Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LU, ZHIYU

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2618 2649 2665 2669

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.3%
Allow Rate
-12.7% vs TC avg
820
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
1418
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 765 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
2.3%
§102 Novelty
95.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18320587 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH DEFECT DETECTION Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18438579 Method for Generating Training Data for an Object for Training an Artificial Intelligence System and Training System Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18698418 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18531643 Stacked Image Processing to Reduce Blur for Autonomous Driving Final Rejection Waymo LLC
18635392 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PROCESSED IMAGES DIFFERENT IN RESOLUTION Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18413663 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMPROVING RESULT OF INFERENCE BY LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17933665 INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSPECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18704626 X-RAY PROJECTION IMAGE SCORING Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18564246 APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17946899 Systems and Methods for Film Grain Synthesis and Insertion Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18380253 IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODER, AND IMAGE ENCODER Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18376151 COMBINING BONE MODELS TO AVOID MODEL CONFLICTS DURING ANIMATION Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
15606306 Dynamic Encoding Using Remote Encoding Profiles Non-Final OA COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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.
18464724 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE MESH BASED ON SYMMETRY PROPERTY Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18605789 Frame Interpolation Using Both Optical Motion And In-Game Motion Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
18555884 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
17770229 INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17105013 CELL ANALYSIS METHOD, CELL ANALYSIS DEVICE, CELL ANALYSIS SYSTEM, CELL ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND TRAINED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHM GENERATION METHOD Final Rejection SYSMEX CORPORATION
18412857 METHOD FOR OBTAINING ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION FROM REGION OF INTEREST Non-Final OA Jubilant Draximage Inc.
18369775 SEM IMAGE ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18015313 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING INFORMATIVE PATTERNS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18178528 DEEP LEARNING MODEL-BASED ALIGNMENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18494418 OBJECT DETECTION AND POSITIONING BASED ON BOUNDING BOX VARIATIONS Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
17987917 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ERRORS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY NUMBER WITHOUT RAW DETECTOR COUNT DATA Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18240461 TRAINING OF INSTANT SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS WITH PARTIALLY ANNOTATED IMAGES Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18660593 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT PROPER SEATBELT USAGE AND DISTANCE Final Rejection Magna Electronics, LLC
18435041 HUMAN-EYE STATE DETECTION DEVICE AND HUMAN-EYE STATE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Wistron Corp.
17939785 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND DEFINING LOCATION OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION Non-Final OA Taipei Veterans General Hospital
18406588 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXPEDITED RADIOLOGICAL SCREENING Non-Final OA Whiterabbit.ai Inc.

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