Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GILES, NICHOLAS G

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2638 2639 2662 2697 2699 2872

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
859
Total Applications
+16.5%
Interview Lift
914
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 834 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.4%
§102 Novelty
39.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18400213 IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18495020 IMAGE SENSOR FOR SECURING IMAGE HAVING HIGH DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION RANGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18467877 CONTROL APPARATUS, ROTATIONALLY DRIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18871435 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18835899 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18666112 OVERLIGHT AMOUNT DETECTION CIRCUIT, LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18694589 IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18907344 Camera-based Transparent Display Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18855384 SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18685548 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18850454 METHOD FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS INTRODUCED BY AN OPTICAL LENS IN AN IMAGE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD Non-Final OA FOGALE NANOTECH
18841817 METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR UNIT FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA Dream CHIP Technologies GmbH
18805802 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING ROLLING SHUTTER EFFECT FOR AN IMAGE CAPTURED BY A CAMERA Final Rejection Adeia Imaging LLC
18782406 QUICK START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LOW POWER-CONSUMPTION NETWORK CAMERA Non-Final OA Hangzhou Meari Technology Co.,Ltd.
18713163 Monolithic Image Sensor, a Camera Module, an Electronic Device and a Method for Operating a Camera Module Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (pubI)
18525093 MULTIPLE PIXEL BINNING WITH GLOBAL SHUTTER OPERATION Non-Final OA Fairchild Imaging, Inc.
17798701 SUBJECT PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection FREEBIT CO., LTD.

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