Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2677 3661

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
+13.2% vs TC avg
49
Total Applications
+31.8%
Interview Lift
1090
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
57.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18636331 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTI-FEATURE OBJECT DETECTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18526875 ONE-STAGE PROGRESSIVE DICHOTOMOUS SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18855319 IMAGING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18177733 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING PROGRAM, SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE, SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18452299 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A FEATURE WITHIN A SCENE Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
18056286 Synthetic Data Generation for Machine Learning for a Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Task Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
17949388 METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF MEDICAL IMAGES TO OUTPUT ALERTS FOR DETECTED DISSIMILARITIES Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18920073 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18286507 System for Detecting Defect and Computer-Readable Medium Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18895727 GUIDE SYSTEM, GUIDE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM OF GUIDE PROGRAM TO ASSIST WORKER WITH WORK IN WORK SITE Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
18597451 BIDIRECTIONAL OBJECT TRACKING IN COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18443808 BUILDING VISION-LANGUAGE MODELS USING MASKED DISTILLATION FROM FOUNDATION MODELS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
17935175 MODIFICATION OF TARGETED OBJECTS WITHIN MEDIA BACKGROUND Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18255684 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MARKER POSITION AND ATTITUDE Final Rejection Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.

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