Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RICHER, AARON M

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2614 2617 2618 2628 2677

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.8%
Allow Rate
-11.2% vs TC avg
493
Total Applications
+19.5%
Interview Lift
1466
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 465 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
54.7%
§103 Obviousness
19.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18062239 MULTI-MODAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE MODELING AND TRACKING FOR GENERATING EXPRESSIVE AVATARS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19034368 Video Diffusion Model Non-Final OA Google LLC
17879852 VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE, VEHICLE, VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17967666 IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17344603 REAL-TIME ANIMATION MOTION CAPTURE Final Rejection Disney Enterprises, Inc.
19062827 GENERATING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR VIEWING 3D DATA AND/OR IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA FARO Technologies, Inc.
18057453 TEXT AND COLOR-GUIDED LAYOUT CONTROL WITH A DIFFUSION MODEL Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
17980480 BINDING DATA TO GRAPHIC OBJECTS USING A VISUAL INDICATOR Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
17652390 GENERATING ARTISTIC CONTENT FROM A TEXT PROMPT OR A STYLE IMAGE UTILIZING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18085356 GRAPHICS AND COMPUTE API EXTENSION FOR CACHE AUTO TILING Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18361987 SURFACE TEXTURE GENERATION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODELS USING GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17095556 IMAGE BLENDING USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
17957768 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HIGH SPEED PARALLEL LOCALLY ORDER CLUSTERING FOR A BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
17472589 METHOD OF PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAN DATA FOR MANUFACTURE OF DENTAL PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA MEDIT CORP.
17957958 VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR CREATING A MIXED REALITY GAMING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
18644176 Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks based on a Grain to Grain Parametric Cohesive Contact Model Non-Final OA Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
17702723 AUTOMATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BUILDING MODEL ESTIMATION Final Rejection Aurora Solar Inc.

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