Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KRETZER, CASEY L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2635 2636 2637

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.0%
Allow Rate
+25.0% vs TC avg
735
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
733
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 707 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.1%
§102 Novelty
73.2%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18697601 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, METHOD, RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18616059 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18689103 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18642286 CODED MODULATION WITH TWO-STAGE DECODING FOR IMPROVED FOUR-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC SHAPING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18364545 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18213742 DATA SELECTION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17204750 Full Duplex Bidirectional Transmission on Coaxial Cable in CATV Network Non-Final OA ARRIS Enterprises LLC
18429105 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CLASS FOR AT LEAST A PART OF A DIGITAL IMAGE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18708240 CONTENTION-BASED ACCESS FOR OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18644329 DATA GENERATION METHOD, DATA GENERATION PROGRAM, AND DATA GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18139895 MANAGING VEHICLE RESOURCES BASED ON SCENARIOS Final Rejection Motional AD LLC
18606293 MONITORING AND SENSING IN OPTICAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18254701 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REGIONS OF INTEREST IN HISTOLOGY IMAGES Non-Final OA OWKIN, INC.
18554051 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUSING TRAFFIC MARKINGS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing CHJ Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18411370 TRAFFIC LIGHT PERCEPTION METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA Anhui NIO Autonomous Driving Technology Co., Ltd.
18575693 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE FILE ARCHIVE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MICROSCOPIC IMAGE IN AN IMAGE FILE ARCHIVE, METHOD FOR RESTORING A PARTIAL IMAGE FROM AN IMAGE FILE ARCHIVE, AND IMAGE FILE ARCHIVE Non-Final OA PreciPoint GmbH
18269475 Depth Based Image Tagging Final Rejection Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
18115414 DECEPTION DETECTION Non-Final OA Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame
17791919 SOFTWARE DEFINED OPTICAL NETWORK CONTROLLER DEPLOYMENT METHOD BASED ON MULTI PATH SURVIVABILITY PROTECTION Non-Final OA CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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