Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FLOHRE, JASON A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2661 2696 2699 4117

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+18.0%
Interview Lift
886
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
5.0%
§102 Novelty
87.6%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18862572 DETECTION DEVICE, CAMERA SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DETECTION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18943074 CONTROL APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18894446 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18730426 IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18237891 OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM AND LIGHT GATING LAYER Final Rejection PixArt Imaging Inc.
18470352 Camera Module for a Portable Electronic Device Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18820193 EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION PROGRAM OF EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18953857 ADJUSTABLE-FOCUS LENS ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18797800 MEASURING INSTRUMENT, MEASURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18577014 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18841507 ON-BOARD CAMERA SYSTEM, AND EXPOSURE CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR ON-BOARD CAMERA Non-Final OA Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18600124 ADAPTIVE CAMERA SCHEME FOR LOW POWER SLAM IN XR Non-Final OA MEDIATEK, INC.
18953298 CONTROL METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE Non-Final OA Arashi Vision Inc.
18954448 CAMERA SIGHT SYSTEM Non-Final OA TAIZHOU GUANYU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18716414 PIXEL ARRANGEMENT, PIXEL MATRIX, IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PIXEL ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA ams Sensors USA Inc.

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