Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HENN, TIMOTHY J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2622 2639 2662 2697 2698

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
1083
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
920
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1062 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
46.4%
§103 Obviousness
18.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18957029 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18931890 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18582302 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18672888 POWERING DEVICE FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION, EQUIPMENT, METHOD, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18842434 PHOTODETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18281777 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18738940 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IN PACKAGING Non-Final OA Tyco Fire & Security GMBH
18918250 IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS INCLUDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL HEAT SINKS Non-Final OA GoPro, Inc.
18774900 ACTION CAMERA, SELFIE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, MOVABLE PLATFORM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18970809 Piezoelectric Motion Limiters for MEMS Autofocus Actuator Non-Final OA MEMS DRIVE (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
18740573 OBSERVATION SYSTEM, FOCUS POSITION CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Evident Corporation
18928185 IMAGING UNIT Non-Final OA NIDEC PRECISION CORPORATION
18335147 OPTIMIZING METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND MASTER COMPUTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation

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