Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SHIFERAW, HENOK ASRES

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2661 2672 2676 2681 2682 2872

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.3%
Allow Rate
+21.3% vs TC avg
602
Total Applications
+2.6%
Interview Lift
639
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 587 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
3.8%
§102 Novelty
90.3%
§103 Obviousness
0.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18253933 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR MOTION DATA RETRIEVAL USING WEIGHT PARAMETERS FOR PARTIAL SIMILARITY SEARCHING Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18121796 Adaptive Filtering of Occupancy Map for Dynamic Mesh Compression Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18365540 Quad-Bayer Demosaicing Using a Machine-Learning Model Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18167242 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR GENERATING DESCRIPTOR IMAGES FOR IMAGES OF OBJECTS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18123658 BURST IMAGE MATTING Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
17996212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANDMARK OR FIDUCIAL PLACEMENT IN VIDEOS Final Rejection KALIBER LABS INC.
18124610 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE BINARIZATION OF DEGRADED DOCUMENT IMAGES Final Rejection HCL Technologies Limited
17997668 DETERIORATION ESTIMATION METHOD AND DETERIORATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.

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