Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: LU, ZHIYU

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2618 2649 2665 2669

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.0%
Allow Rate
-13.0% vs TC avg
826
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1415
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 771 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
67.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18579388 MONITORING DEFINED OPTICAL PATTERNS BY MEANS OF OBJECT DETECTION AND MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18611698 TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MOVING BODY Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17946899 Systems and Methods for Film Grain Synthesis and Insertion Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18413663 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMPROVING RESULT OF INFERENCE BY LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18698418 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17948454 CORRECTION OF GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENT VALUES FROM 2D PROJECTION IMAGES Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18664895 METHOD OF ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE DIMENSION OF AN OBJECT REPRESENTED BY A POINT CLOUD Non-Final OA Orange
18557520 OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18438579 Method for Generating Training Data for an Object for Training an Artificial Intelligence System and Training System Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18749471 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18494418 OBJECT DETECTION AND POSITIONING BASED ON BOUNDING BOX VARIATIONS Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18531643 Stacked Image Processing to Reduce Blur for Autonomous Driving Final Rejection Waymo LLC
17540698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE Non-Final OA Shopify Inc.
18555884 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18560343 Systems, Methods, and Media for Generating Low-Energy Virtual Monoenergetic Images from Multi-Energy Computed Tomography Data Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17770229 INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18954303 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO UNPOWERED SWITCHING MODULE Non-Final OA SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
18435041 HUMAN-EYE STATE DETECTION DEVICE AND HUMAN-EYE STATE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Wistron Corp.
18666771 TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18416113 X-Ray Scatterometry Based Measurements Of Memory Array Structures Stacked With Complex Logic Structures Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18178528 DEEP LEARNING MODEL-BASED ALIGNMENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18015313 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING INFORMATIVE PATTERNS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
17887096 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SHARPNESS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES USING A DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

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