Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2662

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.5%
Allow Rate
+17.5% vs TC avg
96
Total Applications
+26.9%
Interview Lift
1128
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 78 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.8%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18420753 VISUAL LOCALIZATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18461113 REGION RECOGNITION METHOD AND REGION RECOGNITION DEVICE Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18627468 ON-VEHICLE RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18542633 WORKFLOW APPROVAL SYSTEM, APPROVAL ORDER SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18565041 IMAGE ANALYSIS TO SWITCH AUDIO DEVICES Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17772649 INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR A PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE Final Rejection PIONEER CORPORATION
18652731 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HYBRID CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC AND INTRAORAL SCAN IMAGE MODELING Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
17643562 DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF DIFFRACTIVE LENSLESS CAMERAS FOR IMAGING AND COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA William Marsh Rice University
18571748 EDITABLE FREE-VIEWPOINT VIDEO USING A LAYERED NEURAL REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY

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