Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SATCHER, DION JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2676

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+22.0% vs TC avg
76
Total Applications
+19.4%
Interview Lift
1049
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 50 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.3%
§102 Novelty
63.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18793356 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18881011 METHOD FOR VALIDATING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18283736 IMAGE LAYERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
17994436 DETECTING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18897658 Apparatus and Methods for Gesture Detection Non-Final OA CANON U.S.A., INC.
18049897 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR IMAGE REGIONS OF INTEREST Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18705055 AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, ENGINE GENERATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, ENGINE GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18067698 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA Auris Health, Inc.
18331416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18081049 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED VIDEO ANALYTICS USING CAMERAS WITH DIFFERENT FRAME RATES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18172201 VIDEO REMASTERING VIA DEEP LEARNING Final Rejection DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
18271203 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE SETS Final Rejection University of Washington
18065352 DOCUMENT IMAGE TEMPLATE MATCHING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18182815 FOVEATING NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Varjo Technologies Oy
18912638 MODEL FOR ROTATED BOUNDING BOX OBJECT DETECTION, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROTATED BOUNDING BOX OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Hollyway Group Pte. Ltd.

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