Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KY, KEVIN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2661 2669 2671 2676

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+15.2% vs TC avg
592
Total Applications
+25.5%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 574 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
51.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18808370 VISUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION BASED ON LIP MOVEMENTS USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18564631 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGING PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17726024 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18311246 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18897507 SELECTIVE ADAPTATION IN GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ENHANCING DOMAIN ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18504889 EFFICIENT EXECUTION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING PARTITIONING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18861257 VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18903807 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING OBJECT STATE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR IMAGE COMPARISON TASKS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18907443 LEARNING-BASED DIE-TO-DIE MASK INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18723478 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18893422 CONTINUALLY EVALUATING AND MODIFYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18925403 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Renesas Electronics Corporation
18595166 EMBEDDING INFERENCE Non-Final OA Pinterest, Inc.

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