Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2661 2665 2671 2896

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

Raphael M. Schwartz is an examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2661. He has overseen 348 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 67.5 percent. This 67.5 percent rate reflects the frequency of patent grants under his review. Practitioners can use the 348 resolved cases as a baseline for understanding the examination environment in this art unit.

The interview lift is 30.7 percent. This 30.7 percent figure represents the change in the likelihood of allowance following an interview. A positive value of 30.7 percent indicates that interviews are associated with a higher probability of success. This suggests that requesting an interview is a productive strategy for applicants seeking to resolve outstanding issues.

The median days to allowance is 1085. This 1085-day duration is the middle value for the time elapsed from filing to grant. For applicants, this 1085-day median is a key metric for planning the prosecution timeline. By combining the 67.5 percent allowance rate with the 1085-day median, practitioners can develop a data-grounded strategy for Art Unit 2661.

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

Performance Statistics

67.5%
Allow Rate
-0.5% vs TC avg
374
Total Applications
+30.7%
Interview Lift
1085
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 348 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
52.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18444679 REMOTE DISTANCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SVAI INCORPORATED
18564663 STREET LIGHT SYSTEM, STREET LIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND NONTRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18202364 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
18740896 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, RECONSTRUCTION CONDITION SEARCH METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18733263 CHECK IMAGE RANDOM ROUTING NUMBER GENERATION Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18607077 MULTI-STAGE MULTI-VIEW OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18609382 LEARNING DATA SET GENERATION METHOD, MACHINE LEARNING MODEL, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, LEARNING DATA SET GENERATION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18606756 Method and inspection apparatus for inspecting containers provided with closures, and method and closure apparatus for closing containers Final Rejection KRONES AG
18606725 Method and inspection apparatus for inspecting containers provided with closures, and method and closure apparatus for closing containers Final Rejection KRONES AG
18786238 RECOGNITION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
18728259 NEURAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17710644 CONSTRUCTING VEHICLE SHADOWS USING DISAGGREGATED STREAMING DATA Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18345845 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT RECOGNITION FROM SURGICAL VIDEOS Final Rejection Verb Surgical Inc.
18259477 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASS-IDENTITY-PRESERVING DATA AUGMENTATION Final Rejection CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
18606521 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
15707387 Gated Image Acquisition And Patient Model Construction Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18962374 VEHICLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS Non-Final OA West Virginia University Board of Governors on Behalf of West Virginia University

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