Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: RICKS, DONNA J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2618 2628 2677 2679

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.8%
Allow Rate
+14.8% vs TC avg
539
Total Applications
+9.7%
Interview Lift
1011
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 509 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
61.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18990225 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING USER AVATAR-BASED EMOJI STICKER Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18345850 Immediate Proximity Detection and Breakthrough with Visual Treatment Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19004478 AGENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, AGENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19036577 OVERSMOOTHING PROGRESSIVE IMAGES Non-Final OA Google LLC
18911166 REUSING BINNING POSITIONS IN RENDERING FOR VERTEX SHADERS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18670449 DECOMPOSITION OF WRITE MEMORY ACCESSES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18481909 CACHE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE AUGMENTATION FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DATA Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18834480 Color And Brightness Adjustment Algorithms Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18921922 CONVERSATIONAL AI PLATFORM WITH RENDERED GRAPHICAL OUTPUT Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18218450 DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18982190 GRAPHICS PROCESSING Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18642353 GRAPHICS PROCESSING Final Rejection Arm Limited
18609713 GRAPHICS PROCESSING Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18087654 OUTPUTTING REPRESENTATIONS HAVING LEVELS OF LIGHT ILLUMINATION THAT ARE BASED ON A USER'S RATE OF EYE ADAPTATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17820587 HYPER-PERSONALIZED FEATURE MORPHING IN METAVERSE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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