Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

David Louis Ometz, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2422 2600 2611 2622 2672 2884

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
79
Total Applications
-8.8%
Interview Lift
1042
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 63 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
36.0%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19073859 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGES ACQUIRED USING META-LENS, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19021710 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18884804 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18720355 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18836860 IMAGE MATCHING APPARATUS, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18298214 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTS OF VEHICLES Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18562519 IN-CABIN MONITORING METHOD AND RELATED POSE PATTERN CATEGORIZATION METHOD Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
19059862 RECOGNITION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOBILE INTELLIGENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18882540 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ANNOTATING SENSOR DATA Non-Final OA dSPACE GmbH

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner David Louis Ometz's allowance rate?

76.2% of resolved applications examined by David Louis Ometz were allowed (63 resolved cases), compared with 64.2% across Art Unit 2422 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner David Louis Ometz?

This examiner's interview lift is -8.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner David Louis Ometz take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by David Louis Ometz took 1,042 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner David Louis Ometz work in?

David Louis Ometz examines applications in Art Unit 2422 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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