Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PATEL, PINALBEN V

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2661 2665 2671 2673

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

Pinalben V. Patel serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2661. The examiner has 563 resolved cases and a high allowance rate of 89.2 percent. This 89.2 percent rate indicates that the vast majority of applications assigned to this examiner result in a patent grant.

The interview lift is 9.6 percent. Even with an 89.2 percent base allowance rate, the 9.6 percent lift shows that interviews provide a further benefit in securing an allowance. Practitioners should consider an interview to resolve any remaining issues, as the 9.6 percent lift indicates a positive response to direct communication.

The median days to allowance is 844. This 844 day timeline is quite efficient for applications that reach a grant. Given the 89.2 percent allowance rate and the 9.6 percent interview lift, the 844 day period reflects a streamlined and successful prosecution path for most applicants in Art Unit 2661.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

89.2%
Allow Rate
+27.2% vs TC avg
579
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
843
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 565 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
5.2%
§102 Novelty
59.3%
§103 Obviousness
18.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18948857 PROGRAM WHICH BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON FACIAL EXPRESSION OF USER Non-Final OA INTERMAN Corporation
18844438 LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, PERSON VERIFICATION APPARATUS, PERSON VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18839459 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18948910 METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING GIMBAL RECORDER Non-Final OA Arashi Vision Inc.
18979661 ULTRASOUND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18664487 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING WHETHER A SPECIFIED IMAGE DETAIL OF A FIRST IMAGE OCCURS IN A SECOND IMAGE Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18917882 PLANT FEATURE DETECTION USING CAPTURED IMAGES Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18673441 Providing Surroundings Data of a Motor Vehicle Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18962894 VISION-LANGUAGE MODEL WITH IMPROVED ACCURACY Non-Final OA INTUIT INC.
18627636 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL TRANSPORT OF DEFECTIVE ELECTRODES Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18664416 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM, MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18844521 PSEUDO IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18999826 MULTI-MODAL SENSOR FUSION FOR CONTENT IDENTIFICATION IN APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18627159 OBJECT DETECTION USING DENSE DEPTH AND LEARNED FUSION OF DATA OF CAMERA AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SENSORS Non-Final OA Torc Robotics, Inc.
18954306 Imaging System Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18894816 SUBSTRATE MAPPING USING DEEP NEURAL-NETWORKS Non-Final OA Onto Innovation Inc.
18915180 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTATIONAL SEX DETERMINATION FROM HISTOLOGIC SECTIONS Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
18905471 LAUNCHPAD AUTOMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Driveline Baseball Enterprises LLC
18638873 HIGH THROUGHPUT LENSLESS IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
19003213 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL ACQUISITION PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR ANATOMICAL ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.

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