Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SHERMAN, STEPHEN G

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2621 2629 2691 3798

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+12.1% vs TC avg
1,676
Total Applications
+16.9%
Interview Lift
908
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1649 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
53.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19335910 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PRESSURE ON BUTTON Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18863830 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19197682 Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Display Device Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18578319 DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAY PANEL, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18928722 TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION IN ONE OR MORE IMAGES, SUCH AS IN INTRAVASCULAR IMAGES, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA CANON U.S.A., INC.
18945475 X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19183607 DIGITAL INK PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Wacom Co., Ltd.
18903608 METHOD TO ENCODE SYMMETRIC SUBMESHES VIA TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19008940 EFFICIENT CONVOLUTION IN MACHINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18342549 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS IMAGES USING SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18933496 IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
19335811 LIVENESS DETECTION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION DEVICE Non-Final OA Silead Inc.
19110416 Method for Operating a Touch-Sensitive Display Device Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18922967 Systems and Methods for Cloud Removal from Satellite Images Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
19036274 FAKE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND FAKE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION METHOD Non-Final OA REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18810874 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE-TO-IMAGE TRANSLATION IN DIFFUSION SEED SPACE Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18981587 EYE REFLECTIONS BASED IMPROVED PASSIVE LIVENESS DETECTION Non-Final OA EDGEVERVE SYSTEMS LIMITED

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