Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2628 2677 2678

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.5%
Allow Rate
+24.5% vs TC avg
936
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 913 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.1%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18778793 GENERATIVE AI-BASED VIDEO OUTPAINTING WITH TEMPORAL AWARENESS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18713224 IMAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM, IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18713210 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18776398 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTENT SHARING Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18794855 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRAINING A VIRTUAL REALITY SURGICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18795059 Generating An Image From A Perspective Of An Intermediate Location Between First And Second Image Capture Points Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18738345 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL LANDSCAPE PICTURE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18739360 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18819073 PROGRAMMABLE COARSE GRAINED AND SPARSE MATRIX COMPUTE HARDWARE WITH ADVANCED SCHEDULING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18769325 MULTI-USER CONTENT SHARING IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA SIM IP HXR LLC
17988349 SYNTHESIS OF IMAGES FOR 2D TO 3D ASYMMETRIC FEATURE PRESERVATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18420559 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D HAIR VIRTUAL TRY ON USING PHYSICS SIMULATION Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18760359 System and Method for Optimizing Dynamic Point Clouds Based on Prioritized Transformations Non-Final OA InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
18800325 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL GROUND TRUTH SAMPLING Non-Final OA NOBLIS, INC.
18795814 GENERATING A BACKGROUND THAT ALLOWS A FIRST AVATAR TO TAKE PART IN AN ACTIVITY WITH A SECOND AVATAR Non-Final OA IMPLEMENTATION APPS LLC
18607354 VISUALIZATION OF MEDICAL DATA DEPENDING ON VIEWING-CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Brainlab SE
18704651 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FORMING A DIGITAL SURFACE MODEL BASED ON TREETOPS Non-Final OA SAAB AB
18439150 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING BASED ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE Final Rejection Expanse Plans, LLC

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