Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632 2633 2634 2661 2668 2673
This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases
Santiago Garcia examines applications in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2611. He has overseen 1032 resolved cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 87.9 percent. This 87.9 percent allowance rate is high, suggesting that the vast majority of applications on his docket result in a patent grant. The volume of 1032 resolved cases makes this a very reliable performance metric.
The interview lift for Garcia is 13.6 percent. This 13.6 percent lift indicates a significant increase in the likelihood of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to cases without an interview. Even with an 87.9 percent allowance rate, the 13.6 percent lift shows that direct engagement can help resolve outstanding issues more effectively. Practitioners in Art Unit 2611 should consider an interview as a key strategy for ensuring a positive outcome.
The median time to allowance is 835 days. This 835 day duration represents the typical timeframe from filing to issuance for successful applications. This 835 day median indicates an efficient prosecution process. Applicants can use this timeframe to plan their patent strategy and manage expectations for their filings.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18834689 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18711934 | ACTION EVALUATION SYSTEM, ACTION EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | NEC Corporation |
| 18416280 | AGRICULTURAL CAMERA CONFIDENCE | Non-Final OA | Deere & Company |
| 18583046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Konica Minolta, Inc. |
| 18334813 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILTERED-REFERENCE ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION | Final Rejection | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. |
| 18289803 | DATA RETRIEVAL OF A USER EQUIPMENT IN A FIFTH-GENERATION CORE NETWORK | Non-Final OA | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) |
| 18280536 | DELIVERY OF ON-DEMAND SIB USING SDT | Non-Final OA | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) |
| 18820492 | PROFILE DETECTING METHOD AND PROFILE DETECTING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Tokyo Electron Limited |
| 18757087 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING | Final Rejection | Imagination Technologies Limited |
| 18923478 | SEGMENTATION OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) IMAGES | Non-Final OA | Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. |
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