Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LE, JOHNNY TRAN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Analysis

Johnny Tran Le is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2614. With 9 resolved cases, the examiner maintains an allowance rate of 55.6 percent. This volume of cases provides the basis for evaluating trends in this specific art unit. Practitioners can monitor how this rate evolves as the examiner's docket grows beyond the 9 resolutions.

The data shows a median of 977 days to allowance for applications that reach a successful conclusion. This timeline provides a benchmark for applicants to set expectations regarding the duration of prosecution. Practitioners should also note the interview lift of 16.7 percent. This figure indicates that conducting an interview is associated with a higher probability of reaching an allowance compared to the baseline allowance rate of 55.6 percent.

Strategic planning for cases in Art Unit 2614 should account for the 977-day timeline. The lift suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a tool available during prosecution. The allowance rate and the lift suggest that verbal advocacy can be used to address the written record. Applicants can evaluate if the 16.7 percent increase in success probability justifies an interview.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

55.6%
Allow Rate
-6.4% vs TC avg
44
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
977
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 9 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
73.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19059247 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING IMAGES USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18800522 DIGITAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19048768 MODIFYING DISPLAY OPERATING PARAMETERS BASED ON LIGHT SUPERPOSITION FROM A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18978482 Updated Origin Coordinates for Traversal of Ray Tracing Acceleration Data Structure Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18711219 CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18573506 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18601950 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DATA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18338060 High Fidelity Canonical Texture Mapping from Single-View Images Non-Final OA Google LLC
18724538 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY IMMERSIVE CALLING Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17555031 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING COLLECTED DATA BY GRAPH, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18904861 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18820160 PREDICTION MODE SELECTION IN POLYGON MESH COMPRESSION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18726789 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18440643 SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SENSOR SETTINGS IN A MULTI-CAMERA ENVIRONMENT BASED ON FOUNDATION MODELS AND HISTORICAL DATA Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18314175 HEAD-DRIVEN, SELF-CAPTURED PHOTOGRAPHY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18214157 VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA HITACHI, Ltd.
18776953 TRANSFORMING DIGITAL FRAMES USING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIGITAL FRAMES Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18723358 PARTICLE SPECIAL EFFECT RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
18963075 VIEW SYNTHESIS USING CAMERA POSES LEARNED FROM A VIDEO Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18098008 Automated Performative Sequence Generation Non-Final OA Disney Enterprises, Inc.
19023319 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TEXTURE MAP Non-Final OA CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.
18423540 METHOD FOR SIMULATING IMAGES WITH ABERRATIONS BASED ON RAY TRACING Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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