Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HILAIRE, CLIFFORD

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2488 2618

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.5%
Allow Rate
+9.5% vs TC avg
470
Total Applications
+15.7%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 438 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
47.9%
§103 Obviousness
28.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18979752 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, SURVEILLANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18860598 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR VIDEO TRANSCODING Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18776497 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19002909 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BIT STREAM IS STORED Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18415380 Accelerating Machine Vision with Peripheral and Focal Processing using Artificial Neural Networks Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18622761 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18853622 IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18904580 Parking Assistance Method and Parking Assistance Device Non-Final OA Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
18602833 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING PARTIAL SYMMETRY MESH Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
17174067 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18852708 SIGNAL PROCESSING WITH OVERLAY REGIONS Final Rejection V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18273344 ENHANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING USING QUANTUM COMPUTATION Non-Final OA Duke University
18387806 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING CAMERA POSES Final Rejection HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AG
18889907 ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION METHOD Final Rejection MIRISE Technologies Corporation
18934847 AUTONOMOUS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT USING BATTERY SWAPPING DRONES Non-Final OA Brookhurst Garage, Inc.
18906972 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION Non-Final OA Motional AD LLC
18137902 INTEGRATING SCHEDULED FUTURE EVENTS INTO TRAINING OF TIME SERIES FORECASTING MODEL Non-Final OA Sage Global Services Limited
18752392 Method Of Improving Driving Behavior Final Rejection Advanced Automobile Solutions, Ltd.

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