Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2617

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
28
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
907
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 7 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
72.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18693314 NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR AN INSTRUMENT Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18736112 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR COMBINING A CAPTURED IMAGE AND A VIRTUAL IMAGE, METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18695666 REMOVAL OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY FOR REAL-TIME 3D FACE RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18279752 VIRTUAL OBJECT PLACEMENT BASED ON REFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18684117 FACADE BIASING FOR REFLECTION CORRECTION IN PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18329813 FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF USER INTERFACE BASED APPLICATIONS USING HEAT MAPS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18673624 METHOD FOR OPERATING A VISUALIZATION SYSTEM IN A SURGICAL APPLICATION, AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR A SURGICAL APPLICATION Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18327182 Systems and methods for browser isolation via a virtualized Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Non-Final OA Zscaler, Inc.
18722890 Method and Apparatus for Reconstructing Semantic Instance, Device, and Medium Non-Final OA SHANDONG MASS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18446475 INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection MUJURYOKU INC.

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