Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486 2488

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
306
Total Applications
+14.7%
Interview Lift
1478
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 295 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
67.4%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17905189 MICROSCOPE DEVICE, IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17720670 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
17694425 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18219533 IN-VEHICLE VIDEO SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18530610 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17994400 Search Memory Management For Video Coding Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.
18945164 METHOD AND AN ENCODER FOR INTER-ENCODING AN IMAGE FRAME Non-Final OA Axis AB
18669442 CAPTURING AND ALIGNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES Non-Final OA Matterport, Inc.

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