Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FOSSELMAN, JOEL W

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2639 2662 2696 2697

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
912
Total Applications
+13.3%
Interview Lift
903
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 893 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
61.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18613682 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING READOUT OF A PIXEL ARRAY ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18825172 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS HAVING DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18601553 HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR WITH DIFFRACTIVE FOCUSING PIXEL AND NEURAL NETWORK SPECTRAL RECOVERY Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18786244 SELF-CONTAINED, SOLAR-POWERED, AND PORTABLE CONNECTED CAMERA STATION Final Rejection T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18911556 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18896509 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18959764 ENDOSCOPE WITH LIGHT GUIDE AND LEDS IN DISTAL TIP Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
18814351 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING, TAGGING AND DISTRIBUTING UNSTRUCTURED DATA AS STRUCTURED DATA IN REAL TIME Non-Final OA Pixel Titan LLC
18773552 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION WHILE MAINTAINING ABILITY TO CONDUCT HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE SENSING Non-Final OA Himax Imaging Limited

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