Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LHYMN, SARAH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2613 3796

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sarah Lhymn serves in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2613. She has handled 560 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 65.9 percent. This figure indicates the proportion of applications that result in a patent grant. The interview lift is 15.0 percent. This metric represents the increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. The median time to allowance is 861 days.

With 560 resolved cases, the 65.9 percent allowance rate suggests a consistent approach to examination. The 15.0 percent interview lift indicates that verbal communication is an effective strategy for applicants. The 861 days median time to allowance is a key figure for understanding the expected duration of prosecution. These statistics help practitioners navigate the specific requirements of Art Unit 2613. The allowance rate and interview lift are the primary indicators of success for this examiner in Tech Center 3700.

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

Performance Statistics

65.9%
Allow Rate
-4.1% vs TC avg
590
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
861
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 560 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.2%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
65.3%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18954087 VOXEL OCCUPANCY BASED OBJECT PLACEMENT IN EXTENDED REALITY XR ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18636530 MULTIFOCAL ASSEMBLY FOR EXTENDED REALITY DEVICES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
19051442 3D Model Generation Method and System, and Electronic Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18707075 GAZE-MEDIATED AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTION WITH SOURCES OF SOUND IN AN ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Google LLC
18540456 DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY APPARATUS OF HEAD-MOUNTED TYPE AND PLURALITY OF VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUSES Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18884633 MULTI-CAMERA CROSS REALITY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18778654 AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION FOR OPTIMAL GAZE DISCRIMINATION Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18490518 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY Final Rejection MAGIC LEAP, INC.
18260916 ACTUATED PUPIL STEERING FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMS Final Rejection MAGIC LEAP, INC.
18874577 BLOCK SEARCHING PROCEDURE FOR MOTION ESTIMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18984782 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18916289 EFFICIENT MULTI-GPU RENDERING OF GEOMETRY BY ASSIGNING GEOMETRY TO GPUS TO PERFORM GEOMETRY ANALYSIS AND RENDERING THE GEOMETRY BASED ON THE GEOMETRY ANALYSIS Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18909858 EFFICIENT MULTI-GPU RENDERING OF GEOMETRY BY CONFIGURING A SHADER TO PERFORM GEOMETRY PRETESTING OR RENDERING DEPENDING ON GPU STATE Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18841846 Systems and Methods for Digitally Transforming Economic, Organizational and/or Industrial Content and/or Processes Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18429289 CONTENT MODIFICATION USING MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
18954037 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING VIDEO CARD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18503797 3D OBJECT RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17748739 OBJECT ANIMATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18978362 MODEL DATA CONTROL METHOD AND MODEL DATA CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection Yamaha Corporation
18909025 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGES Final Rejection Shopify Inc.
18953150 VIRTUAL REALITY AVATAR ATTENTION-BASED SERVICES Final Rejection AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
19017706 Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18477375 HYBRID DEFERRED DECOUPLED RENDERING Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18631107 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRELATING ONE OR MORE MOTIONS OF AN ANATOMICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

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