Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ROBERTS, RACHEL L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 1687 2674

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Rachel L. Roberts is an examiner in Tech Center 2600, assigned to Art Unit 1687. Her record includes 37 resolved cases. An allowance rate of 73.0 percent characterizes her historical disposition of applications. This percentage serves as a key indicator for practitioners assessing the probability of securing a patent grant.

The data reveals an interview lift of 24.0 percent. This metric implies that oral advocacy alters the trajectory of prosecution toward an allowance. For cases that reach a grant, the median days to allowance is 1092. This specific count of 1092 days offers a timeline for applicants to anticipate when managing their intellectual property portfolios. The 37 resolved cases provide a sample size for these performance statistics. Practitioners can use the 73.0 percent allowance rate and the 24.0 percent interview lift to justify the time and expense of an examiner interview.

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

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+24.0%
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.8%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
67.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18425435 DATA CREATION APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18512767 TRAINING METHOD AND TRAINING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18661245 Conditional Image Compression Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18915432 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18818360 FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INSPECTION METHOD, FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS, MOLDING METHOD, MOLDING APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18807868 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18617801 APPARATUS FOR TRAINING, INFERENCE AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18652275 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING A LIVER RESECTION Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18173279 Surgical Imaging And Display System, And Related Methods Final Rejection DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
18846237 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18829479 Image Processing Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18934331 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTRACTILITY ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC ORGANOIDS BASED ON PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY, PROGRAM FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18691626 IDENTIFYING OBJECTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18894746 VIDEO MANAGEMENT IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18274659 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE BRIGHTNESS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18906145 VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Foxconn Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18728049 VISUAL DESCRIPTION NETWORK Final Rejection SRI International
18930769 RESAMPLING IMAGES WITH DEEP DATA Non-Final OA ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
18705228 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A CORRECTED PLANAR SCINTIGRAPHY IMAGE (CPSI) Final Rejection Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

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