Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2662 2672

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+13.0% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
+29.2%
Interview Lift
1055
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.1%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
39.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18417764 TRAINING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE SELECTION METHOD AND SEM EQUIPMENT ALIGNMENT METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17918767 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXPRESSING TEXTURE IN A GENERATED IMAGE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18200870 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-STAGE SEARCH PROCESS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18117644 NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUIT WITH BLENDING OF BILATERAL FILTERING AND MACHINE LEARNING FILTERING Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18626151 GUIDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PALM VERIFICATION, TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17978473 JOINING RASTER DATA AND VECTOR DATA IN AGRICULTURAL DATA PROCESSING Final Rejection Deere & Company
18540294 DEPTH ESTIMATION USING ACTIVE SENSING AND STRUCTURED LIGHT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18032355 DETECTING ANATOMICAL ABNORMALITIES BY SEGMENTATION RESULTS WITH AND WITHOUT SHAPE PRIORS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18559084 Sleeping Video Analysis Method And Sleeping Video Analysis Apparatus Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18417834 BIOMETRIC IMAGE LIVENESS DETECTION Non-Final OA Secure Identity, LLC
18543075 METHOD FOR LEARNING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE SAME Non-Final OA University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
18586690 Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest Non-Final OA ATOS France
17904214 GESTURE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA TRINAMIX GMBH
18442134 COMPUTER DEVICE AND DEEP LEARNING METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR MEDICAL IMAGE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou
18538122 METHOD FOR IMAGE GENERATION USING WAVELET DIFFUSION SCHEME Non-Final OA VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY
18342072 FIDUCIAL MARKER DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC

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