Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MOTSINGER, SEAN T

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2624 2669 2673 3762

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
716
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1070
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 692 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.3%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
19.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18629439 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING OBJECT REGION AND BACKGROUND REGION AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18540457 PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18569219 CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND EJECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18434411 STEP DISTILLATION FOR LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18785797 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18747456 PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18846311 INPUT ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, INPUT ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18292175 RECOGNITION DEVICE, RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, INC.
18432174 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL-TEMPORAL AUTHENTICATION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18237932 PROVIDING IMPROVED OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION USING AN AUTOMATIC METRIC-BASED EVALUATION PLATFORM Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
17500338 IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING A NEURAL NETWORK TRANSLATION MODEL Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18161743 SYSTEM, DEVICES AND/OR PROCESSES FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL VALUES Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18596786 OBJECT TRACKING FOR EXTENDED REALITY (XR) APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Varjo Technologies Oy
18651236 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS TO FACILITATE EXTRACTION AND ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION FROM PAPER, AND OTHER PHYSICAL WRITING SURFACES Non-Final OA Acco Brands Corporation

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