Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MERCADO, GABRIEL S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2171 2175 3685

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.2%
Allow Rate
-9.8% vs TC avg
249
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1271
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 206 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
47.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18784031 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18137234 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18651075 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOUCHSCREEN BASED HAPTIC CONTROLLER Final Rejection Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
18641711 TWO-HANDED GESTURE INTERPRETATION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18613426 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING INTERACTIONS WITH UI ELEMENTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17337145 DISPLAYING, IN ONE OR MORE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES, VIEWS METRICS RELATED TO ANALYTE MONITORING INFORMATION Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18597508 ON-SCREEN, SPLIT VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18539090 VIDEO SURGICAL REPORT GENERATION Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18599652 Content Editing Method and Electronic Device and Non-Transitory Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD.
18556278 VIEW DISPLAYING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18687515 DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18586516 CONTROL CONTENT DRAG METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18804142 FOLDABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WITH TWO OR MORE DISPLAYS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION GENERATED BY AI ASSISTANT ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO OR MORE DISPLAYS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18430759 INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18603812 MEDICAL IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18593834 SUMMARY PAGE GENERATION USING DOCUMENTS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18328286 CONSTRUCTING DIGITAL DESIGN GRAPHS FOR GENERATING STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF DIGITAL DESIGN DOCUMENTS Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18597623 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18707033 VIRTUAL OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18215053 USER INTERFACE (UI) SHORTCUTS GENERATED BASED ON CAPTURED WORKFLOW ACTIVITY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17904227 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING INFORMATION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
17966494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED INTERACTIONS IN A LIVE STREAM EVENT Non-Final OA WHATNOT INC.

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