Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HSIEH, PING Y

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2618 2629 2647 2648 2664 2666 2682

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ping Y. Hsieh is in Art Unit 2482 of Tech Center 2600. The examiner has 964 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 79.1%. This high rate suggests a favorable environment for obtaining a patent. The median days to allowance is 1000, providing a clear benchmark for the duration of successful prosecution. With 964 resolved cases, the examiner's profile is highly reliable.

The interview lift is 15.4%, offering a helpful boost to the 79.1% allowance rate. Interviews are a viable strategy for resolving remaining issues and advancing the case toward a grant. The 1000 median days to allowance is a consistent metric for practitioners to use in planning. Given the 79.1% allowance rate, the examiner is generally favorable toward applications, and the 15.4% lift can be used to overcome any specific rejections encountered during prosecution.

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

Performance Statistics

79.1%
Allow Rate
+17.1% vs TC avg
999
Total Applications
+15.4%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 964 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
59.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18719789 TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY RECEPTION DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18761280 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT POSE ESTIMATION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18581150 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE RECOVERY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18434182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING NEAR_FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) TRANSACTIONS USING A USER DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18964056 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
18632701 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18985812 PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18944982 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18761502 DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT EXECUTES SPECIFIC PROCESS ON DOCUMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN DOCUMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
19017229 POPULATION-BASED DATA-DRIVEN GATING BASED ON CLUSTERING SHORT-FRAME DATA FEATURES Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18289565 On-Demand Functionalized Textiles for Drag-and-Drop, Near Field Multi-Body Area Networks Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18693839 TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
19004924 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETW ORK (CNN) FILTER FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION WITH REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLING (RPR) FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19016819 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA LEMON INC.
18584739 AGGREGATE INTERFERENCE CANCELATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18597180 WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A POWER TRANSMITTER AND AN APPLIANCE Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18622240 MANAGING TRANSCEIVER CAPABILITIES FOR NETWORK DEVICES Final Rejection Arista Networks, Inc.
18616807 ACOUSTICALLY SWITCHED RADIO FREQUENCY FRONTEND CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Qorvo US, Inc.
19026682 System And Methods For Registration Between Patient Space And Image Space Using Registration Frame Apertures Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18882681 FULLY AUTOMATED SEM SAMPLING SYSTEM FOR E-BEAM IMAGE ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18824519 Conformance Testing of Manufactured Parts via Neural Networks Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
18642837 System and Method for Detecting and Removing Occlusions in a Three-Dimensional Image Non-Final OA Aeva, Inc.

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