Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DULANEY, BENJAMIN O

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2113 2625 2672 2676 2681 2682 2683

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.1%
Allow Rate
At TC average
604
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
1212
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 573 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
25.2%
§102 Novelty
57.5%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18756803 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18882890 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH CAUSES INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TO CONTROL PRINTING DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18809536 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INTRODUCTION INFORMATION FOR MODEL OF PRINTER ACCORDING TO SUPPORT PROGRAM Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18898257 COMPLEX COLOR SPACE CONVERSION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc.
18957482 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18936817 STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18757242 DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18757270 INSPECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INSPECTION DEVICE, AND INSPECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18617369 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18598064 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18753340 IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18100014 RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DECISION SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18605559 RECORDING DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17994305 AI-BASED TRIGGERING OF AUTOMATED ACTIONS Final Rejection AURIS HEALTH, INC.
18631195 IMAGE PROCESSING MECHANISM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18608125 AUTOMATIC INSPECTION TEMPLATE GENERATION MECHANISM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18944372 BLADE MONITORING Non-Final OA ROLLS-ROYCE plc
18964850 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALLING SETTING VALUES Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18953383 DISPLAY OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY OPERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18532558 Apparatus For Tracking Objects And Method Thereof Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18288206 CHAT BOT FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18106964 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO ENABLE FRAME INTERPOLATION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18552972 COMPACT SIGNAL FEATURE EXTRACTION FROM MULTI-CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES USING SUBSPACE RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18829790 PRINTING METHOD DETERMINATION METHOD AND PRINTING METHOD DETERMINATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
17471363 MACHINE-LEARNING BASED DEFECT IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.

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