Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SATCHER, DION JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2676

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1102
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 39 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
61.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18602299 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH TRAFFIC LIGHT RECOGNITION MODEL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18030909 GROUP SPECIFICATION APPARATUS, GROUP SPECIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
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
18650447 CONTENT PROCESSING TOOL FOR UPSCALING MEDIA CONTENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18214921 IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING DIGITAL VIRTUAL HUMAN, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18065352 DOCUMENT IMAGE TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18600679 Image enhancement Final Rejection Canva Pty Ltd
18271203 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE SETS Final Rejection University of Washington
18049897 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR IMAGE REGIONS OF INTEREST Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18081049 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED VIDEO ANALYTICS USING CAMERAS WITH DIFFERENT FRAME RATES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18493698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ARTIFACT IN MEDICAL IMAGES USING SIMULATED IMAGES Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18172201 VIDEO REMASTERING VIA DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
18331416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR IMAGE ALIGNMENT Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18182815 FOVEATING NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Varjo Technologies Oy
18493135 CONTACTLESS DETECTION OF DEFECTIVE TOOTH MATERIAL Non-Final OA DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
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
17803842 Classification and sawing of wood shingles using machine vision Final Rejection Clair Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.
18213115 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ROOM LAYOUT EXTRACTION Non-Final OA GEOMAGICAL LABS, INC.

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