Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KOETH, MICHELLE M

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2600 2632 2656 2658 2668 2671

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.3%
Allow Rate
+15.3% vs TC avg
473
Total Applications
+16.4%
Interview Lift
797
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 436 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18298128 ESTIMATION MODEL FOR INTERACTION DETECTION BY A DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18807734 SELF-SUPERVISED COMPOSITIONAL FEATURE REPRESENTATION FOR VIDEO UNDERSTANDING Non-Final OA TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18516766 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO IDENTIFIED OBJECTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18621091 Method to Use Edge Computing to Detect Non-Payload Encoding Visual Features for Optical Character Recognition Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18588278 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18418052 APPARATUS, METHOD AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING MODEL TRAINING Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18863557 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL OBJECT DETECTION IN IMAGES AND VIDEOS Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
18671582 IMAGE CORRECTION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18879510 PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND PREDICTION PROGRAM Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18131902 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD Final Rejection HITACHI, LTD.
18678995 SLAM DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18887626 SYSTEM ENABLEMENT BASED ON IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18031429 LEARNING METHOD, LEARNED MODEL, DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
18226236 VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD ARRANGED TO PERFORM PARTIAL HIGHLIGHTING WITH AID OF HAND GESTURE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM ON CHIP Final Rejection Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
18421539 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPORTS TRACKING USING DIFFUSION MODELS Non-Final OA STATS LLC
18815536 IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT MARKS WITHIN A SINGLE IMAGE Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18182283 TECHNIQUES FOR CONTENT SYNTHESIS USING DENOISING DIFFUSION MODELS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
17937711 NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH USING COMPRESSED OCTREES REPRESENTING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18572926 SHEET PROCESSING MACHINE Non-Final OA BOBST MEX SA
18944871 X-RAY CT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18385548 IMAGE COMPRESSION USING OVER-FITTING AND TEXT-TO-IMAGE MODEL Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18536536 METHOD FOR PREDICTING USER PERSONALITY BY MAPPING MULTIMODAL INFORMATION ON PERSONALITY EXPRESSION SPACE Non-Final OA Korea Electronics Technology Institute
18531940 HUMAN MOTION GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Korea Electronics Technology Institute
18298468 System and Method for Monitoring Lesion Progression Over Multiple Medical Scans Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18510047 INCREASING INFORMATION RESULTING FROM APODIZATION Final Rejection FEI Company

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month