Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SATCHER, DION JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2676

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dion John Satcher serves in Art Unit 2676 of Tech Center 2600. The examiner has 52 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 84.6 percent. This 84.6 percent rate is significantly higher than the 17.8 percent interview lift. The median days to allowance is 1056, which is the primary time metric for successful applications. This 1056 day figure provides a clear expectation for pendency in Art Unit 2676.

The 17.8 percent interview lift suggests that direct communication can further enhance the 84.6 percent baseline. With 52 cases resolved, the examiner demonstrates a consistent pattern of granting patents. Practitioners should use the 1056 day median to plan their prosecution strategy. The 52 case volume in Tech Center 2600 indicates that these metrics are a reliable starting point. Direct engagement may be used to resolve specific issues and maintain the high 84.6 percent success rate.

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

Performance Statistics

84.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
+17.8%
Interview Lift
1056
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18705055 AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, ENGINE GENERATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, ENGINE GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18881011 METHOD FOR VALIDATING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
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.
18398464 IDENTIFYING INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED PLANT IDENTIFICATION MODELS IN A FARMING MACHINE Final Rejection Deere & Company
18965242 Apparatus for Controlling Vehicle and Method Thereof Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19034583 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD FOR PANORAMIC IMAGE Non-Final OA Acer Incorporated
18795950 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19034528 HAND POSE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18283736 IMAGE LAYERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18493135 CONTACTLESS DETECTION OF DEFECTIVE TOOTH MATERIAL Final Rejection DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
18331416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18965007 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING MULTIMODAL OBJECT BASED ON COMPOSITE EMBEDDING Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18065352 DOCUMENT IMAGE TEMPLATE MATCHING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18171685 RADAR OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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