Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2667 2672

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.2%
Allow Rate
+10.2% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
+44.4%
Interview Lift
1131
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 36 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
11.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18025795 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18604347 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18061155 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18698960 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A MASK Non-Final OA Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
18616389 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING RESULT INFORMATION USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18305172 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING MULTI-RESOLUTION FEATURE MAP Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18032059 IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18437436 METHOD OF DEBLURRING MOTION IN LIGHT FIELD IMAGE AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
18238394 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND VEHICLE Final Rejection XIAOMI EV TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18017646 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING HIGH QUALITY IMAGES FROM RAW IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18683086 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTIC DATA AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA VERACIO LTD.
18618372 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEEP LEARNING BASED MOTION DETECTION IN NUCLEAR IMAGING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
18581906 ADAPTATION OF PET DATA ACQUISITION PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
18242845 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18289221 APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VIDEO BASED ON DEPTH INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection BeyondTech Inc.
18303115 Vehicle Inspection Using a Mobile Application Non-Final OA Tractable Ltd
18247329 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF FREE INTRA-ABDOMINAL AIR Non-Final OA Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

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