Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: RICHER, AARON M

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

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.8%
Allow Rate
-10.2% vs TC avg
502
Total Applications
+20.9%
Interview Lift
1382
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 475 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18072974 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH OBJECT POSTURE ESTIMATING Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18189429 Discovery of Services Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19286151 VIDEO EDITING USING DIFFUSION MODELS Final Rejection Google LLC
18057881 SPECIAL-EFFECT EDITING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18205213 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, RELATED APPARATUSES, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17967666 IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18958029 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19006822 CLUSTERING GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES USING A SPATIAL AREA HEURISTIC Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18361987 SURFACE TEXTURE GENERATION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODELS USING GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17095556 IMAGE BLENDING USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
16934661 IMAGE GENERATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
17980480 BINDING DATA TO GRAPHIC OBJECTS USING A VISUAL INDICATOR Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
19005148 IMAGE GENERATION USING ORGANIC PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Shutterstock, Inc.
18740070 Strand Simulation in Multiple Levels Final Rejection Electronic Arts Inc.

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