Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SATCHER, DION JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2676

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
1053
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 42 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.7%
§102 Novelty
94.2%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19339822 Image enhancement Non-Final OA Canva Pty Ltd
18705055 AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, ENGINE GENERATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, ENGINE GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18030909 GROUP SPECIFICATION APPARATUS, GROUP SPECIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18030732 IMAGE SELECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE SELECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18283736 IMAGE LAYERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18698708 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17994436 DETECTING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18081049 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED VIDEO ANALYTICS USING CAMERAS WITH DIFFERENT FRAME RATES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18650447 CONTENT PROCESSING TOOL FOR UPSCALING MEDIA CONTENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18065352 DOCUMENT IMAGE TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18214921 IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING DIGITAL VIRTUAL HUMAN, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18493698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ARTIFACT IN MEDICAL IMAGES USING SIMULATED IMAGES Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18049897 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR IMAGE REGIONS OF INTEREST Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18271203 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE SETS Final Rejection University of Washington
18493135 CONTACTLESS DETECTION OF DEFECTIVE TOOTH MATERIAL Non-Final OA DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
18117442 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18608449 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING ORIENTATION AND ANATOMY IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18171685 RADAR OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18163183 USING AMBIGUOUS SEMANTIC LABELED IMAGES FOR UAV POSITIONING Non-Final OA WING AVIATION LLC

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