Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2666 2668 3785

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.2%
Allow Rate
-0.8% vs TC avg
50
Total Applications
+30.1%
Interview Lift
1073
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 26 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
62.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18293468 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DIGITAL WATERMARKING Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18209374 OBJECT TRACKING WITH SHOT TRANSITION DETECTION AND DYNAMIC QUEUE RESIZING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18436509 Machine Learning Models for Image Interpolation Non-Final OA Google LLC
18332389 SENSOR ALIGNMENT FOR A NON-CONTACT PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection Covidien LP
18473584 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18496743 DENTAL TREATMENT VIDEO Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18171046 SUPER-RESOLUTION ON TEXT-TO-IMAGE SYNTHESIS WITH GANS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18300019 PRINTED-MATTER INSPECTION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18574739 ABNORMALITY JUDGMENT DEVICE, ABNORMALITY JUDGMENT METHOD, AND ABNORMALITY JUDGMENT PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18293976 HEARING ATTENTIONAL STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18408336 CIRCADIAN RHYTHM-BASED DATA AUGMENTATION FOR OCCUPANT STATE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18484306 INFRARED AND OTHER COLORIZATION WITH RGB IMAGE DATA USING GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18484122 INFRARED AND OTHER COLORIZATION USING GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17712783 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING A MAIL SCREENING PROCESS Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18608260 Medical Image Augmentation Non-Final OA Rivanna Medical, Inc.
18159767 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEDERATED LEARNING TRAINING FOR A NEURAL NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection WOVEN BY TOYOTA, INC.
18288776 METHOD FOR OPTICALLY EVALUATING AN OPERATING ACCURACY OF A DIGITAL MICROSCOPE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOVABLE TABLE OF A DIGITAL MICROSCOPE, AND PHOTOMASK FOR OPTICALLY EVALUATING AN OPERATING ACCURACY OF A DIGITAL MICROSCOPE Non-Final OA PreciPoint GmbH
18266302 FACIAL SIZE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BMC (TIANJIN) MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18364709 Multistage Audio-Visual Automotive Cab Monitoring Non-Final OA Blueskeye AI Ltd
17913604 Method and System for Determining a Safety Criterion during an Autonomous Manipulation of a Surgical Tool by a Robotic System to Treat an Anatomical Structure Non-Final OA ECENTIAL ROBOTICS
17906813 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUGMENTING A VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A SURVEILLANCE SPACE WITH A TARGET THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT FOR TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL Non-Final OA Darvis Inc.

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