Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GARCIA, SANTIAGO

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2632 2633 2634 2661 2668 2673

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+26.0% vs TC avg
1,041
Total Applications
+13.4%
Interview Lift
835
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1024 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
63.0%
§103 Obviousness
1.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18334813 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILTERED-REFERENCE ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18808454 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18817327 MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD, COMPUTER APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
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
18583046 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18586560 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18887907 METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIGN MEANING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
18280536 DELIVERY OF ON-DEMAND SIB USING SDT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18912088 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING A RISK OF SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG PEOPLE IN A SPACE Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18735964 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING IMAGE RETRIEVAL PRECISION FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18618974 MULTI-SUBJECT MULTI-CAMERA TRACKING FOR HIGH-DENSITY ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18908015 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES OF SLIDES TO AUTOMATICALLY PRIORITIZE THE PROCESSED IMAGES OF SLIDES FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGY Non-Final OA PAIGE.AI, Inc.
18820492 PROFILE DETECTING METHOD AND PROFILE DETECTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18981626 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION Non-Final OA HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18834970 METROLOGY METHOD AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY DEVICE Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.

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