Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2616

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+26.0% vs TC avg
40
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
825
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 25 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
18.4%
§102 Novelty
74.6%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18726329 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18647301 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH IMAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18672992 Late-Stage Warp of Dynamic-Anchored Content Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18793083 VISUAL-INERTIAL GAUSSIAN SPLATTING SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (VI-SLAM) SYSTEM WITH DENSE RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18329454 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE DATA, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18984362 DISPLAY DEVICE PERFORMING IMAGE STICKING COMPENSATION, METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR IMAGE STICKING IN A DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18962849 SPLITTING AND REJOINING EXECUTION OF PAIRED WAVES IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18973391 REDUCE POWER BY FRAME SKIPPING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18592303 VR GEOFENCING FOR PLAY SPACE AND VR APPLICATION ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18610126 3D DENTAL ARCH MODEL TO DENTITION VIDEO CORRELATION Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18949023 IMAGE RELIGHTING USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18659329 GENERATING VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN IMAGE LAYER MASKS WITH SUGGESTIVE BOUNDARIES Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18979360 TOKENIZING A SCENE GRAPH USING ONE-HOT TOKEN VECTORS AND METADATA Non-Final OA Roblox Corporation

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