Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SELBY, GEVELL V

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2638 2664 2697 2699 2817 2871

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.3%
Allow Rate
+22.3% vs TC avg
1183
Total Applications
+4.8%
Interview Lift
892
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1160 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
46.7%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18655983 PIXEL ARRAY, IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18924221 INFRARED AND VISIBLE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA X Development LLC
18706035 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18961592 IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18944576 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18854780 BINNING IN HYBRID PIXEL STRUCTURE OF IMAGE PIXELS AND EVENT VISION SENSOR (EVS) PIXELS Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18843619 LIGHT-RECEIVING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18939373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANGING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CAMERA LENS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18966303 OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION (OIS) UNIT OF A CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18294095 CAMERA DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18945194 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHADOW DETECTION AND REDUCTION IN DOCUMENT CAPTURE Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18604719 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A SINGLE VEHICLE IMAGE SENSOR OR CAMERA FOR BOTH HUMAN AND MACHINE VISION Non-Final OA FCA US LLC
18383739 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING A CAMERA LENS IN RELATION TO A CAMERA SENSOR Final Rejection Topgolf Sweden AB
18919325 PIXELS WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18473659 BLACK MASK ON GLASS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18919865 LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.
18902965 CAMERA DEVICE WITH A QUICK-RELEASE FUNCTION Non-Final OA VIVOTEK INC.

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