Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486 2488

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.1%
Allow Rate
+2.1% vs TC avg
314
Total Applications
+15.7%
Interview Lift
1411
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 301 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
72.1%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18939432 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH STATE ESTIMATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19224340 CAPTURING AND ALIGNING PANORAMIC IMAGE AND DEPTH DATA Final Rejection CoStar Realty Information, Inc.
19069373 CAMERA TRACKING BAR FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION DURING SURGERY Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18879760 AN APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19237577 Analytics-Driven Summary Views for Surveillance Networks Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19207416 CAMERAS WITH SCANNING OPTICAL PATH FOLDING ELEMENTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE OR SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Corephotonics Ltd.
18945164 METHOD AND AN ENCODER FOR INTER-ENCODING AN IMAGE FRAME Non-Final OA Axis AB

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