Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SHUI, MING

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2615 2663 3625 3684 3688

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner SHUI, MING works in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2615. The examiner has a record of 337 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 57.9 percent. The median time to allowance is 1252 days, which establishes a benchmark for the duration of the prosecution process. This 1252-day figure is an important metric for applicants to use when setting expectations for their filings in this unit.

The interview lift for this examiner is 50.5 percent. This figure indicates that cases involving an interview have a higher probability of allowance compared to the 57.9 percent baseline. The 50.5 percent lift is a value that indicates direct dialogue with the examiner is associated with an increase in the likelihood of allowance. With 337 resolved cases, the 1252-day median and the 50.5 percent lift offer a set of data points. Practitioners in Art Unit 2615 can use these statistics to guide their prosecution strategy in Tech Center 3600.

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

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
+5.9% vs TC avg
358
Total Applications
+50.5%
Interview Lift
1250
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 337 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
31.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18080447 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ON-DEVICE LIFESTYLE RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18903087 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19036852 BEACON DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18962481 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18925976 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT OF A TRAILER WHEN HITCHING Non-Final OA ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
18934333 LANE LINE MARKING TYPE ESTIMATION AND MARKING TYPE CHANGE DETECTION USING TEMPORAL SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18996159 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DISTRIBUTED SENSORS Non-Final OA VueReal Inc.
18684767 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection MAXELL, LTD.
18064710 MULTI-MODE IDENTIFICATION OF DOCUMENT LAYOUTS Final Rejection SAP SE
19045512 Wearable Device Including An Artificially Intelligent Assistant For Generating Responses Based On Shared Contextual Data, And Systems And Methods Of Use Thereof Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18894122 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTING IMAGE AND DOCUMENT ENHANCEMENTS FOR TRAINING MODELS USING QUANTUM COMPUTING Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
19025635 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING ON-SCREEN DISPLAY SETTINGS BASED ON DETECTED FACIAL PATTERNS OF A USER BY A VISUAL SENSOR Non-Final OA Dell Products LP
18825584 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESH AND POINT CLOUD CODING Final Rejection DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.

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