Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOANG, PHI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2619 2628 2633 2678

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Phi Hoang serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2613, where he has overseen 949 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 81.9%, providing a positive outlook for applicants. The median days to allowance is 948, which is a standard timeframe for reaching a grant. These figures, derived from 949 resolved cases, reflect a consistent and applicant friendly approach to examination.

The interview lift pct of 16.6% further enhances the already high 81.9% allowance rate. This suggests that even when success is likely, an interview can be a valuable tool for resolving any remaining issues. Given the 948 median days to allowance, practitioners can use interviews to maintain the momentum of prosecution. The robust data from 949 resolved cases makes these findings highly reliable for anyone prosecuting an application in Art Unit 2613.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+19.9% vs TC avg
966
Total Applications
+16.6%
Interview Lift
948
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 949 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
55.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18612941 Foveated Anti-Aliasing Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19171735 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18881403 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18669770 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19176027 ELONGATE DEVICE REFERENCES FOR IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18936935 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO SIGNAL Final Rejection ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
18658531 MODIFICATION AND/OR ITERATIVE MODIFICATION OF MULTI-MODAL CONTENT USING GENERATIVE MODEL(S) Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18959252 VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA MAGIC LEAP, INC.
19036665 INFERRED SHADING MECHANISM Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18670633 COMPOSITE AVATAR Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18637914 CUSTOMIZATION ASSISTANT FOR TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18977510 ATTENTION-BASED CONTENT VISUALIZATION FOR AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18653865 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE OBJECT INTERSECTED BY RAY Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19171952 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS Non-Final OA STATS LLC
19073446 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS Non-Final OA STATS LLC
18419241 Interactive Forums for Specific Regions of a Digital Image Non-Final OA eBay Inc.
19199490 Graphics Processing Method and System for Rendering Items of Geometry Based on Their Size Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
19189092 Cube Mapping Using Gradients of an Input Block of Fragments Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18944788 AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF AVATAR BODY MODELS Non-Final OA Roblox Corporation
18642219 VISUAL DUBBING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCE Non-Final OA ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)

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