Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: KHAN, USMAN A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2662 2669 2696 2697 2698 2855

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.9%
Allow Rate
+6.9% vs TC avg
913
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1036
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 884 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
28.6%
§102 Novelty
51.3%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19247745 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19217508 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18205290 APPARATUS HAVING LENS ASSEMBLY ARRAY AND METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19228844 IMAGING APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18436101 DIMMING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18837011 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
19266267 CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18969636 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18675919 VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18915371 DISPLAY METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18596523 SCALABLE VOXEL BLOCK SELECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19130113 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOFOCUS FOR IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18836793 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18649027 COUNTERFACTUALS GENERATION USING PROBABILITY DISTANCE Non-Final OA Intuit Inc.
19010853 CAMERA MODULE Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18718142 INTERACTIVE MOTION BLUR ON MOBILE DEVICES Final Rejection DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
19010521 AUTOMATED MUTLI-MODAL SENSING SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC

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