Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2666 2668 3785

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+2.4% vs TC avg
50
Total Applications
+29.8%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
94.2%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§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
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.
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.
18520098 OBJECT BOUNDARY DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18484306 INFRARED AND OTHER COLORIZATION WITH RGB IMAGE DATA 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
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 Final Rejection 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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