Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HANCE, ROBERT J

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 2421 2422 2423 2623 3992

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.3%
Allow Rate
+6.3% vs TC avg
779
Total Applications
+21.3%
Interview Lift
1020
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 747 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19239504 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19308380 HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA MAXELL, LTD.
18119034 HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Maxell, Ltd.
18911885 MULTI-CAMERA SYNCHRONIZATION THROUGH RECEIVER HUB BACK CHANNEL Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19222296 INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18563592 FAILURE RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
19216318 LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18830047 DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) FORMAT SELECTION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18664666 Channel Quality Feedback Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18827276 IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION DEVICE, IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, AND IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
19044901 DETECTION AND DISPLAY OF MIXED 2D/3D CONTENT Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18446293 Maintaining Communication and Signaling Interfaces through a Network Role Transition Non-Final OA Google LLC
19209572 COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES INVOLVING PAIRWISE ORTHOGONALITY OF ADJACENT ROWS IN LPDC CODE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18569462 SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK OR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST DATA COLLECTION FOR SMALL DATA Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
19209477 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection InnoTV Labs, LLC
18363886 Primary Cell Switching for Network Energy Saving with Multiple Carriers Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18462720 MINIMIZATION OF INTER RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS Final Rejection T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18159545 Systems and Methods for Determining Network Component Scores Using Bandwidth Capacity Non-Final OA Cisco Technology Inc.
19085686 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VISUAL IMPRESSIONS OF VEHICLES CONFIGURED WITH EXTERNAL GRAPHIC MESSAGING Non-Final OA Wrapify, Inc.
16718719 Cloud Computing as a Basis for Equipment Health Monitoring Service Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18884942 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOM-FIT GARMENT PATTERNS AT SCALE Non-Final OA One to One Systems Inc.

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