Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2628 2677 2678

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.6%
Allow Rate
+24.6% vs TC avg
937
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 924 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.5%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
71.7%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18778793 GENERATIVE AI-BASED VIDEO OUTPAINTING WITH TEMPORAL AWARENESS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18713210 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18795059 Generating An Image From A Perspective Of An Intermediate Location Between First And Second Image Capture Points Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
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
18667891 EMBEDDING VECTORS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18794855 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRAINING A VIRTUAL REALITY SURGICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
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
18439150 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING BASED ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE Final Rejection Expanse Plans, LLC

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