud Registration for Bootstrapping Localization in a Map Non-Final OA FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18123824 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18351758 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18441034 SCANNING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18118152 WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA PixArt Imaging Inc.
17128652 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18590550 METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR CAMERA CALIBRATION Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18460354 METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING USING TRANSFORM-BASED FEATURE MAP Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18528350 MULTI-LAYER OBJECT SEGMENTATION FOR COMPLEX SCENES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18398777 METHOD OF OPERATING DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING STYLE-BASED SKETCH AND METHOD OF TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK THEREFOR Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18192390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, MODEL GENERATING METHOD, AND TRAINING DATA GENERATING METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18185024 GEOMETRY FILTERING FOR MESH COMPRESSION Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18928182 ENHANCED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH IMPROVED PHASE RECOVERY AND UNWRAPPING Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
17783963 METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPE, MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD, AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Non-Final OA LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
19007672 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING REPRESENTATIVE FRAME IMAGE OF MEDICAL IMAGE Non-Final OA Medipixel, Inc.
18297251 MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MODEL TRAINING SYSTEM Final Rejection Pegatron Corporation
18259639 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
17847739 IMAGE CLASSIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Quanta Computer Inc.
18603002 DEEP LEARNING MODEL DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS USING STACKED IMAGES Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
17466703 WAFER ALIGNMENT IMPROVEMENT THROUGH IMAGE PROJECTION-BASED PATCH-TO-DESIGN ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18232107 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FEATURE DATA Non-Final OA HERE Global B.V.
18639239 METHOD FOR X-RAY DENTAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA Abova, Inc.
18437697 REAL-TIME FLUORESCENCE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CRYO-FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
18565744 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SURFACE DEFORMATION DETECTION Non-Final OA Abyss Solutions Pty Ltd
18368151 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING METHOD Non-Final OA INFINITESIMA LIMITED

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month