Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LEMIEUX, IAN L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2665 2669 3774

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
603
Total Applications
+9.6%
Interview Lift
857
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 569 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
39.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18269879 REASONING APPARATUS, REASONING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18034381 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE POSITION OF A FIRST AERIAL VEHICLE AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND AERIAL VEHICLE TO EACH OTHER Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18703045 MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND PLATFORM, IMAGE INPAINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18029768 POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18634316 CONTENT-SPECIFIC FIDELITY METRICS FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION BASED ON SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MODELS Non-Final OA Synaptics Incorporated
18658739 Learning Device, Learning Method And Test Device, Test Method Using The Same Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18386051 IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, SENSOR MODULE, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA PIXART IMAGING INC.
18441359 METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VERTEBRAL DATA Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18552722 OBJECT DISTANCE DETECTING DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18617162 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR VIDEO DOWNSAMPLING Non-Final OA NETFLIX, INC.
17790689 PERFORATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BONE SCAFFOLD MODEL Non-Final OA SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
18419528 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18635899 RECYCLING METHODS AND SYSTEMS, AND RELATED PLASTIC CONTAINERS Non-Final OA Digimarc Corporation
18641709 METHOD OF OPERATING A CAMERA ASSEMBLY IN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Non-Final OA Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
18444343 Smart Makeup Compact Non-Final OA ELC MANAGEMENT LLC
18492963 Screen Position Estimation Final Rejection zSpace, Inc.
18179803 FUSION ENABLED RE-IDENTIFICATION OF A TARGET OBJECT Final Rejection Anno.ai, Inc.
18020217 Title: INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MEANING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG IMAGE OBJECTS Final Rejection HIPERDYNE Corporation
17760301 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISATION OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS Non-Final OA CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE AGRICULTURA TROPICAL-CIAT

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