Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KRETZER, CASEY L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2635 2636 2637

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.9%
Allow Rate
+24.9% vs TC avg
729
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
791
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 700 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.8%
§102 Novelty
45.9%
§103 Obviousness
28.3%
§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
18690284 SUBMARINE BRANCHING UNIT, AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18689103 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18605072 OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18567993 OPTICAL NODE AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18213742 DATA SELECTION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18418197 TRAINING IMAGE-TO-IMAGE TRANSLATION NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18429105 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CLASS FOR AT LEAST A PART OF A DIGITAL IMAGE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18622083 DISTRIBUTING AN ENTANGLED STATE AMONG MULTIPLE NODES USING QUANTUM EMITTERS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
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.
18686215 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18607308 DUAL-POLARIZATION ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18606293 MONITORING AND SENSING IN OPTICAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18139895 MANAGING VEHICLE RESOURCES BASED ON SCENARIOS Non-Final OA Motional AD LLC
18254701 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REGIONS OF INTEREST IN HISTOLOGY IMAGES Final Rejection 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.
18317346 TRANSFERRING THE COORDINATE SYSTEM OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAMERA TO THE INCIDENT POINT OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL CAMERA Non-Final OA Magik Eye Inc.
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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