Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2616

This examiner grants 95% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

95.0%
Allow Rate
+33.0% vs TC avg
37
Total Applications
+7.1%
Interview Lift
880
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 20 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
22.7%
§102 Novelty
72.7%
§103 Obviousness
2.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18726329 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18814699 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18778397 AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCED GROUP ACTIVITY DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18715500 ANIMATION EFFECT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18793083 VISUAL-INERTIAL GAUSSIAN SPLATTING SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (VI-SLAM) SYSTEM WITH DENSE RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18610126 3D DENTAL ARCH MODEL TO DENTITION VIDEO CORRELATION Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18443590 UPSIDE-DOWN REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR IMAGE GENERATION MODELS Final Rejection ADOBE INC.
18327813 DYNAMIC REALLOCATION OF DISPLAY MEMORY BANDWIDTH BASED ON SYSTEM STATE Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18398308 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF NUMERIC CHARACTERS Final Rejection AKXA TECH PVT. LTD.
18243100 IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A PARTIAL IMAGE AND AN ADJUSTED IMAGE Non-Final OA ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

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