Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+18.0% vs TC avg
31
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
903
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 10 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
73.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18471504 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18279752 VIRTUAL OBJECT PLACEMENT BASED ON REFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18526394 Use Color Information in 3D Surface Matcher Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18693314 NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR AN INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18869600 DISPLAY OBJECT DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18695666 REMOVAL OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY FOR REAL-TIME 3D FACE RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18880252 COMPOSITION FOR LAYER ROI PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18327182 Systems and methods for browser isolation via a virtualized Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Final Rejection Zscaler, Inc.
18949945 VEHICLE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17895888 CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT VIA TIME-SEQUENTIAL PROJECTION OF SCENE CONTENT Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18961413 DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
19012593 DETECTING GENERATED IMAGES PROMPTED WITH ARTIST NAMES Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18329813 FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF USER INTERFACE BASED APPLICATIONS USING HEAT MAPS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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