Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2667 2673

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
1041
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
74.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17906275 WORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND WORK STATE DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18485067 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-SECTIONING OF CIRCUIT BOARDS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18530941 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18561643 Scalable Distributed Processing Software for Next-Generation in Situ Sequencing Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18481206 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LEARNING MODEL, LEARNING MODEL, ESTIMATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18359853 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
17948883 COMPONENT ANALYSIS FROM MULTIPLE MODALITIES IN AN INTERACTION ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18116571 METHOD OF PROCESSING MAP DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18003311 PROBES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANDMARK OR FIDUCIAL PLACEMENT IN MEDICAL IMAGES Non-Final OA KALIBER LABS INC.
18287537 PLAQUE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING OF CELLS Non-Final OA Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
18212141 Map-Free Visual Relocalization Non-Final OA Niantic Spatial, Inc
18482064 System For Determining Construction Installation Accuracy Final Rejection DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLC

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