Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: KRETZER, CASEY L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2635 2636 2637

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.8%
Allow Rate
+24.8% vs TC avg
740
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
737
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 719 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18429105 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CLASS FOR AT LEAST A PART OF A DIGITAL IMAGE Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18418197 TRAINING IMAGE-TO-IMAGE TRANSLATION NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Google LLC
18937770 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18642286 CODED MODULATION WITH TWO-STAGE DECODING FOR IMPROVED FOUR-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC SHAPING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18697601 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, METHOD, RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18689103 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18607308 DUAL-POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18651534 Management of Memory Access by Processors through High Bandwidth Interconnects to Memory Sub-Systems Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18940308 PERFORMING NON-MAXIMUM SUPPRESSION IN PARALLEL Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18673785 SCENE GRAPH GENERATION FOR UNLABELED DATA Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18904700 Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Retrieving Image Data of Image Frames Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18765987 DISTRACTED DRIVING DETECTION USING A MULTI-TASK TRAINING PROCESS Non-Final OA MOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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